What is a well trained dog worth?

This week, the New York Times took a look at just what a well-trained dog can be worth to the right person. From NYT The price tag on Julia, the GSD protection dog is close to a quarter MILLION dollars. Is she worth it? As one of her trainers says, (value) is in the eye…

puppies, puppies, puppies

This week I got to be part of a fantastic adoption day event put on by Saving Great Animals. They had rescued Cherry, a pit mix that they were told was spayed. However, as time went on the poor girl seemed to be getting sick. A trip to the vet indicated, not illness, but pregnancy. A…

Here comes another one just like the other one

But this one is a bit different.Dexter went on to his new forever home last weekend, but we were called on again to offer a short-term home to a foster dog.Lucky joined us Tuesday. The rescue believes he is less than a year old and a malamute mix, but I see a bit of Great Pyrenees…

Good luck, Dexter!

Good news for Dexter! He found his forever home. He has gone to a woman with a long history with dogs so he should get plenty of the attention and training he needs. I am told she was head over heels about him Good luck, Dexter!

Here and gone

Time flies. It is hard to believe that it has been so long since a post. In that time we gained a foster pup… and now he is gone. As I write this he does not yet have a forever home and may well return, but he went to get snipped today.(Ouch!) Another volunteer with…