Meet our two pooches, Murphy and Cooper. We rescued the brother and sister pair from Alabama. They are almost a year old. One of their favorite things to do is patrol the property and to chase one another from one side of the yard and through the flower beds and the field. They help fill our house with unconditional love.

Michaella Stephenson, age 7

Salem

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