From commentor Mary G: This is Sophie. I got her on Feb. 1, 1991, at the Pasadena, CA Humane Society. I had lost my first cat six months before and told myself I was just going in to see how the shelter looked after a major remodel. Yeah, right. __ The volunteer opened cage after …
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Open Thread: Good (Rescue) Dog!
From commentor Carnacki: Lucy looked up at me with her lovely dark brown eyes as she greeted me at the back door this evening. Her tail thumped into the metal cabinet like a drum. I bent down and kissed her forehead and scratched her behind her ears the way I always have. __ Lucy was …
Open Thread: Cats & Dogs
From commentor Phillygirl: Here’s the timorous but loving benny, taking in the sights of my little back yard. one advantage of having an old, fat cat is that he can’t jump over the wall. he is forever safe. __ Senior catz are deserving and grateful, too. I got my Benny from some rescue people who …
Open Thread: Senior Pet Rescue
From commentor Tony S: My wife and I were dog owners as kids. When we moved to our house here in Peekskill in 1999, the place came with a dog. The place was an estate sale, and we insisted the super-elder beagle, Gypsy, be part of the package… __ Since then, we’ve tried to adopt …
Open Thread: Pet Rescue Stories
From commentor Jebediah: We are adopting a little pup right now. We have Otto already (World’s Greatest Dog, for real) and my wife had been thinking of a companion for him. Otto is ninety pounds, she was thinking a small dog, meaning about 20-30 pounds. We ended up with Juno, a chihauhau-something mix (if you …
Early Morning Open Thread: Me & My Shadow
Thanks to commentor Moe99 for the perfect clip to go with Cole’s complaints about velcro-bonded rescue dogs: __ __
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Early Morning Open Thread: More Like This, Please
Sometimes all you can make is a little gesture. Sometimes that little gesture looms very large… Nearly 10 years ago, a lovable German shepherd/golden retriever mix named Bailey was put up for adoption. For Sharon Conlon, the timing was right… a longtime friendship blossomed. But a year ago, her life got a lot more difficult. …
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