120903 Atlanta: Harriett Patterson (left) introduces Humphrey, a three year old Bernese Mountain-Austrailian Shepherd mix, to Jeri Finlay (right) and her children Brett and Miles at the home base for Ruffus Rescue in Atlanta on Monday, September 3, 2012. Ruffus Rescue was started by Patterson six years ago and has adopted out 4,000 dogs in that time. Currently the rescue has around 40 dogs available for adoption. Jonathan Phillips Special
120903 Atlanta: Harriett Patterson (left) introduces Humphrey, a three year old Bernese Mountain-Austrailian Shepherd mix, to Jeri Finlay (right) and her children Brett and Miles at the home base for Ruffus Rescue in Atlanta on Monday, September 3, 2012. Ruffus Rescue was started by Patterson six years ago and has adopted out 4,000 dogs in that time. Currently the rescue has around 40 dogs available for adoption. Jonathan Phillips Special