Cherry Blossom and 40 of her friends found happiness this week!
Cherry Blossom came into our care back in March of this year. It didn’t take long for the staff here at the Center to fall in love with her sweet and sassy personality.
Always the first to greet you when you entered the room, wanting nothing but your time and attention. She loved showing off for everyone.
Tuesday, all of that showing off finally paid off and Cherry Blossom found her match! We are so excited for her and her new family. Thank you to everyone who came in and adopted! Also thank you to Terry Subaru for being our banner sponsor.
Juice and 52 of her friends found happiness this week!
Written by Ashley Douglas
They tell you how great fostering is, but you don’t really know until you do it. Juice was the first foster kitten that I brought home, and boy did we fall in love with her. We watched her grow, learn, play, and cause mischief with our four cats. She LOVED our cats, especially her best friend Malley. You could always catch the two of them getting into something together.
When it was finally time for Juice to graduate, I cried, big girl tears. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye, but knew it was time for her to find her very own family. While she waited Juice got to come to events, like Pawcasso, where she made some friends. She would also get snuggles from everyone who came into her room (which I did every day.)
Sunday, I was packing up things from the Fall Fest, and headed down the hallway when I saw this couple and one of our staff members walking out of the room with Juice and my heart got so happy. Her day had finally come! They were adopting her and making her part of their family. I got to say goodbye to my first foster kitten (now on number four) and watch her leave with her new wonderful parents. I’m so happy for them and this new adventure together.
If you are ever considering fostering, do it! It’s worth every moment.
Thank you to everyone who came in to adopt, giving so many pets homes. Thank you to Terry Subaru for being our banner sponsor. Check out below who all got adopted this week!
Pets that were adopted November 7th through November 13th.
Cats that were adopted:
Amorette, Barge, Bennet, Bowser, Cake Pop, Charlie Thomas, Cricket, Cygnus, Director Shepard, Facebook, Floofer, Fraken Berry, Grizzly, Iyaz, Juice, Jupiter, Kacie, Macho, Michelangelo, Milky Way, Miller, Mister Mozz, Oliver, Orange Pop, Ottilie, Paws, Peabody, Phoebe Buffay, Pilgrim, Poker, Regan, Ron, Sara Bellum, Sugarfoot, Trixie, and Wonka Bar.
Panini and 55 other pets found happiness this week!
Sweet Panini came into our care back in September as a lost pet. It didn’t take our staff long to fall in love with her cuddle bug, loving personality. She even made herself onto our volunteer walk list as well as one of our petcation approved pets! Panini had so many friends at the Center for pets, between staff and volunteers. Her favorite part of the day was her walks with her human friends, she couldn’t get enough of us either.
On Friday, Panini found her match! A wonderful lady came in just to visit and ended up leaving with Panini. We are so excited for them and this new adventure together.
We want to say thank you to everyone who adopted this past week, giving so many wonderful pets homes!
Check out who all got adopted below!
Pets that were adopted October 31st through November 6th.
You probably know Zander if follow along on social media or visit us at the Center for Pets. We first met him here at the Center for Pets in February 2021 after he was transferred as an at-risk pet from a shelter in North Carolina. Zander hasn’t spent all of these two-plus years in the shelter, he’s had breaks in foster, and even has been adopted, but none were quite the right fit for him.
I knew Zander for a long time, but I didn’t become close friends with him until a few months ago. I had heard from my coworkers that Zander was declining. This looks different for every dog but for Zander, he actually got quieter and wasn’t showing excitement or joy for much of anything. If you walked by his kennel, he would seem like a very polite, shy, dog but we knew that he wasn’t doing well.
I started bringing Zander to my office most days. He was a little nervous at first but, he was immediately able to take many deep, long naps that just weren’t possible in the loud kennel area. Everyone who passed by got a giggle out of his sploots and how he liked to pass out half-on and half-off the dog bed (which was plenty big to fit all of him I might add).
After about a week, Zander became a different dog. After he was able to trust me, we became fast friends. He was often seen squirming his way into my lap and pushing my hands away from the keyboard to give him attention. He also started playing with toys for the first time in a long time and we discovered that he loves to shred up cardboard boxes. (check out the cute video here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1021813992175876?mibextid=kcDB8O)
We started to feature Zander and his personality that blossomed through these consistent breaks from the stressful kennel area. One day, a nice man came into the Center for Pets who heard about Zander and saw one of the videos we made. He knew that Zander needed a family and he had been wanting a companion. After a few meet and greets, Zander and his new dad built the strongest bond we’ve seen with Zander and an adopter, and we decided together to go for it! Zander has been HOME since last weekend and was officially ADOPTED Friday.
Zander’s dad reports that he loves to cuddle with him on the couch, go on lots of walks and adventures, and spend as much time as possible glued to his side.
Thank you SO much to everyone who helped Zander find his happiness like Terry Subaru and CTA Consultants who sponsored his adoption.
Check out who else got adopted below!
Pets that were adopted October 24th through October 30th.
Back in January, I wrote a blog about what it means to be a no-kill shelter. That blog was an overview about the meaning of no-kill, and how it doesn’t mean that we are able to save every pet that comes to us. While I wish we could save everyone, it’s not feasible, realistic, or responsible. But…let’s dig into that a little more.
We save a lot of lives here. We give it our all to try to save all of the pets that come to us in need. While it is sad and difficult to make the decision to euthanize a pet when it is terminally sick or severely injured, it is, of course, the right thing to do. We never want a pet to suffer.
But when it comes to pets (usually these are dogs) that have behavior issues and could be a risk to the community – that’s when things get real tough. They aren’t physically sick and they aren’t suffering from injuries…but they are not safe to be adopted, so what do we do?
We work hard – that’s what we do! We give the pet everything we can to try to make them adoptable, we look for rescues, we evaluate their behavior, we contact veterinary behaviorists, we talk with professional trainers, but sometimes none of that works and a very tough decision has to be made. When that happens, we know we have done everything we can to save that pet, and that euthanasia may be the only safe decision. Even though we are able to save many pets that have some behavior issues, the truth is that we are not a behavior rehabilitation facility, and so we must do what is right not only for the pet, but also for the safety of the community. These are the decisions that are often the toughest for our staff and volunteers because these are usually pets that have been with us the longest since we take the time to do everything we can, and in that time our staff becomes very close with these pets. So when a tough decision has to be made, it can be devastating.
Because of our community, we have an amazing shelter but it is no place for a pet to stay long term. Some pets can handle this stressful environment, and others can’t. And if a pet is not ready for adoption or has special needs that make them harder to adopt, their stay here can be life threatening. We do everything possible to make them comfortable during their stay, but inevitably some pets start to mentally decline. Their quality of life begins to deteriorate and if we can’t get them out of the shelter, we must make the decision to euthanize – because again, we never want a pet to suffer.
We are fortunate that with the thousands of pets we save, the ones that are too sick, too injured, or too unsafe for the community only make up about 7% of the pets we see each year.
Our hope is that in the future, humanity will be kinder to pets and fewer will come into shelters and when they do come into the shelters, more will be able to be saved. But for now, we know we are doing everything possible for our community and the pets. Thank you to our staff, our volunteers, our fosters, and our community for helping us continue to save every pet we can.
