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Meet Cricket - one of the two Schnauzers we had when I was a teenager. We adopted her in 1968 - she was rescued from a puppy mill in Missouri and we saw her at Lambs Farm which is a work place for mentally challenged adults who also live on the farm. They work in the bakery, the petting zoo, gift shop, cafe and pet shop. Cricket was the runt of her litter - she never weighed more than 6 pounds which is very small for a schnauzer. She got her name because as a puppy she would hop around like a cricket. The lady who groomed her had a friend who did pet paintings and she was crazy about Cricket so she asked if she could paint her portrait. When my mom broke up her household last year I could not bare to see this painting go into the estate sale so she now hangs in my bedroom. I'm thinking of this for my entry in the contest.