ARF Success Stories!!

Meet some families who have adopted an ARF puppy/kitty into their lives and were kind enough
to share their stories with us!!

Paigan

We adopted Ginger (aka Paigan) through ARF and she joined our family at the end of January. What a pretty puppy and she has fit in so nicely with our family. We are training her to be a geocaching dog... which means she joins us for lots of hikes out on the trails! This also means she gets really muddy so we were thrilled with the dog washing station at Pet Valu, what a riot that was!

We start puppy training with Awesome Dogs this Saturday and I am sure we will learn lots! Ginger is a real sweetie and is really good when she meets new people and other animals.

Thanks to all of the hard work of ARF and Nancy for taking such good care of her. It was such a smooth transition to our home as she was already using the crate and use to being around other animals and kids.

Thanks again,
Tom, Leanne, Avelea and Ginger.

Escher

Hi Kristina,

It's been a long time since we last spoke, so I thought I'd give you an update on Escher. He is doing fantastic! He is no longer scared of anything, whatsoever! haha! He is a happy-go-lucky fellow who loves to play and wrestle a lot, and once he's pooped from all the play, just loooves his cuddles.

I wake up every morning to his nose on the side of my bed, tail wagging, waiting for cuddles and his morning walk. We found a new park that we go to a few times a week. Though it's not officially a dog park, we always run into other off-leash dogs, so he's still meeting new doggy friends all the time. We were there today, and he had a blast.

He loves this weather! He carried an absolutely enormous stick in his mouth for the entire 45 min walk! His love for sticks has not diminished in the least :) He and Emma still get along great. They always sleep on the same bed together, despite there being many throughout our apartment!

He's gotten a lot bigger! He's 70lbs now!

Christine Wilson

Clooney

Hi Bonnie,

Clooney has been such a wonderful addition to our family that we have also just adopted a wonderful little kitten named Edmund - we all call him Eddie :) You can probably imagine Clooney being curious about this little monkey and we laughed out loud when the kitten was upside down inside the tunnel of his cat tree when Clooney approached him last night.... Way too cute!!

If Eddie sits still long enough, hopefully we can get a picture of the two of them together for us to send your way. In the meantime, I have attached a pic of Clooney with our other cat Patches just lounging around on the couch!

Colleen Haskett

Pekoe

Hello Christine,

Pekoe has settled in very well - she's very playful and loves to tease the other two cats. We thought she would be shy but she's not at all. We had contractors in during the last week - very noisy with lots of hammering and banging. The older cats hid but she would hang around watching everything they did.

Pekoe is fully recovered from her spay procedure. Fighting fit and trying to torment Imogen's pet frogs - she managed to get the lid off the tank this morning!

-Claire Foley and Family

Rigby

On the update front, Rigby, one of the Beatles puppies is doing really well. We fostered him and ended up adopting him:)

He is center in the photo with his friends Daisy and Coco.
That 5lb, 5 week old puppy has grown into a 78 lb beauty. He is 20 months old now.

We are lucky enough to live near a safe open area where many people let their dogs walk off the leash. As a result, Rigby has so many dog friends in the neighbourhood that he is able to play with them regularly. It is wonderful to watch!

Yvette at Awesome Dogs did a great job and with lots of practice, treats, and perseverance, walks are a joy for both of us. Recently we had family, including their 13 month old, stay with us for a week. Rigby would not leave the toddlers side and would be found sleeping outside her door at night. The two became fast friends. Such good friends in fact that when the toddler grabbed Rigby by both 'lips', leaned in and bit him on the nose, his only reaction was to wag his tail (:

Rigby is such a great dog!

Barb Busigin and Family.

Buddy

Hi Guys!
Just a quick note to update you on Buddy. I’ve attached some photos, and he is doing great! He loves his walks, and has brought so much joy into our lives, and as you can see is growing so fast!!

He loves playing “tug” and is learning new words, but most of all – he loves waking up early in the morning with big wet kisses!

Thank you again for letting us adopt him. Buddy has brought so much laughter and love into our home, it’s a joy having him around!

Regards,
Loveleen

Kona

Hi Lori,
Just wanted to send a quick update on our little Kona (ARF's Zinnia)... who's not so little anymore! She just came home today from her spay surgery and is doing very well. She loves the snow and spending time in the sunshine keeping a keen eye on the backyard. One of Kona's favourite times of the day is her run in the yard with Paul; even he can't always keep up with her!

Her training at Awesome Dogs went very well and she continues to be an astute student. Kona also enjoys playing with every dog (and person) she meets; she's very much a social butterfly!

We are so happy to have this little gal in our family and are grateful for all the hard work and dedication of the ARF volunteers and Foster Families.

Sindy, Paul & Kona

CallieP

Hi....my name is Callie and I was adopted into my new forever home a few months ago. I became a little sister to Emma ( who only took a couple of days to fall under my spell) and we have bonded extremely well!!!

Our daily games of tag provide much entertainment to my humans... although my forays up the curtains seems to bring out rather louder voices than normal... not sure why;)

As you can tell from the picture,I am really getting into this computer stuff!!

I really like it here, so I think I will keep them........ will keep you posted.....meow!!

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