Meet My Extended Family

  Debbie is a true “Dog Lover,” as you can tell by her family of adopted dogs and these aren’t all of them that she has rescued over the past 51 years.  There have been 14 total and they were hers until they crossed over Rainbow Bridge.
 
There are plenty of special dogs and cats at the Humane Society waiting for a loving home! Check out the Yavapai Humane Society today!!!!
 

R.I.P. Precious Little Lucy in December 2024.  “I adopted Lucy in 2015 from Circle L Ranch in Prescott Valley. She was the the baby girl of the family. She was approximately 3 yrs old when our lives changed forever.  She came from Rocky Point, Mexico and rumor has it, that she lived on the streets. She weighed in at 12 lbs soaking wet. She loved Roxy who was her surrogate “Mommy ” until Roxy went to doggie heaven in 2020.  Lucy was the sweetest little thing ever and hysterically funny. She has 2 speeds, 0 and 100. I think she is was a mix between miniature greyhound and some kind of rat or fox terrier. “Lucy never had any splaining to do!” 🙂

R.I.P. My precious, sweet Roxy went to doggie heaven in January 2020. She was 17 years old and weighed 33 lbs near the end.   I adopted her from the Humane Society when she was 6 weeks old. She just wanted to get along with everybody and was a love bug to the max! Roxy was Lucy’s adopted Mommie. Roxy was a great dog. She had never been in the dog house. 🙂 She was a smooth tri-colored sheltie mixed with Italian Greyhound, I think. (Sweet & fast)

R.I.P. Billy “Goat” Huff  Oct. 2016.  Billy went to doggie heaven at age 15 and was down to about 52 lbs.  I adopted him from the Human Society in Havasu when he was about 1 1/2 yrs. old. He was an Airdale mix. He was a sweet little boy most of the time.  His name was Gus but he looked liked a “Billy Goat” with his cute little beard, so I renamed him “Billy Goat Huff”.  Billy was the “Alpha Dog” unless of course he gave in once in awhile which he had been known to do.  He liked to keep the others on their toes.  Billy had a great life and brought a lot of joy and companionship to his adopted siblings.

R.I.P. My Baby boy, Smokey went to doggie heaven in July 2016   He was one of the boys. He lived to be 16 yrs. old. Austrailian Shepherd/Blue Merle.   He was my gentle giant and when old age kicked in he got thinner not weighing so much.  He got down to about 55 lbs at the end.  I adopted him from the Humane Society in Lake Havasu.  Smokey was the first to join the family of these five. When Smokey came to live with me, I had 3 old Dalmatians so it wasn’t much fun at first for him. But, when Buddy, Freckles and Oreo went to Doggie heaven and the new kids came………Smokey became “The Fun Police”.  He loved his job!  He was absolutely beautiful, very smart and sweet!

R.I.P. Sweet Pepper, Aug. 2015.  Pepper was one of the kids. She lived to 13 years old, a Black Lab/German Shorthair mix and weighed 46 lbs. at the end.  I adopted her when she was 6 weeks old from the Humane Society. She was the last one of the litter that nobody wanted. Lucky me! She needed me too! She didn’t do puppyhood very well. But she sure did turn into a pretty nice little girl. She was very sweet and needed ALOT of attention. Jealousy overwhelmed her most of the time.

R.I.P. Little Cindy Oct. 2014 ……………………..Cindy was another member of the family. She lived to be 19 yrs old, was a Puggle – Pug/Beagle Mix and weighed only 19 lbs.  She was the smallest of the family.  I adopted her when she was 9 years ago. She was small but mighty and ruled most of the time. She was always talking about something. She was louder than the other four put together.  She loved to play and WIN!  Cindy had a good life her last 10 yrs. as she was spoiled rotten, which is the way it should be.