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Callie (Chicken Nugget) Young There are Plenty of
Shane and Shayla
Young lost their be- Best Friends to be
loved dog, Max, of
eighteen years. Max
was a sweet soul and
brought them such
happiness. After
losing Max, as many
of us feel, the couple
wasn’t sure they
would ever be ready
to welcome another
furry soul into their
hearts and home.
In April of 2020,
Shayla was scrolling
through Facebook
and came upon a picture of a black and white dog that caught her
attention – similar in color as Max and slightly bigger than him –
on Jackson Animal Care Centers’ page.
The beautiful pup made a mistake in her previous home that
caused her to be an owner-surrender, stealing a chicken nugget
from a child. Shayla held the black and white furry pup and imme-
diately started the adoption process. It was a long process because
the Jackson Animal Care Center makes sure the dogs have all
their shots, spayed or neutered, and observe general temperament
before going to their new home.
The first couple of weeks were challenging, the pup now named
Callie (a.k.a. Chicken Nugget) had no training and was rambunc-
tious. Callie certainly kept the couple on our toes. It had been a
long time since the couple had a young pup in the home. Back
on the internet, the couple searched for area training programs
and Wagging Tail Resort came up in the search. With all the
enrollment procedures completed, Callie started KinderDOGen;
a six-week basic training program. The Youngs saw an almost
instant improvement in Callie. The couple followed-up with all the
training Callie was receiving from the staff at Wagging Tail and
soon she graduated the program.
It was an easy decision to enroll Callie (a.k.a. Chicken Nugget)
in Doggie Daycare because she had done so well in the Kinder-
DOGen program that the daycare would merely continue that
training and socialization. Callie had been going for a while and
the Youngs continued to hear about her classmate Sophie Grace
and how you never saw one without the other. Callie had filled a
big hole in the hearts of the Youngs, remedying the notion they
might never be complete again. They are so grateful for the Jack-
son Animal Care Center and Wagging Tail Resort. In both organi-
zations, Callie found her way into their hearts and a best friend in
Sophie Grace.
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Sophie Grace Yosich
Bob and Tammy Yosich
lost their beloved Zoe
Grace, an eight-year-old
found at Golden Pyrenees, in
April of 2019 .
Wagging Tail Tammy, an occasional
volunteer for Compan-
ion Pet Rescue, was
Resort called upon in January
of 2020 to collect three
10-week-old puppies
from a home the trio
wandered up to in a
rural area. Among the three was a fluffy golden mix pup, and
holding the tiny fluff ball covered in ticks and cockleburs, she
knew she knew she found her first ‘foster-fail”. She fostered the
three pups and at the end of the two-weeks delivered two of the
pups to the rescue group to prepare for adoption: keeping the
golden fluff naming her Sophie Grace.
It had certainly been a while since the couple had heard the pit-
ter-patter of little paws, and a while since they have experienced,
“puppy zoomies”, but here she was getting up at all hours of the
night for potty breaks, attempting to teach the pup, and training
Sophie The Yosich’s decided to seek training and found Wagging
Tail Resort and enrolled Sophie Grace in KinderDOGen.
Once Sophie graduated, it was a no-brainer to keep the momen-
tum going and have her join the Doggie Daycare group. Sophie
Grace still has zoomies and regular puppy antics but her atten-
tion to commands and training is greater than they could ever
have imagined.
One day as Tammy was waiting in line to collect Sophie from
school, she noticed a young man with a black and white dog
calmly by his side as he talked to a staff member. Tammy noticed
the pup’s tail started wagging excitedly followed by her whole
body and in the distance, Sophie was being led toward the park-
ing lot. As Sophie got closer, both dogs were lit up with excite-
ment from what seemed like a long-awaited reunion; all though
the two had been in school together all day.
Rachel and Kaylynn explained Sophie Grace and Callie (a.k.a.
Chicken Nugget) are the best of friends and are rarely not seen
together. The excitement between the two did not surprise the
staff at all – it is the same excitement they see all day every day
that the two pups are together. As with any parent, the Yosich’s
are grateful for the compassion and care shown each dog at Wag-
ging Tail and for our Sophie Grace finding her best friend and
being accepted by the sweet Callie Young.
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