how did you get your dog?

[Amber]

Tell us how you got your dog!!

[primabella]

Last summer my parents gave us the okay to get a dog so I researched my breeds. I really wanted a BC but I knew it wouldn't fit my lifestyle so we decided on a Sheltie. We checked the shelters for Shelties or Sheltie mixes but no luck. We responded to every ad too. 2 months later we looked up a good breeder in our area and kept in touch. That December we picked up our precious Mickey.

[Amber]

Aww!

[RubyMutt]

I searched Pet Finder (www.petfinder.org) for a female medium-sized adult dog in my area. I looked at photos & read stories about probably hundreds of dogs. When I saw Ruby I fell in love with her. I filled out an adoption application & drove nearly 2 hours to her shelter so I could meet her. When I did, I knew I had to have her. I gave the shelter my application, they looked over it, visited my house, and in a few days called and told me that I could come and pick her up One of the best days of my life

[binka_nugget]

I've been wanting one for years! I researched my breeds in those 12 years and really fell hard for bcs. I still love them but my mom decided on a sheltie over my begging for a bc. We looked at ads and called up a breeder about 5 hours away.

[dukedogsmom]

Hurray for Petfinder!! Duke was abandoned along with 4 other dogs(one his brother) out in the middle of nowhere. I don't know how the lady got them but she took care of all of them until they found homes. I was originally looking at Duke's brother. I was bent over looking down at him. Then he jumped up and kissed me right on the mouth! Well, I don't like those kind of doggie kisses so I chose Duke instead. How happy he's made my life. He and I have both been through difficult times(his he still hasn't forgotten, which breaks my heart). I have spent years trying to make him forget. I love him so much and I'm glad that he knows it.

[Kfamr]

We adopted Simba from the St Petersburg SPCA.
We adopted Nala from the North Pinellas Humane Society.

[I Love Brian, Forever <3]

Bart came from a puppy mill in Kentucky. After his mate had died, he was severely neglected, was flea infested and left outside 24/7.

Rose was bought from a breeder in GA, who lived in a single-wide trailer and kept the Rottweiler pups under the front porch.

Molli was found roaming the streets around my middle school, back in GA. She had the mange and was going to be put down until the vet said there's a slim chance she could recover. Molli had a collar on that she had clearly outgrown and had all sorts of lacerations on her from obvious abuse. She was also very thin.

Zoe was found running through the mud and rain on a very busy street in GA, after my mom had dropped me off at school.

[jazzcat]

I got Disney at our local animal shelter about 10 1/2 years ago when she was about 1 year old (guessing). She was wild and ran under everything when we let her out of the cage. My husband really protested and didn't want her but I won out. She and her sister were there together and another couple adopted her sister at the same time we adopted her. They were named Sugar and Spice (Disney was Spice). I didn't think that fit her and after about a week I came up with Disney because she was kind of in her own little world.

[allanimalswelcome]

Leo is from a breeder. He was the last puppy she had left and the only boy, the only tri-color, and took the most annoying trait from his mom-the hate for doors. She bang on the door and Leo bites them.

Patrick is from a Pet Store and I do feel bad about this. But he was a big puppy in one of those tiny things in the wall and my mom bought him and carried him away from that horrible place.

(both our shelties)

Sylvie our deceased mutt was about to be put to sleep at a pound but a postal worker saved her becaused she was so sweet, named her Fluffy and put an ad in the paper. My parents came and looked at her and then brought her home!

Our next dog will be a mixed breed and from our pound. I can't wait

~Rachel

[Amber]

Aww !!!!!

[K9karen]

My friend was on the phone, talking to her niece, saying "Another? another?" and I impulsively said "Save me a male", thinking the pups were pure bred G.Rs. There was a house emergency in the family and they called to say we'd have to pick up the pups earlier than expected, so I got Cody at 4 weeks. His dad was a Yellow Lab, turns out. After much sadness after Cody passed, I walked into the local SPCA, gave all the dogs "sit" &"down" commands and Logan was the only one who complied easily. We made eye contact and that was IT! She's also a velcro dog!!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

We got Molly and Daisy from breeders. We searched in our local shelters first, but then turned to breeders. Molly was from a BYB, who treated her very poorly, so you could call her a rescue. Daisy was from a responsible breeder. My mom had always loved collies, so thats how we got Molly. I, as people know love golden retrievers, so we got Daisy.

[wolf_Q]

I was 2 years old when my parents got Smokey......he came from a breeder, but I don't really know anything about them. I do know he was one of the last pups and my mom chose him because he had funny teeth and a weird back. She felt sorry for him.

Reggie came along several years later. We weren't looking for another dog. A guy my dad worked with had a schnauzer with pups. They had one pup that was older that nobody wanted. My parents had always liked schnauzers.......so we ended up getting him. He was free.

And then there was Nebo.... I've been obsessed with siberian huskies since I was born I think. My parents would never let me get another dog. Finally, last summer, my parents said I could! I really wanted a puppy, as Reggie and Smokey are grouchy and don't get along with dogs much. We looked at several different litters of puppies. I was planning on looking around more, and I really wanted a black and white female. Well, I fell in love with a bratty little red boy, what more can I say?

[Crikit]

Smudge I got from some idiots in the paper, who moved to an apartment that wouldn't allow dogs. Which is good because he probably wouldn't have lasted long in that house, like I said the were idiots.

Winter was a rescue from some people who didn't want her because she wasn't perfect, so they called up my friend who thought of me and called me up and the rest was history.

Tama is still techinically a foster until the breeder makes up her freakin' mind weather or not she wants him back or if it's okay for my friend to rehome him.