Our Rescue Dog from Nates Honor Animal Rescue

No matter if your pet is young or old they bring so much joy to our lives. They live to make us happy, are the best listeners, and keep all of our secrets. Our pets enhance our lives from the very smallest that can fit into the palm of your hand to giant dogs and even the occasional farm animal they all have something special to offer us.

I can’t believe that it has been a year already since we got our beautiful Sasha, a rescue dog from Nates Honor Animal Rescue Center in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

I just received an e-mail from them asking if I had changed her name and realized that it had been a year since we adopted 'Princess' which was her name when we went to view her at the Center in Lakewood Ranch. 

She is a cross between a beagle and dachshund, she was such a shy little thing, she was stowed away at the rear of the Center still not out for show yet, as she was waiting for all of her injections. We fell in love with her as soon as we set eyes on her and knew she was the dog for our family. She has brought so much love to our lives. Our three children adore her, she will sit for hours watching them playing in the pool, however she sits far enough away so she doesn’t get wet. She really doesn't like that!

There are SO many dogs in search of a forever home. Please always think about a rescue dog if you are thinking of getting a dog at all. Some people view rescue dogs as dogs that weren't wanted because they had problems and didn't make good pets. In the vast majority of cases, that’s just not true! Most dogs who come into rescue were not given up because they were “bad dogs” or had behavioral problems. Unfortunately, many people buy dogs without thinking about the time, effort, and expense involved in keeping a dog. These dogs end up in shelters, or along the side of the road, or, if they’re lucky, in rescue. In fact, the most common reasons a dog ends up with a rescue organization include the following:

• The owners don’t have time for the dog.
• The owners find that they can’t afford either basic vet care or the expense involved in treating an illness or injury.
• The owner dies or goes into a nursing home.
• The owners divorce and neither party can keep the dog. (You would be amazed at how many dogs we get as a result of divorces!)
• A young couple has a child and no longer has time for the dog, or the dog no longer fits into their “lifestyle.”
• The owner is moving to an apartment building that doesn’t allow dogs.

They really do make the most amazing pets. We are blessed to have Sasha as part of our family for a year now and we are looking forward to many more laughs and cuddles from our little ‘Princess’ for many more years.

Nates Honor Animal Rescue on Lorraine Road do such a fantastic job caring for all these animals they are a non-profit animal rescue organization. They are a NO-KILL sheltered environment. As soon as you walk up to the place it is just so welcoming.

I thank them very much for saving my ‘baby girl’ and all the other dogs and cats they have and continue to rescue in the future. You do an amazing job!