Kiwi was rescued from a hoarding case and now she is home!

Sweet Kiwi, who we transferred in with three other dogs as part of a rescue of 106 dogs in Henry County, was terrified. She had never seen the world outside of the pen she was kept in. She wouldn’t let anyone touch hers, and she would hide and tremble in her room when folks stopped to look at her cute face. But little did she know that her world was about to change forever!!

After a few weeks with some of our very patient and gentle-handed staff, we slowly won Kiwi over! We were able to get her groomed and her matts taken care of. And one day, a lovely couple came in to meet her. They were touched by her story and fell in love the moment they met her. They decided the journey would be worth it to get her feeling like a normal pup someday! The great news is, the journey was much shorter than they expected!

Kiwi now goes by Zoey, and she is a completely different dog! Her new parents describe her as “pure sugar,” and say she has great house manners and has done so well with her leash training, usually staying right by their side!! Thank you so much to Zoey’s adopters for changing her life.

Pets adopted this week!

Cats adopted:

Aramis, Aubrey, Bluebird, Buster, Butterhead, Butternut Squash, Chicken Nugget, Dapple, Edamame, Finch, Gibson, Gus Gus, Honey Mustard, Jason Voorhees, Jet Star, Junie B. Jones, Kelly, Kimiko, Kyra, Lazarus, Lil Jon, Lope, Ludacris, Mabel, Mint Chocolate Chip, Mizuna, Momo, Morticia, Nonna, Osprey, Party Poison, Piney, Pop, Pretzel Salad, Pumpkin, Revival, Romaine, Rudolph, Sally Brown, Snickers, Squishy Face, Story Time, Stripes, Stuffing, Sully, Sweet Corn, Terrapin, Tortilla, Winnie, Yen. 

Dogs adopted:

Ariel, Belle, Copper, Eleanor, Hannah, Hermione, Kahlo, Kiwi, Kona, Mapo, Miss Piggy, Otis, Rocky, Ron, Samson, Sparkle Motion, Zippo, Zodiac.

Pretty girl Rosa found a home and she is a Facebook star!!

After Gunnar, another LHS alum, passed away there was a hole in Duncan, his dad’s heart. He wanted to give another dog a loving home like he had done Gunnar. Duncan made his way to LHS where he found Rosa and he couldn’t imagine a better dog to help him during his grieving period of Gunnar. He took her home as a foster first during our Thanksgiving Home for the Holidays special. But after a few weeks he knew she was home. We’ve had some amazing adoptions this week and we especially love a foster fail (or success if you ask us ;).)

We’d like to thank Duncan for being such an amazing adopter. Not only caring for Gunnar and adopting Rosa, but for donating her entire adoption fee during the adoption special to pay it forward and continue supporting our pets! If you would like to stay up to date on Rosa’s happy new life go check out their Facebook group: Adventures of Gunnar & Dunc!

Pets adopted this week!

Cats adopted:

Arugula, Ash, Athos, Bagheera, Balsamic, Basil, Big Mac, Boa, Boo, Brian, Celia, Chip, Chunky Monkey, Cindy, D’artagnan, Doja, Eloise, Funk, Gingeroot, Greyball, Haven, Jasper, Judy Warren, Larry, Lavender, Lazarus, Lou, Lumiere, Mac-n-Cheese, Michael Myers, Mike Wazowski, Moxi, Mr. Waternoose, Mrs., Potts, Ollie, Oracle, Pixel, Poe, Porthos, Rotini, Rox, Roz, Sabrina, Sage, Thousand Island, Tonka, Triscuit, Wheezy, Whiskers, Wile E. Coyote.

Dogs adopted:

Alfalfa, Alp, Andes, Benito, Bourbon, Feyre, Greta, Hannah, Jack Skellington, Pippy, Rosa, Scooby, Sgeayl, Tigger, Waltz. 

Let the Bissell special begin! But first we celebrate Eve and Louie!!!

Louie and Eve waited over a year before their respective families finally came in and scooped them up! The holidays is season is turning about to be quite promising! Last week was the first week of our adoption special partnering with BISSELL Pet Foundation and Louie was adopted then! They came in after seeing he was made “pet of the month” and his story touch them. They fell in love and knew he’d make a great addition to their family, which as an added bonus LHS alumni, Akita Lexi was also a part of!!

Eve was adopted the week before where she spent time in a ‘Foster Home for the Holiday’. That is when her fosters, now owners, fell in love. They have since sent us an update, they call her Evie and she is absolutely loving her new home!

Thank you so much to both of these adopters for taking Eve and Louie home, and thank you BISSELL Pet Foundation for sponsoring these adoptions during our two week long adoption special! Here’s to a December filled with even more love and second chances. If you are interested in love story like this, stop by until the 15th for $50 adoption fees!

Pets that were adopted!

Cats adopted:

Ace, Addie, Aranbee, Belly, Bleu Cheese, Bufo, Bugs Bunny, Buttermilk Biscuit, Butters, Candi, Cinnabon, Cranberry, Daffy Duck, Disco, Doctor Strange, Emma Lee, Floki, Furby, Genji, Glenn, Goldfish, Green BEan Casserole, Hanzo, Hazelnut, Honey Roasted Ham, Isabella, Ken, Luke, Mashed Potatoes, Mellie Grant, Monroe, Mori, Mr. Big, Ms. Tumnus, Nadja, Parchment, Patches, Pelleas, Pippa, Quarter, Richard, Rupee, Seasalt, Shaggy Skye, Slinger, Small Fry, Smokie, Spider, Spongebob, Spookley, Spool, Spud, Suki, Sunshine, Sweet Susie, Techno, Thimble, Tide, Timber, Toad, Turkey, Tweety Bird, Viola, and Whimsy.

