Foster Home Notes: Jack is such a friendly love bug. He is playful and sweet and just LOVES to play with other dogs. He also ignores the cat in his foster home and is great with children (youngest in home is 6yrs). He is very smart and gentle as well. He still likes to play with the hands of the adults but we are working on that. He comes when called, sits on command and although he can run off leash, if he see's anyone outside, he is off to visit! Jack is beautiful yet to many people he looks very scary. Jack is such a great dog and will need an active home with a fenced yard. We hope to find him a person who loves to run or hike b/c Jack would be perfect for that lifestyle.

History: Jack was found stray chasing cars and playing with whoever would play with him. The man who found him was up in Tennessee and watched as Jack tried his best o make friends with people at a shopping center but everyone yelled and kicked at him to get him away. He brought him home!

Foster Home Notes: Indy is adorable and loves to be hugged. She flutters her eye lashes and tucks her head in true southern bell fashion. She knows how to play that pity card and gets lots of love! Indy loves to be near her person but she spends a lot of her day playing with her sister in the yard or laying in the sun. She has a very mellow personality but on occasion she will get excited and you get to see the wiggly butt and happy kisses. She is such a good girl and thinks that everyone who comes to the adoptions is there to see her. Sadly, they usually just walk right past her. Indy is great with other dogs and loves kids. I can leave Indy free run of the house but she still has a crate b/c she seems to like the security of it and that is where I find her when she is sleepy. She needs a fenced yard and someone to hug her. She is well worth it though and would be great for a family who has kids or someone who wants to go to the dog park.

History: A friends daughter rescued these puppies from her neighbor. He had gotten them from a friend of his. He thought they were covered in fleas so he told her he poured bleach on them to kill the fleas. It wasn't fleas it was mites. He also confessed that he had cropped their tails with pruning sheers. We quickly got them vetted and now, several weeks later, they are mange FREE and happy and healthy.

Foster Home Notes: Keno is a very sweet, quiet boy. He just loves to lay around on a nice soft dog bed and wants to be inside all the time. If I put him out in the fenced yard, he finds a way to get back on the deck and in the house no matter what! He started off very shy and would look through the gate trying to find out how to get home but now he knows he lives here and is very happy. Keno has hi dysplasia in both hips. When we first got him out of the shelter, he could barely walk from laying on the cold concrete floor for several weeks. We started him on Joint Supplements and now he is chasing balls, laying with stick and acting like a puppy when I have treats in my hand. That broken spirit he came with is long gone and now he is a happy boy! His favorite toy is the center to the toilet paper roll or anything card board. I handed him an empty cereal box to shred and by the way he pranced around, you would think I had handed him a HAM! LOL Keno sleeps beside my bed at night on his dog pillow but on occasion he will get comfortable on the couch. This can be easily corrected if you don't want him on furniture.

Keno will require daily joint supplements for the rest of his life.Keno will never be a running dog or a hiking dog but he can and will be a wonderful family dog. A family or person who will spoil him and give him what he needs. Don't let his stiff hips get in your way of loving him. Here is the link to the joint supplement we have him on now. It costs $42.00 for 4 months worth, that's only 35 cents a day!

History: Keno came from a local GA shelter who has one of the highest kill rates around. He is one of the lucky few this week

Foster Home Notes: Cookie is a very smart and sweet girl. She can sit, shake, come and walks wonderfully on the leash. She is very aware of her surroundings when out on leash and listens perfectly. At home, Cookie plays her heart out with her foster siblings. They play chase, fetch and wrestle. She loves toys and chew bones and the dust pan! LOL Cookie is the dominate dog personality in the house but then someone puts her in her place and she runs away like a little girl. I still crate Cookie sometimes when I leave the house but have left her alone for short periods. She sleeps in a dog bed in my room or the living room and is a very good girl. However, I know not to leave things down that I don't want her to get. You have to still watch your remotes, and if in a house with kids, their toys. She needs to continue learning what is hers and yours. She is a great dog but still a pup at heart! She will thrive in a home who has dog experience and wants to smart dog to train! She needs a 6 foot fence b/c she can jump a shorter one.

History: Cookie was born to Gala. Gala was a stray who delivered her puppies behind an auto shop. They were found and put into foster care when they were 2 weeks old. We have had Cookie since she was tiny! She was the cutest thing but for some reason no one ever adopted her. There always seems to be one pup from every litter that stays behind and there is no reasoning behind it at all.

