I adopted Tasha from the local humane society when she was 8 weeks old, after I had just lost my 12-year-old collie, Cody.

Tommy we got when he was 6 months old after his first family was getting rid of him, someone my brother-in-law knew took him to a golden rescue place. My brother-in-law and his wife really wanted him but they lived in an apartment and couldn't have him. They told my husband all about him and asked if we would want him. We were really hard up on finances at the time, and said we could not afford all his initial vet bills since he would need to be neutered and have his shots, so the in-laws said they would pay for his neutering and shots if we could take him, and so we did, and that is how through multiple people, Tommy was rescued and came to live with us.