Kaila

Hi LSBR! I just wanted to write and thank you so much for finding us a forever family member in Kaila. We renamed her Reba and she is the most perfect dog EVER. She has fit right into our family and our son loves her, she loves him, and my husband's heart has been won over completely! I can't imagine life without her now and we are just so grateful to have been connected with her. She is such a character -- follows us around and lays around the house, wanting to cuddle and give hugs. She loves her walks and her toys! She is the best girl ever and we love her SOOO much. Thanks LSBR! Here are some pics of her with our son. Sincerely, -- Jennifer, Charlie and Cash Nichols --

Apollo

We adopted Apollo (fawn) almost two years ago. He has become an integral part of our family and neighborhood. He loves tormenting his big sis, Roxy (brindle) and chasing after his mom's feet. He has quickly become the most popular dog in the neighborhood and the kids come by on a regular basis asking if he can come out and play. Many of our family and friends have changed their opinions about large inside dogs because of his great attitude and ability to get along with and love everyone. We affectionately have nicknamed him our "Cuddle Bug." He has no problem putting all 60 pounds of him in your lap and resting his head on your shoulder while you are sleeping or watching TV. Life would not be the same without this guy around! Thanks for saving him, our family is complete with him in it. -- Laura Ruebush --

Nikita

I adopted Riker (formerly, Nikita) from LSBR about a year ago. He's been one of the best things to ever happen to me (next to getting married and preparing for our first human child). :-) He's the most amazing guy and he now has a little Sheltie friend (part of the deal when I got married). They get along great. He love to cuddle and go on bike rides with me. Another cool thing... he seemed to know when my wife was pregnant before we did! He has been so gentle around her ever since we found out! Well, here is my favorite photo (of many) and one of the two of us. Thanks LSBR! -- Brandon --

Andy

I wanted to let everyone at LBSR know that Jack (Andy) is doing great. Jon and I adopted him in December and he is an absolute joy. Every day I spend with him I cannot help but feel extremely lucky that we were the ones to take him home. He is an absolute charmer and all of our family and friends love him. We recently moved into town and two of our next door neighbors volunteer themselves to babysit him any time we need a helping hand. We haven't taken them up on it but it just what happens when people meet Jack. I am so glad that Jon decided that he wanted his first dog to be a boxer. Jon and I love Jack! We love that his ears flop on his head and we love how his tongue sticks out of his mouth because it just doesn't quite fit. I love that he has become good friends with one of my cats and is nice to the other cat even though she doesn't quite like him. He was very interested in them at first but quickly became friends with Una and seems to have developed an understanding with Sadie. She just doesn't understand that he wants to play. He loves to go for runs and walks but he is just as happy to run around our living room with his favorite hedgehog squeak toy or his green kong (he loves them equally). He loves to sleep on the couch and curls up next Jon or I before setting off to the other end of the couch where he can have his own pillow, if he can lay on three pillows even better in his book. You will see in one of the pictures that I sent that he is laying on my faux fur blanket. I call this his "it's a hard life" picture, but he deserves all the pampering and love possible! Jack is learning to become my running buddy. He was already fantastic on walks but seemed to think it was okay to take off full tilt if we started running. We have gotten the jog command down and I am still working on the fast command for those moments that I want to run fast. We go for 1-3 mile runs depending on the heat and he loves it. I have to be careful not to let him go full tilt and we stop for water at the doggie stations so that he doesn't overheat. One of my good friends that now lives in Denton recently came to visit Jon and I. She and her husband were so impressed with Jack's personality and his good manners that when they returned to Denton they decided a to adopt a boxer mix 4 month old puppy. They had already decided that they would be getting a friend for their rottweiler and once they met Jack it had to be a boxer! One of the reasons that we were all impressed was how well he behaved with their six month old daughter who absolutely fell in love with him. They had her playing on the floor and Jack was always careful to step around her, of course there was always one of us on the floor near the baby just in case. I had read that boxers are good with children and I am very happy to say that our Jack fits the breed standard in that respect. I am sending you a bunch of pictures for you and the rest of the wonderful LBSR volunteers. Thank you for all that you do! Thank you for taking care of our Jack until we were able to bring him home. -- Love your friends, Robin and Jon --

Amber

I thought you might want an update on Amber. She is no longer called Amber, my wife's quirky sense of humor won out and she is now known as Kitty. The girls say it is because she is soft as a kitty cat. Overall she is doing awesome! She has Pirate wrapped around her little paw. They are so funny in the yard doing Boxer burns yipping and hopping all over the place. She has the occasional problem with potty training, I am sure this is exaggerated by the scents left by Harley as she was losing control in her later years. We are working on it and she is doing better all the time. Kitty has a sleeping crate with a big comfy dog bed inside at the foot of our bed. She seems happy with this compromise since we do not allow dogs on the beds but she didn't like sleeping alone. The dogs do have one chair they are allowed on. Thought you might want to see this photo. Thanks for all your efforts in helping bring Kitty into our home, -- The Bancrofts --