Doggystyle: Melisa and Pauli

I grew up with two dogs at home, and wanted one as soon as I moved out but was afraid of the commitment. I was always obsessed with them though, to the point where my boyfriend used to text me photos of cute dogs he would see in the street waiting for their owners or hanging out at cafes.

We live across the road from a big park, and one day we were standing outside the Hundlaufen, looking like creepy stalkers while watching the dogs play. At that point my boyfriend said something like “What are you actually waiting for? Just go for it!”

I knew I would always want a dog and that there would always be plenty of reasons why I could tell myself to wait. Sometimes you just have to take a decision and make your life work around that choice.

I started looking for a rescue dog right away and found Pauli through an amazing organisation that rescues dogs from the streets in Spain, called Tierhilfe Anubis. My partner and I took the train to Dresden to meet him with his foster mum and when he curled up in my lap, I couldn’t imagine not taking him home. Now I can’t imagine our lives without him!

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