Don't make the common mistake of thinking that only mutts or "bad" dogs are at the shelter - check the website at www.heartofthevalleyshelter.org right now and you'll find awesome purebred dogs: Lucy the American Staffordshire, Hojo the Black Lab, Little Mac the Blue Heeler, Sammie the German Shorthaired Pointer, Rocco the Treeing Walker Coonhound, Nikum the Rottie, and more! Check out the photo gallery above to see their smiling faces... (Of course, mutts are my favorite breed of dog - and the shelter has those too!)