Guilda - This sweet dog was the product of an unwanted litter. Her story, like so many others in America, began with a kind man who saw a starving, stray dog and integrated her into a pack of unaltered dogs. Not surprisingly, the female dog soon had puppies. All but one were given away.

The man died unexpectedly, leaving a wife who didn't know how to care for their dogs. She occasionally filled their food bowls and let the dogs run freely in the pastures and cornfields of Eastern Travis County. The dogs became a nuisance, and neighbors complained. The frustrated woman called our rescue hotline to seek advice.

We agreed to visit her, with the intention of sterilizing her dogs, since she had no fenced yard and she didn't plan to build one. Since the dogs’ living circumstances weren't ideal, the woman gave us the remaining pup. We called the pretty blonde Retriever/Shepherd mix Guilda.

We vetted the remaining 2 dogs at no cost to the owner and provided the owner with free food and advice. We hoped that now the adult dogs were fixed, they would stay closer to home. It was the best we could do, but every effort counts in this business.

Guilda, six months old and totally soft and submissive, soon found a perfect home.  Her foster parent, a singer/songwriter (Susan wrote "Wide Open Spaces") was given the opportunity to 'adopt out' Guilda, but she couldn't let her go. Guilda went from sleeping on dirt to sleeping with her new mom and sharing a house with 2 other rescued dogs. Guilda and Susan travel the country writing songs, playing guitar and meeting new people.