**Our Delilah Has Been Adopted**

 Delilah went to a lovely home with a young couple who is home a lot of the time.

Some Of The Successful Adoptions Of 2011

Beau

Ranger

Nutmeg



Luke (on left)



Luke (on left)

Captain

From Captain's Adopters "He’s a real pleasure to have and be around. He used the doggie door right off, no hesitation, seems to know his new name and comes when called. We’re working on “stay” ( we may be on that one for a while) and “sit” – he does that one pretty well.
Thanks for all your efforts on our part and on Moses’ part. Ya’ll have a well-run operation and it was a pleasure to do business with you."

Aries
From Aries' Adopters "Just wanted to let everyone know Aries is a definite success story!! She is in intermidiate training class now and she still outshines everyone.(That's not just a proud mom speaking either!)She is super social,well mannered,has a fantastic temperment, etc...I don't even have words to do her justice. A friend of mine who's not crazy about dogs said if he could find one like Aries he'd definitley change his mind.Everybody is always so captivated by her.


She loves to swim,hike,bike,walk and as I call it hop run...she hops as she runs.She is also beautiful..has kept her same coloring,black mask and tail,with those deep dark loving brown eyes.She weighs 28lbs and comes a little above my knee height wise.(I'm 5ft). The vet says that's as big as she'll get.She is my miniture German Shepherd.Anyway,will send updated pictures soon..just wanted to update you.

Again..we love her soooo much!!

Charger

Kurley



Addi



Redford-Before

 

Redford-After



Bosco

From Bosco's adopters, "Bosco is a blessing , this was his first day at the Comal river! He was the show of the day! The most well behaved dog, he was enjoying the day :)."

Kurley Found A Home

He's home with a family that won't give up on him.

Bella, Sweet Bella - Happy In Her New Active Home

R.I.P. Luger~Your Family Will Miss You

My friend’s Older Years
Welcome to My friend’s Older Years, please take your time and enter one step at a time. My name is Cass and my friends name is Luger we would like you to sit back while we take you on a short journey thru are time spent together. Are journey starts around the time when things had gotten bad for Luger and we didn’t know why?

Luger how are you feeling today I asked? Well Cass I am feeling really tired and I do not have an appetite today. Well Luger, are you sure this isn’t due to something that you ate last night? No, I am sure it is a feeling of exhaustion and maybe nothing more. Well just to be sure I will make you a doctor’s appointment and make sure that you are alright. That will be fine with me since I do not like being in this condition. I cannot enjoy playing catch with you or even laying in the grass on those nice warm days just talking about life.

The next day comes and Luger and Cass make it to the doctor’s office. Luger is very nervous about his visit to the doctor’s office. We are placed in a room and wait for the doctor to enter. Upon entering the room the doctor asks how are things going and Luger responds that his appetite is not quite what it should be and that he is very tired. Hmmmm, says the doctor and looks at Cass to see if it’s ok to run blood work on Luger. Cass responds that it is ok and the doctor leaves the room and a intern enters the room and takes blood from Luger. Luger asks the intern is this necessary? Yes replies the intern this is a great way for us to see if you may have a virus or something else going on inside of you. After the blood is drawn the intern leaves the room and doesn’t return for quite awhile.

During that time Luger looks at me and starts to cry, I ask him what is troubling you. He responds, what if something is going on inside of me that they can’t fix. I told Luger that no matter what is going on that I would be there for him as a good friend should be. He told me that he was very grateful to have such a friend like me. You know there are days when I come home and I see your smiling face and everything seems alright.

Well about that time the doctor re-enters the room and informs us that Luger has some kind of virus that she cannot pin point and wants to send him to another doctor that has more experience than she does with this type of problem.

We agree and head over to see the other doctor, upon arriving we just hold each other and say that everything is going to be alright. We enter the doctor’s office and wait in a room until the doctor arrives. He enters the room and introduces himself and says that he would like to take some x-rays of Luger to see if something might have been overlooked. The intern enters the room and asks Luger to follow him he turns and looks at me and I tell him that things will be alright. About 30 minutes pass and Luger returns and they say that we can go home and they will contact us once the results have come back.

We headed out for home and stopped by the park just to walk and talk about what it means to be friend. Well after that day we received a call from the doctors office and they informed us that Luger was very ill and he is probably only going to be around for another 6 to 8 weeks.

After I hung up the phone I informed the rest of the family and we just sat together and cried and asked ourselves why Luger. Well after trying different medicines we decided to stop using all of those medicines and rely on prayer. It has been 7 months now and Luger is still with us and doing well, I guess it just goes to show you when all else fails just trust in your faith.

