Hi, sign up for petfinder.com and Oodle.com. You can do a search for the dog of your dreams on those sites. Clicking on the pic will directly link you to the shelter that the dog is in. They usually have pics of the dog-99.9% of the time. The 2 sites send you an update. Oodle.com replicates petfinder and includes notices for people having to find a new home for their dog because of the economical situation, besides people selling their dogs cheaply-hoping that will ensure a good home, besides home breeders. Missy and Stonewall had only 6 hours of adoption time and they were scheduled to be gassed the next day-Stonewall is the handsome dude in the pic to the left. The volunteer that posted them told us to get there before the shelter closed at 3:30 pm. It wasn't until after we signed the papers that we found out it was to be their last night. Older people die and leave perfectly healthy and well-trained dogs that end up in shelters. Bless you for trying this route-It took me over a year to find a hound-then we ended up with 2 of them. PS-don't do "Oodles.com, as that's the site of an Australian rolls Royce dealership LOL-you can imagine how I ended up there.

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