Scarlett

It can take a long time for a timid, un-socialized dog to come around: We adopted our third beagle from TBBR about a year a so ago. A very shy little girl named Scarlett. She spent most of her time under the bed. We had to drag her out to make her go outside. It has taken time and patience (and the help of her brother Buddy), but she has turned into such a sweet dog. She still likes her quiet time under the bed, but she loves to come out and visit, and loves to run and play with Buddy. Last night she came flying in from the back yard, hopped onto the couch and looked me right in the eye as if to say……………"This is ok for me to do without getting in trouble, isn't it? She licked me on the nose and was off again………………. Joe

Corvette

Hello to our friends at the beagle rescue! We adopted Corvette back in January 2007. We have meant to update sooner, but we have had so much fun with her that it's hard to break away to use the computer! From the moment she came into our home we knew she was ours; she immediately jumped on our bed and took a family nap with us. She does love to play outside and at the doggie park, and she loves to curl up with us while watching TV or reading a book. She gets along very well with our older dog and older cat, even though she had to learn that the kitty is boss! Corvette is so silly we now call her "Lucy Goosey", which only makes her wag her tail more! She is a bundle of joy and we recommend the rescue to everyone we know. Thank you, Ed and Rebekah Johnson

Giselle

Hello my name is William and my wife, Judit, and I adopted Gieselle, a female white beagle with several brown/black spots. She has been a true joy in our household and it appears she has settled down, finally adopting us as her new family. We have her registered at the Bee Ridge Veterinarian Clinic in Sarasota, our other beagle has been attending her vet appointments there and we feel very comfortable with those veterinarians. Thank you for inquiring about "Jess", her nick name, its nice to see that these dogs are still cared about from their previous homes. Please feel free to send correspondence about Jess and we will gladly reciprocate, I believe I sent a few pictures of them last time but if not then here is one of our favorites! Thanks again and take care! Sincerely, William & Judit Sterbinsky

Alamo

Our baby (the beagle once named Alamo), Buster, is doing wonderful. He's happy and he's keeping our older dog, Mocha, happy and young. Buster and Mocha reek havok throughout the house but it seems to be what dogs belonging to the Murphys do. He and Mocha play tug of war with rope toys and how they ever end up shredded is amazing. I thought these toys were supposed to be tough. They run and jump all over the furniture and lay around like the king and queen of the place. When Bill and I are at work, the kids certainly don't help keeping them off the furniture, they love it and play with the dogs. We don't mind....its the way we've always been. A little extra cleaning is all it means. Anyway, here are a few pictures. As you can tell Mr. Buster is a happy little guy. Best, Terry Murphy

Ella II

2/23/10 I don't know if you remember me but I found two of your old emails when we were in the process of adopting Ella II. We lived in Melbourne and adopted Ella II in July of 2007. Ella is the light of our lives. She is the most adorable thing. We are now in Fairmont WV, we moved here in the fall of 2007. Ella just loves the mountains. We live back off a one lane road and have hall nature around us. She is in heaven. She loves the snow and just bounces all over it. She LOVES everybody and has just a wonderful disposition. You would think she was almost human. :) Ella is doing just fine. She's very active and the house training is going good an occasional mess up, nothing big. We do playing all day and exercising, but she seems to be at her highest point of playfulness around 7:30 in the evening until around ten just into everything,trying to get her to reverse it to the afternoons. haha She will be starting her obedience classes on august 22. All in all she is settling in great. We love her dearly. Patty ***2nd Update*** A little note to let you know that Ella is doing just great. She is healthy and happy. She's been in obiedence classes and she is doing great but he beagle nose leads her astary once in awhile. haha And she is a digger outside. I guess we'll find ourselves in China one day. hahahahaha... All in all we LOVE her to death, she is the sweetest and most loving little dog anyone could ask for. I want also to let you know that my husband has had a promotion and we will be relocated to fairmont west virginia. We just found out 2 weeks ago and he will start Oct 1st. hopefully Ella and I will follow the middle to end of October when we do closing on our new house. So we will all have a big change to the weather. I myself have lived in florida for 45 years since I moved here in high school. All these years I've been back 4-5 times a year to vist family. My sons are Pitt graduates and decided to live up there so they are an hour away. We will love it I'm sure. if we get a chance we will email you updated pictures of Ella and I'm sure we will stay in touch over email. Thank you again for saving all these beautiful dogs and giving them a second chance at life. You are all wonderful people. Patty, Bill and Ella