Sammi
This year we lost our sweet Sammi girl. She truly was the best companion any family could have asked for. Protective when appropriate, loving to everyone else and an amazing care giver to any animal she met. She was the patriarch of the group in both our home and our neighbor's who has several dogs and a pig. We had 8 wonderful years with Sammi and looking back, we don't regret a minute. She was so well behaved from the very first and was, I am sure, a big part of why it was so easy for us to make our little Molly pop so at home when we first brought her home. Thank you Judy and family for introducing us to Sammi and for having touched the lives of many people. No one who met her didn't fall in love with her. ~ The Shumway Family

Sammy Good Boy!
Sammy was our good boy, my buddy. We miss you very much, Sammy! ~ Mike and Shellie

Samson, 120 Pounds of Love
I can't believe it was seven years ago that I found my Samson in a shopping cart, abandoned at a local pet store. As often as I get angry at individuals who abandon animals, I am at least thankful that they take the time to bring them to an environment where it insures they'll be found by an animal lover. My little man was put into a dog bed which was put inside a cart and properly displayed with a beautiful blue collar (tags still attached). After having the store make announcements and assuring that he was most definitely abandoned, the store was going to call the humane society. I, however, had other plans... This was a store I rarely frequented. I felt my reasoning for being there that day, at that particular time, finding that little lost soul was somehow meant to happen. After vetting this ever growing gentle giant, I understood why someone who initially had the right intentions to love and care for him forever may have been so quickly deterred from believing that they could possibly (emotionally and/or financially) properly provide for this dog. At a very young age this rottie coon hound mix already had bad hips. When found he had severe bronchitis and unexplainable hot spots in the most unusual places. Those hot spots, it was later determined, were a result of his allergies to grass!! Who would have thunk it ~ and ~ of course his number one favorite thing in life was to barrel roll (all 120 pounds of him) in the grass like a horse out in the pasture :-) Today, seven years later, I not only still have that beautiful blue collar that was on him the day that he moved into our home, but I also have those multiple beautiful memories that Samson placed within my heart. Samson educated me on the fact that it is not the number of years you live here on this earth but it is the way each and every day of each and every one of those years that you are here, are lived, and he lived each day to the fullest. Knowing when the time had come to deter from unpreventable and/or insurmountable suffering was the hardest lesson I ever had to learn. Samson you will be forever be in our hearts. Janet Molloy and Family

Sargent the Great Dane
I just wanted to tell you Sargent died on friday. I took him to the vet for a distended abdomen and found out it was due to an enlarged heart. His heart was so large it was pushing on his spine and all his other internal organs. The fluid was backed up due to his heart not pumping correctly. He just had xrays a few months ago and his heart was fine. The vet said she has never seen a heart get that large that fast. It was the worst day of my life. The only comfort I had was the fact that he wasn't in any pain. A little discomfort but he was acting normally. I just thought you would want to know. Thank you for everything you did for him. Elizabeth

Selena
We adopted Selena from you about seven years ago. Her webpage was named "Selena starved for love". With a sad heart I have to tell you that we had to put her down Friday. She suffered from bone cancer. But I wanted to let you know how happy she made us and what a great baby she was. I can't use the word dog because she wasn't a dog she was my baby. And please know that she lived a happy life with us and her "sister" Molly. Her foster Mom was Hope M and she taught her well. Selena loved everyone and everyone that met her loved her. She never stopped wagging her tail even up to the end. I want to thank Judy, Hope and everyone that took care of her to give her a chance to live with a loving family that loved her so much. She was never starved for love again.