My Nonprofit Reviews

I am a vet tech of 10 years. Two years ago I moved down to Florida from the DC area. I had just put down my 14 year old golden retriever, who had been battling Leukemia for a year. After a few months I felt ready to begin the dog search. I had my heart set on rescuing and I wanted a Border Collie. I was interested in a few of their dogs, but unfortunately my timing was never right. I figured if it was meant to be than it will happen on its own. Although I did not adopt from them at that time, I stayed connected and followed them on Facebook.
A few months ago I saw big notice regarding one of their dogs who had quite the past and was in need of being re-homed due to the fall of her health. Jetta was only about 4-5 months old (estimated) when she was brought into the TDL family. Prior to becoming a forever family member, she broke her leg and it was unable to be fixed. Flashing forward four years, her left hind leg is now fused and has very limited range of motion, but let me tell you... it does not stop her from going after her frisbee. Back in November 2013 she began to have Grand Mal Seizures out of the blue. TDL and her owner were behind her back 125%. They did and continue to do everything for this dog. I adopted her back in June 2014 when her seizures started getting worse and I had the time available to work with her and get to her goal of becoming seizure free.
My experience with TDL has been nothing but amazing. One of my many experiences in my career field is that people tend to live with dogs who are just like them (personality and characteristic wise). AND that not every pet owner is crazy, but every crazy person owns a pet. Giselle has the personality of a border collie. She is head strong, hard working, and has a determination that is like no other. There are very few people who are as passionate about what she does and all of her dogs. As she once told me, once a TDL dog always a TDL dog. Everyone in TDL has been more than supportive of Jetta and her condition. She will always have the army that is TDL standing right behind her. She is one INCREDIBLY lucky dog. I would recommend this rescue to anyone looking for dogs in need of a second, third, or fourth chance. Unfortunately, it's not always a perfect match. But there is a match out there somewhere for these lucky dogs. Cheers!