We Remember

Oliver came to ODH from a home where he’d been left outside in a pen with goats. (Perhaps the most unusual story of that year….) He was in pretty...

Stevie is an old Pomeranian who was turned in as a “stray” to the state’s busiest shelter in 2008 at age 13. His coat was in terrible shape and...

Fiona is a sweet little Jack Russell Terrier, probably 12 or 13 years old. She is mostly deaf but can still see and gets around pretty good. Fiona’s health...

Etta was a beautiful black brindle pug who was surrendered to a shelter by her family. Etta was almost completely immobile, covered in fleas and pretty uncomfortable. The kind...

Cricket came into the shelter as a stray at age 14. She arrived at her Final Refuge home overweight and with bad skin, bad teeth and Cushing’s. But she...

Dora’s family said: Dora, the sweetest and most beautiful cow-spotted dog ever, came to us three years ago. Dora had a good home before she arrived at the shelter...

Chewy landed in a shelter as a neglect confiscate, supposedly 15 years old, and remained there for more than a year during a court battle for his custody. When...

Stormy is a 13-year-old bundle of adorable Pomeranian. He came into a shelter as a stray with flea nests in his coat, but there was a CraigsList “lost dog”...

Oscar came to ODH with masses all over his spleen and a very short life-expectancy. As often happens, he lived very comfortably for 15 months until one finally ruptured....

One of the Best Dogs Ever, Jed came into his foster family’s home after they’d had a very tough loss. Jed seemed to know that he had big shoes...