Meet Copper (front) and Darryl. “We adopted Copper about eight months ago and Darryl eight years ago. “Darryl came from the Pals for Pooches organization. When they rescued the three puppies from a river bed area, the organization named them Larry,...
“I’m thinking about getting dirty.”— Zoey, miniature Schnauzer, and Mia, Shih Tzu “Zoey is my brother’s dog. She’s a little spoiled dog, just like Mia. Grandma and Grandpa feed them both scraps of food from the table. “When one is gone,...
“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 him keep dogs. “They found...
“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 parks. “If you don’t pay...
“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 of a disabled person every...
“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 she was a puppy. It...
“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 Halloween costume that he loves;...
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 getting out of the Army....
“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 finds in our backyard. So...
“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 way, way under weight, but...
