Bosco aka Truf

We adopted Truf (now called Bosco) two and a half weeks ago and we can't thank you enough. What a terrific puppy! Since the day we brought him home, he happily went into his crate. He quickly learned where to do his business outside and is already ringing the bell (hanging on the door) when he needs to go out. He doing a pretty good job at walking on the leash without pulling. He has mastered "sit" and "lie down"...he's getting better at stay and we still have some work to do on "come." We working really hard at "fetch". He's good for about 5-10 retrievals and then he gets distracted and wanders somewhere else or comes bolting toward us without the ball. He enjoys running the fence with the much larger puppies next door, but he gets a little intimidated when put in the yard with them. The puppy across the street is a little younger and they play very well together. Bosco loves to play with Gramma's older shitzu (Wrigley), but we're not sure the feeling is mutual. H
e is the most curious puppy and we are so enjoying watching him discover his world. By the end of the day, we are all so tired...not sure who is wearing who out, but inevitable I find one of the kids on the floor with him curled up next to them...both sound asleep. Thank you again for this wonderful addition to our family.
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Jackpot(:

We put our other down down on Novemeber 4th 2010. We rescued Jackpot. We LOVE him so so so so much... I love you jackpot!!!(:

Caprice (aka Barnabus) Happy Tail

When I first saw Caprice, later to be known as Barnabus, walk in he was all confident walk and big wagging puppy tail and not much has changed! He's already gaining a reputation in our neighborhood for being the friendliest puppy around! And the kids especially love to pet him because he's so soft and sits so well.
He's making good friends with the two big Newfoundlands who live in our neighborhood and already seems to think he's as big as them and should only play with the other big dogs! But he's already starting to learn how play nice and we're all looking forward to having fun and learning in puppy class!
I'm so grateful to Magnificent Mutts for rescuing this wonderful little boy! It sometimes scares me to think where he would have ended up if not for the care and compassion of all of their volunteers. Thank you again to all of you for all that you do, from me and Barnabus! :)
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Slugger aka Mason's Happy Tail

We adopted Slugger from MM in April 2008. He was a tiny little guy with a bloated belly. Well he has grown into a beautiful boy that has added such joy to our family! He loves his long walks and having "play dates" with our daughters MM rescue, Luka and her cousins Payton and Tressel (all rescues). I've attached "then" and "now" photos of Slugger and a photo of Luka too. We are very grateful to have found Magnificent Mutts!
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Aspen's Happy Tail

Aspen is doing wonderful!! Breanna and Aspen have a blast together.
Getting big as you can see and loves playing outside in our backyard.
We will begin our camping season soon and I'm sure Aspen will love that as well.

I will send more pics when I get a chance.

Have a great day – and thank you for our little – soon to be big additional to our family.

Happy Tail

Aspen is doing wonderful!! Breanna and Aspen have a blast together.
Getting big as you can see and loves playing outside in our backyard.
We will begin our camping season soon and I'm sure Aspen will love that as well.

I will send more pics when I get a chance.

Have a great day – and thank you for our little – soon to be big additional to our family.

Jackie Pearson

Trixie's Happy Tail

Just wanted to send a BIG thank you. We adopted little Trixie about 3mo ago. She's a little spoiled now but doing terrific. She's such a delight to have in our family.
Thank You!!
Gina and Neal

Harvey's Happy Tail

Hi Linda:

We just wanted to send you an updated picture of Harvey. He's a handful but be love him.
Jim and Vivian

Kelly aka Keller's Happy Tail

Keller is a blind, approx. 1.5 year old gorgeous female German Shepherd that had so much love to give even after all she had been through. Story has it she was left outside in the bitter cold chained to a tree with no shelter. A friend of the neighbor with a very large heart purchased a used dog house and placed it on the property for this poor girl to get out of the cold. This same friend worked very hard to see if the people would relinquish the dog to a rescue or shelter group so they could possibly find her a forever home that would give her the love she so well deserved. Magnificent Mutts Rescue was the group that took her into their warm; loving home and provided her temporary love/shelter until they were able to find a forever home for her. As soon as she was posted on the website we instantly received an application from a wonderful family requesting a meeting with her. We thoroughly checked out their application and called them out to meet the foster parent Fran
and Keller at Petco in Hillside. It was love at first sight. They both said that they had to have her. We knew by just the short period of time that Mary and Tracy had so much love for the two dogs that they have already that they would be a great match for Keller. They brought pictures of their current dogs and told us how they already have a bed for Keller. We told them that if they were ready we could do paperwork right now and they could take her home with them. They were so excited, you could see it in their faces. They didn't realize that they could bring her home this very minute. It made us so very happy knowing that she was going to a home that was able to provide her with so much love and patience that she would need to bring her out of her protective shell. She just needs to know that someone loves her and will be there to protect her if needed. These are the two people that can do this for her. Our group thanks you so much for adopting this beautiful
girl from us. This story is not from the adopter it's from !
Wendy a
volunteer in the group.

