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Billie Adopted Me
Billie was born in my mother's barn on my father's birthday, February 13, 1998, part of a litter of Rottweiler/Border Collie Mixed. I had decided to get another Schnauzer, but God laughed and gave me…
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Sweet and Kind Miss Emily
We were looking for another dog when we lost our black lab. We saw an ad in the paper that someone had a golden lab they couldn't keep. We were disappointed when we saw her, she obviously was more th…
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Kamen, German Shepherd
My girlfriend originally "rescued" Kamen from an animal shelter. There was a breeder in her area that was doing some illegal activities, and all of his dogs were seized and taken to the shelter. Many…
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Annie, Fuzzy, and Kamen
When I saw Annie (Doberman/Shepard mix) at the shelter, she was very thin - all of her ribs were sticking out. When I tried to approach her, she backed up, as if I were going to try to hurt her. I pu…
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Koji
Koji was found in an open field not far from our house here in Mustang, Oklahoma. Our son-in-law, Mark Reynolds, found her drinking water from a mud puddle. She was very emaciated and very unstable o…
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Hinckley, World Traveler
I was living outside the city of Anakra, Turkey over a decade ago when a young puppy happened to enter onto the fenced grounds. The size of a small cat at the time (he fit into my hand when I picked …
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From Sick Puppy to Happy Dog
One morning, my mom went out of our house to get something at the shop, and then she realized that there was a little puppy at one of the corners of our garage. He seemed sick. He had lost almost all…
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Riley Found Us
We'd just moved to our current home when Riley showed up in our back yard's BBQ fireplace. He was about 10 weeks old, and we think his semi-feral mom was trying to leave him on his own. She lived in …
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Maddie - Love at First Sight
We have a four year old Border Collie named Rodeo who is extremely spoiled - imagine that! He is an outstanding cow dog and goes with my husband to cowboy on the weekends all of the time. However, wh…
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Chester, a Dream Come True
We went to Charlotte, NC(4 hours away from where we live) and camped there. From there, we went to Pacelot, SC. We stayed there all day at Dreamweaver Farms, but the moment we walked in and saw Elmo,…
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Sweet Sam Was Meant for Us
Sweet Sam was found wandering the streets of a small NJ town by the local dog catcher. He was returned to his owner several times only to be found wandering again. When the dog catcher found him in t…
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Jake's Lucky Break
I'm a police officer, and one night while I was on patrol I saw a very skinny dog running down the road. He almost got hit twice before I could get to him. I called for him and he came right up to me…
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Russo's "Ruff" Beginning
We saw Russo's photo online and called the shelter. They said he was a medium-sized dog, so we went to take a look. He was a lot bigger than medium-sized -- he was a big, black dog and we knew that t…
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Tintin and Vera
Tintin had been booted out of her 'home' in Chaing Mai when she was no longer a puppy (=toy), and had to fend for herself for the year before she found me. We were visiting a Swedish friend who had m…
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Abbi - a Perfect Match
My dog Abbi is an angel. I had recently lost my 18 year old Lhasa Kaiseih and was reluctant to get another dog. I loved the breed but they're a little nippy and I had 2 grandsons with special needs. …
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Chanti, a Caregiver
I had just lost my other baby, 02.01.2007 and we went to Wet Nose. I wanted a small, black dog with short hair (low maintenance) not older that a year old. Well my Mom picked her out and that was tha…
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Toby - From Street Dog to Companion
My dog, Toby, was found wandering the streets by the Humane Society. His hair was all matted extremely unkempt. They had to shave him to get the matted hair off. He was turned over to a rescue organi…
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Chloe's Adoption Story
I was in college but visiting home when my roommate called and told me about a puppy that had wandered onto our yard. She called the local animal control and when they arrived, they found another pup…
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