Rescue dog sure loves her catnaps
“Some say that the ear is the avenue to the heart.”— Honey, a Chihuahua-Dachshund mix “She used to be my son’s dog, but I have her now because he’s living in a place that won’t let...
Author: David Berkowitz
Jackson likes to show off his smarts
“The ride to the park always makes me thirsty.”— Jackson, a Jack Russell Terrier “He thinks he’s a baby. I don’t think he knows he’s really a dog. He doesn’t go outside, except to come to...
Cujo ‘a very active little dude’
“October is my favorite month.”— Cujo “I knew he was going to stay small, so he needed a tough-sounding name. “There was a woman two apartments down from me. She had three children and took care...
‘You couldn’t give me $1 million for her’
“Puppies today are so immature. I was never like that.”— Merry “She’s a white Scottish Terrier. They’re pretty rare. You don’t see many white ones. “A friend gave her to me as a Christmas present when...
Just your normal clothes-wearing dog
“I’m going to be a little devil on Halloween.”— Granite, adopted from a Dallas shelter “We named him that because his color looked like the countertop. “He wears clothes most of the time. He has a...
Layla helps with post-Army life
Spa day with Layla, a Boxer-Bullmastiff mix. “I got her in Fort Hood, Texas, at one of the local shelters right outside the base. “I had just returned from my second tour in Iraq and was...
Jackal practicing for the real thing
“I really don’t have time for random humans in my life.”— Jackal, a blue healer mix “We got her last Thanksgiving. She’s going to be a great hunting dog. She tries to capture any animal she...
Big Jake sits anywhere he wants
“I was the runt of the litter.”— Jake, a Harlequin Great Dane “The mom had 13 puppies, but only three lived. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces when we got him at eight weeks. He was...
You name it, Buster will eat it
“My full name is Buster Douglas. I’m a fighter, not a biter.”— Buster, a rescue dog found in Huntsville a couple years ago “He’s a bad dog. He eats everything in sight. He jumps on the...
Prissy loves squirrels — and ducks, too
Watching for the elusive underwater squirrel-duck.— Prissy, a rat terrier “I got her as a Christmas present. She was only about a year old, so I bought a book on well-trained puppies. It worked. Nearly everything...
