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Cody Rescued Me
I had been doing Chihuahua rescue with a national rescue group when I was called by my coordinator to pick up a new foster. One look at Cody, and it was love at first sight. He was cowering in the back of a crate, stressed and dirty, but still beautiful in my eyes. I petitioned the rescue to allow me to adopt him and they approved my adoption. His history was that he was from a domestic abuse home. The husband had abused his wife physically and part of the emotional abuse was that he would abuse and threaten to
Fill Us Up, Buttercup
After nearly three years of wearing my husband down for a dog, we began looking for a female maltipoo puppy. There were a lot of things going on at the time, and our biggest hesitation was that my son was undergoing Remicade IV infusion, which allows the body to fight off infection and act as a protectant from bacteria and viruses. We decided to have a conversation with his nurse about the possibility of owning a pet. Oddly enough, the nurse’s best friend had a multipoo who had just given birth to pups. The nurse called her friend right away
My Heart Flipped
I manage Club Canine Doggie Daycare and Boarding in Carmel. We work closely with ARPO (Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership), so we have many foster dogs in and out of our facility on a regular basis. Last December, several deaf American Bulldog mix puppies of the same ARPO litter began attending daycare at Club Canine. The first time I met one particular puppy, Joshua, my heart flipped. He looked just like the others, so it wasn’t that he was cuter, but something about him grabbed the center of my soul. Our family was NOT looking to adopt another dog! We
It Was Meant To Be
My dog “Noodle” as he came to be called, is now 8 years old. Eight years ago my cousin and I were riding our bikes in Whiteland because our grandpa had asked us to come up there with him to help mow his yard. Afterwards, we were bored so we got on our bikes and rode around the town. We rode to the pet store in Whiteland to look at the animals. We went past an empty cage with a sign on it saying “Dog For Free”. There was not a dog inside the cage and we had lots of
Lonely Without Phoenix
We moved to Fishers, Indiana in 2004 after having lived in Florida for 20 years. That first winter was a tough one. My only son was attending college in Tampa, Florida, and my husband was traveling a lot for his job. I was terribly lonely. Knowing I wouldn’t make it another winter without something new in my life to occupy my time and my mind, I happened on a dog rescue website and was looking at the dogs listed. Then, I saw her beautiful face! Her name was Phoenix and she’d been given up by the family who’d had her
Molly’s Amazing Rescue
4 years ago, While driving Down State Road 44 I saw her, she was just standing on the white line of the road….it was February, and very cold. She was picking at something dead. Thin, dirty, and full of milk from puppies, clearly she had been dumped. I don’t know what happened to the puppies, they weren’t with her. I pulled over and she was SO excited that someone stopped, I started to cry as she jumped all over me, Now we’re both covered in dirt. I opened my door and she jumped in. I headed right to my vet.
For The Love Of Kiki
We adopted Kiki on March 13th 2010. My husband Mandar and I, both love cats and have always lived with cats back home in Mumbai, India. When we got here in January 2010, I got lonely and then decided to adopt a cat. Our first choice obviously was a shelter of course so we went to visit Humane Society of Indianapolis. We kept checking the website for adoption cats and got very confused when it was time to choose. We wanted to take them all home! So, we decided to go look for Kiki as she was one of the
A Much Needed Home
My boyfriend Nate and I decided that we would like to foster a dog from animal control in Indianapolis. After careful consideration we went to the Indianapolis shelter, we mentioned that we wanted to not just foster but foster the dog who needed a home the most. They brought out a pit bull who’s previous owners had bred, starved, and then dumped. She was so emaciated, she looked like she could drop dead any second.When we saw her, we couldn’t believe our eyes! It was hard to believe that she was still alive, Every bone in her body was protruding
When a Dog Steals your heart
My boyfriend and I had just bought our first home together in January 2010. We decided we also wanted to add to this family with a puppy So in January we went to pick out Trixie, our female Cocker Spaniel. We paid for her and all we needed to do was wait until she was old enough to come home, But then something I never expected happened, when we were picking her out, I fell in love with another dog that was there. I couldn’t help myself and I was determined that if I went back to pick up
Piper The Greyhound and her rescue story
When we adopted our 10 year old greyhound Piper, She had never had a home. After learning that she had been used to breed dogs for track racing and had had over 49 puppies, we were determined to also adopt one of her pups so that she would be happy knowing at least one was alive and well-cared for. When we found one of her 4 year old sons, we jumped into action and got him sent to us from Florida. Piper and her son Sirius are doing great and are happy as can be now! When they
