was in rough shape, with “A big red tear duct hanging outside of his eye,” and the general unkempt state
that comes with living on his own for those five long
months. “[After] nobody claimed him I took him down
to the vet and he fixed his eye and he has been with
us ever since,” Knesek said. Although the Kneseks
already owned a dog, Samson, they took Dickens in
anyway. “Samson was older and he had been alone
since Whiney [another of the family’s previous dogs]
had died, but he [Dickens] and Samson just played.
He brought new life to Samson. Then when Samson
died we got Dolly to keep Dickens company because
he was so young,” Knesek said. Dolly and Dickens get
along pretty well. The only snag the Knesek family has
discovered is that “Dolly is an escape artist.” Not even
an electric fence can stand in her way when it comes to
her great escapes.
When Knesek first took Dickens to the vet, she
found that he was around 5 months old. What the
vet didn’t tell her is that he was a Pit-bull terrier mix.
When confronted about it on their next visit the doctor
replied, “Some people get scared because they think
they are aggressive, but they’re not. They are really
loving dogs.”
Both Dickens and Dolly are very sweet Pit-bull terrier mixes. The only thing you have to fear about
Dickens is that he might “lick you to death. He is a
licker,” Knesek said. “He comes in and licks her [Dolly]
and then licks the carpet.” Rachel Knesek, the youngest
Livestock care and rehabilitation
member of the Knesek family, said, “He really likes to lick
shoes and we actually had to buy a new carpet because it
got so crusty from all the licking.”
Dolly and Dickens were lucky to find such a loving
home in the Knesek household.
Knesek and the rest of the Knesek family believe that
little Watershed Dickens was meant to find his way to their
home. With just a little help from the mailman, Watershed
Dickens was able to find a kind and loving home where he
truly belongs.
In house Labs
Newest technology in operating rooms
Providing Services for:
EQUINE • LIVESTOCK
CANINE • FELINE
Dr. Sweatt • Dr. McLeod • Dr. Hutchins
8283 FM 920 • Weatherford, Texas • 817-458-3355
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
equine surgical clinic
SEPTEMBER 2016
State of the art facility and mobile services
59