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American Staffordshire mix, pit bull terrier, Pit Bull Terrier mix, shelter dogs, WHS, willamette humane society
Dear Fellow Dog Lovers,
Happy Thanksgiving!
November has been a great adoption month for dogs! We had another wonderful week, with 18 adoptions! Here are the Blog Dogs who will be spending Thanksgiving in their new homes!
Houdini was so excited about being adopted and felt he deserved all the credit.
And staff took this happy going-home picture.
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I decided to ask the shelter dogs to tell me one thing that each is thankful for. They were very excited by the idea. Here are their answers.
Annie ~ Basset Hound mix ~ 4 years old
Goodwin ~ German Shepherd/Lab mix ~ 6 years old
Ty ~ American Staffordshire mix ~ 9 months old
Wyatt ~ Shepherd/Pug mix ~ 3 years old
Nimo ~ Australian Cattle Dog ~ 3 years old
Kane ~ Dogue de Bordeaux ~ 12 years old
Milo ~ Miniature Dachshund mix ~ 6 years old
Elsinore ~ Chihuahua mix ~ one year old
Johnson ~ Border Collie/Chow mix ~ 2 years old
Miracle ~ Boxer/Dalmatian mix ~ 4 years old
Kloe ~ Pit Bull Terrier mix ~ 8 months old
Nico ~ Australian Kelpie mix ~ 2 years old
Toby ~ Miniature Pinscher ~ 6 years old
Miss Baxter ~ Lab mix ~ 9 years old
Lucy ~ St. Bernard ~ 2 years old (just adopted!)
Beau ~ American Staffordshire mix ~ 2 years old
Crypto ~ Toy Poodle mix ~ 2 years old
Spike ~ Pit Bull Terrier mix ~ 8 months old
Boo Boo ~ Poodle mix ~ 3 years old
Gizmo ~ Yorkshire Terrier mix ~ 3 years old
Kati ~ Beagle/Pit Bull Terrier mix ~ 5 years old
And then…
It just so happened, that we had three former shelter dogs stop in to say hi during this week when I was interviewing the adoptable dogs. So, of course, I asked them what they are now thankful for. Here are their answers.
Ricky (Rockie ~ adopted August 31, 2014)
Amber (Lemon ~ adopted February 13, 2014)
Patience (Cassidy ~ adopted November 13, 2014)
Update!
As you know, November has been Adopt A Senior Pet Month. One of WHS’ long-time volunteer dog walkers, Laura, is the epitome of this appeal. She has adopted not one, but TWO senior dogs from WHS. Here is their story.
“I adopted Jake in November 2010 when he was 10. At 14 he still loves walks but they are more like ‘saunters’ through the neighborhood. He has been the perfect blend of mellow guy through the day but eager companion on walks! He had been ‘overlooked’ in previous homes so it took him quite a few months to feel relaxed and realize it is actually pleasant to hang in the yard together.
“I adopted Coach (formally Pony) in August 2013 when he was about 7. It seems Jake is one of the few dogs on the planet that Coach actually likes! Our fabulous volunteer coordinator Kimmi helped us with the meet and greet and so we were sure to make a good match. Coach had been feeling a bit depressed in his kennel at the shelter, but as you can see by the first picture below, he relaxed pretty quickly once he was in his forever home and actually still does ‘zoomies’ around the yard and can be rather silly! He loves belly rubs in that position, which he strikes everywhere: the yard on a sunny day, the couch, my bed…. He has become a bit of a ‘momma’s boy’ and my son reports it seems he waits for me to come home on his perch on the futon in the bedroom where he can see out the front window. Silly boy!! I have also enclosed a picture of both Coach (left) and Jake (right) waiting anxiously to go for a walk!
I just had to chime in on how wonderful I have found it to have adopted two senior guys and that we have still had plenty of great times together!”
What a great happily-ever-after story to end this post on!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Remember, if you see a dog on my blog whom you are interested in meeting, try to make arrangements to get to the Willamette Humane Society soon. Some dogs are adopted more quickly than you might think.
You can reach me at adoptanoregondog14@yahoo.com
I am Thankful for your Blog and all it does to help our shelter dogs. Thank you Martha
What a wonderful Thanksgiving posting. Thanks!
I am thankful that even though I now live 500 miles away, I can still be part of the WHS volunteer family, even if it’s mostly thru this blog! Miss working with you, Martha!!!
Debbie- I still miss you, too!