We Remember

Jay came to me as a very anxious little boy. He had many health issues, like many older dogs, bad teeth, luxating patellas, arthritis, spondylosis, lung tumor, etc. along with anxiety....

Gabby is a 15 year old Shih tzu/Pekingese girl who was surrendered to ODH because her owner was terminally ill.  Her primary health problems were very bad tooth decay,...

Cedar is a beautiful beagle who came to ODH after being a “stray” at the shelter.    She had two mammary tumors  (and of course wasn’t spayed) and a huge...

Chino was a handsome, mellow little man who came with the usual host of neglected old dog issues—eyes, ears, skin, back, arthritis, hearing and vision. We immediately set about...

Katja, likely a chow-lab mix, came into the shelter at age 15 with an eye that had been bitten badly and left untreated for months. ODH was asked to...

Our precious Sadie was an old nearly blind and almost deaf bichon stray that thankfully landed in a shelter. Despite developing kennel cough at her advanced age, this grand...

Orion came into the shelter a pretty sad picture:    VERY thin, missing hair everywhere with a red bare belly and angry-red bare throat, infected red ears, very bent hind...

  From Virgil’s Final Refuge Mom: “When Virgil arrived at my home he was skinny, bedraggled, covered with scabs from skin allergies, and very frightened.  His ears hurt, he was...

ChiCha is a petite, spunky dachshund mix.  She and her “sister” Mali were unceremoniously sent to a shelter when their owner died, and then spent time in a shelter foster...

BUGS or BUGSY BOO OBIT BUGS was a STAR of a dog – a real trooper through all her adversity.  She was a recipient of the Maranda Fund, and...