~Written by Luger's best friend

 

(Blogger's note: With faith & prayer Luger lived another 2+ years)

Toby Was Adopted In 2010

We really love getting updates about our adopted dogs. Here's one from friend's of the people that adopted Toby:

I have been meaning to contact you for some time – but you know how time gets away from us. Just wanted to let you know that Toby, adopted by the Walker family in San Marcos, is a very happy boy. We spent the weekend with the Walkers in August of last year and got to hang out with him. His best friend is Prince, a miniature apricot poodle. They play like crazy. They were both digging in the flower bed near the pool and getting dirt in it, but some hardware cloth with lava rock on top saved the pool, the plants – and Toby and Prince! His favorite place outside is just under the living room windows that look out onto the yard. He has rearranged some of the bushes on his own to create just the perfect pad. Inside, he loves the couch (of course) and sometimes even his dog bed. He looks very healthy and happy. I am very active in GSD rescue in Colorado and I know how I worry about these guys, so I thought you would like to know how he is doing. He looks just like my first GSD, so I am especially attached to him. Keep up the good work.

It's All About The Newly Adopted Hana (Ebony)

We Are Family!

Caly Was Once A Junkyard Momma Dog!

You'd never know to look at her now!

This her mug shot:

From Caly's adopters: Caly has been so funny the last few days! She's been dancing around like a baby girl. This morning she came bouncing in, jumped up into the chair. She gets upset with me when I grab the camera though.....so I only got one. Yesterday, she barked like a real dog. We've found another treat she seems to love too......real stinky.

Farrah's New Family Has This To Say

Update from Farrah's Adopter:

Just want to give you an update on Farrah. She is doing VERY well. She and our stray dog Cindy have both been housebroken and we have had no accidents for about a WEEK! YIPPEE! The pack is still sorting things out, and we have had minor dustups from all three dogs, no injuries at all. Farrah was so shy at first and was a scaredy dog when we did our first walk around the property. We take at least one walk a day with me leading the pack. The rest of the day, they are on their own to run free. We have some neighbor dogs some of whom are chained up. When we passed the one dog which was chained up near the back fence, it jumped and made a ruckus. Farrah RAN away even though there was a fence between the dog and her. It took me a long time to convince her it was OK to walk past it. She gradually got more bold, and now she is leading the pack in joining in the barkfest we have every morning at our back fence with our neighbor dogs.

Our Lab mix Max who you met, is the pack leader and loves to swim. Farrah has been his swimming buddy now and this morning they went for a pre-breakfast swim. Cindy is not so eager to get in the water. They all love to run around and chase each other in the house and outside. The problem is that Max is so refreshed when he takes a swim, he really is like a puppy again and has to run all over the place. Usually with Farrah and Cindy chasing him. I took some pictures of all the dogs and our place, and my wife will try and send you a link so you can see them. Once again, we are VERY happy with our Farrah. She is so sweet and is getting more confident and blossoming more into a real Terv and is showing more of their characteristics as the days go by. Unfortunately, she has decided that my wife is HER human first. I was Natalie's primary human, so I feel a bit left out now.

The two dogs sleep on their bed next to my side of the bed, and then Farrah will move to my wifes side when I go to sleep. Of course, she has figured out that I am the one to wake first in the morning, and I get licks to tell me it is time to get up and chase squirrels and Max. Hope that you and your pups are doing as well as we are and thanks!

Remember Amigo Duke Now Axel!

Update from Axel's (was Amigo) adopters: Amigo came to German Shepherd Rescue looking like this:

Here's what his new family has to say:

Dan and I bought a new camera and thought you’d like an updated photo of Axel. He is so cute. He’s also growing up into a very nice gentleman. He now has house privileges while I’m not home; in other words, we don’t crate him anymore. He’s very well behaved and hasn’t chewed or had anyaccidents. I keep telling him we’re both so lucky to have found each other. And herreeeeeeeeee he is: WOW!

Sweet Success - Her Name Is Tessa Now

(We use to know her as Paris, Paris Hilton) Here she is "before adoption".

Here she is "adopted".

The pics really don't do her justice. She is so gorgeous, and everyone at the vet just loves her. She is already Miss Popularity. They commented on how happy and sweet she is. The vet says she is very healthy and her blood test was negative today!! I am so relieved.

We go together like peas and carrots. I love the love and affection I get from her every day all day, and I think she feels the same from us. If we could just stop her from chasing those darn squirrels.

Thank you so much, Beverly. She is a gift from God. We will cherish her forever. I will stay in touch.