hi friend. Happy Christmas. I am so exciting to be here,and really glad to see your great albums. my username is Sting83003, from China, and stay in Beijing city now as a writer and matchmaker. Have you ever been to China?what's your viewpoints and impression about today's China? how about have a China tour? If so, it's my pleasure to be your guide in China. keep in Touch if you don't mind. I am looking forwards to hear from you soon.your answer is very important to my new writing.thank you very much.E-Mail: sting83003@yahoo.com.cn http://community.webshots.com/user/sting83003

said sting83003 2002.12.21 at 00:00:54 PST

I sent you a picture of the dog I rescued from this shelter and you still have not put his picture up. When might I expect to see it in this album???

said norstar_k9 2002.12.13 at 08:15:45 PST

Dear Sylvia, I am in Utah and would love to adopt a Yorkie for Christmas. Will you please contact me at omedina@kmclaw.com. Thank You Olga Medina

said 2002.12.07 at 01:05:24 PST

Dear Sylvia: I am from Canada and didn't adopt an animal in this shelter but I just wanted to say " Keep up the good work God will Bless you for your kindness" I did adopt a Yorkie Mom that was rescued from a Puppy Mill in December 2001. I was very touched by our Yorkie's trust in the human race even after all she was put through. They beleive she is approx. 5 years old - can you imagine living that long in a Puppy Mill? We are very glad that she has opened her heart and given us her trust. We can't imagine our home without our little yorkie hoping to greet us. She cannot run as of yet but she hops around at a very fast pace. Keep hope alive for all those adorable pets that wants a home - pictures are worth a thousand words.

said 2002.09.18 at 19:11:19 PDT

Dear Sylvia, Thank you so much for the great work you do. It is so heartbreaking to see all the beautiful dogs that are put to sleep at this shelter every day. We adopted a Border Collie mix that you helped to rescue last year. His name is Trout ( I believe Jean or Chris named him that). He was pulled from the shelter September 29th and flown to Cambridge, MA in October where Chris Turner kept him in foster care. We adopted Trout on December 16th 2001. He is by far the smartest dog we have ever owned. He is loyal and loving and we cannot imagine life without him. We only wish we had more space in our home (Trout is one of 2 dogs) to save some more wonderful pets. Your work is very important and we thank you for saving our beautiful dog's life and providing us with a great canine friend! Dave and Marie Wenling, Hull, MA

said 2002.09.17 at 16:55:45 PDT

Just congratulations on your good work in the states. we have a group here called called PAWS where dogs are taken out of death row and held in foster care till a home in found. And a wonderful lady called Monica who has take hundereds of dogs from death row in sydney Australia and keeps them for years if necessary till the find a home. If you sometimes feel depressed and need alift after what you have seen go to www.doggierescue.com and it may cheer you up. Keep up the good work as a concience for the ones that cant speak. my greatest regards vrasch@munichre.com.au

said valentina_rasch 2002.09.12 at 18:00:04 PDT

Hi Sylvia, You know the text of what Judge Alan Glenn said to those animal abusers is still making the rounds with lots of kudos. If we could think of some kind of recognition for him, would you convey it to him, whatever it is - like "first annual companion animal man of the year award" and I am sure that rescue people across the country would want to add their names to it. and if you could get the news people in memphis to give you coverage, it might also be an opportunity to draw attention to the homeless pets that you work so hard for. What do you think? lots of folks would have sent him email congratulations but there was no email address for him - so it would not be a redundant effort.

said 2002.08.24 at 11:53:24 PDT

Angela and Ace - send me photos of Lucky, Rufus and Carla if you have some and I will post them to the "good stuff" album -- send them to sjcox@onemain.com.

said 2002.07.30 at 13:51:06 PDT

Sylvia: Thank you so much for all the work you do to make sure truly wonderful dogs get out of the overcrowded, understaffed memphis animal shelter. We already had two rescued dogs, Elvis (2 years) and Polk Salad Annie (seven months), but checked out petfinder.com regularly. Ace saw a terrier mix you posted as about to be put down and called the Memphis shelter July 1. They told him she had been adopted. On July 3, she was still on the site and we had a bad feeling so Ace called back. First they said she had been adopted and then said no, that she had been put down. We were so upset that we drove from Oxford, Miss., to Memphis that afternoon, intent on at least saving one dog -- we'd picked out an aussie mix pup on the site. But when we went back to the cages, there was the terrier, very much alive and in the cage you listed, scared and waiting for someone to take her home. She nearly scratched us bloody she wanted to get out of there so bad. We took it as a sign and named her Lucky. But then there was the Aussie mix we had already picked out before we knew the terrier was still alive. He was roly-poly, sweet and smart. Two cages down, we found his sister, who had a bad cough and looked scared. They were so happy to see each other again that we couldn't leave her behind. Long story short, we left that afternoon with all three. We convinced them to let us go without waiting to get them spayed and neutered since their vet was out for a long holiday weekend. We drove straight to our vet in Oxford and were glad that we did -- they all had kennel cough, and the aussie mix female had parvo as well. Had she waited in the shelter that weekend for the shelter vet to get back on monday, she would've died. Lucky, Rufus and Carla are all happy, healthy and living the good life at our farm outside Oxford. Without you, we're convinced that all three of them would be dead -- they all had been in adoption cages way longer than usual. Thanks so much, Sylvia!

said 2002.07.30 at 11:44:41 PDT

wonderful dogs and wonderful stories ! Thank you so much for sharing them. Ann in Denmark :o) http://community.webshots.com/user/abjdk

said abjdk 2002.07.25 at 02:37:04 PDT

We adopted Bailey on Friday 7/12. He's a mini dach with a WONDERFUL personality. Thank you so much for your page! If it weren't for you we would have never found him. Please check out our pictures of him and add him to your "good stuff" page. www.kathyandtodd.net/bail ey P.S. - It turns out he's only about 18 months old. Still lots of puppy in him that loves to play - he is a master at fetch!

said 2002.07.20 at 16:48:13 PDT

My email address is sjcox@onemain.com

said 2002.07.04 at 18:03:09 PDT

Where can I email you a photo of the dog I adopted so you can put him up on the good stuff page? :)

said jacob 2002.07.01 at 09:57:30 PDT