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{ FOR THE
OF PETS }
Meet Charley
A TOY POODLE AND THIEF OF HEARTS
STORY BY RICA KEENUM | PHOTOS BY BRANDON ATWELL
Wearing his prison-striped shirt and matching cap,
5 pound Charley is oxymoronic: properly ridiculous.
But that's exactly the point, and it is indeed why this
little guy is perfect for his role as an entertainer and a
source of pure joy.
For his part in the Doggy Circus, Charley plays
a quick-footed thief. When he creeps up to snag a
wallet, the audience roars with delight. It's clear
he's also a stealer of hearts, as his owner
Cindy Olson can attest.
" He's willing to learn anything you
want him to, " she said. " He carries his
basket, he jumps through hoops and
runs through tunnels. He does the
agility; he's gotten all of his certifications
for different levels
of agility - performance
accreditations. "
A longtime animal lover,
Olson grew up in Minnesota
and started rescuing dogs
around age 13.
used
" My girlfriend and I
save up allowto
ance
to buy dogs from the
animal shelter, " she said.
" I'd get the ones on death
row. When we had enough
money to bail them out, we
would go find a home for the
dogs - somebody who would
take them. "
Kids who were initially
afraid of dogs loved him
because he's such a peanut
- a little squirrel.
- Cindy Olson
Olson says she's passionate about animals in general,
but finds dogs to be the most vulnerable. " Cats seem
to be able to fend for themselves, " she said.
When she got her first poodle as a teen, she instantly
bonded with the breed.
" We've had a variety of dogs, Irish setter, Dalmatian,
and I'd show them and clip them and I learned
how to obedience train dogs when I
was a kid. So fun. "
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