On April 19, 1994, I was working at my job as a receptionist in a veterinary clinic in NC. I never realized that day that I would leave as a new mom. A lady came in with her cat in distress. She had delivered 2 kittens the day before, but had been unable to deliver [...]

Sparky was the first dog that I ever rescued. He was ornery, stubborn, funny and my main man. He would argue with me (and bite me, which I always thought was amusing, since I’m an animal control officer and the ultimate alpha dog)and love to play games. I don’t think he ever met another dog [...]

Our Lucky was all “Westie”! Lucky was strong willed, stubborn, high strung, faithful, devoted, and a loyal companion for all of her 15 plus years. Lucky was also “a character”, a “funny girl”, “noble like a queen” and an “older sister to Murphy”. In addition, Lucky was a cancer survivor that even surprised her doctors [...]

My husband always wanted a boxer. We had just lost Buddy to Cushings Disease. We were concerned that Rascal would be grieving and needed a new playmate. My husband always wanted a boxer, and one Saturday not long after we lost Buddy he went to a boxer rescue adoption and found Max A 10 month [...]

In Loving Memory of Shaman We first met Shaman in Flowery Branch, Georgia at the ripe age of 6 weeks. A very nice couple were avid Lab AKC breeders whose female just delivered a healthy set of new pups. We chose Shaman out of the bunch primarily because he was the calm one. He was [...]

My Tribute to Ollie – My beloved Maltese, my best friend and soul mate. I can only begin this at the very first time I saw you in the pet store one day while on lunch hour. . You were just a little ball of white fluff with the cutest face I’d ever seen on [...]

I adopted Miller when he was 4 years old. When I first met him, I thought that he was the biggest Lab that I had ever seen! Apparently, I wasn’t the only one that thought that. Everywhere we went, that was the comment that I heard. He truly was the biggest Lab I had ever [...]

One week ago today, Jayden lost her battle to cancer. She sure did put up a good fight though! This is the story of her fight… Jayden was born in November, 2005. I still remember the first time I got to hold her furry self while on Christmas vacation. I was still in the Coast [...]

Aggie came to us at a low point in our lives – job loss, illness and surgery. We picked her out of her litter when she was 3 weeks old. She was the only girl – a precious white bulldog with a small brown spot between her ears. She looked like she had a princess [...]