We have adopted none of our dogs from shelters but both Taggert and Snoopy came from Rescue groups. Taggert had already been fixed, had his first shots, and had been wormed. Snoopy had his first shots but we did have to have him fixed.

Dazzi was adopted from a friend who was getting divorced and need to give her up. He adopted her from a humane society and I have to tell you she is the very best dog ever. She was housetrained, and obedience trained. We can let her out and she stays in the yard. If she does see a rabbit, another dog or cat and starts running after it, all we have to do is call her name and she almost always comes back. (there has been atime or two she kept going but that is very rare and usually with another dog than anything else.) She could sit, lay down, adn spin on command. Now she shakes and high fives too. The man who gave her to us got her when she was about a year old. We got her about 6 months later.

There are some great dogs out there in shelters and humane societies that original owners have put time and money into and then for one reason or another have given them up. Divorce, moving, job changes, the amount of time, energy and money a dog takes are all reasons for giving dogs up. I wouldn't hesitate adopting a dog from either a shelter, humane society or rescue.