“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”— Cowgirl, a German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd special blend, who sometimes quotes...
“You talking to me?”— Bruce, Miniature Schnauzer, about 3 years old Adopted from a shelter about a year ago, Bruce can be aggressive with those outside his family. “We’re trying to get him to open up...
“Sometimes you have to build your own family.”— Roxy, Shepherd/hound mix about 9 months old “She found us. We leave our garage door open about 4 inches. I walked out there one morning because the cat...
“All your balls are belong to me.”— Toy-obsessed Jack, 2-year-old pit bull and basset hound mix, adopted from Friends for Life in Houston when the family moved to Texas “My husband and I saw a picture...
“Sometimes it pays to be the smallest.”— Lady, long-haired dachshund mix about a year old, adopted from BARC. Facebook friends and “Lady and the Tramp” fans suggested her name. “I wanted a shelter dog, and I...
After rescuing, training and donating a Labrador retriever to the family of a fallen police officer in Michigan in December, Danny McWilliams is ready to take the next step with his organization, The Thin Blue Line...
“We got her as a puppy, and she was a very bad little girl at first. The people we got her from would not even let her out of the car because they were afraid she’d...
“After I started my training business I thought that if dogs can help soldiers deal with all the traumatic things they see and experience, maybe they also can help the child of a fallen police officer....
It’s a familiar story. One I hear often enough from young college students. “I’m studying business management right now. I like the idea of working for myself and being my own boss. But I don’t know....
“My roommate has two little dogs that are elderly, but I’ve been wanting one of my own. Once I started looking, I didn’t really see anything that caught my eye. “Then a coworker and I were...
