My Nonprofit Reviews

On 1/11/11 we lost our wonderful young dogs, Gracie and Savvy to an accident during a snow storm. A few days later a friend of mine sent me an email telling me about a dog she was fostering. Well three nights without a dog and Izzy came home to meet the family and has never left. Izzy is a wonderful dog and I still can’t imagine why she was in a shelter.

Izzy is not a cuddly dog and she does not like to sleep on the bed. Our son Roman was having some problems sleeping at the time and he and I both missed having a cuddly dog. I had looked into Boston Terriers a while back and thought the breed would be a good match for us someday. We decided a Boston Terrier would be a great dog to sleep with our son to help him sleep better.

Just a couple months before we lost Gracie and Savvy, my sister and her husband received Buckley from Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan. Buckley is cute and a wonderful boy. Shortly after deciding we were going to look for a rescue. My sister called me very excited, “RPSM has a Boston on their site, quick fill out the application for him.” So I filled out the application and the process began. Shortly after filling out the application I found out we were the second application on Leo. If all went well with the first application they would receive Leo. After a short wait we found out the first people had decided to wait.

Updates started coming for Leo who at this time was in training. His reports said he growled at other dogs who got in his space. While I was excited I was also concerned about Leo fitting into our family. I used to be an Assistance Dog Trainer and I helped match clients with dogs, but now I was being matched with a dog and I was a little nervous. I was also concerned how Leo and Izzy would do when they first met. Izzy is more on the dominant side. When we picked Leo up the RPSM volunteer and I took them for a little walk and they were perfectly fine with each other right from the start. The two of them are great buddies, they play and nap together every day.

While we were looking for a dog to sleep with Roman we got so much more. Leo has not only fixed Roman’s sleep issues, Leo is Roman’s buddy, usually where Roman is, Leo is right with him. Roman show’s Leo in 4-H and they have done very well. Leo loves to do anything we are doing, hiking, kayaking, or watching TV. Leo is great, he has brought a lot of joy and laughter to our family and we are blessed to have him and Izzy.

My sister and I continue to volunteer and spread the word about RPSM, they are awesome!!!