* DOG

HAZEL (10.20.20 - 

Hazel- We rescued Hazel from a rescue group the day after Christmas in 2020. Her birthday is celebrated October 20th, 2020 and she has 12 siblings. She was abandoned with them all at a shelter down south of Fort Worth and we immediately fell in love. She's obviously part chocolate lab but per the testing her siblings have done she has it all! Great Dane, Boxer, Pitty, Staffy, Weiner Dog, Cattle Dog, etc etc!! She's a smart girl that can do commands very well for everyone in the house but MAN if the doorbell rings it's madness. The kiddos are OBSESSED with her and Ady had to carry her around everywhere when she was little! She's quite the reactive dog on walks but we are working on that! At a year old she was about 65 pounds and strong as a bull. She LOVES to snuggle and is great on walks and terrible on runs. When she was about 2.5 we realized she's just an indoor family dog. She'll do ok on walks around the block but we really can't take her into public with her reactivity. She LOVES her three kids though SO much that it's all ok. :) 

BAILEY (lived 8.16.07 - 10.11.2021)

Bailey - We rescued Bailey from a shelter about 5 years after adopting Lacy. Her birthday was August 16th, 2007 and she had 7 brothers that were all around 90-100 lbs. Her 1 sister and her were less than 55 lbs and she was the only one of her siblings that loved to swim. She was also a lab mix, but was brown and skinnier and taller than Lacy was. This crazy girl was born with energy out the wazoo and had that energy until the year she left us. My dad started calling her 'goofball' when she was a few years old and that pretty much summed up that little spitfire. Always wagging her tail, she was a pretty obedient dog unless there was a squirrel around or the doorbell rings. She was my running buddy for years until she became too old to keep up and then took walks with us until a few months before she passed. She was the best dog ever with not a single mean bone in her body. She loved her kids and tolerated Hazel when we adopted her. In the end her kidneys started failing and she also fell quickly to vestibular disease. We loved her so and miss her daily.  

LACY (lived 9.12.2002 - 2.15.2015)

Lacy - She was our 'first-born child' who passed away at 12.5 years old on February 15th, 2015. We had her for 8 years before we had a real human with only two legs join the family. She lived in about 9 different places from a fraternity, to a couple houses in Kansas, to Florida to two houses in Ohio. She was our loyal, gentle girl who sounded like a 120 pound guard dog when she barked. Even though she was a black lab mix, she was a lazy dog from the minute we rescued her from the shelter. I genuinely think she slept 20 hours a day. Her relationship with Drew was probably her best attribute as she undoubtedly let him do whatever he wanted to her and absolutely adored him. We miss her greatly but know she's running around heaven eating pacifiers and drinking 97 gallons of water a day while resting in the sun.

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