Alusia has stollen our hearts

What can I say? We couldn't be more thrilled to have Alusia as part of our family. We were going to change her name. After trying a few out, none seemed to fit her as well as Alusia, we call her "Lusha" for short. She has been with us for 4 weeks now and she is an amazingly, gentle, sweet, (and a little mischevious) girl. Everyone comments on how sweet and beautiful she is. Another family at our school saw her and had actually gone to the adoption fair to try and adopt her. She had a few problems the first week with potty training; turned out she had Giardia. Once we got her on medication for that, all was good. She has been great with my three kids, ages 12, 7, & 5. My 7 year old adores her. He is learning so much from having a furever friend. Thank you DPS for all that you do and allowing us to be so lucky to have such an amazing puppy in our lives.

Adoption--Dapper Dan UPDATE

Hi Teresa and DPS--

I just wanted to give you an  update on Dapper Dan.  I'm thrilled to report that he has thrived  with us and we love him very much. If you'll recall, I could not get him  to respond to the name Dapper Dan--or Dan or Danny or Babaloo--or  anything. The homeless man who does odd jobs for us suggested the name  "Spot". Dan looked up and barked when he heard that name so Spot it was.  It's a perfect name for him and very retro cool.

Spot has such a  great personality and is very, very clever. He's learned to sit, stay,  get down and come when he's called. We are working on his barking issues  but he gets steadily better. He hates walking with his collar but gets  very excited when I take out his harness for a walk. He is popular in  the neighborhood because he's such a handsome guy. No one can believe  he's not a breed because he's so unusual-looking. He does very well with  other dogs but does not trust human men at all. We're careful with  strangers but I don't mind that he's a bit protective of me.  He  keeps us active and truly has revitalized our 18 yr old dog, Odie. They  snuggle in the same bed!

We love having Spot in our lives. He's a  very good boy.

Peace
Francine

Lucy (Cowgirl Annie previously)

Hi There,

The link below for sharing our adoption story wouldn't work, but I wanted to let you know that Cowgirl Annie (aka Lucy) is doing great.  She has settled right into her new family, getting tons of attention and more playmates than even we anticipated, as our children and all their friends play with her at every opportunity.  She is a favorite at my daughter's school at pick up time.  The whole class took turns petting her today and she seemed to enjoy all the attention, showering the kids with licks and nibbles.    We are still working on the potty training but she's coming along and, at 10 weeks,  she knows "sit" and "stay" ...pretty impressive for a young pup.   We have enrolled her in puppy training classes and her instructor thinks she is very intelligent and confident.  Our 10 year old heeler mix, Kylie, gets annoyed with Lucy's energy at times, but has begrudgingly accepted her into the pack.  We've caught her playing with Lucy a few times and her tail wags when Lucy comes her way so I think she is getting over some of her initial grumpiness and likes the little munchkin more than she is wiling to admit.  We just love Lucy and are very grateful DPS brought her into our lives.  Here are some pictures of Lucy and her new pack.  - Jennifer

Sparkle now Honey Success Story

Hi Lorna and Teresa.

Thank you so much for everything! I just want to pass along how Sparkle (now named Honey) is doing. Happy and Healthy. She is absolutely the best dog in the world. It took a few weeks to get her to come out of her shell and to trust me. I'm happy to report that she loves her daily walks with my other dogs They all walk along together very happly. I've since got married and addopted two more doggies.  All the dogs get along great. One happy "pak" that's for sure. Here is a picture of our little girl we adopted from you. She loves to climb on the wood pile and catch some sun rays.

Thanks again!

Greg