Jazz I first met her while walking my dogs. She would come close to the fence, I would talk to her and I could tell she listened.  She had a twinkle in her eyes but I could tell she was also very sad.  A look in the garden and her living condition broke my heart. How can people do this? Her dog run was filthy, There was an automatic kibble feeder, a water bucket and the rest was mud and dirt. No...

Biscuit I wasn’t sure I was ready for another dog, having just lost my beloved dog of 15 years six months earlier. My family was ready, however, and we began searching Petfinder.com. I had three criteria:  it had to be female, small, and not a puppy. My children saw the picture of Biscuit and begged me to put in an application for adoption. You guessed it – he was a male puppy.  I wa...

Maxie One day I was sitting in my living room when a black puppy wandered in! We had left our back door (sliding glass) open and she decided to come for a visit! She had been digging under the fence between our neighbor’s yard and ours! (They left her outside all day so obviously she was lonely and wanted company.) So she stayed the rest of the day until our neighbors came home. That contin...

Lucy waiting for Jack “I was new to the dog park – just a small puppy and a little overwhelmed by everything. All the other dogs were hyper and a bit overwhelming for me, and I liked to hide behind my master’s legs. But then I met Lucy. Lucy was out in the park with her owner at the same time I got taken there every day. Lucy loved chasing her ball around the park and chewing sticks as ...

Emiline and Shellie The day my husband was deployed is 2001 was a sad one.  We had been married for 11 years and had never been apart for any great length of time. I went to work with a heavy heart and tried to go about my day as usual. In the afternoon a gentleman walked in with a small puppy.  He said he was driving by and saw it outside our business. I took one look at this little baby with...

Journey On January 2, 2009, I made a huge decision for my family… I finally bought our first family dog.  Most people would stop and scratch their head and say, so what?  But, let me tell you my story… My name is Karen.  I am a single mom in the US Air Force.  I have two lovely daughters.  We’re stationed here in Ohio.  Year after year, I would promise my kids that we would get a dog. ...

Until I found this contest, I never really thought about how to put how much my dog means to me into words; but here it goes: Daisy and her Family I met my dog when she was 6 months old.  She was owned by a older couple and she was just too much for them to handle.  As soon as I pulled into their driveway this dog stole my heart. She is an English Springer Spaniel so as you can imagine, she cam...

My name is Stacey, I live in Florida , and I’m 19 years old. Mousse I have always wanted a dog of my own. Ever since I could talk, I was consistently asking and begging my parents to adopt a dog. I would use the classic sad faces, the melodramatic tears, and the phrases such as “I’ll even pay for it!” I grew up riding and bonding with horses, but I wanted a buddy who could fit...

This is not a story between me and my dog. I witness this in Windermer Nursing Home in Vancouver BC where I worked as a nurse aid and I just want to share it. My schedule does not permit me to have a dog yet but I am a big dog lover. I really liked Wednesday because three dogs came to visit every.I loved watching the reactions of the residents and how the dogs were able to get a smile out of th g...

Mysti It was love at first sight and I knew she had to be mine. I was working for my local Humane Society when I first saw her. I was working the front desk when a gentlemen walked through the door with Stella (now known as Mystical Skye) a Pit Bull mix. I immediately knelt down and called her to me, she was nervous yet came to me straight away and we bonded instantly. As the kind man was fillin...