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Rusty

We have taken him on an overnighter to Scotts Valley where he got to run on acreage, he has gone to Point Isabel with his doggie friend Lucy, he has made a few trips to Concord to visit with my parents and my sister's family, he comes along with me to pick up Aras from preschool, Suzy and Aras took him to the Alameda Wine and Art festival, we have taken him to dog parks in Joaquin Miller Park, Rockridge and San Francisco, and he goes on at least three hikes a week.

Aras and Rusty have become great friends. Rusty will chase Aras around the house and is always so very gentle with him. Rusty also has a habit of checking on Aras, I guess to make sure he is ok. He loves to steal the stuff animals over Aras' bed and make Aras chase him to get them back. (It is quite entertaining to Suzy and I.) Rusty is also a star when my sister's kids (ages 5 and 2) are around. He will even run with all three boys and is so amazingly happy to be hanging out with the kids. Rusty ignores the cats and we have now hit the point where all three of them like to lie in the sunroom during the day and nap. We have his grass allergy under control with Benadryl and fish oil.

Rusty has adapted to our family quickly and we can't imagine our family without him. He truly is a special dog and is so well loved by our family and friends. I can't thank you enough for allowing us to adopt Rusty. Sincerely, Vicky

P.S. Suzy said her late mother always insisted that a dog needed three names. So his official name is Sir Rusty James.

Lilly

I just wanted to drop you note about how much we are enjoying Lilly. She is very sociable and after only two days she and Naboo are comfortable with each other. Lilly often runs up to him and rubs against him and gives him licks! It's very adorable to watch. She's eating well and is not intimidated to eat side by side with Naboo or with either me or my boyfriend watching. She knew immediately to use the litter box as well. She loves playing with all the toys we got for her as well as playing hide and seek with Best of all, she is very cuddly and sleeps with us at night! We are so pleased and excited to add her to our lives. I thought the other day what a wonderful foster mother she must have had as we are finding her very well adjusted and affectionate! Please give her our thanks and please feel free to check in whenever you feel like it!

Thank you so much, Stephanie

Gomer

Kai

Nanette & Jimmy

Casey (formerly Quincy)

Romeo (formerly Mitchell)

He is a mean looking pitty, yet he loves everyone, especially small children and babies. He currently knows over 30 different tricks and has a Good Dog Certification as well as a Therapy Dog certification. He is my best friend and my baby. It really amazes me that he was at the shelter for almost half a year! From lot-dog to couch-potato dog, I guess it was destiny!

Pretty soon I will be looking for a girlfriend to keep him company while I'm at work, he misses my old roomates dogs and needs someone to wrestle and snuggle with while I am away! Maybe I will be paying a visit with him to find the right playmate!

I've attached some photos for your enjoyment, use them as you wish and pass on the word that even the ugliest, scariest, worst reputation of dogs can be the sweetest and best behaved creatures you'll ever know!

Lots of love from Sterling and Romeo!

Baci (formerly Fido)

I just wanted to give you both an update on how our dear Baci is doing. We adopted Baci (once known as Fido) back in April. I am pleased to report that Baci is doing well as part of our family. He has grown considerably – now weighing in at approx. 75 lbs. (He came here weighing just over 50lbs...).

Baci loves his daily walks, playing with his "brothers" (our two sons), playing with our elderly cat, Chloe and generally living up to his name - which means kiss in Italian. He also treasures his chews (which he can't wait to take outside to bury) and his black kong. You can just see the smile in his eyes as he trots through the house, tail wagging, w/ his chew in his mouth!

Baci is also an official "canine good citizen" - he passed his test several months ago. And we constantly receive comments as to his good training. A few people have even asked if we are dog trainers! (no, I attribute the training to a couple of good classes and Baci's good nature). Not to mention the folks that stop and comment about how beautiful he is! We had one person pull his car over to comment, one person interrupt his phone call... and the list goes on. People are surprised that he came to us as a rescue.

I've attached a couple of pictures for your enjoyment. Hope you are both doing well. And thanks again for letting us bring Baci into our home.

Bandit

When we moved into an apartment a few years ago that would allow us to have cats, I immediately researched places where I could foster. Home At Last jumped out at me and after chatting with Janis I was hooked. She (and Traude) are amazing - they put so much love and care into their foster charges and the adoption mobiles every weekend, ensuring that the cats go to a well matched, wonderful homes!

We ended up fostering for about 2 years. We would have loved to adopt every single cat we fostered but due to our schedule, we knew it wasn't the right time. Even if it was incredibly hard to let our little furball charges go, we knew that Janis was placing them with amazing people who were a great fit.

Fast forward a bit - we were lucky enough to be able to settle into a permanent home base. We were fostering our big boy Bandit at the time with whom we just fell in love. We didn't have him very long before we decided to give him his forever home. We were actually quite saddened that meant an end to our fostering, but knowing our Bandit will grow old with us, makes it all worthwhile. We couldn't imagine life without him and considering he follows us around like a shadow and seems ok with having us as his personal belly-rub attendants.

Hugs,
Sabine