Meet Roland

I got lucky enough to get Roland (the large black dog) right before he got to the pound. He was an old farm hound. Never been in a house. His old owner sold their farm and moved and left the dog. The new owners were taking him to the pound. I wasn’t really ready for a dog. My house wasn’t built yet and I was living with friends . But I just couldn’t let him go to the pound. When I picked him up he had the most god awful breath you could imagine! After a trip to the vet we found out that he had a bone of some sort wedged in the roof of his mouth! After removing it and treating his heartworm’s, he turned into a laid back lazy old fart. and my best friend.

and then there is Kita. His previous owner kept him tied to a tree in his back yard. He would shake loose on a regular basis and come over to our house where we would feed him and give him water. We could tell he was badly malnourished. one day Kita showed up bleeding badly from his neck. Animal control picked him up and told me that they were going to put him down. I refused to let them do that. After many many trips to the vet to rid him of all his worms and other health conditions, Kita was a happy healthy dog. A lot of people from around the country heard about Kita through a myspace page that my roommate started and donations poured in to help with the doctor bills. He went from weighing 70 pounds to 130 pounds in about 8 months. He acted like a puppy but was actually around 12 or 13 years old. kitas age caught back up with him May 25th of 2007 and he had to be put down. But not before making tons of friends and changing one little boys life forever. When our neighbors moved in next door, their 4 year old boy was terrified of ALL dogs. But when he saw Kita, he thought he was some “super hero” dog from a kids show that he watched everyday. So we went along with that scenario and he has loved all dogs ever since. He is the little boy shown in the picture.

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