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This is Laddie and Harry. Laddie (on the left) is 9 years old. He is a blue roan Cocker Spaniel. I got him at 12 weeks old. Laddie died November 2007 of Cardiomyopathy (heart problems).
Harry is 10 years old and I also got him as a 12 week old puppy. He was the last permanent puppy that came into the house (long before Furry Friends opened!)
They are both my superstars!

This is Giggsy.
He is a 10 year old Greyhound and came to me at 18 months old. He was unwanted by the previous owners because he kept attacking their other (entire) male dog. Giggsy was a very strong willed dog when we first got him and everything that a dog could of done wrong...he did!
He bit my brother in the face when he first arrived, constantly threatened us when it came to food or moving out of a place that he wanted to be in and attacked other dogs without mercy (he bit one dog in the throat very nearly missing his juggular vein - after this incident he was always walked on the lead and muzzle).
Through alot of perseverence, consistant training methods and lots of patience we finally bought him round to be a very sweet dog.

 

Annie is a Yorkie x Cairn Terrier.
She came to us as a 12 week old puppy. Annie is now 17 years old.
She is the 'old lady' of the family in the fact that she is a bit of a misery guts! Very intolerent of 'young pups' around her and will just lay there growling at them. However she doesn't back any of her outburts up and just wanders off growling away to herself!
She was originally my mums dog, but now looks to me as her owner as she gets treated the same as my own dogs and gets her walks, dinner and treats at the same time.
She is sweet in her own way and everyone - humans and animals alike - have got used to her grumpy ways!

 

This is Sally, with Monty in front. She is a Terrier x (what sort of terrier we are still guessing!)
She was given to me by a pet shop at about 4 months old because she was an 'ugly puppy'. She had been in the shop since a 10 week old puppy and nobody had bought her.
She was definately an ugly duckling though (in my eyes!)
She is now 10 years old. She developed an incurable disease two years ago meaning that she is on constant medication, otherwise her ears and eyes ulcerate, eyes and mouth scab up and she generally feels awful. The medication has stabilised the problem though and she is once again a happy doggie! Sally died February 2008 of intestinal cancer

Monty is the clown of the family.
He is 11 years old and was given to me at 12 weeks old by an old lady who couldn't housetrain him.
He is a Rottweiler in disguise and will run up to any large dog barking very bravely until he realises that the others aren't there to back him up!
He is my puppy who never grew up!

Josie was a 10 year old Collie x. She became my dog at 12 weeks old.
She has terrible seperation anxiety. When I got my first car at 19 years old I left her in there for about 10 minutes. On my return I found that she had ripped the back seats to pieces. It all materialistic though and I got over it!
In her younger days she was very good at agility and entered shows. She developed Tendinitus at 8 years old so had to be retired, but in her day she was quite good.

Josie - died November 2008 of heart problems

Sherry is 14 years old now. I got her at 10 years old after the family returned from a months cruise and decided that a dog was too much of a tie and were going to have her euthanased.
She was fully sighted when she came to me, but within six months had developed a very rare condition that meant that her retina had slipped through to the front of her eye meaning an extremely painful eye.
She had to have the eye operated on to remove the retina.
Within six months the other eye had the same thing happen to it.
Then, to top it all the second eye operated on died, meaning she had to have the eye removed.
She also has a dodgy liver and is prone to getting infections in it.
Plus she is brain damaged.
But, she is still happy and her tail never stops wagging!