I just wanted to write that I have finished reading Rescuing Sprite tonight. My husband gave me this book three Christmas’ ago. When I opened the present I said “I can’t read this”! I knew I would cry my eyes out and true to form I cried from the beginning of the book to the end, anticipating the inevitable. It is a very touching and beautiful little book – a tribute really.

I am so pleased to read of someone who feels the same as I do about animals. I read recently that if you love animals you must find out why. I think it must be the need, the innocence the pure love and devotion that comes especially from dogs. I’ve had dogs and cats, a wild bird, fish and hamsters. I currently have three cats, two siblings from a shelter and one stray. I would love to have another dog, it would be my last dog because I will be 65 years old in another week. My children and I had a Lhasa Apso that we adored. Her name was Tashi. She died many years ago and it was heartbreaking.

Thank you so much for caring for Sprite and Pepsi and for welcoming another dog into your life. I wish there were many more people like you.to care for all the lost and neglected animals.

Patricia from NY

Our dog’s name was Apache. We adopted him in August 1st, 2004. We were at PetSmart and we were looking at an abused Rottweiler from another county Humane society and they would not adopt to us because we did not have a fenced in yard but lucky for us there was another humane society there tucked away in the back. There we met a nice lady who introduced us to Apache, a nine month old Siberian Husky. He was a bit underweight but full of life. We fell in love with him instantly. That first night we had him he was so exhausted from the days events that he fell asleep as soon as we got back to our apartment so we decided to go take a dip in the pool quick.

Well when we got back we came to an apartment tore up and in shambles with that Husky sitting in the middle of the room just staring and wagging his tale. We knew from that day we had our hands full, but loved every minute of it. When we had our son Sebastian, Apache was instantly attached to him. He became his second “Dad” always protecting him and if he did not know a person well enough he would not let them too near to Sebastian without them knowing his disapproval. They became two of the same usually not too far from each other always playing together. He pasted away this last February from a nasty fungal disease called Blastomycosis after fighting it for three months. I was giving Sebastian a bath when I heard our other dogs wimper and run to the bedroom. I got up knowing that Apache was towards the end and met him coming around the corner, collasping with each step. He finally was giving up the fight but wanted to say goodbye to his best friend. I got my son out of the tub and had him in his towel as my wife and I said our goodbyes. Sebastian was just over a year at this time and knew something was wrong but not really knowing what. It was his turn to say goodbye as Apache was on his last breaths.

I set him down next to Apache’s head and Sebastian just patted Apache’s head. As he set his head on Apache’s and closed his eyes, smiled, and said “Patchy”, Apache smiled and took his last breathe. (more…)

This is our Pug Keesha. She passed away at age 16 1/2 on February 10th. We adopted her from a local rescue group, and she gave us 4 very happy years. She is greatly missed. The picture was the last we took of her. She was under the Christmas tree this past Christmas.

John & Billie from AZ