We lost our rescued ridgeback/cross sisters at the end of last year. They reached 13 despite both having diabetes and complications which included blindness. After a few weeks the hole in our hearts wouldn't go away so we visited our local Santa Maria Valley Humane Society and there we found our Lab/cross Lizzie who was 2 1/2 and brought her home. When found abandoned she had to have surgery in her pelvic region which we have now figured wasn't due to a car accident as first thought but to a brutal beating by a male. She repays us every day by being busy keeping us safe by letting us know when strangers (and sometimes family and friends) get too close to the house. We have had her 4 months now and she is slowly mellowing out and getting to know and trust men again.

Daphne Gratner
Los Alamos, CA