Sadie
5/6/2024 - My OG. How did we only make it ten years together? You will forever be my favorite shotgun rider, DQ loving, beach loving girl, officially official therapy dog. This world won’t be the same without you in it. Thank you for always showing up for me over this past decade. From moving to Florida, to paramedic school, to nursing school and everything in between you’ve seen me at my lowest and you’ve celebrated with me in my highest. You were my gentle loving soul and there will never be another Sadie Lady. I will love you forever and miss you just as much. Run free pretty girl.

Sadie
7/3/2024 - My beautiful Sadie crossed the rainbow bridge today. Cancer took her at the age of seven. My heart is broken.

Sadie Mae
7/2023 - Our beloved senior beagle, Sadie Mae, crossed the rainbow bridge Monday afternoon. We rescued her over a year and a half ago in Seffner, FL from an amazing group - Tampa Bay Beagle Rescue. She is much better off and free of any pain or discomfort. She had a great run with us and really blossomed after we helped bring her back to better health. She enjoyed trips to Grove Roots Brewery smelling the BBQ food trucks and socializing, baying, running, neighborhood walks looking for dead worms, cruising our backyard, going to the Saturday market in Winter Haven, eating her lamb ears and dog bones and much much more. She is in now in Heaven with our previous dogs, Mac and Lucy. We will miss you Sadie

Sammy (July 2014)
It is with great sadness that I write to you to inform you that Sammy, the beagle that I adopted from your organization four years ago, passed away on Tuesday, July 22nd. I adopted Sammy (then known as Bobby) in May 2010. I instantly fell in love with him from pictures and a bio on your site and within a few weeks, I had Sammy at home with me. Sammy was a very scared and anxious dog from the start. I knew caring for him would require a lot of patience and work. I can remember that for the first month that I had him, I had to carry him outside to go to the bathroom because he was scared to go on his own. I remember a particular instance when it was nighttime and raining and I was carrying Sammy in the yard, flashlight in my mouth. After about 20 minutes of moving him around the yard, he finally went. :) He finally warmed up to me and was my "Velcro" because he followed me everywhere. He was a great cuddle buddy and could never get enough belly rubs. He often put his head under my hands to encourage me to keep petting him. My family would call him "thumper" because when he would wag his tail, it would hit the couch with a "thud." In 2012, Sammy's yearly blood work was concerning and it was discovered that he was suffering from kidney disease. Despite the special dog food and medications, there was only so much I could do for him. Sammy held on a lot longer than we thought he would and finally, he couldn't hold on any longer. I loved Sammy dearly and miss him terribly. He was loved very much by my parents, siblings, niece and the three other beagles and lab mix in my family. He couldn't have been a better dog and he has a forever place in my heart.

Sarge II 12/04/2007
Our beloved Sarge crossed the rainbow bridge today. He had deteriorated so much in the last week and even more in the last 48 hours. He was so weak he could barely stand and each breath was an effort. There was no question that it was time for us to let him go. He may have only been with us for 2 months but he was our dog and we loved him so much. We knew from the beginning that he wouldn't be with us long so that made us cherish each day with him even more. I know most of you probably never even met him but he was such a sweetheart and had so clearly had such a hard life. He was found as a stray on the streets of Ft Lauderdale and by the grace of God found his way to our home. There are so many things I will miss about him and his silly antics. He can now play and run, free of his cancer-riddled body and any pain. I pray that he crossed the bridge knowing how much we loved him. Rikkele