My family has had and array of rescued pets over the years. But the most memorable was USS Yellowstone, he was a very large, very fast, rescued racing Greyhound. He found us at a meet and greet at a Petsmart store in Knoxville, TN. He was very aloof until my then 3 year old daughter got her hands on him. It was love at first sight.

Needless to say, he adopted us. We brought him home, he began a 5 year love affair with our family. He loved all of us, our cats, our other dog. He had the sweetest disposition of any animal I have ever seen. Stoney Baloney as my daughter called him, followed her everywhere, slept by her bed, waited for her when she started school and defined what love is to all of us.

Stoney had a hard life on the track, he got five extra years with our family as opposed to the terrible alternatives that often face these gentle animals. Last summer I was forced to euthanize him after several seizures. It was the hardest thing I have ever done and it still brings me to tears to think about him.

If you ever have the opportunity to rescue one of these awesome animals and make them a part of your family do it, it is a decision you will not regret.

We now have two rescued boxers, two cats and one of our horses was a rescue. There is no better feeling looking in those eyes and knowing you saved them. It is also an incredible learning experience for children to experience that selfless love that only a rescued animal can bring.

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