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Supersonic Buzz--the Best Present Under the Tree! (January 2012)
We are so happy with our Buzz, the former Herschel. He is a constant source of entertainment, joy, affection. Wherever I am in the house, he is not far away. He has two speeds, supersonic & stop. Buzz has a sweet disposition, gorgeous eyes that are either lime green or lemon yellow depending on the light & his coat is the softest I've ever known. He is mischievous... Enjoys pushing full iced tea glasses off of my bedside table... smart... He can open a drawer to torment my earphones (he remembers where they are) & a great friend to all in our household, he's known to sleep with the guinea pig from time to time. He is one remarkable cat, we are so glad to have found him. |
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Birthday Boys Anticipate Doggy Yogurts (January 2012)
Today we officially adopted Josh, who we have been calling Teddy. He is the sweetest, most loving dog imaginable! We love him and so do all of our girls and their dogs who often come to visit. Tanner is so happy to have a brother and they play constantly! Even Oliver, the cat likes him. Teddy loves his walks at Shelley Lake and the dog park, where he makes numerous friends! We can't wait to start taking him to Topsail Island in the spring and fall and introducing him to our back yard pool this summer. Teddy and Tanner are enjoying some birthday doggy yogurt in this picture, on Tanner's first birthday (New Year's Day). This will also be Teddy's birthday since our vet placed him at one year old. Thank you so much for a wonderful pup who is already a beloved family member! |
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Hooray for Hector! (November 2011)
Sorry for the delay in pictures of Hector. He continues to be a sweet and lovable boy. Everyone who meets him just falls in love with him!
Janice |
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Kya's a Keeper!! (November 2011)
I adopted Kya (originally "Emily"... Eno/Drake's brother) in December 2010 and she has been the best thing to happen to me. She is sweet and loving yet playful and funny. I don't know what I would do without her.. thanks CARE!
Laura |
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Easy, Kind, & Gentle Tess (November 2011)
According to her paperwork Tess is one year old this week! I wanted to send you a pic and an update. As you can see from the attached pic her right ear stayed floppy (and cute!). She is about 55 pounds now. She has turned out to be the greatest dog ever. She is easy and kind and gentle. She has tons of energy and enjoys her daily walks. She is also very smart and sensitive, so the rare "no" is always really taken to heart. At least once every few days we say to each other that we couldn't imagine our lives without Tess and she really couldn't be a better dog.
Thanks for helping her find her way to our home.
Kat Good |
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Bubba -- Who Rescued Whom? (October 2011)
Bubba (formerly known as Reno) was rescued by CARE and then he rescued me! My niece found him online and knew he was just what I was looking for. He came into my life when there was a lot of emptiness and I needed focus. I am completely in love with my furry guy! Bubba is the most incredible puppy I have ever known. He is smart, trains easily, gets along with everybody (and their dogs) and has the most gentle disposition. Puppy classes were a cinch. I give a lot of the credit to the way he was cared for by his foster mom. He loves to play and investigate, but tries really hard to please. I'm so lucky to have found Bubba! He truly has to be one of CARE's best rescues!
Carolyn McCain |
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Happy Birthday, Pepper! (August 2011)
Today is Pepper's (previously known as Blizzard) 2nd birthday. He is doing great and we are so happy to have found him at your place. Hope all is well with you folks.
Take care,
Michelle |
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Niki found her purrfect home! (August 2011)
Dear Foster Momma Sue,
I wanted to let you know how I am doing, and to thank you for finding me my forever family. They taking good care of me and let me be my unique little self.
As much as I resisted in the beginning, I am learning to accept all of their attention. Much to my surprise, it feels really good to let them pet me-it even makes me purr! To show my appreciation, I like to bring them gifts in the middle of the night, like my special mouse or random items I find around the house. I leave them right in between the two big people in their comfy bed. Of course, I announce that I am there, and let them know I brought them a surprise. I think they really like my surprises!
The smaller person who lives with us is really great too. She has awesome toys in her playroom and sometimes I borrow them. I really like her stuffed animals-they are just the right size for me to carry around the house, and I definitely prefer them to my own toys! She likes to pet me and give me treats. I like to sit with her on the couch after school while she does her reading homework. She is really nice! |
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Misha found her forever match! (July 2011)
We just wanted to update you on how Misha is doing! She has been doing really great, and we love having her! She just graduated from her training class this week. She is such a smart little girl, and she knows so many tricks now. She knows sit, down, come here, stay, wait, shake, crawl, spin, drop it, leave it, and high five! I am so proud of her, and I love working with her. She is also a lot better about being in her crate, and we have even tested leaving her out in the apartment sometimes when we are not going to be gone very long. She has been really good about letting me get work done while I am at home. We have taken her to Umstead park a couple of times and she seems to really like that. She took a few weeks to warm up to meeting new people, but she is getting a lot better about that too! We just really love her and we thank you so much for everything! I have also attached to photos of her for you! I hope everything is going well!
