Mocha came from a BYB. We knew to not get a dog from a pet store and to make sure the breeder treated their animals well, but he was, without a doubt, a backyard breed. Mocha's not even purebred, let alone a perfect example of her breed.

When we decided to get Panna, we did more research. We knew that she had to be a rescue, and fortunately there weren't many small dogs in rescues around here at that time. Her owner had died and she had been passed around and the person who was taking care of her wanted her gone before her end-of-the-month vacation. She was going to be taken to a high-kill shelter, so we flew her up here.

Cannelle came from a rescue we foster for. We weren't looking for another dog but the rescue asked us to take her since she needed a lot of work, and how could we say no?