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As he made his way through PetSmart last year to pick up food for his Beagle, Tyler saw “these puppy eyes that were saying ‘Please take me home,’” he recalls. “The adoption place said she was a Collie mix. Being only 19 and still living at home, I had to call my father, who’s a police officer and a very strict man, and tell him to come to the store.” When Tyler’s dad arrived, it was love at first sight. “Holly’s eyes were so devastatingly persuasive that my dad had to get her,” Tyler says. “Holly now uses those eyes to get anything she wants. Anything. Holly has always been there for me and listens to everything I tell her. She’s way more than just a dog, she's a friend.”
Cotton is a 3-year-old Maltese-Shih Tzu mix. “When you look into them you feel something special, a warm feeling that makes you want to smile,” says his pet parent, Leketa. “Cotton is special because he suffers from a bubble in his eye that requires surgery to remove it. He leaves a special memory in everyone's heart with just a simple wag of his tail.”
Meggy is a 9-year-old Toy Poodle. “She is always happy, always a great and loyal friend, and always there for me,” says her dog mom, Carla. “She showed me what means to love and to be loved unconditionally.