HI! We're the Hallorans

Tim, Ellen, Connor and Maggie Halloran
Pittsburgh, PA

We had decided to add a dog to our family after Tim retired from the Air Force. We knew we wanted to adopt a dog, and started looking on Petfinder. We saw a beautiful male Irish Setter that was in Ohio, so we called about it. That dog had already been adopted by a family, so I told Sue Musil and Pat Jesson to keep us in mind if they had another one available. I had expected that we would get a call months down the road. Just a few weeks later, Sue called and told me that they have an 18 month old girl, but there was one catch -- Her name was Maggie. Maggie is our daughter's name! Our son Connor and I headed out to Ohio to visit Sue and the dog. We fell in love with her the moment we saw her and told Sue that we wanted her in our family. Sue was able to keep her for a few weeks till we returned from our vacation, and the kids and I drove to Ohio just before school started in August of 2007 and adopted "Molly".

Molly has been such a wonderful addition to our family. She is the sweetest dog. She loves curling up on the couch with us, and sunning herself on the deck. She loves chasing chipmunks and going on long walks. We are so fortunate to be her forever home, and our lives are better because of her!