Biscuit c. September 2004 – 13th August 2022

Biscuit was an SF SPCA rescue. We went to visit the adoption floor “just to look” for a mature, small, short-haired, non-vocal cuddler, and ended up coming home with a year-old, long haired herder with a big voice and an even bigger personality!

Bitsy (as she was then) was deemed a Chow-Chow/Aussie Shepherd mix but it didn’t take long for us to realize she was a breed of her own, and we dubbed her an Australian Rascal!

Biscuit was funny and naughty in equal parts. She loved to learn, and was a standout at all the classes we took with her, though her own unique interpretation of obedience would entertain to all who attended and taught that particular class… She adored Agility, and would hare around the course at an impossible speed. Biscuit also excelled at Tricks, and her melodramatic take on “I’ve Been Shot” was positively Shatner-esque…

We worked from home and so Biscuit was with us 24/7. She loved to doze in the office but when it was time to run errands, she was happy to get out and about too. Despite the fact we both disliked shopping, there was nothing Biscuit enjoyed more than roaming Fillmore Street or 4th Street in Berkeley and absorbing the admiration she drew wherever she went. In fact “what breed is your dog” and “what a beautiful dog” were phrases we literally heard on every walk we went on. Her best trait was the fact she always behaved around food, and so was the best dog to take to restaurants.

It was tough to watch Biscuit age and lose her speed and ability to jump, but to the end she always managed to come up with new ways to make us laugh. For the rest of our days we will remember all her exploits and the way she enriched our lives. Goodbye my best girl .
-Diane P. & Robert D.