Foster Home Notes: Arnold is a love bug and loves everyone he meets. He also loves to play with his chow foster brother and explore the backyard. He is a great dog who is good with other dogs and children. We feel he may be to exuberate in play for a small dog though. Arnold is very strong on leash and pulls but he is getting better and better. He will need an active home OR a fenced yard to run and play. No cats. Foster or forever home needed ASAP as the person fostering him is elderly and can not care for him much longer!

History: Arnold was a stray and never claimed. The people who found him pulled him back out of the county shelter before he was killed and now we need to find him a forever home. The people who found him are in thier 80's and he is just too young and strong and also chases the cats. They love him though.

Foster Home Notes: Patrick is a sweet boy but he still has the slightly aloof personality he has always had. He comes up and put his head on my lap for love and attention but if he is busy outside he just does what he wants to do. Patrick is learning to walk on leash. He has never loved it b/c he is shy of all the new things out in the world. This is my fault. Since Patrick has had to have an eye surgery which was put on hold, he was taken to the adoption events so he was never subjected to the world. He is learning quickly though but still is unsure of the automatic doors at the pet store! LOL I still crate Patrick when I am not home and at night. He seems to feel very comfortable having a spot of his own so we have continued to let him have his "bed". His crate is in our loft area and he love to go up there and lay and look over at everything going on below him. He barks when the door bell rings and he has really deep bark. However, when the stranger enters he prefers go upstairs and watch from a far. I love Patrick to death and I hope to find him a home where he can be spoiled rotten. He is great with other dogs and a little afraid of the cat. He does need a fenced yard and no small children b/c he has never been around small kids and I think they too would scare him.

History: See McKenzie's history. She is his mother. I rescued Patrick and family from the woods when they pups were only 4 weeks old.

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Foster Home Notes: Cocoa is a very sweet boy who listens very well and just loves to be near his person. He can spend hours chewing on his ball and he loves to play fetch and keep away. Cocoa can sit ands shake and comes when called. He also goes i his crate on command. I do stil crate him b/c I have many other dogs but I feel he would be fine uncrated in a new home once he is settled in. Cocoa loves us but when strangers come into the house we tell them to ignore him and let him come to them. He get tense if approached so if you ignore him he will be nudging your hand fo rlove wihtin minutes. Cocoa is very good with kids but a home without kids might be best b/c as kids age, thier friends come in and out and I don't know how Cocoa would handle that much activity. He just needs someone to love him and get him out more. He has never been out and about and properly socialized in a setting outside of his home or yard.

History: Cocoa was a product of two dogs in a neighborhood whose owners did not keep contained nor were they spayed/neutered. They had a litter of puppies and one of the other neighbors took Cocoa. Cocoa is now a victim of divorce and has come into our rescue group. Each day the foster home looks out her window and see's Cocoa's doggie dad still walking around looking for trouble but at least now he is neutered!

Foster Home Notes: Lenny so so precious and sweet. When I sit in the chair to watch television to take a break, he sits on the floor next to me and leans on my leg. When he tires he goes into the middle of the room or his dog bed and stretch's out of his side. If I am not in the room, he finds a nice spot on the end of the couch! :) He looks like a little puppy when he sleeps and if he has a toy in his mouth, he has been known to play himself to sleep with the toy stll sticking out of his mouth!. :) Lenny loves his stuffed toys and will destuff them but never ever touch's furniture or anything like that. To be honest, He is happy with anything you give him be it a piece of cardboard or a bone. He listens perfectly and has learned to sit. Lenny loves to play with the other dogs and is so gentle he lets the smaller dogs chew on him and bounce in his face. All Lenny wants is a person to love him. Someone he can dedicate his whole existence too and be spoiled rotten in return. Lenny likes to go for walks but does get scared of fast cares and some loud noises. He is a little shy at first but loves everyone he meets once they pet him and if you can master the baby talk he will melt in your arms. For some reason Lenny keeps getting overlooked. We have had him for a year now and duyring that time many other black labs had come and gone but he is still here. A fenced yard is required but consideration will be given to the right situation if not fence is in existence.

Ginger is a sweetie pie. She is very shy and hides in her bed in the corner alot when there is alot of activity with the other dogs or visitors come over. She had a tough start in life and had no family until a year ago when she came to us. She and her brother and sister lived in a pen on a farm where they were never socialized and rarely touched. Now, Ginger loves to be petted and if you have treats she is your very best friend! She needs to lose about 10 lbs now though! I think once Ginger gets into a calmer home, she will come out of her shell quickly. She was immediately housebroken when she came here and not that I have installed a dog door she goes in and out when ever she wants. She is good with the other dogs and would prefer to be in a home with another dog so she can follow thier lead. She has never been around small kids so we prefer a home with kids over 8 simply b/c of her shyness. In time she may overcome this. A home with grandkids on occassion would be fine b/c you can just put her outside or in a room and she would be happy! Don't let her funny looking body and small little head deter you from loving a wonderfully sweet deserving girl.

