Candy says, "THANK YOU to EVERYONE who supported me in the preliminary round! Licks of love and lots of tail wags for all who support me in the finals too! If I'm selected as the winner, I will designate the Etowah Valley Humane Society (http://www.etowahvalleyhumane.org/) as the recipient of Rachel Ray's charitable donation. I am SO thankful that EVHS carefully screened applicants to find me a Forever Home, where my energetic personality is appreciated and my "herding behaviors" were channeled into acceptable loving licks. I'm MOST thankful the loving EVHS staff saved me from euthanization, and I'd like to help them find Forever Homes for peer pets. MANY licks of Love to Rachel Ray, and Isaboo too, for this great opportunity!"

Candy has very STRONG herding instincts. If more than one of us was around (which is like.. ALL the time since we homeschool), she would run circles around us, barking incessantly, and actually bite our feet and tear our clothes trying to get us gathered into a nice little group!! She was "HAPPY" and friendly about it, but you could sometimes hardly take a step! LOL! It took some doing to break her of that. When we were screened, there were more than 100 applicants for her because she is such a BEAUTIFUL dog. One of the main reasons we were chosen for her owners was because we believe ANY behavior can be trained out of a dog and said we'd only get rid of a dog for "vicious biting".. Her biting wasn't vicious.. She was just trying to do what she THOUGHT her job was!! Her prior owners apparently couldn't handle her.. and I doubt many would, but she is SO SMART, and SO LOVING, She still RUNS excitedly in circles, but she no longer barks incessantly nor bites at all. She loves to lick and share her love, and we've been mostly able to channel that to only licking hands (although she will lick people's pants legs sometimes!!---I just think that'd be awfully drying on her tongue, but she still does it!). Candy is a HAPPY girl.. THROUGH to her core.. And we love her for that!! :-D

Hi! This is Hannah, a volunteer for EVHS and YES we've been voting our hearts out for Candy. EVHS is desperate to recover from the recent theft and give the other animals of this rural southern shelter a chance at a family as loving as the one Candy has found. You have a huge team on your side, Candy!!