They have recently sent us an update as to how she was doing and it was already posted a day or so ago. Attached are some before and after pictures.

Fritz's Happy Tail

Hi, Linda. Here are a couple of pictures of Fritz adopted 8/09 (formerly Nash/Leo) with his brother Klaus having fun in the snow.

Laura Renke

Lilly

Hi Terri and Heather!
We wanted to say thank you so much for helping us adopt Lilly! She has become fast friends with our 3 year old shepard, Miller. He is being a great big brother and the two play constantly. They love to steal toys from each other and run around the house like a bunch of nuts. Our cat, Buddy, had made a lot of progress with Lilly in the last week. When she first got home, Buddy did not want anything do to with her but now he will come down to the family room area to check her out. He likes to check her out through the gate and will now even run around the family room with Lilly and Miller.
We went to out vet visit on Saturday and the tech said she had seen Lilly at the intial intake and that she looked great! Her checkup went well and she did good in the car. We are going to start puppy kindergarten next month after she finished her shots.
I've uploaded a couple of picutres and will post again to let eveyone know her progress.
Thanks again!
The Miles Family

Pepper aka Dancer

Hi Wendy,

I have attached five pictures below of Pepper in the snow today.

But first, I have also attached two additional pictures that I found online (of the puppies from your website - via petfinder). Could you please confirm whether (or not):
A) All 4 of these puppies are from the same litter (??)
B) The larger dog (in the photo by the Christmas tree) is the mother or just a another dog at the house(??).

Thanks!
Ron

Ted's Happy Tail

Hello!

Last week when I looked on your site there were 9 new puppies coming to your way (german shepherd mix) are they still available?

BTW! I adopted from you a little over 6 months ago a Husky mix names Ted. We changed the name to Nico and I just wanted to say thank you again for allowing us to take him home. He is an amazing addition to our home. I've attached a picture to show you how big he is now. We are possibly thinking of getting Nico a little buddy so thus why the question above. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you again!
Ania

Eisha's Happy Tail

Eisha has been a Weller for 10 days and what a delight!!!!!!! Had a hunch when I saw her bio and picture on Pet Finder that she was the one for us. She was very skittish at first - didn't like our tile floors at the entry and in the kitchen but to eat she had to walk on it - loves our family room because we allow her to sit on our couch next to my husband so that he can pet her - had her to the vet where she received a clean bill of health with the exception of bad ear infections - she allows me to give her her medication in the ears which most dogs would run and hide if they think it's ear cleaning time - she minds extremely well - family all love her and she thrives on them petting her - took her to our Groomer and Laura, the one that always took care of our Copper, loved her and said Copper gave Eisha to us - she gets her walks everyday but now we spell the word "walk" because hearing the word she cries and runs around in circles with excitement until we finally put the
halter and leash on her - so much more but to summarize our Eisha, it's as if she has always been ours. It's quiet apparent whoever had her was good to her because she is so calm and so willing to give love and shows no indication of having been harmed.

This weekend we will take some pictures of her to forward to you.

Lorelei Weller

Kelly aka Keller's Happy Tail

Hello Linda,

We just wanted to let all of the wonderful people involved with the rescue of Keller the blind German Shepherd. We didn't want to use anyone's email without your consent, so are sending it to you to forward to all.

Kelly, as we have now named her, is one remarkable dog. It is so hard to believe that after all she has been through, she just takes everything in stride. She is the perfect passenger in the car - just lays down and enjoys the ride.

Kelly loves to explore and doesn't seem shy about going to new places. She loves humans, but expectedly shows some defensive behavior to other dogs. At this point, we are just letting her enjoy the safety of her own home/area and she enjoys her new siblings through a gate.

Our vet said that she has a bit of respiratory rattle, so she is on antibiotics, but other than that, she is a picture of health. She is one tough little girl.

She picked up the layout of 4 rooms right away and has already learned to "step up" and "step down" to navigate our patio door and stoop. By this afternoon she decided that she wanted to take on the stairs to the second floor. She was so very excited that there was even more to explore! I guided her down the stairs by her collar and she did it without fear. Now that we know she can do that, time for another gate!

Sorry haven't had time to upload pictures, but will send them in a few more days.

We thank all of you for the wonderful thing you did for her (and all the other dogs previously!). She touches the hearts of all she meets. We are so very luck to have her.