Duncan~

One of 5 - 9 week old puppies rescued from a back yard breeder  

Update - 4/02 - returned to rescue when his family divorced, Duncan soon found a new home with Cristina Vomero in northern Ohio.   2002

Nayla~

One of 5 - 9 week old puppies rescued from a back yard breeder

Update - 2/02 - returned to rescue Nayla now lives with her brother Tucker Lou in Marion Ohio.

Shadow~

One of 5 - 9 week old puppies rescued from a back yard breeder  Shadow has grown to be a 'perfect gentleman' treating his family to his surprise afghan antics.

Tucker Lou~

One of 5 - 9 week old puppies rescued from a back yard breeder, Louie as we called him, had fallen down several stairs 6 days prior to rescue. His cries of pain ignored, his leg left untreated. When rescued and taken for veterinary care, Louie was diagnosed with a fractured tibia and required immediate surgery. A pin was placed into the bone to stabilize the fracture and a cast placed on his leg. Restricted to leash exercise, Tucker expressed his distaste with temper tantrums. The weeks passed and the cast came off and Louie was adopted.  Renamed Tucker Lou, he made up for lost time. He became known as "the devil in a dog suit". Today, he shares life in Marion, Ohio, with his partner in crime, Bo (see 1998 adoptions) another wonderful rescued Afghan hound

Dee Pinney had waited years to adopt the dog of her dreams - an afghan hound.   Finally the day arrived and Dee and her sister drove to Ohio to meet Charlie.  It was love at first sight.  For 9mths Charlie was surrounded by love until  that horrible day in August when he was killed by a passing car after he escaped from his fenced yard while in the care of a sitter.  Rainbow Bridge

Maya Whitney~

Maya was rescued by Wisconsin Afghan Rescue after her unconcerned breeder released 12 Afghans from a car into the Wisconsin countryside.

Maya arrived in October 1997 at the Columbus airport a tired, frightened waif. The care from Wisconsin Rescue for this two-year-old girl was evident, for she toted a three-page vet list of medical treatments. Part of the medical care was to heal a weeping wound by her tail. Maya   required extensive surgery to repair the damage caused by an abscessed anal gland left untreated over a long-term period by her uncaring breeder.  Time passed and Maya's wounds healed.   She lives happily in Mansfield, Ohio.

Reigh~

Reigh was left alone in a locked garage with a pregnant rottweiler while her owner was absent for several hours. When the owner returned and found Reigh near death after being attacked by the rottweiler, she transported and surrendered Reigh to her veterinarian. 36lb Reigh suffered from excessive blood loss, a punctured lung and multiple severe lacerations. Reigh remained hospitalized for several weeks. Traumatized by the events in her life, Reigh refused to eat was unsociable to both people and dogs, until being adopted by Ann. With Ann’s help and dedication, Reigh has taken great strides toward recovery.

Princess Zoe~

Known as the Barbie doll killer, Zoe was surrendered to Rescue in Tennessee after she ate a collector’s edition Barbie doll. Her path to rescue was forsaken as Zoe was passed from home to home, through a puppy mill to yet another home and finally, finally relinquished to rescue at the age of 2.         Rainbow Bridge