History: Ginger has spent her live living in a pen on a farm that had 101 dogs! Her 2 siblings have already been adopted but Ginger is the only dog out of 101 that is Heartworm Positive. She is very smart. Loves attention and was 100% housebroken immediately upon coming to my home.

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Laverne is a wonderfully sweet girl. She is docile and laid back but also has lots of personality. She loves to get attention and especially loves her dog cookies! She is a toy hoarder and will colelct them all and surround herself then just lay there. Laverne is a happy lumbering lab girl who just longs to get into a home of her own where she can have a nice dog bed, lots of toys and someone special to call her own. She gets along great with other dogs but has never seen a cat. She is the dominate sister in her relationship with her sister Shirley. If you want a wonderfully sweet girl who loves everyone, here she is. Laverne requires a fenced yard.

History: Laverne and Shirley grew up in Alabama where they were with many other dogs in a large yard. They didn't ever leave that place and thus are a little timid of new things. They are totally housebroken now. We have had them in our program since Oct 08

Shirley is a sweet girl. She just loves to lay around and chew on her bones and take it all in. She is timid of new things and is still getting used to her walks b/c everything is so new. She is the submissive sister in her relationship with her sister Laverne. Shirley knows how to look at you with those big sad eyes and get whatever she wants. Right now, all she wants is a family of her own. If you want a wonderfully sweet girl who loves everyone, here she is. Shirley requires a fenced yard.

History: Laverne and Shirley grew up in Alabama where they were with many other dogs in a large yard. They didn't ever leave that place and thus are a little timid of new things. They are totally housebroken now. We have had them in our program since Oct 08

Foster Home Notes: Hanson is a wonderfully sweet man who just seems to enjoy staring at me. Sometimes I will look up and he is just standing there staring at me and then when I get up I get a little happy dance. He is a very good boy. He wiggles his butt and bounces a couple of inches off the ground when he is happy but he doesn't jump up. He still needs work on coming when called. I have yet to see him play with toys or the other dogs but it has only been a couple of weeks. He enjoys sitting outside on the deck or under a tree. I think he must have been an outdoor dog but no more of that. He loves it inside and was totally housebroken immediately. He is a very smart boy. Hanson ignored the cat, is good with and basically ignores the other dogs, and is just a sweet heart. He likes to eat in the kitchen and refuses to eat anywhere else so that is where I put his bowl at dinner time. He doesn't beg either. Hanson will make a great addition to anyone's family. Fenced yard is required if you have children.

History: Hanson came out of a local animal shelter. He was on the "Last Call" list to be euthanized and no one would take him b/c he was heartworm positive. We took him. How could you resist that face!

Foster Home Notes: Corey is a wonderfully smart sweet boy and he listens well. He can be aloof when he is too busy to be bothered but most of the time he comes immediately when called and just looks at you with his silly look. He sits on command, comes, and goes in his bed when told. When he plays he loves to keep his butt in the air and elbows on the ground and pounce around like a gigantic cat. He acts like a puppy when he does this and he is so big, he looks goofy. Corey spends his days just hanging out and lounging around on his dog bed or sometimes I will catch him on the love seat if his bed is taken. He is on Joint supplements for arthritis in his hips so he doesn't like to lay on the cold hardwood floor. Corey loves to go for walks but he still walks to walk you. He doesn't really pull hard, he just pulls you in the direction he wants to go. Corey is good with most people but gets nervous if they rush up on him. I don't know why anyone would rush on a dog anyway! He likes to sniff your hand, ignore you for a while then he will come to you and make you his best friend. . He is a very loyal boy and just needs someone to let him lay around and retire. He needs a home without kids coming and going and a fenced yard. He just wants some peace and quiet. Please open your heart to love this boy - he deserves it!

History: Corey was an owner turn in b/c they lost their home.

Jewel is a love bug but still a big baby at heart. She listens very well and just wants to be loved. When I sit down she come p and lays her head on my lap and gives me her pitiful look so I will pet her. She is submissive to the other dogs and just wants everyone to like her. You can tell she has been yelled at though b/c if I raise my voice she ducks her head and walks off. Jewel will need a tall fenced in yard. She can jump a short fence. She loves to play and is great with the other dogs and seems confused by the cat! LOL

History: Jewel was picked up standing in the middle of a busy road just looking at the passing cars. She was lost and confused and looking for her family. They never claimed her.

