Happy Tail ~ Maverick "Mav"

Mav is doing great! We head to the cabin almost every weekend – and from the second we open the door of the car, he’s already in the lake taking a swim, and of course that means that we have to spend the first hour throwing the ball in the water for him before we can unpack. There are other dogs at the cabin and the best part is that when dogs bark at him, he looks at them and walks away, it doesn’t even faze him. People say he’s so well trained and very well mannered. When people first meet him, they think he’s going to jump all over them and when he doesn’t they are so surprised at his behavior. People compliment us on Mav all of the time – but we owe the credit to you!

He and Samoa are doing well together and act like brother sister. Last week when we got home from work, we discovered that the sliding pantry door was “mysteriously” open and the box of doggy treats was “broken into” – we have no clue who would have done such a thing – so we told Mav he needs to be a better guard dog, so it doesn’t happen again :) …..he smiled and agreed.

He loves when we leave for work because that means that he gets the big comfy couch to himself all day…we know this because I went home on my lunch break one day and I found him stretched out on the couch with his teddy bear and his ball by his side.

He has been nothing but loveable and playful and enjoys getting a lot of attention. He’s a perfect addition and fits right in – we couldn’t ask for a better dog!

Tell everyone Maverick says ‘Hi’ and misses you all – but admits that his new home is a perfect fit for him.

Tressa

Happy Tail ~ Morgan "Moose"

Morgan or “Moose” as we now call him, is loving life in Denver!  He and his new brother Kodie are best buddies and love to play and wrestle all day long.  When he isn’t playing, he likes taking naps under the kitchen table or trying to eat anything and everything in sight. He loves all food and treats and he eats his breakfast and dinner almost faster than we can set it down. He gets so excited when it is time to eat that he hops on his back legs like a kangaroo until we put his bowl down, it is hilarious! He can “sit” with no problem but he is still learning “lay down” “stay” and “shake”. He loves to go outside but we live on the 5th floor of our building so we don’t have a yard for him yet.  Lucky for us, Moose loves our balcony and would stay out there all day if we let him. We are moving in August and it will be a lot easier for him to go out to play and go potty once we get our new place.

Moose loves running down the hall with his brother to help us take out the trash or get on the elevator to go outside. Once we get outside, he loves going for walks, however, he would rather visit with all the other dogs and people walking by than do his puppy business. He is doing good with potty training and uses his puppy pads a couple times a day still. He still has little accidents here and there but he continues to get better each week.

 



He sleeps through the night with no problem on his pillow bed next to our bed. At least he starts on his bed, before morning he always find his way onto our bed and cuddles in with us. He does well in his crate when we are gone. He didn’t like that idea at first but he has done great the last 2 weeks or so. A few treats helped him realize that his crate was not such a bad place to be.   

Moose has fit in perfectly here and we are so happy we were able to adopt him! Thanks again to everyone that helped us with the adoption and also those who helped get him to Omaha and eventually Denver.

Sincerely,

Mike & Nicole Witty

Happy Tail ~ Wrigley

That boy, Wrigley, was herding a friend's two dogs a couple of days ago and it truly was funny. He is the king of his castle. His girl dog buddy comes over every day. She is an 11 month old 110 pound puppy and gives him a run for his money. Being a Catahoula, he chews. Anything with a strap is his favorite (purses, bras, shoelaces), but I can sew. He is usually pretty good about just ripping up his toys, but there are days when straps need to be "lawnmowered".

I asked God for a ball dog and a car dog. He is both. He would chase a ball for hours, if I let him and goes with me whenever I am not working. I can never thank you enough for keeping him until he found me.

I don't have kids and since my husband died a couple of years ago and I put my 17 year old setter down last May, I was starting to feel withdrawn from life...no more!

Thanks again.

Nora

Your Pet & Santa 2011

The date has been set!! Bring your pet(s) to have their picture taken with Santa! This years location is the American Legion located just north of People For Pets on Hwy Blvd. (Hwy 71). Saturday, October 29th 3pm-6pm. Possible other date is Wednesday, November 2nd 6pm-8-pm. $5 for a digital copy emailed to you to use as you wish. $3 extra you can join your furry family member. $2 for each additional pose. examples: Just your pet $5 for the best pose. Just your pet $5 for the best pose, additional $2 for the next best pose. You (or whole family) and your pet $8 for the best pose, $2 for the next best pose. Just your pet $5 for the best pose, you (or whole family) and your pet $3 for the best pose. additional $2 each for either style of next best pose. If you do not have an email address we can burn a copy of what you want to a CD and make arrangements to get that CD to you. Or just bring the email address of a friend that we can send the picture(s) to for you.   Additional free will donations will be accepted to help with the cost of supplies. All animals must be on leash or contained when not being photographed for safety.  A special thanks to Duane Davis for being our Santa, Sirena Richardson for taking the pictures, American Legion for the use of her building and all that have put in the time and effort to make this possible! Your support is heartwarming! If you have any question please feel free to ask! :) Hope to see you there!!!

