Paw Pals of Clinton County

  I wanted to forward this picture!  We adopted  “Velvet” from your shelter the first week of August.  We renamed her “Annie” as she was our red haired orphaned dog.   ”Velvet” was adopted by another family and then returned the next day “because she was a little on the needy side”.  We feel that we are so lucky!  Her need for attention and love is one of the many qualities we adore about her!   She was very timid and scared when she first arrived here.  It took her a few weeks to understand that she had a home.  She is one of the most wonderful dogs we have ever come across.  She has been such a blessing to us!  She is honestly the sweetest dog we have ever met!  We just cannot believe that she was a stray.  We have had so much fun trying to guess her story.  She still needs a lot of love and attention but we love that about her!  Have a wonderful holiday and know that you made the Kontor family complete! 

 Merry Christmas!  If any other Goldens come to you that are as sweet and gentle as her-please contact us!!

It’s pictures like this one that just warm your heart! We’ve done updates on Harry (Rusty when he was at our shelter) before, but we just had to share this one. Harry is an older guy that wasn’t in very good shape when we first saw him. He had skin and hair loss issues and problems with his eyes. He honestly didn’t have much of a chance to be adopted. Tracey, one of our volunteers, didn’t want his last days to be spent in a shelter without a family. She contacted rescues hoping to save him. Miracles do sometimes happen and Harry was taken in by Eileen and Young at Heart Pet Rescue. From there he was adopted into the wonderful home where this picture was taken. Thank you so much to everyone that has a part in making stories like this happen!

Bryant Hunger sent a picture and gave us this update!

We adopted Dyno in the summer of ’09 and wanted to let everyone know that he is a spoiled and happy puppy who now has a recently adopted lab sister. We can’t thank you all enough for the great things you all do!

Now, for a little background on Dyno.

Some of you may remember Dyno from the shelter a year and a half ago. He was surrendered by his owners. He was frightened and confused, and didn’t know why he was left there. He was starting to show some aggressive behavior, and some of the staff and volunteers were a little afraid of him. They just didn’t understand him. Luckily, a couple of our volunteers who are familiar with Huskies took an interest in him. They visited him a couple of times at the shelter to work with him. Dyno took to them right away. He still wasn’t doing too well around anyone else and was in danger of being euthanized, so they offered to take him home as a foster. This was the big break Dyno needed! He really thrived in his foster home while they waited for just the right family to adopt him. His next home needed to be forever, so his foster parents made every effort to make sure any possible adopters understood the needs of a Husky. Thank you to Mick and Kendra for helping this guy out! Sometimes a pet just needs a little extra time to adjust or recuperate before they can go to their forever home. This is another example of how important fostering can be. We would like to thank all of our fosters for what they do and all who adopt knowing that pets (like people) aren’t always perfect and sometimes need a little work.

Attached is a photo of my dog Sophie. I adopted her 2 years ago this month from the shelter. Best dog ever! Thanks!

Sugar's new family!

Here is Sugar with her new family!  They met her at our offsite adoption event at the Carmel/Westfield Petsmart on Saturday, October 9th and came to our shelter the next day to take her home.  Now that’s a happy picture!