We Remember

Buckley came to us only 6 1/2 months ago, originally from a shelter in Los Angeles. His paperwork says he was owner-surrendered but the staff was guessing at his...

Hester was, we guess, a chow/shar-pei mix. She tottered into a busy shelter and then to an ODH home that loves chows and tried very hard to make her...

Pee Wee turned up at a shelter as a “stray”, all 10 pounds of her; blind, nearly deaf, thin, and very very sweet. This little girl won the shelter...

Angie came into a shelter with a very geriatric friend; somewhere in the past her face had been attacked and put back together surgically, giving her a very strange...

Tank was a BIG dog – 122 pounds when he arrived at the shelter with some scabs on his face. We knew it might be an auto-immune problem but...

Beautiful Ciaro came into a shelter at age 15 – probably a spaniel mix, she quickly fit into her Final Refuge home and loved her doggie “sibling”, going to...

Azure came from a small city “pound” in pretty lousy condition. Her coat and skin were terrible as were her ears and teeth, and her eyes were very damaged....

Sweet Nina strayed into a shelter with a very bad heart condition; ODH was asked to take her immediately so she could get veterinary care. She began heart meds...

Little Oliver, an adorable shih tzu, struggled mightily with congenitally deformed legs and perhaps a spinal nerve issue creating pain and difficulty moving but he loved his ODH family...

Minnie was surrendered to a shelter by someone she knew with a note from her owner. She was 10 years old, obese and had a very large mammary tumor....