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Hi, I'm Rachel, mommy to a 2-year old Chocolate Lab bitch named Shelby.  We live in Birmingham, Alabama along with my husband Zachary and a fat old cat named Sammy.  Shelby's a pretty girl who just started heartworm treatment, and I ran across this site while looking up info on that.  Glad to be here.  Last month, we adopted a Rottweiler mix (named him Satchmo) from a co-worker of mine, and just four days after we brought him home he died.  I'm 99% sure he contracted Parvo from the yard at our new house, which was home to 3 pugs and a terrier of some sort (not to mention all manner of strays).  Turns out he didn't get his first round of shots.  That taught me a hard lesson, so now we're doing everything we can to be the best mommy and daddy to our beautiful girl.