Scheduled Adoption Events

We love when we receive "pupdates" from repeat adopters! Reese (fka as Pinkie Pie) was adopted from ARWOB at the start of this year. Laddie joined Reese last month and they are BFFs. Here is what their adoptive mom has to say about these two cutie pies:

"Reese (fka Pinkie Pie) & Laddie are settling in very well! They cannot get enough of each other, constantly playing or napping together. Laddie is growing very quickly, already doubling his size in the month that we’ve had him. We think he’ll be a larger dog than what was originally predicted, which is definitely fun and exciting. At ~4 months old, Laddie is around the same size as Reese who’s now ~7 months old. These 2 have very different/opposing personalities- Reese is a timid and gentle soul, while Laddie is a curious social butterfly. They’re both relatively quick learners and are potty trained (thank goodness since we have carpet haha)! In terms of training, they’re both pretty food motivated so it’s been really fun coming up with new tricks and games to teach them."

We received a "pupdate" about Lola, who was adopted in March 2021.  Lola was a behavioral case and we are so happy that she has found the right family, who is working with her and making great progress.  Here is what her adoptive family has to say:

"Lola is doing great. She has not grown any bigger. She is the right size. We have not worked with a trainer. At $195/$120 an hour, we wanted to try ourselves first. We have a lot of dog experience. My husband is a retired K9 deputy. She seems to get better every day. The leash aggression towards other dogs is the biggest thing we are working on. We feel some things are her age. When she gets excited it creates a ripple effect of bad behavior. We like that she barks at people, especially when they come to the door, but she has not learned to stop barking when we tell her to. Once she alerts us, she needs to stop barking. We are working on that, too. Which has been getting better. She has the good German shepherd bark and that is just too loud for indoors. (I started this email right after I received your email. since then, her alerting bark has gotten shorter/better.) We are very happy with Lola. We can see why others may not have been able to train her. But, she wants to please so she is very trainable. It's just an every day, every hour thing. In a year, it won't be. We like to train our dogs to be able to walk off leash. And I think that will take 2 years. She needs to be calmer and be able to focus on just us. Lola really wants to be a lap dog. She loves it when my one son carries her. She rests her head on his shoulder and she totally relaxes. She is really a sweet dog that just wants to cuddle. We do see improvement everyday. She's just a toddler that needs constant reminders. We are very happy we found her!"

We have another lovely update from an adoptive family! Snowball (fka as Leona) was adopted from ARWOB in April 2020.  She is enjoying her new family and they seem to love her to pieces!  Here is what her adoptive mom has to say:

"Leona (now known as Snowball) has completed our family. She is the sweetest cat I have ever owned. We already had another cat, named Shadow, that was a tad on the grumpy side. Snowball quickly won him over and they are the best of friends. Snowball always wants to be with somebody. When Shadow needs his alone time, she seeks out one of us to be with. She even follows me around the house when I am doing laundry or other chores. She loves being carried and even asks for belly rubs. Snowball does have a naughty side. She has been known to steal food right off of our plate during dinner if we turn away for even a second. We have even found her on the stove licking an empty pot. But we can never get mad at that sweet face. We are so happy to have found ARWOB and Snowball."

ARWOB received this awesome "pupdate" about Jackson (fka Lucifer), who was adopted from us in April 2020.  Here is what his adoptive dad has to say about him:

"We changed his name to Jackson and he’s been having a blast with his big sister Rylee. He’s got the sweetest personality and we can’t thank you enough for bringing him into our lives."