The Search Begins

Welcome to Rogue's Blog.  This is the story of how one rescue dog went from wondering stray to home pet extraordinaire.

We are a family of 2 adults and 4 children.  We have one dog, Ike, an 11 year old yellow lab.  Ike was purchased as a purebred back in 2002 after our border collie/lab cross died at 11 years old.  At that time we had two dogs, the other was Rocky, a Cockapoo. 

After a divorce, Ike went to live with Dad and Rocky lived with Mom.  Rocky, just a year older than Ike, developed many health problems soon after.  He was put to sleep just before Thanksgiving in 2011.

Ike, now a single family dog, enjoyed a rough life of eating and lounging on the leather couch.  As we saw him starting to show his age, we started discussions about adding a second dog again.  After many family discussions, we decided that we would start the search for our second dog.  We decided that there were too many dogs stuck in shelters to justify purchasing a purebred, so we opted for a rescue dog.

We started our search with a round robin trip to area Humane Societies on July 26th.

This blog will provide a timeline for our selection as well as information about what it was like selecting a rescue and what it was like after the adoption.

We encourage anyone looking for a new pet to first check their local pet shelters.  While this blog is about a dog, you can find cats and other animals at your local shelters, just looking for a new home.