Name: Cassidy (Melody by owners)

Age: 4 years

Breed: Siberian husky

Parents: 2 unknown breeding dogs

Siblings: many (Dusty is one of her half siblings)

Mate/crush: none

Pups: none

Personality: Cassidy is a very friendly female. She is really gentle towards her owners and a caring friend. She always tries to avoid fights. She isn´t a coward but prefers to stay out of trouble. She´s able to forgive easily and doesn´t stay mad at anyone for long. She wants to be a good friend is is really sorry when she isn´t able to help when someone needs her.

Likes: her owner, hanging out with other dogs, sausages,

Dislikes: being left alone, being locked in somewhere, fighting, her coat getting wet, rudeness

History: Cassidy was born in a litter of 3 at a breeding farm. She never got to know her father and wasn´t with her mother for long either. All dogs at this breeding farm where used to produce new sleddogs to sell them all across Alaska. At the young age of 6 weeks she got sold. way earlier than her siblings because Cassidy would never be a good sleddog so the breeder didn´t want to waste more food into her and sold her to whoever asks for to get at least some money for that pup. The man who bought her got her as birthday gift for his daughter but she didn´t want her. She wanted a cat. So poor Cassidy was locked into the bathroom almost all day. She thought is was her fault that the girl rejected her and tried to get her attention even more. But everytime Cassidy tried to play with the girl she got yelled at.  As Cassidy was 10 weeks old her owners put all their stuff into boxes and left the house. They didn´t take her with them. Cassidy remained in that empty building, the only thing her "family" left in the house.  She waited 2 days for their return but they never did. After these two seemingly endless days Cassidy tried to get out of the house. She wanted to search for her humans. She found a window that wasn´t closed properly. That was her escape. She wandered around town for several hours, searching for any sign that would lead her to her owners but in vain. As the sun went down an old man walked down the street and found that tiny grey furball all alone sitting next to a trash can. The man picked her up and took her home. Somehow Cassidy felt way more welcome at the old man´s home than she was at her previous owners. He gave her some cooked rice and remainings from the chicken he had for dinner that day and let her sleep next to his bed on a blanket. The next day he bathed her, groomed her fur and put a ribbon around her neck. Then he took her under his overcoat, left the house and walked down the street. He stopped at a sweet little house with a yard all around it. He stroke Cassidy´s fur and went inside the house. It was the house of his son. A little girl was running towards the old man happily greeting her grandfather. Then he took Cassidy out of his overcoat and handed her to the girl who was cheering in joy. She took the pup and ran upstairs to show it to her parents. The old man knew that the dog will have a happy life being the pet of his granddaughter. She badly wanted to have a new dog after their former one died. Since that day Cassidy understood what real owners are. She was happy that she finnaly had someone who was playing with her all day. She soon became friends with many dogs living in town and enjoys being around them. He mostly likes to hang around with Dusty, who happens to be her best friend, Olana and Rabiosa.

Other: Cassidy was my very first character created in 2009. I deleted her some time ago but knew that I´ll re-post her with a new and improved backstory. So here she is. She is connected to the old art I did of her although she has a completely different backstory now and the theme of many pictures doesn´t fit anymore but it is still exactly the same design and the same character.

Relation to Balto: She is the half sister of Dusty but does not know it, she lives in Nome and likes to hang around with the other dogs in town.