Summer Sheperd/hound/lab/husky mix, or whatever she is....#1 adopted from shelter as her time was almost up. Trained her in Search and Rescue and she did awesome...we passed a couple of the tests, when I decided we just didn't have the time. She got her CGC at one of the Search and Rescue seminars. She does agility with me now. She was originally a stray.
Shelby Catahoula...#1 brought her home from the shelter, with thoughts of just fostering her....that was 10 years ago. She had a few issues that made me nervous of giving her up to someone else. She had already been adopted once and returned. She also does agility. She also was originally a stray. She and what appeared to be probably a litter mate came in together. Her litter mate ended up being euthanized, as she also was adopted once and brought back, due to problems of being too protective.
Gus Border Collie...#5 he was found as a stray by a relative of a member of our rescue group. Our rescue group took him in and as I had been thinking I'd like a Border Collie, I took him home and we kept him. He also is doing agility.
Corey Cattle dog/jack russell ? Our rescue group took him in from the animal shelter, to foster him, and I took him home. He was just way to rambunctious and I didn't think anyone else could put up with him, and so he stayed. He'll be starting agility this year. A very focused little fellow so I think he'll do great.
Actually all of the dogs were originally strays....none were owner turn ins. We did find the owners of the border collie, however. They had called another rescue, looking to adopt a small dog. Well, in the interview, it was found out that their other dog got lost. So the rescue called around, to other rescues, to see if he might have been found by someone. When it was found that we had the dog, the owners called us and said they didn't want him and turned him over to us. Then, a week later, they call us looking for a small dog to adopt.
I'm not a puppy here. I've been around i-dog (aka dog.com) since, I believe it was, 2001.