“Your project is guaranteed to meet superior Siberian standards or I will fatally masticate it. You have my “woo” on that!”
Nicknames: Juicy, Juno Belle Jodhpurs, The Criminal, JBJ, JJ, Princess, Principessa, Juna
Born: ~August 2007; Rescued by Wild Dingo: August 2008
Rainbow Bridge: February 20, 2020
Spirituality: Church of Cheeses & Life without Cheeses
History: Came to us 3 months after Loki when I went to a dog adoption fair. She, her mom, and her sister were caught by a dog catcher, running free, escaping their back yard. The owner could only afford the mother and left the 2 sisters. Sister was adopted. I fell for her the minute I saw her. A happy dog, until she met came home with us and met Loki. There she was sullen and depressed. Not interested in working like Loki at first. After 3 months, she developed a strange fear of Mr. Wild Dingo. We worked with her and she developed into a wonderfully obedient, happy dog who loved to work and do tricks. Though not nearly as “sharp” as Loki in her movements, she had much more personality and happiness when working and is always keen to work with either me or Mr. Wild Dingo. She became very sick in October 2009 with an undiagnosed fever. At the time of illness, her tick panels showed no infection, She responded to antibiotics and recovered. At this time, we also discovered she had severe hip dysplasia in both hips. Since she never indicated which hip was worse, we opted for no surgery, but treated it with acupuncture and underwater treadmill both in the USA and in Switzerland. She had gold bead implants done by a Chinese medicine vet to help keep inflammation at bay so she can use her legs normally. She used water treadmill 1-2x/month and saw osteopath or acupuncturist as needed. When we returned to the states and I was diagnosed with Lyme, I ran her tick panels out of curiosity to see if she also had undiagnosed Lyme as I did. She did not, however he tick panel showed a past infection of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. All this to say that tick panels are never accurate. If you have a sick dog that responds to antibiotics, keep them on them. Juno adored Loki but was the alpha in the house. She was an alpha by sweetness and would get her way by being sweet and kind to either us or Loki. Her personality made up for all the shoes, books and various items that she loved to destroy in the house. It was always hilarious to watch her carry “contraband” around the house, such as a box of bandaids, a shoe or a book. She was smart enough to negotiate trades with Mr. Wild Dingo, often picking apples off the tree and showing them to him while leading him to the cookie jar for a trade. I casually trained her in article search and while Loki was recovering from an illness, she was able to find an expensive pair of sunglasses I lost on a trail walk. She was always smarter than she appeared and she absolutely loved to kiss her people.
Despite her landing into a good life, Juno led a life of crime. Rehabilitation was a life-long process.
