Prima & Cooper (aka Dylan)

We adopted Prima in May of 2010 and Cooper on December 18, 2010. We had a hole in our family after and our hearts after we lost our older, female schnauzer to heart failure in Feb of 2010. After looking at tons of available dogs we found a puppy on the DPS site. We were told of a new female schnauzer that had come into the "system" and knew we had to meet her. A week later she was in our house and has been an absolute joy ever since. (One of the best dogs I've ever had and I've had many in my life).
We have an older male who really had a tough time when we lost the female so we decided to get another male to make the grieving process easier when we loose Dexter (who is 13.5 but very healthy now) so we brought Cooper into our home. He was SO timid at first but, after three days of extreme loving he made himself at home. Cooper follows Prima everywhere in the yard and she's teaching him the ropes. I don't think he ever saw a leash before so we still have some work to do but that's ok - he is a total love and has lots of personality.
Prima now is the queen with her three man/slaves and is in the position she was brought into this world for - to rule the roost!
I am so glad that DPS makes it their mission to get dogs out of bad environments and carefully places them in the right homes - our house is a happy house full of furry friends that continue to make us laugh and give us lots of love.
Rescue dogs are so happy to have a good place to live they return the love they receive 10-fold to their families.

Bacon

Almost 2 years ago our German Shepherd, Magnum, was headed into Petsmart for a bath and took a detour outside the store. He wanted to "talk" to a little chihuahua named Bacon. Magnum had always loved small animals and children, however, there seemed to be something very special to him about Bacon.
After much thought, the next day we returned to Petsmart with Magnum to see if Bacon was still available for adoption. He was !

Sadly, our Magnum recently passed away. We will always be grateful that Bacon was picked by him to be a part of our family. Bacon has been a great joy to have in our home. Such a sweet and loving little guy.

Thank you DPS, espcially to his foster Mom---- for rescuing Bacon, and driving him all the way from SoCal to Las Vegas for an adoption event.