Skippy (Now Scruffy)

Skippy came to our shelter as a stray and he was very old! He needed his teeth cleaned and a cyst removed from his side. We had no hope for anyone adopting him because of his age. He stayed with us for about 2 months when Ruth Gray, our dedicated dog walker, decided that Skippy needed a home. She took our Skippy (now Scruffy) home and has not looked back since! Scruffy is in heaven!

Here is Scruffy.

He's been with me 3 weeks and has fit in well with his feline family. He is very good about not touching their food and has actually been with one of the cats on the couch. We walk in the am with Diane and our neighbour's dog Bailey. Bailey often isn't good with dogs but Scruffy's such a gentle soul that this is also working out. He lets her lead the "pack" and all is good. In the pm walk there is just the three of us and he loves being out. We visit Diane for tea after. She recently adopted a cat left behind in our complex. His name is Murphy and they have met once and both were very mellow.

See you!

Ruth

Grayson AKA Mitz

We wanted to let you know that we adopted Grayson (who renamed Mitz, due to his 4 white "mitts") in February of this year.

Mitz is doing well and is very much a part of our family!

He has such a personality, talks to us all of the time, and is so loveable!

Family and friends who come over to visit love Mitz, too.

His favourite sleeping spot is on our pillows between our heads!

We can't imagine our lives without him.

This is a photo of us that was taken two weeks ago (on Halloween).

-Rich, Natalie, & Mitz.

May

Hello there!

We just wanted to let you know how grateful we are that May has joined our family. She is an amazing girl and has fit perfectly in to her new home. The cats have adjusted to her antics and even the rabbit has established that he is higher on the totem pole than the dog.

Our strategy the first month was to make sure she was really tired at the end of each day so she didn’t have any excess energy for getting into mischief. This, along with a 2 hour home session with trainer Ann Jackson was the best thing we did. Ann sat down with the family and helped us iron out all the basic house rules and do’s and don’t for us as new dog owners. This was really helpful to ensure we weren’t making mistakes with her that would be difficult to fix later on. We also signed up for beginner obedience classes with Ann that the whole family attended. They started mid September and just finished up and May was voted most improved in the class! A lady assisting with the class has a purebred Kuvasz and was able to give us some valuable insight into the breed and would smile and nod knowingly when she saw May being silly.

We are so happy to have May with us; she is a wonderful addition to our family. I suspect we will have some trying times ahead but we have signed up for more obedience classes in the new year and can call Ann at any time if we have and questions or concerns. Thanks so much to all of you at the shelter for taking such great care of her and having the confidence in us to take her home.
Thanks again, Sandie, Bjorn, Rachel and Julia