Before we got out staff, we went to resue places looking for dogs even battersea but we was not alloud to have any because our kid were young, we could only have a old dog, we did not think it was fair for the kids to fall in love with a old dog when it was not gonna last that long. That why we got one off our friend. if i did not buy her someone else would of and missed treated her, so im very happy i found her.