We Remember

In his 17th year at least, little Morey’s body just couldn’t go any longer. With some heart disease increasing, liver disease showing up, the suspected bladder tumor, and that...

In her 17th year, after 3 years with her ODH family, little Jazz was lost to a sudden illness. She was very much loved and has left a huge...

Donji, a sweet little Pekingese, came into a shelter and then to ODH with major problems. She had serious spinal damage causing neurologic deficits in her back legs, with...

Phoebe is a tiny Yorkie who was surrendered to a shelter after a few years of being confined to a crate. She was very weak and covered in filth...

Hailey’s body gradually just gave out, and she ended her life peacefully with her ODH mom and a dog buddy around her; we wish her a peaceful rest. Dear...

Julie’s long life ended at the age of 17; she’d fought with chronic kidney, pancreas and heart disease for quite a while and finally both her kidneys and her...

Norman was a sweet old guy, probably a Lab/Weimaraner mix, who came into one of our foster homes with severe kennel cough and laryngeal paralysis, which causes them to...

Rucker came to his ODH final refuge home in pretty terrible condition. Unfortunately, this is a common story. He was terribly matted, he had an ulceration in one eye...

Otherwise known at home as “Miss Mable Sue,” Mable came to us from a crowded shelter in April 2012. She was a very quiet, calm, old lady. Mable came...

Sweet Casper, an American Eskimo Dog, was left at the shelter at age 13 and came to his ODH home deaf, with some neurological limitations and not the greatest...