Hi Everyone, I was thinking how it would be wonderful to find a list posting about dogs too, where I could try and find a home for my wonderful Austrailian Shepard Mix, Sophia. Sophia is a wonderful friend to not only my ferrets, but my two cats and my two Doberman Pinscher's. She gets along great with children and adults. I would love to keep Sophia but as you can see we (my fiance and I) have our hands full ... You may wonder, why then did we obtain Sophia? Well, we, being animal lovers as you are, had NO choice. We got to know some people whom we thought were good people. It turned out Sophia was being left outisde ALL day (dawn til after dark) and then locked in a dark room at night then back out again. ...pulled into the room, pulled outside - no human contact. She had no access to food or drink while in the room at night, and when outside (whatever the weather) had water, and food IF the brother of this person (he was the "owner - so "it wasn't her responsibility") brought some over. Sophia once went two weeks without food. When we got her she was very malnourished and scared. Today Sophia is a happy, healthy and totally vacinated dog. Sophia is about 14 monthes old and loves affection and enjoys interaction with anyone & everyone. I would like to appeal to any animal lovers' in Michigan who have room in their heart & home for my sweet Sophia. I would keep her if I could but with 2 other dogs, 2 cats, 5 ferrets, a hamster and a fish we are a very crowded household. I appreciate the use of this list to find an animal lover in MI who could adopt Sophia. She is such a good girl, I just want her to have a happy, healthy & loving life. Anyone interested in adopting Sophia can e-mail me, Tamara, at "[log in to unmask]" or call me, Tamara, at (248)627-7376. I work often though so e-mail would be better or call Mon., Tues. & Thurs. after 8pmEST or Sat.-Sun. anytime. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to write or call. By the way, I am located in southern Lapeer County just north of Oakland County. Also if you would like to call when I am not going to be here feel free to call and ask for my fiance, Larry. Sincerely, Tamara N. Swart [Moderator's note: OK, it's passable since the dog is known to get along with ferrets and it's a subscriber's dog. But postings that are just too general (like "my friend's roomate's mother's boss saw a sign in a grocery about cats needing a home" may be rejected for being too off-topic. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 2940]