Devery's Doggie Chateau

07/23/2025

Baker and Stanley’s day he’s our puppy babysitter and he’s magnificent with all & never gets mad ever….. Tullulah says Thank you

07/23/2025

Some of today🐾🐾🐾🐾I will tell you they barely got all the business out before we were pulling back in!

07/20/2025

Luna B on her Queen resting state

07/20/2025

A few of our weekly updates 💕🐾

07/09/2025

Daysha had another run around the sun

07/09/2025

07/09/2025

Daysha came by to hand me a tip…. She turned around to see why I grabbed it so fast…..😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣I didn’t, Marley thought it was hers, after she popped down got a toy and got back up to wait on dad!💞

07/01/2025

MUST CALL VET TODAY
MUST CALL VET TODAY
For calming meds for the 4th of July
The Halo House for Dogs wants to remind you that the 4th of July is dangerous for dogs.

07/01/2025

Earlier this week, a 14-year-old boy named Elijah showed up alone at a small animal shelter in rural Iowa, holding a cardboard box with both hands. Staff members assumed he was dropping off a stray — but when they opened the box, they found a small, elderly dog wrapped in a baby blanket, with a note taped to the inside lid.
The note, written in neat but shaky
handwriting, read:
“Her name is Pepper. She’s 16. My grandma passed away last week and she was her dog. I promised I’d take care of her but my foster family says I’m not allowed to keep pets. Please help her find a new home. She’s very good. I love her.”
The boy explained that he had walked over five miles from his foster home to bring Pepper to a safe place. He didn’t want her to end up on the street or in a kill shelter. He had been feeding her with his allowance money and saving bits of his own dinner for her. But he said goodbye anyway, gently kissed the dog’s forehead, and left the shelter quietly before anyone could stop him.
Touched by his story, the shelter staff immediately made Pepper their top priority. They shared her story — and Elijah’s note — on social media. Within 24 hours, the post had gone viral, reaching millions.
Donations poured in, not just for Pepper, but for Elijah too. A local couple who had lost their own dog months before came in to meet Pepper — and adopted her on the spot. Even more remarkably, after reading about the boy’s act of love, another family reached out and began the process to foster — and potentially adopt — Elijah himself.
This week, Elijah was reunited with Pepper in his new home. He cried when he saw her, and Pepper wagged her tail and leaned into him like no time had passed.
Sometimes the purest form of love comes from those who have the least to give — and give anyway.

Credit to the respective owner

07/01/2025

When I adopted Dora Mae, she was already grey in the face. The rescue told us she'd been adopted once before and returned for being too quiet. Still, she leaned into my hand every time I pet her. She was my dog; I had to bring her home.

For the first several months we called her "Dora the Doorstop" because she was afraid of everything and rarely left the couch. Then her true colors showed and she became a fearless social butterfly. Over the next few years, I began to realize just how special she was; she seemed naturally drawn to people and people just opened up around her, so with a lot of training, we became a certified therapy dog team.

Only a few months after got our certification, we were struck a blow, and Dora was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She had a splenectomy and began chemo, but we were told she would have 6-8 months left, at best. Still, with the blessing of the oncologist and the vet, we continued our visits - a therapy dog with cancer was something special in the nursing homes where other people were also fighting that terrible disease.

And against all odds, she kept going - eight months, a year, two years, and on... After about 2.5 years, we retired from nursing home visits and started visiting elementary schools and libraries where people could come to her, as it was less taxing, and kids loved her just as much - if not more - than the seniors did. She was truly something remarkable.

She finally lost the battle three years and 51 weeks after her cancer diagnosis, but we made a lifetime of memories and she taught me so much that I will always appreciate her legac

07/01/2025