Stevie

Adopted June 12, 2004

Words can't describe our love and attachment to Stevie. He is an amazing dog with an amazing attitude in spite of his near blindness. Stevie suffers from PRA or Progressive Retinal Atrophy. While we were willing to discover the world of loving a dog who is vision impaired, we had no real idea what obstacles we might face. Wonderfully enough, Stevie folded right into our family as if he'd been there for years. Our family has made minor adjustments to compensate for a vision impaired dog and today we almost forget that there is any problem at all. He loves to play tug-of-war with me and chases the kids in the fenced backyard. Occasionally there is a yelp from bumping into an unseen chair or open door, but for the most part Stevie navigates the house with ease. The bottom line - we cannot imagine our life without Stevie!  I hope this note will serve as encouragement to anyone who may consider adopting a blind or vision impaired GSD in the future.
Once again thank you for saving Stevie!  He has become such an integral part of our lives that it breaks our heart to think we came so very close to never knowing he existed. 

Thank you for the work your organization has done to save such amazing animals as Stevie.

Written by Randy Garmon

 August 14, 2004

Abbie

Adopted August 27, 2004

Abbie is proving to be a challenge. We can't stop giving her attention. Yes, my only complaint is that she is far to cute for her own good. She is already 99% house broken and even prefers to go potty in the area we have set aside for her and our other GSD Bogey. She gives Bogey a hard time every chance she gets but he loves it. They take turns playing hide and find with the chew toys, chasing each other, and wrestling all over the house. Not to mention, she likes to hide daddy's shoes, and play in water, especially our fish pond. Abbie has already learned to sit, give her paw and will get in her crate on command. (most of the time)
I can't thank you enough for allowing us to adopt her as she is proving to be an amazing member of our family!

Written by Chuck Kudary

September 20, 2004