Minerva and 57 Pets Found Happiness this week!

Have you heard Minerva’s story yet?

After being adopted from us as a kitten in 2019, 6 months ago Minerva was surrendered to Bedford Animal Shelter. Once they realized she was our cat we arranged to have her transferred back to our care. Only when we saw her, she wasn’t the same tiny kitten we once knew. Minerva was 16 lbs of mush and love. We decided to put her on a diet and give her as much exercise as we could until she was adopted, but it wasn’t much.

Because of her special diet, she couldn’t be placed in the larger rooms, so her exercise was limited to her small crate. After months of no adoption interest, we decided to give her a shot in one of our offices with the Volunteer Coordinator. She loved it there! She was social, active, and talkative. As much as she loved it she still wasn’t losing weight, and customers were no longer seeing her. Minerva’s best chance of losing the weight was being adopted.

Finally last week after we moved her to the very front of our lobby she was adopted! We are so proud and excited for Minera, and so thankful to her adopters. We’d also like to thank Bank of the James for being this month’s banner sponsor.

Pets that were adopted October 28th through November 3rd.

Cats that were adopted:

Apple Bourbon, Belushi, Blossom, Boots, Bullseye, Caboodle, Cahoots, Cheez-it, Cherry, Doxie, Farley, Harbor, Hemlock, Hickory, Kermit, Limeade, Macy Gray, Maple, Martin, Mila, Minerva, Oakum, Oyster, pacific Cooler, Phione, Pika, River, Salma, Sassafras, Sugar Apple, Tadpole, Triscuit, and Waldo.

Dogs that were adopted:

Alfie, Blondie, Bowie, Charlie, Chilli, Chocolate Croissant, Copper, Delia, Dussell, Gabriel, Kona, Luck, Midnight, Millington, Nala, Pearl, Philadelphia, Priest, Reeka, Scooby, Simba, Stevie, Wild Bill, and Wishbone.