Hi Mark! My wife and I are big fans. We lost our golden retriever \”Nugget\” about 2 months ago. He was our special boy. He fought cancer for 1-1/2 years. He almost made it to 13 years of life which is about as old as retrievers get. He was a blessing for us and we will miss him very much. You will be glad to know that we just adopted a new golden retriever from a shelter here in Oklahoma. He has heart worms and is about to go through treatments and it is hurting us financially but we know that he would have been put to sleep if we had not rescued him. He is only about 1-2 years old and is real sweet. We named him \”Buster\” since that is what he has done to our piggy bank. But we think he is worth it. My wife read your book about \”Spritie\” back when Nugget was still alive. I have not been strong enough to make myself read it yet. I was going to buy here an autographed copy of your book but someone bought it for here at Christmas so I never did. Will you be selling autographed versions of your new book? I would like to buy one. Anyway, she said your book about Sprite helped here with the grieving process. I am very grateful to you for that. Thanks Mark for all that you do. I listen to you every day! I feel alone sometimes until I here you talk and then I realize there are other like minded conservatives out there.

Douglas from OK

Dear Mark,

I realize this is lengthy, but I kept it as short as I could. I know it’s too long to put on your web-site, but I thought you would enjoy it. Each one of these dogs helped make me who I am today and each one was important in my life.

Dog #1 Sootie She was a black dog with white markings that was part poodle and part Irish setter. Mutt. I got her for free from some folks down the street whose Irish setter had 7 puppies. I was 7 years old. I was down at that house every single day driving those poor people crazy. Hence, she was taken away from her mom too soon and cried every night for a week despite an alarm clock and fur collar. She was a great dog. She would never run off and she was so friendly. She developed epilepsy, but only ever had 4 seizures. When she was about 12 years old she ran away never to be seen again! She was not wearing her tags. This broke my mom’s heart. My mom would think she saw her in a parking lot, just about everywhere. She called the Humane Society, vets offices, but no luck. I was grown and had already moved out, but I still took it hard. After all the years we had her and how much we loved her to not know what happened to her or be able to say goodbye…. (more…)

I am the proud owner of 3 dogs and 5 cats. 6 of those animals were someone else’s “rejects” and my joys! I could go on and on about Sebastian, a German Shepherd, Jazzie, a mix-breed, and Sweet-pea, a boxer. They are my kids, my companions, and my best friends.
Through the years I have had the heartache of “sending” my buddies over the bridge but honor them by sharing that love with others. My hope is that I will continue to be able to afford them and not have to give them up and then not die before them because no one will take as good care or love them as they are now.
I wish I had photos with me but I don’t so just know that they are the most beautiful, most smiley, and happiest dogs in the world – at least in my world!

Beverly from ME

Almost a year had passed since I had to put to sleep my Yellow Lab\’ Bailey.  As an avid dog lover I was getting the itch for a new lil\’ buddy.

My fiance and I were looking to get a new dog and decided we wanted an American Pit Bull Terrier.  We went to go look at a few specific puppies they had and loved all of them but they had a certain dog named \”Deuce\” who was a little over a year old and already house and crate trained.  He also was part American Pit Bull Terrier & Pointer.  Btw, I highly recommend this combo of dog b/c he has been perhaps the best dog I\’ve ever owned.

So we took Deuce for a walk to feel him out a little bit.  He was awesome from the get go and we fell in love with him immediately and told \”Mutts & Stuff\” that we would be happy to adopt him.

They said that they could come interview us that day at our house and we initially had no intentions of getting a dog that day but were more or less starting the search for a new dog.  But again we fell in love w/ Deuce and were even worrying about whether or not we would be eligible to adopt him since this is/was my first dog I\’ve adopted.

When they arrived later in the day Deuce was one happy camper to say the least.  He was showing off and was entertaining himself in a mirror that I have in one room that is from the floor to the ceiling.

The couple from the adoption society allowed us to adopt Deuce and the rest is history.  It\’s been nearly a year now and he\’s such an awesome dog!

I go at lunch everyday weather permitting and we go for a jog and my fiance jogs him when she gets home from work as well.  He absolutely loves other dogs and cats as well.

Lots of stories I could share about him but I don\’t want to ramble.  Nonetheless, Sara (my fiance) and I are ecstatic w/ Deuce and he is without a doubt one of the best things to ever happen to us.

Chris from MO