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Winslow, the Puppyland puppy, found his forever home. Melissa fostered him for a month while we searched for the right adopter. Many thanks to Karen Rochat, who gave us the lead that worked out perfectly. She called them and suggested … Continue reading →

We get a lot of applications from people looking for a puppy. We tell them we almost never get puppies, because the last two were 13 years ago, a pair turned over to a humane society because they were three … Continue reading →

Abby is settling in and becoming part of the pack, although she is such a strong alpha that the other dogs don’t especially like her. Her rear is so weak they know she can’t enforce her dominance, so they pretty … Continue reading →

It has been a little over a month since eleven year old Sophie arrived. We initially referred to her as “Sophie 2,” since we already had a Sophie here, but when we realized she didn’t answer to her name we … Continue reading →

February 5, 2021 marks the third anniversary of the arrival of Sophie, Fena, and Tessa. They were three of five pregnant Iowa bitches that were “leased,” already pregnant, to a man in Brush Prairie, Washington. We were told he was … Continue reading →

We are starting the new year with a new Sophie. Perhaps new is not the right word, since we had her here in 2015, and she is ten and a half years old now. On January 7 we had an … Continue reading →

Most of our effort this past month has been dealing with an abuse case in the Seattle area. On November 24 we saw a video posted on several Facebook groups, showing a dog being hit and kicked by a man. … Continue reading →

In December 2017 we picked up a senior dog named Nanuk, surrendered by a woman in Sultan. She sent us a few photos showing how beautiful he was. Kathy met her half way, and the owner pushed out a dog … Continue reading →

The high point of our month was the adoption of Max, who is now named Sundance. He first arrived here in late January, an independent dog who needed a lot of socialization. Although Max was a nice boy, and from … Continue reading →

After 19 years and nearly 200 dogs, we still have to come up with new approaches once in a while. Back in the middle of July we asked a previous adopter to look at Rory, a seven year old dog … Continue reading →