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...
Category: Dog Tales
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...
Swayze fancies herself a bus driver
Meet Swayze, an Australian Shepherd “When I was in the Coast Guard everybody called me Sway because we could only use that many letters on our hard hat. So I always thought that when I got...
Whatever Cleopatra wants, she gets
“Don’t make me come over there.”— Cleopatra, a Boston Terrier “We got her from a friend. I wanted to name her something kind of original. Princess wasn’t very original, so I came up with a princess...
‘He is the best poodle I’ve ever had’
Meet Rootie Kazootie, a toy poodle who weighs 13 pounds. “My favorite Golden Book from the early 1950s was titled ‘Rootie Kazootie,’ and that’s where he got his name. When he was born, he was jet...
Ash Wednesday roamer finds a home
“God has had a hand in my life.”— Ash, a Miniature Schnauzer “A friend of ours had two of them, but they weren’t getting along. So we got this one. They found him roaming the streets...
First-time dog owner gets his Husky
“My nails are painted orange for Halloween.”— Camille, a Husky “We got her from the Harris County Animal Shelter about three months ago. I hadn’t long been here (after moving from England) when we went to...
Max the terrier on a puppy tear
“I’m not hyper, I’m energetic.”— Max, a terrier mix “My friend said they didn’t have a place for a dog, and I was living alone so I thought, why not? I just got him two days...
