Josie (formerly Tiny)

Back in May, we did our volunteer dog transport and picked up little Tiny (now Josie) in Eau Claire to bring her to her foster mom at Small Dog Rescue. Tiny came from a shelter in Tennessee that got flooded during the spring rains. She's now our little Country Bumpkin!

In the photo we took during the transport (with red harness on), you can see how thin she was, and she was fighting lots of skin infections, and had what looked like a bite mark on her forehead. But despite feeling sick and tired, and coming to the end of her two-day voyage to MN, she was so loving and wagged her tail when she got in our car.

After three months with us, she was fattened up and all her infections were gone! You can see the change in the "After" photo from July (wearing pink collar). She is super-friendly and her tail is always wagging. One of her best little quirks is her patented "trust fall" -- she jumps on your lap, leans over, and just falls over onto your chest for some extreme cuddling! She is a pure joy in our lives and makes a wonderful side-kick for our other terrier, Gidget.

Thank you so much, Small Dog Rescue!

Nancy and Tom

Mr PUNK

Last year my sister found a half dead chihuahua in the parking lot of her building. She took the little poor dog to the vet and she was told that there was almost no blood left in her body. She was infested with flees and they had sucked most of her blood. Anyway, this poor chihuahua now has a very happy live living with my sister and her cat. She has transformed my sister life and cured her from a very debilitating illness. That story broke my heart and inspired me at the same time. After I met Miss Cici I fall in love and I developped what my husband calls "chihuahua envy". Finally after long months of relflection I filled out an application on the website of the rescue organization and few weeks later we had Punk delivered to our house. Punk is an eleven years old boy and the sweetest thing ever but with an attitude. He is very protective of us and of his little sister, Miss Twiggy, a three pounds chihuahua.
We love Punk and we think EVERYONE should adopt a senior dog. They ate the best !