Foster Home Notes: Lola is a smart, happy go lucky, playful girl. She is only 3 years old, has a little gray running through her face too but she has the spirit of a puppy! I took her to a freinds house today and she was in heaven. So much to see, do and WOW a creek, which she jumped them ran though! LOL At home, Lola is a doll baby. She spends most of her time laying on her bed in her crate (door open). She likes the security of her crate and she can chew on her toys or eat her food in peace away from my other dogs too. When I sit down, she comes up and puts her head in my lap and looks at me with her golden eyes. You can certainly see her soul through those eyes. Lola needs a very secure fenced yard. Electric fences ARE NOT acceptable. She would do best in a home with someone who doesn't work or works from home. I do recommend that Lola continue to be crated for a while longer as she is still a puppy at heart. The only issues I have with Lola are that she will run off to explore if she gets out off leash and she is a counter surfer. We are working hard to keep her safe and paws out of the kitchen!

History: Lola was dumped at the shelter by a mom with a child crying his eyes out. She dumped both of their dogs b/c they would not stay in her electric fence. She didn't blink and eye when she was told they would be killed immediately due to lack of space. Luckily we were there picking up another dog and we took Lola and Cocoa..

Foster Home Notes: Noelle is in the process of being professionally trained on basic commands. She is so smart and doing very well. The trainer said he has never met any dog as sweet as Noelle which creates an issue b/c all she wants are belly rubs! LOL Noelle is sweet, loving and very playful. She also listens well, knows sit and down. She loves to play with toys and puts her butt in the air happily with elbows on the ground. She loves to play with the other dogs and is very gentle no matter what their size. Noelle is still young so she needs to be crated when you are not home. When you are home though she can have free run b/c she is completely housebroken. We do have a dog door but I am sure she would find her way of telling you she needs to go outside. I am amazed at how long she can hold it. She loves to put her paws in your lap for lots of love but gets back down when instructed. She is just total love bug! She would be great with someone who wants to go to dog parks or just wants to a playful snuggle muffin. She would be fine being free at night on a dog bed or in your bed. She really likes to spoon! :) Noelle is a very gentle soul. She is great with everyone she meets and loves kids although they are the perfect height for her to lick in the face..and she will! Don't let her breed scare you. If you do you are missing out on a great dog!

History: Noelle was a stray that no one ever claimed. She was running free in the freezing rain and took up on someones front porch. Animal Control took her in but when her time was up we pulled her back out.

Foster Home Notes: Katie is such a sweet angel. She looks at me with nothing but love and desire. Sadly living in my house she has to share me with so many other dogs so she has resigned herself to just laying on her own. Katie is a great dog. She loves to go for walks but is a little excited on leash and weaves back and forth. She is hilarious when we visit people with carpet. We have hard wood and tile so when she see's carpet she rolls and flips and rubs and just acts like she is in heaven. She is a silly girl who will comes up to you and knudges your hand in the air for pets and ear rubs. Katie listens very well, comes, sits, goes to her bed, etc when told. She plays fetch but not for long. All she needs in a nice dog bed, some toys and bones and someone to love her. Right now she is on a blanket in my bedroom sound asleep. She is such a gentle soul. She has little burst of energy here and there and she makes me laugh. Katie is totally housebroken and crate trained. She has been with us for almost 3 years now and longs for her own place to retire and be spoiled .

History: I was tracking some stray dogs I was trying to catch down in Decatur. Katie was living in a backyard which looked more like a junk yard then anything else. Whenever she saw me she came over to the fence to be petted. She was so sad. One day I was down there and the police were at the house. Sadly, Katie's owner had died in his sleep. The family had called Animal Control to take Katie but then gave her to me instead. Somehow the stars had aligned and I had shown up in the nick of time to save her.

Foster Home Notes: Delilah is a great girl who lives for her squeaky toys and treats. She will come running from a mile away if she hears that toy squeak! Delilah spends her days lounging around sleeping and just hanging out. She doens't like to be outside for long and prefers to be indoors where she is comfortable and spoiled. Delilah is on medication for a leaky bladder. She may be on this for a short time or it may be permanent. She is also being treated for a urinary tract infection which may clear this all up. Delilah loves to go for walks and loves to have her belly rubbed. She listens very well and would be a great dog for someone to retire with.

History: Delilah was on of 101 dogs we saved from a farm in Alabama. Most of the dogs went all over the country but Delilah came to us.