It has been almost two years since Pretty Girl was surrendered to Father John's Animal House. Her previous family was unable to care for her due to an accident.
Pretty Girl's devotion and attachment to her former family was evident as she rapidly lost weight and became very depressed. Since then she has come a long way...but her journey is not yet over. She has yet to find her forever home.
Unfortunately, Pretty Girl is a perfect example of a dog who doesn't "kennel well". Potential adopters are turned off by her exuberant nature when they first meet her, which is a result of the stressful environment she is in.
Even though she is walked almost daily, it is clearly no substitute for a loving, nurturing home, which she desperately needs and deserves.
Pretty Girl is very intelligent and affectionate. She loves a challenge and only wants to please. She is quite athletic, and loves long walks, swimming and romps in the snow.
She would be best suited to a home where she is the only pet. Even though she adores children, it is recommended that she go to a home with older children, only as a result of her activity level.
Meet Levi! He is an adorable mix of Jack Russell, Australian Shepherd, & Cattle Dog (maybe) weighing in at 50lbs. He is under 1 year and full of energy. His family rescued him from a shelter in NC when he was a baby. Due to the fast pace of life and lots of kid's actitivies, Levi needs to find a new home where he can have lots of room to run & plenty of fun doggie activities. 
I've been keeping Tucker a bit of a secret from the blogging community. About 2 months ago I received a call from a woman who said her son needed to re-home his Rottweiler puppy. Given our full house...I was going to refer her to a Rottweiler rescue until she said his name was Guinness. When I said the name out loud my wonderful dog-loving husband said "where is he...let's go pick him up" and so we did. No thought, no planning, we just drove to the apartment and met this little pup who was 4 1/2 months at the time. Like many people who don't always put a tremendous amount of thought into buying a puppy for the first time, this young couple with two small children were overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising a strong-minded puppy. I don't blame them...they didn't know any better...but I do blame the many puppy mills out there that have no concern for the temperament of the dogs they are breeding and no worries about where they end up. Tucker is a product of a puppy mill and to no fault of his own has some serious behavior issues. Unfortunately, the couple who purchased him did not have any experience with dogs, especially not that of an assertive, must-have-it-his-way puppy. So once again I find myself down a path of behavior modification with yet another Rottweiler named Guinness. Out of respect and memory for our beloved Guinness (who has been gone for 2 years now), we have renamed the puppy Tucker. Let the fun begin!
