Best dressed, best look-alike · Shoot the Dog, Volume Four, page 223
Roxy, the Keeshond whose family took her brother instead
Most families remember the day their dog came home. Roxy's family have a better story than most, because on the day they met her, they accidentally took her brother instead.
The mix-up
Roxy is a Keeshond, and her page in Shoot the Dog, Volume Four opens with the moment it nearly went another way:
When Roxy flew into Adelaide to meet her new family, they accidentally took her brother instead!
The page does not say how the swap was put right. It only tells us what kind of dog they ended up with: "incredibly adorable, caring, and friendly with both people and dogs."
The model walk
Roxy knows she is worth a second look. "Sometimes Roxy walks like a model, knowing that other people like looking at her."
Not every admirer has been reassuring. Once, a woman stopped her family to say: "I like your dog so much, I love her fur coat... I can make good slippers from it!" The page answers that one with a simple "...oh no!", and we agree.
Two prizes
Roxy has won two prizes. The first was for "Best Dressed Dog", in "her super sweet red heart dress". The second was for "Best Look-alike Owner and Dog", for matching her fur-dad's hair and beard colour. Looking at the portrait above, with that grey and cream coat and those dark markings around her eyes, we can believe it.
One thing she will not stand for
Every dog has a weakness. Roxy's is very specific:
Roxy is very scared of loud sounds, especially a Champagne bottle opening. Now when she sees any bottle, she runs away like lunatic!
So if you ever share a celebration with Roxy's family, perhaps open the bubbles outside.
Roxy is one of more than 250 dogs in Shoot the Dog, Volume Four, each with a page written by the people who love them.