Dogs adopted:

Angel Baby, Athena, BeeBee, Biscuit, Bo, Bronx, Dixie, Himalaya, Leesa, Louie, Meredith, Mogli, Mustang, Party Hat, Sally, Salsa, Shep, Shining Armor, Twix, and Winter.

Darlin was rescued once and then again for good!!

At just a year old, Darlin was tied to a tree and abandoned. You likely saw her story on Living in Lynchburg a few months ago. A Lynchburg resident heard howling behind her house one night, but assumed it was a coyote in the woods. After hearing it again the following night, her gut told her to investigate. Following the cries, she stumbled upon Darlin, tied to a tree stump. She was so small, and despite being left behind, she was excited to see a friendly face. Not willing to leave her side, the finder brought out some water and a meal and sat with Darlin’ until LPD arrived.

She was taken to LHS swiftly, and from then on, her life was set for change! She blossomed, and while we’ll never know what the one year of Darlin’s life was like, we are just grateful for her second chance at Happiness! We don’t have a photo of her adopters, but Darlin was adopted two weeks ago, just in time for Thanksgiving. There will only be full bellies and love in Darlin’s future.

Thank you so much to Darlin’s adopters and thank you to the 40+ people who gave pets ‘Foster Homes for the Holidays’. So many pets found their forever family through this push for foster and those who didn’t got to spend Thanksgiving in a home instead of the shelter, so we thank you whole heartedly.

Pets adopted the last two week!

Cats adopted:

Ace, Althea, Bagel, Bear, Belle, Boo Batter, Bors, Bronx, Cassie, Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey, Cookies & Cream, Dell, Dublin, Fortune, Gregory, Guenevere, Java Crunch, Kenny, Marcie, Moose Tracks, Morty, Myra, Neapolitan, Orangesicle, Phish Food, Pire, Remmy, Sharon, Silver, Steel, Sun, Zimomo. Acadia, Aegon, Butchie, Butterfly, Cheshire Cat, Creedence, Duck, Dunkin Donuts, Garfield, Gawean, Gigi, Goose, Gumbus, Huntress, Katz, Lady May, Lollipop, London, Lou, Mayor, Momma Ophelia, Morgana, Newt, Nyx, Omari, Pope, Onion Powder, Peep, Rodney, Rumble, Skittles, Solana, Stratus, Sylvia, Thread, Toothless, Tori, Turbo, Viserys.

Dogs adopted:

Avana, Bronco, Collette, Danielle, Darlin, Direbound, Franklin, Latte, Lil Chicken, Mama Memphis, Marble, Miley, Oswald, Peek-A-Boo, Pongo, Shea, Silversmith, Sonic, Zodiac. Brody, Brutus, Buckwheat, Buffy, Cedar, Chrisley, Claudine Wolf, Dawn, Doodle Bob, Enzo, Eve, Fawn, Flora, Knight, Mr. Hat, Neo, Pirate, Rover, Sawyer, Smokey, Stan. 

FeLv positive mom and daughter have been adopted after a year!!!

When you stop by the Center for pets the first girls to greet you are Pumpkin and Arrow. Located front and center in our Blue Sunroom, and FeLv+ room these girls were set up to go home first. But if you know about the stigma surrounding FeLv, you’d know that it’s not that simple.

Arrow and Pumpkin are mother and daughter. Arrow had Pumpkin when she was around a year old and likely had FeLv then. When the owners found out at vet that they were Feline Leukemia Positive they chose to surrender them. In many cases cats with Felv have shortened life expectancies. So it is always heartbreaking when they wind up in the shelter. Pumpkin and Arrow got the best seats in the house we could offer and we hoped they’d find a home together, but knew as Felv cats it would already be a challenge finding one of them a home. They waited for over a year. We marked them individually and separately and even though they remained healthy and happy their entire time with us no one seemed to ask about them.

Last month we made one last stitch effort, we revamped their profiles and officially made the “Pets of the Month” which includes waived fees, and features them at the top of our website. And my some miracle someone came in. Not only to adopt one but to adopt both of them.

We couldn’t believe when she came in to adopt these girls and we are so grateful she did! Thank you so much, and we wish you the best of times with these sweet girls.

Pets that were adopted!

Adopted Cats:

Alistair, Arrow, Bestie, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussel, Buttermilk Biscuit, Cami, Cashew, Charlotte, Cheesecake, Cherry, Citrine, Clover, Cranberry, Creamsicle, Damien Wayne, Delta, Elvin, Empanad, Estrella, Forrest, Gail, Ghoul, Goldfish, Grits, Hazel, Jessie, Jingle, Junie B. Jones, Katara, Katwon, Led Zeppelin, Lemongrass, Lucio, Lucy, Maserati, Mayflower, Mercutio, Monet, Monsoon, Moriarty, Nightingale, Orange Sorbet, Orbit, Perogi, Phaedra, Pumpkin, Quesadilla, Raquel, Rotini, Rumble, Saddle, Shenandoah, Spurs, Stimpy, Stirrup, Thin Mints, Tilly, Tiramisu, Tootsie, Trinket, Uni, Van Halen, Wildcard, Yzma.

Adopted Dogs:

Berkley, Blue, Butch, Callie, Christina, Green, Jimmy, Kiwi, Leesa, Lola, Millie, Mobox, Oakley, Orange, Pepper, Red, Roy G. Biv, Smokey, Victor, Violet, Wookie, Yellow.

Smalls adopted animals: