Mutt named as the Dog of the Millennium

    Dixie Lawrence, a Chow mix and resident of Carthage, Texas was rescued from the local pound in Carthage on March 10, 1998. Dixie was only 10 weeks old and two days after her rescue she became very ill with Parvo. Dixie's new family refused to give up on her and after two weeks of worries, hospitals and vet bills, Dixie was on her way to being a healthy and happy puppy.

    Dixie was entered into a web contest based in Vancouver, Canada back in June 1999. The contest, Santana's Millennium Dog 2000 contest, is one of the largest dog contests on the web. It is a year long contest that took the 11 monthly winners from 1999, Dixie originally won in the July contest. to compete in the December finals to see which dog would be named as the dog of the Millennium. The dog with the most votes would win. The winner was announced on New Year's Eve and to the excitement of Texans and supporters everywhere the winner was Dixie with 10,930 votes. The runner up, a German Shepherd by the name of Cowboy had 10,723 votes.

    Dixie was the only mixed breed among pedigree dogs in the contest, which adds to the excitement that "America's Dog" could be named as the Millennium Dog.

    During the contest we tried to raise awareness for all homeless animals. Especially, at this time of year as rescues fill with unwanted and unwise gifts. We wanted to let people know that a dog is not just for Christmas!

    If you would like to visit Santana's Little Spot on the Net here is the web address. http://home.istar.ca/~santanna/index.htm

    If you would like to meet Dixie here is her web address.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Zoo/1224/Dixie2.html

    The month of February is Spay and Neuter month and many local veterinary clinics will be having low cost spaying and neutering. Please, be a responsible pet owner and have your pet's spayed or neutered.

Save a life and adopt from your local pound or shelter.

Trevina Lawrence