This seems to be a great site, so I registered! I adopted a GSD/Huntaway mix from Animals SOS here in Wgtn, and am celebrating his 4th birthday (ie 4 years with me) today! He was in a pitiful state, having been tied up in someone's backyard for about 2 years (beats me why they bothered to get a dog in the first place), being abused and starved. Loads of hard work later, and I now have a happy, healthy and fairly well-adjusted boy. Just wanted to pop in and say that sometimes it may seem like you want to give up on those "harder" cases, but it is well worth all the effort. My boy, Billy, is more aloof than my previous dog, and is not a "velcro dog", but it sure lights up my day when he comes bouncing down the hall when I get home from work! I can recommend taking on an adult rescue - they seem to turn out so well !!
Hope to contribute to your site and make lots of friends, although it seems most of you live in Akl!!

Hi 7, great to see new members around here. That's a heroic deed you've done. Makes me sick what devils can and will do to innocent animals huh?

Hey 7 , welcome
We have menmbers in Wellington also.
In fact we have adoptive perants from all over the country.
Love the nick name ( I live with a Star Trek freak)
Well done on four years ith your Billy, makes all the hard work and heartache well worth it.
I have two GSDs ( one who is in the vacinty of 14 years ) and one who is just turned 3.
Also have a labrador, three cats, fish,numerous birds, lorrikeets and a cockatoo.

Love to see more posts from you

Kate,Shels #13,Zeke#370 and non rescue Jaggy

Hi 7of9 Welcome to our board. Great to meet others who have rescue dogs and hear how well they are doing. Sounds like Billy is a true friend to you. Look forward to hearing from you on a regular basis.

Hey there 7 of9

I'm an Aucklander whose heart is in Wellington lol. Was hoping to move back down this year with hubby, my 8 year old rescue (was 6 when we adopted her and totally agree with the adult rescue thing) and my three rescue cats, but was a no go unfortunately. However in January alone I was down in Welly three weekends out of four - including Auckland Anniversary weekend where Wellington outshone and outdid Auckland in the heat stakes - phew.

Welcome to the board anyways :-)

Andrea

thanks for the welcome...have to admit i'm a novice as far as icons go - i have a lovely photo of my lad, but don't yet know how to downsize it to show anyone!

ps - lived in Akl for a year - didn't suit me at all - i like wgtn better!!

you all sound like you've got loads of animals - i only have Billy - he's not the best with small furry or feathered things - altho we did (finally!) manage to get him to stop trying to chase (and destroy) one of my best friend's cat! Still we get out and about twice a day, and go for "outings" in the weekends - he gets on well with other dogs (big and small) so is not a total social reject <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Hi 7, You're not alone ... I'm in sunny Wgtn! My Harley (7Mth LH GSD) wasn't a rescue dog, but one of our two cats was from the SPCA - prior to Holly & Spike, I had a gorgeous wild cat which we saved from cat flu when she was a kitten. The vet said she'd be a gonna - but she gave us 7 years of love & cuddles. Incidentally, Harley would love to play with my two cats, but at 12 they find him totally offensive and tell him so! I could add my two young children in there - but they aren't as furry as my other three 'kids'.

But are just as cuddly!! lol

Welcome aboard 7of9! My name is Kelly and i adopted Manis an 11.5 yr old GSD from the GSD Rescue trust. Totally agree about getting them when they are adults - Sooooo much easier! We live up in Tirau in the South Waikato and also have numerous animals including another dog, cats,rabbits, goats,rats and mice etc etc and yes we also have some of theose "not so furry" kids to add to the list - 4 of them!
Look foward to getting to know you and Billie!

sorry cant spell to save myself sometimes! - i mean Billy. So sorry Billy!