Jack now Jackie

So I am techno slow, so I have no picture of Jackie. Jackie came to us as a Foster in October. She was our first foster. She is a pickle, likes to run and some other issues. I wasn't sure she would fit, we don't have a fenced yard but we have made it work. She has run a couple of times, thanks to Erin for coming to my house at 5am one morning to look for her in the dark. :) She has only run away a couple of times in the past few months. Little stinker, ends up back at our doorstep when she wants, and looks at me like "aren't you going to open the door" . Jackie has had a rough life but not as bad as many dogs. Surrendered a couple of times to SDR before she came to us. She is a good dog, but had some very undog savy families and a beagle is not a breed for the unsavy. She is a love bug and sleeps under the covers in my arms. She was on several home visits, did some trial overnights, and actually got adopted and then re-returned to us over the last 5 months. So over
the past 5 months she has been in and out of our home. Everyone else had problems with her but she would come back to us and do fine. Everyone who brought her back said as soon as she got close to our home, she would get crazy happy. Well we even had a dog behavior person come to our house to try to see if we could make her "more adoptable". This gal was amazing and gave us some tips and we are taking Jackie to her class starting this week. So after some coaxing and some deep prayer, it was obvious that Jackie kept coming back to us, because she had already picked her forever home and just like a beagle was bound and determined to make it so. Our good friend calls our house Club Med for dogs, so no surprise she wants to stay. We adopted her! I now run her while I ride my bike to burn some of her energy, even in the snow. Pray that we can reign in her desire to run a bit, my heart can't take it.

Agape

I adopted Agape on 9-11-09, my name is Debbie Mason -2-15-10
Agape is so adorable and such a loving little girl, she has brought alot of joy and love to me and
my 12yr old chiuacha, Ive only had her 5 mos but she is doing well ,loves to go outside and plays all the time. One of her favorite things to do is play dress up, she loves wearing clothes.
Im so thankful for small dog rescue and all they do If it wasnt for all the care and love they
have for rescuing these puppy mill survivors we wouldnt all be together. I totally appreciate them and all they stand for. Thank you. Everyone I meet and know wants to take Agape home, I
tell everyone to go to the smalldog rescue web site and adopt a survivor.
Agape also had a wonderful foster home and all the people who took care of her during the rescue all were and important part in how she is doing today,and everyone alse thank you everyone,We are so happy. Ilove her so much!
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Onyx Athena Scholl

I first heard about Small Dog Rescue on the news where Mini Mite was the featured dog. I grew up with small dogs, but have not have the chance to have my own dog for 10 years due to living in an apartment. I finally purchased my first home last fall. After settling in, I realized something was missing, a dog!!! I quickly volunteered to be a foster with SDR. My first assignment was Aegina, a puppy mill papillion. Just as I was starting to form a bond with Aegina, she was adopted (by my coworker no less!) Next came Onyx, I've never had a dog bond to me so fast and only me, the first night together, she slept right under my arm. I had heard she had separation anxiety and could become destruction when left alone, so I chose to kennel her during the work day. I came home and she had moved her kennel completely around my kitchen island and down two steps into my living room, I imagine she was running in it like a hamster wheel. The next day, she was allowed free reign of t
he house and I have had no issues with her destroying anything at all. It was about after a week of having Onyx that I knew I would not be able to give her up, she was mine!!! She was the cheese to my macaroni, the ketchup to my fry. She's my mirror image, we both love to nap and eat snacks. Anyway I adopted her and she has been an aboslute joy!!!! Check out our new family pictures.

Randy - He almost didn't make it to SDR!

We've been a foster home with Small Dog Rescue of MN for almost four years. Two years ago, we were scheduled to foster Randy, a small chihuahua-corgi mix. He was coming on transport from Green Bay, WI. We were told the staff at the Green Bay Humane Society feel in love with him and knew they had to get him out of the shelter before he was euthanized.

We called him our little fox-dog as he looked like a furry little fox. He immediately fell in love with my husband but he didn't trust any other men. Hoping to find out more about him, I called the Green Bay Humane Society and spoke with Nicole. She was so excited to hear Randy was doing OK. She said he was so sweet with the ladies but had not passed his temperment test. He especially hated men in uniform. She said a woman dropped him off and said "it's time for my kids to stop torturing him". So, we knew he had a hard start in life.

Shortly after this conversation, my husband and I decided Randy had adopted us and this was his forever home. We enrolled him in beginning obedience training and he really blossomed. His confidence increased. It took well over a year for him to stop peeing if we said his name too loudly or if he thought he was in trouble.

He loves going for car rides and thinks it's fun to play "boss of the cats".

We love him so much and are so grateful to Small Dog Rescue of MN for bringing him into our lives!

Happy Tail

Photos that go with RUBY.