Echo, owned by Chris and Kathy Finnegan is a pure bred Cairn Terrier. Echo comes from a breeder in the Spokane area and she's 6 years old. "We were looking for one that was Brindle color and you don't see too many that color. You see a lot of them that are wheaten colored so my wife wanted this one.

Her diet is a standard dry food and snacks for Echo chicken chewies are favored. She does not do tricks and has not been to obedience school. "If you saw us in the park you'd see there's not a whole lot of obedience there," Finnegan said laughing. "She's willing to take on any dog bigger than her," he offered.

Echo lives with a wheaten colored terrier that is twelve years old, "and she defends both of them."

Her name comes from the military company that the couple's younger son served in, in the Marine Corps. It was his boot camp company Echo Bravo Charley Company. "About the time he left for boot camp we got Echo."

Echo has a friend across the alley. "They bark at each other all the time but you put them together and it's like...big deal."

Walking up to Lowman Park from Fauntleroy is a favorite walk.

She has one curious habit. She doesn't like turf. She actually prefers pavement. So much so that even though she does not like being held, she often must be carried out to the lawn where she can "do her business" and then be carried back. When they walk through the park, "You know the bulkhead, the little six inch wide section she walks right along there," Finnegan explained.

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