We Remember

Little Shadow was taken to the shelter by his owners who said they did not have time for him. A Bichon Frise sporting a new haircut and looking very...

Big Tama fought the good fight against longstanding chronic infections in his lungs and nasal passages, combined with the old Labrador plague: laryngeal paralysis. Thanks to valiant efforts by...

Missie was one of 3 dogs who were taken to a large shelter when their owner died in 2009. At that time Missie was only 11 years old. Old...

Lenny was a dog who was found “stray”: very thin, unaltered with a tumor in each testicle and no teeth. Despite his poor physical condition he was beautiful on...

Thomas, a cute little Shih Tzu, went through two shelters and an adoption in a short period of time; his brother stayed adopted but Thomas was returned probably because...

Josey, a Smooth Fox Terrier, came from the shelter at about 13 years old with paperwork that stated “not adoptable, old, not cute.” In her Final Refuge home she...

Avery (fondly known as Annie in her Final Refuge home) was picked up as a stray in terrible condition. She had obviously not been bathed or brushed for years,...

Dahlia was a dog we were asked to take in by a shelter as a hospice case because of kidney failure. Our vet found a tumor along her bladder...

Zephyr spent exactly a year in her ODH home, enjoying walks and the dog park and anything outside and active. Groups of people, new places, loud sounds were too...

Little Edna, a blind very old Shih Tzu, was found as a matted stray and taken to the shelter – she’d been there several times before and reclaimed by...