California dog romance reminder
“They were looking for a Border Collie, so I raised my big paw. Then the vet told my new family that the reason I was huge for my age was because I was also part Great...
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Matey meets his match with bunnies
“Squirrels? Pfft!. Shorebirds? It’s not much of a challenge to run them off a dock. But BUNNIES? Bunnies are the best to chase. Everyone knows they are wascally.” — Matey, a stray Poodle-Bijon mix who was...
Fiancé’s ‘dog eyes’ decision-maker
“I think the sign says: Dogs rule, babies drool.”— Anya, Jack Russell terrier mix, adopted from Pasadena Animal Shelter through PetSmart “We were not planning on getting a dog right then and there, until we saw...
Rescue dog Miley ‘incredible’ find
“You can’t have too many friends.”— Miley, breed unknown “We got her from A Pet’s Wish. She’s a rescue dog. We were in the process of looking for a dog, but we wanted to find that...
Grant ‘the best $35 I ever spent’
“I’m more of a ‘whatever’ than a ‘what now?’ type.”— Grant, Labrador-Pyrenees or Labrador-Kuvasz mix “I’ve had him since he was 8 weeks old. I got him from the Austin Animal Center. I was looking for...
Harley, meet your new friend, Shaggy
“In canis corpore transmuto? Sure, I know what it means. But you have to believe.”— Shaggy “We adopted him from the Baytown Animal Shelter when he was four months old. We’ve had him for two months...
Rescue dog has growing vocabulary
“I like cows.” — Sasha “We’re not sure what kind of dog she is. We got her from the Baytown Animal Shelter about a year and a half ago. Cost just $10. We saw her picture in...
Copper worships ‘four-paws brother’
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,...
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...
