Rescue Dogs - We helped find Forever Homes for several dogs over the past year
Category: Pets and Animals
From time to time, we take in dogs that we feel we can train and rehabilitate in order to place in a forever home.
Over the past year, we have done that for 7 dogs. It isn't always easy and it takes a lot of time, but it is worth it. We only wish we had more space and time to do it more often.
Piper- Female Belgian Malinois - from the puppy program at Lackland Air Force Base. She was and awesome dog that the Lackland Dog Training Center unfortunately washed out before they gave her a chance to excel. She was adopted by a local handler and was just too much for them to deal with at home. We took her and found a guy that competes professionally with working dogs and he gladly took her. Hopefully I can give updates on her success soon.
Bella - Female Yellow Lab - sweetheart, but her owner had to move unexpectedly and couldnt keep her. We took her because she was an awesome puppy that DID NOT belong in a shelter. We considered keeping her for ourselves, but she needed more love than we had time to give. So when a friend expressed that they wanted us to help find a lab for them, we suggested Bella. It was a perfect match for their family of 5. Lots of love and lots of kids to play with.
Kira - a black German Shepherd: Kira was a gorgeous, extremely smart GSD with a huge amount of drive to work. Kira's original family, like so many others, were just not prepared for the demands of a high-drive German Shepherd. We took her and trained her in drug detection in which she excelled. She is now a working Police Narcotics Detection Dog in Alabama. Her first night on the job, she found drugs and hasn't slowed down since. (photo above)
Emmy - Black Lab & Old Bones (Choc Lab)- I found her on the side of the road, no houses in sight when she was only about 10 weeks old. She was "traveling" with an old, old, old dog that I ended up calling OLD BONES. When I first saw them, he was lying in the middle of the road and I had to stop to keep from hitting him. I couldn't tell that it was a boy - and the baby puppy was all over him - like she was trying to get him up. I just guessed that it was the mother and baby and that someone had thrown them out. I loaded them up in my car and took them home. To my surprise when I got home, I found out that the momma was not a momma at all. I cant imagine what the story was, but the baby loved him dearly and didn't want to leave his side for long. He had on a collar, but the phone number had been disconnected. I kept him for a few weeks, but he was just too old and to unhealthy. He had to be put to sleep. The baby, ended up becoming my daughter's baby and still is. I don't know where she came from, but she is the best Labrador Retriever I have seen and is now our family.
Tobey - young German Shepherd - lively GSD that didn't acclimate to living in a backyard that wasn't supposed to be dug up. Although he was house trained and loved being with the family, "mom" wasn't so happy about him being in the house. The reality of having a house, a yard, 2 kids and a dog didn't work out. It took a while but he finally found a forever home with a new loving family that didnt value grass and flowers as much as the dogs.
Maxie - Young Female German Shepherd: Maxie was a very expensive GSD from a working dog line, but unfortunately, she was too much for the family to handle. Like many working German shepherds, she had a high amount of drive. She needed lots of energy and lots of attention. The original owners decided that they could not keep her and asked us to help find a home. We kept Maxie for a few months and worked with her through advanced obedience training. We recently found a great family that were looking for a dog just like her. She couldn't have been better matched for this family. The greatest thing was seeing her meet them for the first time; she acted like she had known them forever.
----more to come
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