Thanks again,
Joanne & Michael |
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Matilda, what dreams are made of! (July 2011)
Just wanted to give you an update on Matilda...she is doing wonderfully! She has grown A LOT since we brought her home, around 35 pounds now at 4 1/2 months! It's pretty amazing to look at the first pictures we took of her compared to now! She also lost her first tooth this week :) We are almost finished with puppy class where she is the star student! Matilda always volunteers to demonstrate the lesson of the day :) While she wasn't so sure of the car at first, she now likes her car harness and is content to see the sights.
Matilda has learned to walk nicely on the leash, and loves to greet and play with all the dogs in the neighborhood. Chris and I have met so many of our neighbors because of her. She loves sticks and can be quite ambitious, trying to drag along fallen tree limbs! We have started to take her to the dog park where she loves to check out all the dogs and mostly lick them to death! She is learning to play with them, but sometimes is more interested in the people...when she gets worn out, she flops down in front of any available person! Her favorite playmate is an Australian Shepherd who desperately tries to teach her to play instead of roll over on her back and his persistence usually pays off!
Matilda likes to surround herself with toys, picking them out of her toy box. Often she can't decide between two and carries one in her mouth while batting another around with her paws. In one of the photos, she has her favorite monkey, which had already been repaired several times! She is also a BIG fan of bully sticks...I swear she goes into a trance when we give her one! Her kong is also a favorite...she's not picky, a little peanut butter, cream cheese or mashed sweet potato and she's a very happy puppy!
She still has a bit of the crazies in the evening right before bedtime. Definitely like a tired child. It's pretty entertaining to watch her make loops around the house while she nips at her toys. She also likes to find her blankie and drag it around the house until she finds the perfect place to curl up for a nap.
It's hard to remember what it was like before Matilda's thumping tail and puppy kisses. She has definitely been a fun addition to our home. One of my favorite sights is her sweet sleepy face when she wakes up each morning.
Hope you enjoy the update! Please feel free to add this to the Happy Endings page. We have seen the update on Pearl...glad she is doing so well in her new home! If her owners would ever like to get the pups together, I'm sure Matilda would be happy to have a reunion! Here's hoping that Delilah gets a home soon too. We check the site often to check on her.
Enjoy the photos!
Danielle & Chris |
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Raleigh (aka Lucille) really knows her stuff! (June 2011)
In honor of Raleigh's 7-month birthday, here are more photos of her and a video as well (you'll see in the video that her agility skills are better than my camera skills)! My boyfriend, Matt, is the one in the video doing the agility with her - we take turns during class. Raleigh is so incredibly good at agility! She performs the obstacles much more consistently than any other puppy in our class, and I really think she could be a great agility dog! We will definitely be seeking out more classes when this one ends next week. One other think I have learned since I last talked to you is that Raleigh LOVES mud (which I'm sure you can see in a couple of photos). She literally was rolling around in a huge mud puddle for several minutes - getting her head and everything else involved - and I've never seen her so happy! Of course, we immediately went to get a bath, which wasn't so fun, but she looks really cute when wet! Hope everything is going well in North Carolina, and thank you again for such a wonderful puppy :)
~Katie |
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Sally has the life of a social butterfly! (June 2011)
I thought you might like to see a new picture of Sally. This is her with her puppy buddy, Tchotchke, after a good round of puppy play. She is getting so big. We are all having a great time together. She is part of the family, and it seems like she has always been here. She happily spends a lot of time out in our yard. Keith takes her on lots of puppy playdates. She's helped us meet lots of our neighbors.
Bridget |
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Pearl, is Boodle (the cat's) best buddy! (June 2011)
Pearl is continuing to be wonderful. Just as you predicted she is getting more confident everyday. She is starting to enjoy short walks around the neighborhood and absolutely loves romping on trails in the woods. We took her to some trails the other day that go to a pond and she loved playing in the water and getting all muddy (she did not love the bath afterward, but she was a trooper). She is also having a great time making new doggie friends. She's had a few playdates so far and has done a great job with every dog she's met. On Tuesday she played with a friend's incredibly calm but huge malamute/akita mix and they got along famously. I attached a picture of her passed out on the kitchen floor after we got home. She was so wiped from playing that she wasn't even interested in her dinner until after she had slept for a while.
