Pets of the Week

Hoover and Allie Mae

Anybody who says pets don’t have distinct personalities hasn’t met the two little inhabitants scampering around Jeanne and Clay Lewis’ home.

Allie Mae is a 16-year-old Lhasa Apso that the Lewis family found through the paper when she was 8-years-old. Her previous owner traveled all the time, so they had to give her up. She loves to dig and she sleeps with her back leg covering her eye. Despite her advanced age, she still has plenty of bounce in her step and is quite friendly.

Hoover is an 11-year-old white male Bichon Frise, whose love of car rides may have contributed to his current portly condition. “He’s on a diet,” laughs Jeanne who describes Hoover as ‘a solitary man.’ The Lewises rescued Hoover from a home where, according to Jeanne, he was being terrorized by two little boys with fake bows and arrows.

The two little dogs have free reign at the Lewis’ Almaden home where they especially enjoy visits from the Lewis’ six grandchildren.

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