Happy Tail ~ Sammi Jo

Hello Donna & friends at People For Pets!

 

 

This is Heather & Kristian Andersen. We adopted Sam (Sammi) the 2 year old great dane in June. We absolutely love her. She fits in our family so well & seems like she has always been a part of our lives. She is growing so fast. We had her in the vet last month and she weighed 95 lbs. As you know, she weighed 73 when we got her in June. She loves to run, lay on the couch and be lazy & is a great protector of our 2 year old son & two daughters. Sammi & Devin are the best of friends. She lets him lay on her, mess in her mouth and play with her ears. Many dogs would not stand for this.

 

 

She also loves to lay in the sun, go for car rides & prance around the neighborhood when we go for walks. Many people stop us on the street just to see her. In fact, we had a garage sale 3 weeks in a row. Sammi did not want to be in the house, she wanted to be out amongst the people stopping by. We were afraid that maybe people would be afraid of her but soon found out that they all loved her and had no problem with her being out there with them. Actually, they spent more time petting her than looking at the stuff we had. We joked & said that we should start charging people. She has made friends with 2 mini Doxies. She just gets along great with everyone.

 

 

We would like to thank you all for allowing us to have Sammi in our lives. She filled the hole we had in our hearts from recently putting our great dane to sleep after a long, hard spinal condition. We hope to maybe bring Sammi out sometime to see you all.

 

 

Thanks,

The Andersen's

Happy Tail ~ Harley Jo

We adopted Harley (she was Sadie) from you in March 2008.  She has been competing in agility for a while now and we had to share her most recent agility trial weekend with you.  She ran 10 events in LaCrosse, WI last weekend and took first place in 9 of them.  Attached is a pic of her with her ribbons – she doesn’t look too excited because she was exhausted when this picture was taken J  But it was a good tired and we’re so proud of her.  Thanks for helping us find this great addition to our family!!

In the background you see her BFF, Taffy, who was lurking because she knows that when Harley is that tired, she makes an excellent pillow.  Shortly after this was taken, the two of them were snoozing on the floor together, totally conked out.

Kirsten & Gordie

Happy Tail ~ Greetings From Slim

Hello Donna and Shelter Friends,

 

I have enclosed some photos of myself looking regal outside.  I am really enjoying the warm weather and my 5 acre Invisible Fence.  I think this summer when its warm I will play outside all day with the German Shorthairs and Ginger the Lab.  Even today all I want to do is go outside and put my nose in the air and sniff the wind and imagine hunting all day in the grass for things that smell good to hounds - which as you know is about anything. 

 

Mom and Dad continue to be difficult to train.  They complain about me marking in the house, covering the walls with black fur, peeing in bed, throwing plates on the floor, eating the couch, jumping in the refridgerator, eating all their food off the counters, etc...  They threaten to banish me to the garage. But I continue to work with them.  I mean really who has ever heard of such a ridiculous rule as not standing on the kitchen table - hello what's it there for after all?  I try to tell them all of this is ok and part of being a hound.  They also continue to torture me with something called a Furminator (I suspect this means evil-fur-puller in Latin), claw trimmers, shampoo and ear cleaner on a regular basis.  When they approach with these instruments of death I howl and bay and scream like I'm dying.  But once again they are a little slow to pick up on this, I must continue with their training. 

 

You will note in the pictures I have marked my territory (in more ways than one) with a Plott Hound sticker on my new SUV or the dog hauler as Mom calls it.  I am still talking them into the "We love our Plott Hound" welcome sign for the house.  Mom was going to take me shopping at the doggie boutique but apparently something about my behavior and peeing on everything in sight prohibited that last weekend - blah, blah, blah.  They say perhaps if I'm good in a few weeks we'll go, something about not wanting to have to buy everything in the store if it has hound pee on it.  Personally I think this would enhance the items' values, but as I've said Mom and Dad are a little slow at catching onto these ideas.

 

Well, toodles for now - must go lay in my bed in front of the corn stove before pondering my plan for destroying the house tonight.

 

Slim the Wonder Hound