Last September my wife and I adopted a six year old pug we named Barnabas (a.k.a. Barney) from a rescue in Youngstown Ohio. Barney originally came from a backyard breeder who surrendered him after he was no longer of any use. The rescue took him to the vet to be neutered with the plan for us to pick him up after his recovery from surgery. The idea was to give the him a clean break from his old life and start afresh.