Our Family

To the astonishment of my parents and my siblings my husband and I enjoy that our little family consists of two- and four-legged members. Our "babies" only rarely get the chance to just relax and curl up together. Our house sees a lot of coming and going from two- as well as four-legged visitors. Although all three of them think that they are the only ones who deserve our attention, they do accept all the fosters and visitors (however, not without grumbling :-)).

Honey, now 8 years old, came to us as a little puppy. Knowing that Weimaraner have a lot of energy and are very smart, she received obedience training, hunting dog training in Austria and last but surely not least she is a certified therapy dog. Even with her being the "eldest" of our pack, she shows no sign of slowing down. Furthermore, she honestly doesn't think that she is a dog - surely I don't belong outside with these dogs! One look from her can tell you more than a thousand words.

Luna, our 6-year-old American Shorthair, is our "special" child. She loves food more than anything else and visits all the surrounding houses in hope to find an extra snack. She is definitely the most independent member of our family. She holds her ground against visiting children as well as visiting dogs of all sizes and doesn't know the meaning of backing off. One time she stalked a visiting German Sheperd and jumped right in front of him so many times, that we had to lock the cat away - not the dog. Poor 65-lbs.-Drake was trembling.

Luca, has opened up a door to a different world for us. As far as we can tell Luca is a purebred Doberman Pinscher and is circa 5 years old. He is a rather tall boy, with quite an impressive chest. He was found wandering the streets and Carolina PAWS (Pet Adoption and Welfare Society) rescued him. After several months in three different foster homes, he ended up in our house. We had no intention whatsoever to get a second dog - especially not a big dog! Well, we felt sorry for the guy and when we met him in person, we just fell head-over-heels for him 4 years ago. After some difficulties, among them, holes chewed into our walls, Luna being terrified and Honey insanely jealous, we now could not even imagine living without him. He is a gentle giant in the truest sense and has become very popular with everyone we know. Some friends even asked us if they could be put into our will as his guardian, should something happen to us :-)

The adoption of Luca, was the start of a wonderful friendship with Deborah Pandis from Carolina PAWS. With this friendship, we learned a lot about pets in need and ever since then dog rescue has become an important cause in our life.