My favorite time with Ollie is coming home to his wild excitement. The moment I walk in the door he jumps around, so happy to greet me. Immediately I put my things down and sit on the couch, so he...
I adopted Winnie three years ago. Before she came to me, she was a stray from birth on the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area. The story of how she was initially rescued is long and juicy, but let's...
Before Chico came to us he was a little tough guy. With some scarring on his neck, he didn’t interact with other dogs well, always having to be dominating. With lots of training and my husband reminding me to have...
When George first came to us as a foster dog he was a bundle of anxiety. Although my husband was resistant to having him from the start, when the time came for someone to adopt him, he was heartbroken at...
It’s impossible to watch a baseball game in our house when our three border collies are all there. Lovers of the game and of tennis balls, the house turns into a riot the moment the pitcher starts throwing. Only a...
My fur babies mean the absolute world to me. With my rescue dogs and cats, life at my household never has a dull moment. Yiggy, our little one-eyed boy, is the most loving dog. He loves to play fetch, go...
It wasn't until I adopted Misty Mountains that I realized how incredible it is to have a rescue pet greet you each and every day. Misty is drawn to adventure and her individualistic spirit creates so much joy in my...
I began searching online for someone to share our home in Kirkland, Washington with us. It had been very quiet since my husband Alan and I lost our sweet dog Cookie to cancer the year before. We are parents of...
The love that I see in my rescue’s eyes at the end of each day reminds me how I’m so blessed with extraordinary love and she fills my heart with peace. Kota is so intuitive and always seems to know...
Dudley, home is not home without you. For me personally, home was always elusive. I deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, an odd place to look for home. I looked high and low, and in every corner of the globe for...
Six years ago, we decided to bring Hercules and his pit bull brother, Maximus, into our family. After Maximus passed away, we thought we were going to remain a one dog family. That was until we met Mona. After finding...
Murphy was a dog that rescued me. His sweet face and sad story held me captive and I had to make sure he was mine and I was definitely his. I call him my 'little guy’ - even though he's...
