Adopted in 2007 by Lisa Valdez, Clementine was renamed Emmie...
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	Emmie is doing very well with her knew mom, Lisa. Lisa says Emmie is her new alarm clock, jumping up into bed at about 5:30 most mornings and then curling up for another little snooze when she's told she has to wait just one more hour. Then, at exactly 6:30, the sloppy wet kisses and insistent, shoving paws start until mom gets up out of bed! When it comes to food Emmie is basically a doggie garbage disposal! Lisa has been trying to discourage begging for people food by letting Emmie try things dogs normally don't like. Apparently, this has not been much of a success, as Emmie eats everything from peanuts in the shell to peppermint Lifesavers! Lisa takes Emmie to the office where she works on a regular basis and says everyone there has fallen in love with Em's sweet hound dawg face and personality. Showering her with pats and treats, they always ask Lisa where she got such a great dog! Update - 12.08.07: A note from Lisa... I thought I’d give you a quick update on Emmie’s latest accomplishments. First I don’t believe even you all know how talented a dog she is and the extents to which she will go for a treat...she has learned not only where the doggie snacks in my office and a coworker's officer are located, which is the desk drawer, but she has officially learned how to open the drawer to get her snacks out. I finally caught her in the act! She puts her paw in the handle and pulls! She is too smart for her own good, or mine.     Second, she has finally made her first doggie friend, and I’d venture to say she has a new little boyfriend. After months of growling, barking and scaring Gatsby away, she has finally decided he is a pretty good playmate. Gatsby is the chocolate lab who also comes to the office every day. It’s been quite entertaining to watch, simply because Gatsby, who is larger than her, has been so scared of her he won’t look her in the eye. He’ll come down to my office for a snack or to see if she wants to play, but just keeps on walking by when he hears the low growl from my sweet puppy. They have now started to chase each other down the halls and pounce on each other (most co-workers find it amusing). But, this week she searched him out and drove me crazy until I took her upstairs to find him so they could play! I had to make her leave the conference room this week because Gatsby was nicely minding his own business sleeping under the table when she snuck up on him and pounced. We’re still learning the appropriate times for play...in otherwords, not in the middle of a meeting. But, I’m so proud of her because she hasn’t had a doggie friend that she didn’t scare off or one that was patient enough to put up with her, but Gatsby stuck it out. We also think maybe she was playing hard to get in the beginning.
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