Logos for Ohio Puppy Rescue

Earlier this week, my aunt approached me about designing a logo for a Puppy Rescuing volunteer operation she works with.  They are a branch of the Delaware Puppy Rescue but she didn't like that they were still using the Delaware Puppy Rescue logo.  She asked if I would design a new logo for them.  Obviously I was thrilled to do so.

She only required that the logo include OPR and Ohio Puppy Rescue.  I made it a goal to design 5 different logos by the end of the week.  So here are the variations of the five that I designed.

They are presented in the order that I made them.  At first, I tried working mostly with the colors on the website, which were orange, yellow and brown.   But then I decided to stray off of that color scheme a little bit.  I also made a progression from using the image of Ohio, to illustrating a dog, to using letters as a logo.  3 different approaches.  I can (and almost expect to) make modifications, so suggestions are encouraged.  

Click on the picture to see a larger version.

Update:

I modified a few of the logos and cranked out a few new ones.  I used the red and orange color scheme people seemed to like.

Later tries: http://adammendala.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-logo.html
http://adammendala.blogspot.com/2010/04/modification.html

UPDATE:

I think we're getting close to a compromise