Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Merry Christmas GARD! I just wanted to drop you a line during this Holiday season to say how grateful I am for the work you’re doing, and for bringing me two wonderful dogs. I can’t say how much getting Susie Q and Bobo has changed my life for the better–I’ve got a house full of luvin’ now!
Susie Q is just as sweet as ever and is adjusting well to life with a rowdy puppy. Susie loves bananas, celery, and all people!
Bobo is doing very well after undergoing heartworm treatment, and most of his other health issues have cleared up. We’re working with a trainer to get my big boy a bit more under control. Bobo loves to snuggle and chase cats.
Merry Christmas, and keep up the good work!
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
This Happy tail is special…We spent 5 days giving this baby sub q fluids every few hours and pushing nutrical down her throat..but she MADE IT!!!!!! Now look at her in her great home…
Joy,
Thought you might like to see her. My mom sent the picture early this morning!
My family can’t get over how well behaved she is. Hasn’t gone to the
bathroom in the house at all, already goes on walks with Chester, loves
everyone.
Thank you again.
Laura
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
I would just like to take this chance to update you guys on how Comet is doing. I got his paperwork the other day, and he just got a clean bill of health from our new Vet. We think Comet loves his new home! He is really such a good boy we cannot believe it. He hasn’t had a single accident, he knows his commands, and he sleeps on his bed at night without wandering. Not to mention that he is great on a leash. For Thanksgiving I ran a 5 mile road race, and decided to take him along. He loved it! he stayed next to me the whole time, and he really impressed a lot of the runners we were alongside. He seems a bit skittish around men the first time he meets them, but he is fine with females. He was never skittish once with me though, its like he knew I was adopting him!. My fiance’ Susan and I call him velcro, because he follows me all throughout the house, never leaving my side. I understand that someone else actually called for Comet but didn’t get back to you in time, and we got him kind of last minute. Well we cannot thank you enough. In the 2 weeks we have had him he really has become a member of the family, and we love him so much. Here are a few pictures of Comet. I hope you enjoy.
-Steve
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Joy,
I finally have a few minutes to sit down and send you a thank you note and a picture of our new baby from GARD. We got “Gina” (now Sophie) a month ago and she has been an absolute blessing for our family. As I mentioned in my application, we had recently lost our 9-year-old lab/pit bull mix to prostate cancer. It was devastating to us, and our 6-year-old beagle Spenser also took the loss of his life-long buddy very hard. He was suffering from extreme anxiety home alone during the day, to the point of even clawing through a screen window and trying to jump out of the second story! I was so nervous about adopting a dog from another state based on a picture and your description over the phone – but it couldn’t have worked out any better. Her temperament was everything you said it would be, and (most importantly) Spenser accepted her immediately. His behavior since we got her changed almost instantly for the better. I brought her to work one day and he reverted right back. (Incidentally, she was a doll for a full 8 hours at work – everybody loved her, she was so friendly and well-behaved!)
Sophie came crate trained, is great in the car, friendly with other dogs and cats, loves all people, and took about two days to learn sit, lie down, and stay. It took three days for her to figure out that her food bowl is the one on the left, and she and Spenser have to wait in front of their full dishes until I release them from their sit. Everybody is blown away to hear that she is a rescue dog and I have had her for so little time. Most of them think she must be some kind of special breed, she’s so beautiful – especially now that she has put on some weight and been to the groomer. They all think she is lucky to have been rescued, but I am more inclined to believe that my husband and I (and Spenser) are the lucky ones.
A big thanks to you and everybody at your organization who helped to bring her into our lives. Sophie is certainly a walking testimonial to your program for placing dogs “up North.” When I saw her picture online I could see my old dog in her eyes, the way he looked at me in the pound all those years ago. No dog can ever replace the ones we lose, but by giving us the opportunity to give another dog in need a home we have been able to find some meaning in his early death. Our “family” is complete again! 🙂
Best wishes and happy holidays!
Cordelia, Andy, Spenser, Sophie + the cats
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
This is Red, a pit bull rescued from a high kill shelter..he now has a great home! Red is sooo sweet and smart..he knows how to fetch, play dead when you shoot him with your finger and much more. What a great dog..when I saw him I knew he was a great guy! Now he sleeps with the cats!
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Here’s a picture of me trying to hold Cara and Buoy for a picture. Ken took this at Bare Cove Park in Hingham, which is where we take them to run around. We go there at least 3 times a week. Cara loves to swim, and Buoy loves to watch her swim!! The picture is a little blurry because they rarely stay still. I’ll try to get a better picture soon with Ken in it too. Joy – I have attached a link to the park website in case you want to check out where they spend their time. They have a good life. http://www.hingham-ma.com/barecove/index.html
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Cricket (formerly known as Miracle) is doing great! She seems to be house trained already, though she doesn’t like to go outside unless she has someone to go with her. She has been playing with rag bones, booda bones with treats stuffed inside, and catnip toys- which seem to be her favorite! She also has been playing with “Corky”, a stuffed dog my husband Brandon gave me when Corky was put to sleep after our first attempt at adoption. Today she will get her first pig ear to keep her busy because I am going to bring her to work with me. My office mates are really excited!
Cricket loves our cats! It is fun to see her muzzle our three-legged cat Mau. Mau splays herself out on the floor in the hopes of attention, and then gets more than she bargained for. Cricket has already pushed her luck with sleeping on the furniture, and so far she’s won us over on everything but the bed, though she still sneaks up there sometimes. We’ve taken her for many walks already and people just LOVE her. And she loves them. Someone told us she had a nice shape yesterday. We brought her to vote and by the time we left everyone knew her name and yelled goodbye to her.
We’ve only left her alone a few times in the crate and she’ll willingly go in, but when we come back she just melts on the floor and cries for about 15 minutes. We’re trying to assure her we’ll always come back for her!
Here she is helping Brandon rake leaves and playing with a new bone.
Thanks so much to you and everyone who helped with her! I can’t believe what a good girl she is after all that she’s been through!
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Words cannot express our gratitude for saving Rufus now known as William Womack of Windsor Forest. He fits our family as though he’s always been here. He was’t feeling well last night and Chloe (our other golden) supported him and snuggled. When I got home today he was back to his old self.
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Here is the Dogster page for Jack, who was adopted from GARD.
Sep 24, 2014 | Happy Tails
Joy: We adopted one of your dogs in March of 2007 when you brought them up from Georgia. Kaylah has been an absolute wonderful dog. We would definetly do it all over again. Kaylah enjoys her time with our other 2 year old dog, Lucy, who is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
