"Dakota Rose" was the name we gave her when we picked her up but for fifteen years she has been Kody. She has been a wonderful addition to our family. She came to us from North Shore Animal League (http://www.nsalamerica.org/). We had taken the trip there from New Jersey when it was decided that we wanted to add a shelter dog to our family instead of buying one from a shop. We felt that it was more important to us to share our home and lives with a dog that really needed it. We fell in love with her the moment we saw her. There was no "let's go home and think about it" with her. There were a number of dogs in the shelter but Kody was the one for us. I hope that everyone will think about adopting a rescued pet long before they think of purchasing one. There is so much more love there and a very good feeling knowing that you have opened your heart and home to a dog in need.

Doug Schmidt
Spring City, PA