Proud German Shepherd Mom

"Free To Good Home" Can Mean A Life of Misery
When we see ads on-line or in the newspaper advertising a dog "free to good home," we do our best to get the owner of the dog to turn it over to rescue. So many people don't realize that it is actually dangerous to advertise your dog in this way. Backyard breeders check for ads like this all the time. They don't want to pay for a dog -- or for its health care or keeping its quarters clean -- so they jump on any ad that offers a dog for free. If the dog being offered is capable of breeding, the chances that it will end up in a puppy mill or backyard breeder's kennel are enormous. The people who run these places are very adept at presenting themselves as just folks who want a dog for the family; one notorious puppy miller was known to take his little granddaughter with him as he visited the homes of people offering intact dogs for free or for very little money. The idea was to convince the owners that the dog would become the beloved pet of the little girl. Instead, the dogs ended up in his filthy mill, being bred literally to death. But even if the dog has been spayed or neutered, it is still in danger. Some people, referred to as "collectors" or "hoarders," have an impulse to gather as many dogs as possible. Why? Who knows? It isn't so that they can be well cared for! It seems to be a need just to have them. Do you want your dog to end up in a filthy kennel, neglected and possibly abused? Please don't ever advertise a dog as "free to a good home!" If you must find a new home for your dog, ask a standard fee, ask a lot of questions, and be sure to check valid references (including a reference from a veterinarian) for the potential adopter, as well as meeting the person. Better yet, contact a rescue group. Our sole mission and reason for being is to find safe, secure, and loving homes for animals that don't have them.


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Hundreds of thousands of dogs suffer in puppy mills in this country. They are prisoners of greed. There are seven states that are known as puppy mill states because they have the majority of the puppymills in the country. They are: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

State Lemon LawsThe following states have "lemon laws" that pertain to the sale of puppies. If you have purchased your puppy in one of these states, you may have recourse if your puppy is sick.

Arizona Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia

This is for Two sweet boys that lost their fight to canine cancer
They say memories are golden
Well Maybe that is true,
I never wanted memories
I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you
A million times I cried,
If love alone could've saved you
You never would have died.

In death i love you still,
In my heart you hold a place
No one could ever fill.

But now I know you want me
To mourn for you no more,
To remember the happy times,
Life still has much in store.

Since you'll never be forgotten
I pledge to you today,
A hallowed place within in my heart
Is where you'll always stay.

If tears could build a stairway
And heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you back again.

– Author unknown
Rest In Peace My Sweet Boy Harley 10.26.2006


Rest In Peace Sweet Patrick - You will be missed by so many.





"The passion that moves us forward is from experiencing what Cancer really does to the ones we love. We are driven because there is a hole in our soul, where once was the love of our dog." ~ Gary Nice