Pet's Name(s) Bailey and Piper

Your name:September Smith

Please tell us how your pet makes a difference in your life:I recently realized that Bailey turned 12 and I don’t know how time has flown by with her. She came to me as a super skittish puppy with all sorts of confidence issues. Fostering other dogs a few years in really caused her to open up and be less fearful. She now has Piper as a playmate and confidence system, since Piper (nearly 6) is rarely bothered by a new situation. Piper has joined me for parades or the Strut Your Mutt fundraiser for Team BAM decked out in a tutu, surrounded by dog and people strangers. She’s up for anything, especially when tasty treats are involved.

If your pet was adopted, what shelter or rescue did you adopt them from?

Any additional information about the photo you would like us to know:This pic was taken a couple years back at BAM’s Dog Day Spectacular, when both my big girls got to visit for a while. Piper proved that she isn’t fully fear-free when she decided the FUNgility course (particularly the tube and the catwalk) was way too much.