Character: rhoda (the dogsmith)
Her Ref sheet for 2023
Her biography:
Rhoda McKinley is a purebred golden retriever from a relatively small town deep in the heart of Texas. As the youngest daughter among 8 brothers, she'd be very used to big families, but hardly accustomed to any freedom, which would make her college years a breeding ground for a series of...questionable decisions.
After a shotgun marriage to her law student boyfriend, Benjamin, due to an unexpected pregnancy (unfortunately it was not a safe day), Rhoda would then move on to finish her degree in business and earn a childcare certification and become involved in an old friend's startup business part time in parental agency and childcare, while raising their new daughter.
Fast forward a decade or so, and the McKinley's have grown very accustomed to parenting, with a rapidly growing family reaching the double digit litter by the time Rhoda was 35. It turns out she's just as much, if not more, of a puppy mill as her mother is. She still works part time at her friend's business, however most of her time nowadays is relegated to taking care of her children, assisted heavily by their nanny Lydia. Rhoda says that she's interested in hitting 20 before she hangs it up, Benjamin is still trying to convince her that 15 is enough.