Dear Barbara,
Thank you for putting your wonderful schnauzers in my life! There is something I want to tell you about me to let you know you have been
a huge blessing in my life!

What you don't know is that I have absolutely no family in this world. I was raised in an orphanage and I still have contact with some of the other kids I grew up with, but I have this line drawn in my mind that GOD put me here to be alone and because of it I suffer a considerable amount of depression.  Because of the way I grew up, I have a pretty significant and odd mean streak.  I have very few friends and I am grateful for the ones I have.  I am not an easy man, but I care about my heart and I enjoy sharing it with others and I have to work hard, very hard to not be such an asshole.  But, I do realize that this is only a wall  that I have errected and I have installed doors and windows in it (metaphorically) in an effort to open up and function and deal with the world because I don't want to be alone!  The dogs that I have gotten from you (although I don't have Hammer yet, it still counts) have provided me with the ability to open up.  I don't have to rely on my mustering up a civil courage to meet people, Alaska draws people to me/ us with her beauty and wiggley ways.  She through you is my gift from GOD.  No more do I feel hated by him (GOD) and Friday I will receive another gracing from above, named Hammer.  I count the gifts as such:

    1. The sense to realize that there was more than sadness out there for me.
    2. The ability to see through 42 + years of anger and hurt feelings.  (I found out in 1992 that I was the thirteenth kid to my mother and the only one to be given up!)
    3. The ability to seek a change
    4. Finding SCHNAUZERLAND and you allowing me to make payments (a fantastic blesing in itself)
    5. Meeting ALASKA and realizing that I could not have picked a better peuppy if I had come to Gray, TN myself.  You did outstanding and I cry    sometimes when I look at her and see that she loves me back. Truely amazing to me !
    6. Being able to afford another one of your miricales.
    7. The ability to not be ashamed of myself anymore by thinking that something was defective in me as a reason for being given up. 

So you see absolutely everyone knows and I tell GOD often that there is a big set of hearts in little Gray, Tennessee.

Well now that I have given you a bit of insight into me and my idiosycrencies I will go dry my eyes as this letter has envoked a bit of a cry!

Again thank you! 
Mike T.
 

It's been about three months since I've talked to you, but Monty is doing great.
He is the most wonderful dog/companion.  He continues to get bigger.  He has managed to make it all this long time (6 mo.) without chewing anything up in the house. He is very well behaved and has a great personality.  I get stopped a hundred times every time we go to Petsmart or walking in the neighborhood.  I can't begin to remember how many compliments he has received.  He is such a beautiful dog.
                                                                                    Sincerely,
                                                                                    Justin Barnes

Dear Barbara:

My sweet "Allie" that we picked up from Schnauzerland on May 10, 2003 is a
pure delight.  Allie-Gator is my pet name for her. She turned 7 months old
on September 2, 2003 and she has the sweetest disposition and is a very
loyal pet.  She does not bark very much and we probably had her
approximately 2 months before we heard her say anything. She bonded very
quickly with my husband and I but she is my girl.  Around 9:30 at night she
is ready for bed and it doesn't matter where I am or what I am doing she
comes to me and sits at my feet and gives me her "can we go to bed now"
look.  I usually lay down with her on the couch until she falls asleep.
When I take her to the vet, other animal owners cannot believe she is still
puppy stage because she sits on my lap and never approaches the other
animals there.  She has the proudest stance.  She was house trained within a
short period of time.  I'm so glad that you took the time to answer my one
line e-mail because I don't feel like she could have been placed with anyone
who could love her anymore than we do.

She is a beautiful dog and we're so glad she belongs to
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much,
Letha C. Reed

Dear Barbara,
        Mikey is such a joy.  He has been the best puppy yet.  We love him so much. 
He is paper-trained, but goes outside too.  He loves to be around people, and
doesn't know a stranger.  He whines all the time just to get attention.  He is so
funny. 
        Thanks for everything you have done for our family and letting us have Mikey.
                                                                                        The Frickel Family

Thank You so much for picking out Sampson and getting him to us here in PA. We have a 4 yr old daughter who is in remission with Cancer along with 2 other daughters and Sampson was just what we were looking for. He is the most loving caring dog that I have ever seen. We also have a miniture schnauzer and Noah loves him too. When he turns 1 we are going to have him tested for a pet therapy dog and go to the hospital where my daughter was admitted for 3 weeks. Maybe we can give back to the sick kids what the pet therapy gave to us while we were there. He was the perfect match for our family all thanks to Barbara. You have done a wonderful job raising him to the point were we got him. You are an Angel and you raise Angels on Earth. May God Bless you and your wonderful Schnauzer family. We absolutely love this Giant Breed of Dog with such a Giant Heart. There truely is no other animal like them!!!!

 Mona in PA

This is Sampson