Free Adoption Referral:
Call us right now if you are interested in adopting a dog. We're happy to share our experience and extensive resources with you free of charge. Whether you want a purebred dog or a delightful mixed-breed, North Coast Dogs will give you the contact information you need to find your new friend. There's no charge. Too many good dogs are at risk to make this about money. If you want to rescue a good dog, we're here to help you.
Training Discount:
North Coast Dogs offers a 15% training discount for any dog adopted from a shelter or rescue group within the past 6 months. Most dogs who have recently been saved have at least a few behavior issues to work out. We've made it our personal mission to study the special needs of rescue dogs, and we're happy to share the knowledge at a reduced rate. Again, too many good dogs are at risk.
Tribute to a Dog:
You will find these words inscribed below a statue of "Old Drum" in the town of Warrensville, Missouri. In 1870 a neighbor shot Drum. He said the dog had tried to attack him. The dog's human companion knew that wasn't true and he took the man to court.
On the day of trial, Missouri Senator George Vest happened to be in the court house. The Plaintiff's attorneys knew Vest to be a lover of good dogs. So they begged him to speak to the jury.
He agreed. Vest spoke in a low even voice. When he was done, the Jury and the Judge were weeping. The plaintiff was awarded $500. He had only sued for $200.
The words of Senator George Vest are as powerful today as they were more than a century ago. Truth never tarnishes with time.
"Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps, when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in the moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that many can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master, as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When the riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
"If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death."
Excerpted from "Sergeant's Dog Book" by D.E. Buckingham, V.M.D.1935 as printed on www.akc.org.
Last updated: 12/14/2005