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I'll- be happy Barked: Tue Aug 23, '11 1:22am PST  Indigo is my
first official small dog. I think she's some sort of Shih Tzu or
Lhasa Apso mix but I'm not sure (I hope to be able to post some
better pictures of her soon because I really want to see what
you all think of her breed). She was a rescue my coworker
brought in to work. She was absolutely covered in ticks (there's
still some scabs left even a month later) and had to get shaved
down because of the state her fur was in. She was neglected for
the most part and still has a hard time letting others touch
her. I seem to be the only human she trusts now, but we're
slowly making some progress in that area.  The rant part is this
behavior I've never really had a problem with before. Random
people will just come up and try to start petting her without
even asking me. I had a pet store employee actually shove his
face in her face (witho