Trudie was a rescued dog. I don't know what her circumstances where before she came to me, but she was a bit nervous around men. I got her when she was less than a year old. She was 12 1/2 yrs old. She will always be my baby. She went through thick and thin with me. I got remarried in 2012 and she loved her new daddy and new brother, Emmett, who she got along with wonderfully. I will say she was a bit of an antagonizer, but she had a sweet disposition. She passed on 11/18/14. RIP my sweet girl. Love and miss her so much!