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Milania is a gorgeous long coated white shepherd born

on October 31, 2011. She has a noble presence about herself and her personality exudes self-confidence. Outside of her intelligence, she

has a calm, stable and affectionate temperament. She has beautiful conformation and is well defined. Her "will to please" is extraordinary

which is why she makes such a wonderful therapy dog. She has

beautiful dark pigments with a pure white coat with cream tipping

around her ears, bottoms of her feet and tip of her tail.

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We knew great things were to come with our new girl but had no

idea how quickly she would accomplish them. At the age of 9

months, she took two champion UKC wins on her first time ever

in a show ring. (mine too) That same month, she tested and passed

her Canine Good Citizen Certification. (CGC) As she turned one year,

and her second time in the show ring, she brought home her third

win to achieve her UKC Champion status, winning Best of Breed.

Shortly thereafter, she tested for her TDI certification and she passed

with flying colors. I was simply amazed how well she did and basically walked herself through these events like she has been doing it all

along. We even had the opportunity to show against her mother and grandmother in one show. Seeing all three generations of beauty, intelligence and structure in one show, definitely offers a great sense of satisfaction and the desire to go forward towards our future Grand Champion.

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Milania and I volunteer our time visiting returning military veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and other medical and emotional related disorders. We provide the same for police, fire and EMS personnel and their families.

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One area of her specialty is going to schools or libraries for children to read to her. Last year, Milania participated in a local teacher's Master Degree research project with her second grade students. We visited her respective school on 15 different occasions so students engaged in the research project could read to her. The children loved her and looked forward to each and every one of her visits. They were sad when we left but the teacher said we have an open visitation to come and visit anytime we want. What an enjoyable experience for the two of us and Milania was the perfect listener. Sometimes the students when reading, would make different noises to see her reaction. A Tilt of her head, or a look to their direction, always made them laugh. Reading to Milania became fun to them and they seemed to no longer care if they misread a word or two. In the end, we fell we benefitted more than they did. We will be back.

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