{"id":955,"date":"2010-04-13T07:58:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T11:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/dogblog\/?p=955"},"modified":"2010-04-13T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T11:58:28","slug":"dogs-without-blogs-troy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/dogs-without-blogs-troy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs Without Blogs – Troy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been on quite a Chessie-centric streak here, but I think you’ll all love this dog coming to us from Tel Aviv! Troy is a handsome Chesapeake Bay Retriever rescue and lives with Sasha and family near the Mediterranean Ocean.
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Troy at the Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>Dog Questions
\nWhat is your name?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nTroy Fidelio Byron
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\nWhat breed of dog are you?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nChesapeake Bay Retriever
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\nHow old are you?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nI\u2019m as old as the number I can count up to which is 3, usually followed by the throw of a tennis ball and a wheeeeeee\u2026.
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\nWhat nicknames do the humans call you?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nNearly every human I know has styled their own nickname for me: Troychuk, Troysky, Troyannus \u2026.
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\nDo you like any of your nicknames?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThe one our eighteen month old niece Ella uses: \u201c\u2026Hoy\u201d.
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\nWhat is your favorite walk\/hike?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThe quickest way to the beach. I tend to speed it up a little.
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\nWhat is your go to toy?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThe legendary water wubba<\/a>, recently decapitated by my buddy, Mush.
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\nWhat is the most fashionable thing you wear?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nHey, I\u2019m a Chessie – we look so unique au naturel; and no that ain\u2019t a Mohawk haircut.
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\nIf you’re a reader, what is your favorite book?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThe one on the couch I\u2019m sleeping on.
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Giant Eel<\/figcaption><\/figure>What is the oddest thing you’ve ever done?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nDecapitating a giant eel.
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\nWhat is the treat you will do anything for?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nFlying fish.
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\nWhat is your greatest skill?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nBeing oblivious to anybody and anything once I hit water.
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\nIf you could speak only one sentence, what would you say?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nDear hummins, we hate camera flashes.
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\nWhat is your favorite human food?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nA freshly baked roll from the market. I get one on Friday and carry it like a trophy.
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Dude!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIf you could be granted 3 wishes, what would they be?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThat we could live on the beach; that we could also live on a lake and that there were more fish in the sea.
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\nWhat do you love most about your human?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nThat she talks to me. Just like all dogs, I understand everything.
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Troy Fidelio Byron<\/figcaption><\/figure>From Sasha:<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nTroy joined our family two years ago after a stint in a pound and a rescue organization. At first, I thought he was a brown Lab with a coat that had turned rough from malnutrition. And what was with that tail? I mean Labs wag their tails, but this one just whirred\u2026.and those tiger eyes\u2026 I was soon enlightened by a Canadian vet we would meet on the beach who told me I had teamed up with a CBR. So that\u2019s what the brown water dog was \u2026 but how on earth did he end up in Tel Aviv?
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\nOur local vet tracked down Troy\u2019s record. He was brought over by a very wealthy couple from a breeder in Idaho and dumped soon thereafter in a pound – y\u2019know, accessory people. A trainer friend introduced us to Duke, a younger Chessie from Yorkshire in the UK – and apparently there\u2019s only one more in Tel Aviv. The breed has only just been registered here.
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\nTroy does so much: watching him join a group of little kids on the beach and going swimming with them takes my breath away. Every single day, Troy makes sure everyone around him focuses out of themselves and into the great blue wavy horizon because there\u2019s always a chance of more fish in the sea – and hopefully soon, we\u2019ll be joined by a Troyette.
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\nThanks Troy and Sasha for spending time on the dog blog. We love hearing about rescue dogs meeting their families! If you’d like to see more of Troy, you can check out his gorgeous bit of ocean at TroyDays on Flickr here<\/a>.
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