Describe your dog...

[Alysser]

I only have one dog.

SASSY:

I was five years old when I got Sassy. I had had open heart surgery(I have a heart condition.) and have ALWAYS wanted a dog. Well, after two weeks in the hospital for recovery I was free. So, we went to my godfathers house for a *visit* and my parents said we were going to look at dogs this weekend! I had no idea I was going to get one. There she was. As tiny as a kitten. I took right to her and now she is mine forever. I've had her for 8 years and what a dog she is. She's so bossy! She has such a personality and is pure evil. But all in all, she is a GREAT dog.

[dab_20]

Sam



Well, Sam was one of the two surviving puppies from a BYB. His mom stopped feeding his brothers and sisters, so they died, except him and his sister. They sold his sister at 5 weeks old , and we got Sam when he was 9 weeks. I had wanted another Cocker Spaniel since my RB cocker had died. I dreamed of a parti color, and Sam just happened to be one! He's definatly my little man. He is the biggest cuddler in the whole world. He loves everyone, he's shy at first but once he warms up to you, he's your best buddy! He knows when I'm down and he'll make me feel better. He's the biggest goof... you can depend on him to make you laugh! He is my little sweetie.... his tail never stops wagging! I just love him to bits.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Adele:



We don't really know too much about Adele's life before we adopted her. We don't know her exact birthdate, but it's sometime in August of 2003 (we celebrate her birthday on August 11th). She was about 11-12 weeks old when we brought her home. I was looking for another dog, and I actually wanted to find a male, but I saw Adele's picture on petfinder and fell in love with her face. She was at a shelter just into Minnesota close to my husband Eric's home town. So, when we picked her up we took Marta and stopped at the in laws and she got to meet their dogs on her first day home. We have a polaroid of all the pets and people together, and Adele looks so tiny. She has turned out to be a good friend to Marta, and a good dog. We usually say that Marta is "my" dog and Adele is Eric's dog, but neither of us could live without any of our pets. Adele is a very sweet dog, and will greet you like you've been out of town for months after you've been gone only an hour. She also adores peanut butter and knows the word, but her absolute favorite words are "dog park."

[Ravette]

Jared - turning 6yr old Golden Retriever -


When my mom and I moved to town we had to give up most of our pets ,at the time 2 dogs,9 cats (we kept 2) , the 2 dogs killed our goats so no worries there that was one of the reasons we got rid of them because we found out they not only killed the goats but were getting out and running deer and chasing horses around the area.) I was devastated because I had never ever in my life been without a dog. I begged and begged and begged for another dog. Well the chance came a friend rescued a golden retriverxGSDxafgan mix. Her collar had cut deeply into her neck and she was around 60lbs underweight. The people kept her until her neck was fulled healed then gave her to us. Nikki was wonderful until she turned neurotic.... She got into my closet dug the floor out and peed all over , refused to go outside because she was worried that we would leave her there. Those are just two of the hundreds of problems we had with her. We took her to the vet and asked is there any type of natural remedy that would help her calm down some. The vet recommended drugs.... serious people type drugs that were going to cost us 175$ a month. Sadly we felt it would be best to find her a new home that could afford that. Funny enough she went to a therapist that works with nervous behaviors in people heh! Once again my heart was ripped out because I'd bonded with my psycho dog. Once again the begging began. Finally my mothers current boyfriend talked her into it. She picked me up from school and stared driving. I kept asking where are we going? After about 40 minutes of her ignoring my questions we pulled down this long gravel driveway and I saw a huge grown golden retriever. She looked at me and said "You can pick a puppy but the breeder is only giving us a deal on the males so you have to pick one of those." I scrambled out of the car and ran to the door of the house. The lady took me around back to the yard and there were 8 wiggly fluffy fat balls of gold! I just sat down in the middle of them and let them all play around me. I actually wanted a female that tried to play with me non-stop but I had to pick a male. Finally one came over and sat in my lap and looked up at me with dark chocolate eyes and I knew I was in LOVE!!! We took him home and hes my best friend


Ask my some day why I neutered him.

[Toby's my baby]

Great stories everyone!! I just love hearing all the stories about how you all came across your wonderful babies! Hope we get to read more!