Cup o' Joe

We adopted Joe on Thanksgiving weekend, and he is now 4 months old. We are so in love with this little guy! He takes turns falling asleep on the kids' beds each night before we put him in his crate. He loves to dig, and we've given him a special digging area where we bury tennis balls, treats, and pieces of wood. He still needs more socializing with other dogs, but he's getting a little better each time. Joe had his first trip to the snow over Christmas, and did so well in the car - he spent more time on our laps than in his crate, but was so content. We have finally limited the potty accidents in the house by hanging a bell on the back door. He caught on so quickly! (The only drawback is that he now also rings the bell when he wants to go bark at the neighbor's dog :-) We love taking him on a daily walk, and he's getting very good at walking with a loose leash. We are so blessed to have him. My 10-year-old daughter said, "I never imagined having a puppy would be this nice."
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Jackson (aka Garland)

Hi DPS,

Just wanted to let you know that the Jackson (Garland) is happy and doing well. We're all very happy to have him in the family and he is such the furball of love. Thanks for helping us find our new family member!

~ The Gaddis Family

Koko

Hi,
I cannot tell you how much we love Kekoa (Koko)! We adopted her in Sept of 2009. She was part of Hawaii's litter. She is 1 1/2 years old and is such a great dog. She is a little ball of energy but loves to cuddle at the same time. Thank you so much for helping Koko become part of our family!
-Jordan

-"The Love-Muffin"-Sophie-

We adopted Sophie here at DPS over 3 1/2 yrs ago-Now!!!She is- Definitely-The Love Muffin-of Our Lives!!!We had a 2 yr void without a Dog since we had lost our other one to having an enlarged left side of her heart!!!Sophie took away the pain from losing our other Dog and filled Our Hearts with-Love-again!!!!She is such-A Blessing-to us-couldn't live without her!!!She does many tricks-Sit-down-wait-roll-over-give paw-crawl-give kiss-spin around-Ask her for her-Tongue-and she keeps Putting it out there!!!LOL-She Loves Cuddlin and Kissin that's for Sure- and We Love it!!!She loves her walks-too,-three times a day-and loves Kids every kid in our neighborhood absolutely-Loves-her and the adults-too!!!She also loves to chase lizards or anything that moves-She is a Major sniffer of-everything-too!!! I swear-She could be a-Sniffer-Police Dog-but-She is-Only-A Cocker Spaniel-Maltese Shih-Tzu-Terrier Mix!!!
But She is-A BIG-Combo-I know!!!And to Let-You-All-know-We Love her-So!!!-Love Lori,Joe and Joshua Sirard-Sophie-Kisses too!!!

Hi Cheryl and Carolyn!!!Hope-You-two-are doing well-too!!!
Hope-You-had-A Merry Christmas and-A Happy Healthy-New Year!!!

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Maiden Taiwan

We adopted Maiden (formerly known as Milania but also listed as Suzanna on your website) in Sept. of last year. All three of our past dogs have been rescued in some fashion or another. She was said to be the shyest of the puppies you had at the time. She certainly was. Although she very quickly learned many tricks, she continues to work on playing with other dogs and accepting affection from strangers. She still even suddenly reverts back to her flight pattern if my husband walks too swiftly towards her to give her a pat on the head. We are curious if there were any others in her litter and if they have similar problems with socializing. She has a quirky way of snapping when she plays with people or dogs, she makes cute noises when she yawns, she likes to snuggle on the bed or couch and she is a good little guard dog without being a barker. She goes with us everywhere and has adopted our daughter's five year old Husky as her best friend/mother. She is a challenge but
we can't imagine living without her! Thanks for allowing us to bring her into our family.

Ratchet and Louise

We love our two little rescue dogs. We adopted Ratchet a little over a year ago and then his best friend, Louise (aka Wilma) on Valentines Day this past year. As I type, they are curled up beside me. Words to describe: gentle, loyal, friendly, intelligent, and positively cute! When we lost our lab of 13 years, we never imagined another dog could steal our hearts as he had, but these two have more than met the challenge. They make us smile every day with their playful antics. They enjoy playing tug of war, chase and just curling up together in our laps. We imagined they would have some bad habits since they ended up in a shelter, but no.....no barking, gentle with children, good with other dogs, easy to train. We love them so much!

Thank you DPS

We love Barney (Formerly Alpine) so much! It was love at first sight for Eva. We had actually come to the event to adopt another dog, but Barney was walking outside in the parking lot and caught Eva's eye. It was over after that.

I was a little hesitant about Barney since he was bigger (30 lbs) than I had planned on. I was worried that his size could be a problem for Eva. It was of no concern. Barney is one of the most gentle creatures. He is so kind and gentle especially with children. My nephews and niece love him. He sits patiently as they pet and play with him. Brooklyn, the youngest, used to pull his tail; Barney was gentle as can be and didn't mind.

I had him DNA tested for fun. He ended up being 25% Shihtzu, 25% Chow, and the other 50% was not able to be quantifiable (I think that he is either part tibetan terrier or part dandy terrier)

He is the quite the runner. I take him for 6-8 miles a day. He has no problem keeping up even though he doesn't have the runner's build. He loves to explore new places, walk downtown with us to get coffee or pizza and snuggle up by Eva's feet when she watches TV. We love him so much. He is such an integral part of our family all ready!

I've included pictures of our new family portrait, Barney mugging for the camera near the Golden Gate, and our recent foray to Lake Tahoe for the snow!

- Eva and Jon