Welcome to our "Featured Families" page. Below you will find more "happy tails" of dogs rescued and rehomed to wonderful new families. The only difference between THIS page and our "happy tails" page is that some of our families are slightly more camera shy than others! Please check in often. We plan to update these pages periodically to incorporate our new families whenever possible. After you've read about some of these special families, be sure to visit "Happy Tails" too! Just click here to navigate to that page.

Bianca, a female bichon adopted by Bruce & Telva Chase in February 2006, goes everywhere and does everything with her adoptive family! They were doubtful that she would want to go jet skiing or even be around the water or on the Maurice River, but the Chases bought her a life jacket, just in case. They found that she has an inordinate amount of curiosity and jumped right on board. Her first ride, very slow and short, won her over. Now, they can't keep her off when they are at the river. She comes and barks when she wants to go for a ride! And, she's turning into a great swimmer, too! She is truly a DVBR success story! Bianca's former owners had taken her to their local vet to be put to sleep because she had bladder stones and they didn't want to pay for surgery! DVBR took her instead, and the rest is history.

Sinbad came to DVBR in June 2002. His family gave him up because he was TOO MUCH PUPPY for their 80+ yr. old, live-in mom. She was getting up in years and Sinbad expressed his devotion to her by jumping up to give her puppy licks. As a result, poor Sinbad was given over to rescue. Luckily, The Flynns from NJ stepped in and adopted Sinbad. Sinbad lives now with his new 'mom' Jody, his bichon-brother Spunky, and his human sister Megan (as well as some other camera-shy members of the household) in Robbinsville.

Beau was rescued from a PA shelter. A good samaritan "caught" Beau (a stray) to take him to safety. Unfortunately, that person knew NOTHING about dog handling. He cornered Beau under a porch and was bitten for his troubles. Beau was then labeled "biter" at the shelter and no one was willing to take a chance on him. The shelter called us, feeling certain he was not a true biter, so we went and got Beau.

He is now happily living with his new family - Bob & Regina Button of Jersey City, NJ. Beau even has his own airplane now!

Booker's former family INSISTED that he was a "biter". We took him in, not knowing what to expect, thinking we may very well have no choice but to put Booker to sleep. Booker is SUCH a sweetheart. There is not a mean bone in his body! He's just a softie. He's now living happily with his new family - the Folz's from New Jersey.

Murphy and his new *mom* Alice are quite a pair. Murphy was another Philadelphia stray who wandered into our lives here at DVBR. He was just a young, sweet, happy-go-lucky little bichon under all that filthy, matted fur. Once we had him neutered, we found Alice Moore, a wonderful single lady who wanted to adopt Murphy. He is the center of her life up in Kinnelon, NJ.

We were contacted by a woman in Philadelphia regarding her neighbor's dog - Precious, a 4 y/o female bichon. Precious had spent a full week, in the dead of winter, shivering outside in her backyard, with no shelter, no food, and no water. Her elderly owner who had Alzheimer's disease had taken a turn for the worse, and although the woman's grown son was SUPPOSED to care for her and the dog, he did not. Shortly after Precious went to her new home, we learned she had a case of undiagnosed bladder stones. Precious has since had surgery and is living happily with the Millers from Dresher, PA.

Roxy's family was no longer interested in having a dog. They were too busy making travel plans and didn't want to concern themselves with where Roxy would go during their frequent vacations. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise though, because Roxy is now living with Nancy and Dave Kirsh, who take her everywhere - even to restaurants & on vacation!

Willie came to rescue in June of 2002. He had previously lived with a family in PA who felt the 12 yr. old daughter should be the SOLE caretaker of Willie. Naturally, she did NOT agree, and Willie spent most of his days languishing in a crate. The family finally realized he needed a better life. We placed him with the Hammills of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey and Willie lived happily ever after - with his chihuahua brother Peanut!