We Remember

From his ODH family: Shortly after we filled out an application to be an ODH foster home we were give the opportunity to take in Mojo, an old black...

Noodle is an old toy Poodle who was turned into the shelter as a “stray” in very bad shape. He had obvious signs of years of neglect and was...

Sam came into a shelter, supposedly 15 years old, when his very elderly owner went into a care facility. Sam was huge – 130 pounds of Lab mix –...

Baxter, an elderly rat terrier, came into a crowded shelter pretty worried and uncertain – staff described him as “grumpy” but they neutered him and waited for ODH to...

Cherie was surrendered to a shelter in very bad shape, flea-infested with mud-caked mats all over her greasy coat, and nearly blind from untreated dry eye. Who knows how...

Nia came into a small shelter at nearly 12 years old, but acting much younger. She had been used to roaming free in a rural area and had been...

Bugsy is a little Lhasa / Shih Tzu mix. He and a little friend came into a big shelter as strays. The shelter named them Flotsam and Jetsam, but...

Waldo, a long haired dachshund, showed up at a big shelter as a “stray”, badly in need of basic medical care and looking pretty pathetic. He was curled up...

Moose is a Bichon Frise now 15 years old. She was formerly known as Patapouf but when she realized she was moving in with a big dog and a...

Patch, a very handsome big Australian Shepherd, came to us when his elderly owner lost his wife and needed to move in with family out of state. When we...