Poor Butchie waited and waited for a forever home.. then he started losing weight, not doing well and finally for his own comfort he left us. We all share this loss with the wonderful shelter people who worked so hard for him...Bill and Cathy from Tucker Co WV

Jack (aka Kojack), the love of our lives came into our home late one snowy evening after a dear friend asked if I could take in a foster dog. I arrived at the kennel to find an extremely large white dog in the large paddock and thinking to myself how will he ever fit into my car. Well he did fit and made himself at home taking up the entire back seat. He settled in immediately and I fell in love with him. My goddaughter would fall asleep on Jack watching Disney channel and Jack would not move until she woke up. He loved everyone, dogs, children and adults. He was my gentle giant who did not bark. We lost Jack to cancer, an insulinoma of the pancreas, on 03/05/2010. He will always be a deeply loved and treasured member of our family and we miss him dearly.

Old Dog was truly an old dog when he came to me. A bit creaky at the joints, hard to get up from sitting sometimes, but even when he couldn't rise, he followed me with his eyes where ever I went. If I sat down, he made sure he was right at my feet. He dearly loved to go outside and it was so much fun to watch him smell every little spot in the yard with such enthusiasm, as if he had never smelled it before. He limped, and I loved to see him at dusk, when he and my other dogs went out to play one last time...his body just a shadow, but so distinctive a shadow with that tilt to one side. I grew to love this old guy so much. We knew, right away,when we first saw his age and condition, that probably nobody would ever adopt him. He really belonged to that group of unwanted dogs. But not for me. His joy at the dawning of each new day was a constant wonderment to us. He did his stiff legged dance whenever it was time to eat, eagerly awaiting his kibble as if it were filet mignon. I will never know what his life was like before he came into mine. I pray that it was happy, because he was truly a joyful dog. I held him as he died in my arms and felt his heavy head fall into my lap. A bit of light went out of the world. Wherever you are Old Dog, I love you.

The pain of losing a dog so young to cancer was more than we could bear.... My special boy will stay in my heart forever and always remembered.

My dear sweet Samantha will always be with us... she had a happy 12 1/2 yr and after a rocky start as a rescue, found her forever home and will always be in our hearts.