And Boodle is handling Pearl's presence with surprising grace. They are definitely not friends (though Pearl would like that), but they have been very respectful of each other so far. Boodle seems to be quite interested in Pearl when Pearl is napping and will often tentatively walk over to her and sniff her or stare at her from a few inches away. When Pearl is awake and wants to play, Boodle is understandably less friendly and usually retreats to a high place where she watches Pearl play and looks fascinated and horrified at the same time. I think that they eventually might be friends, but for now the respectful distance is working well for everyone.
In short, our life with Pearl is great. She's still not a fan of the car, but she's definitely less anti-car than on our first day with her. We've been giving her her favorite treats during every car ride and taking her to fun places, so I think that's been helping. She's such a fast learner!
I could go on about her forever, so I'm sure we'll send another update soon.
Best,
Laura and Hannah |
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Griffin and Starla, a pair of characters indeed! (May 2011)
In January of 2011, as "senior" newlyweds of just a couple of months, we complicated our blended family even more and brought Griffin home from an adoption event at Phydeaux in Chapel Hill. Little did we know we would double our fun when Starla, Griffin's mom, became adoptable three months later. They are so bright and funny, keeping us entertained for hours. Our home is full of energy and warmth thanks to these two loveable, little souls who are now the focus of our love and affection. Thanks to Deborah and CARE for giving us this opportunity. Adopt and save a life...or two. You won't regret it. |
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Romeo, a true love story! (May 2011)
Romeo does indeed have a story of greater circumstances from whence he came, it is rather appropriate that he be added to the CARE website as a happy ending. Romeo was the previous "property" of a backyard breeder who maintained many Boston Terriers and dozens of cats in an abandoned home. There was no electricity or running water, all of the dogs were maintained in crates. They were never let outside, but left to dwell in a crate that was filthy. He was underweight, full of puncture wounds (which occurred from his short stent at the local shelter), and he had 3 broken toes on each of his hind feet when he entered his foster home. After several months of wearing splints on his hind legs, he recouperated and is readily using all 4 of his beautiful legs. The puncture wounds healed and he put on weight.
But the real change in Romeo has been in his behavior. Coming from an environment where he was seen as only as a means for profit, he was given little stimulation or socialization. It took quite a while before he figured out what a toy was to be used for, and even longer to build good potty habits. Throughout his recovery, he was handled quite a bit and I attribute his easy going nature to this day to be completely doted on during this process. He asks so very little of his forever family; love, nutrition, understanding, and medical care. In return, he offers the best reward possible; unconditional love. There is no doubt that he appreciates every moment of his new life, every stroke of his head and cuddle is cherished. Each and every night, he can be found cuddled up in his "daddy's" lap, soaking up the love and warmth that has become a part of his daily routine.
Romeo has become a never ending supply of antics. He is always the life of the party and he enjoys playing with other dogs (especially puppies), and traveling with us to new places. We recently went on our annual trip to the beach and Romeo loved every minute of it! We have attached a picture of him on the beach with his new Doggles on, very stylish! Thank you so much CARE, for your investment in Romeo. He has paid us back 10 fold every day that he is with us, and we look forward to spending many years to come enjoying his wonderful company. We promise to keep him happy and safe, and to continue to share all of the things in life that are worth experiencing, with him. We wouldn't have it any other way! |
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Mason and Bruiser, the pitter patter of pooches feet! (May 2011)
Last summer, after suddenly losing our wonderful 12 yr old dog, Maddy, (rescued as a pup) my wife, Chantelle, and I decided to adopt another dog from a rescue organization. Because I have allergies it was important to find a hypo-allergenic dog, which we thought would be difficult as most rescues are mixed breeds. As it turns out, it wasn't difficult at all. We found Mason (a 2yr old Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier) at the CARE website and both thought he looked so cute and goofy that we should definitely check into him. We went to an adoption event at the local Pet Smart, and immediately fell in love with his affectionate and silly personality. At that time Chantelle was working out of the home and she loved having Mason around to brighten her work days with all of his crazy antics. But this spring, she started a new job, which required her to work at the office and Mason was left all alone in the mudroom. We had recently come to the conclusion that, despite our efforts, children were probably not going to happen for us, so we decided to fill our home with the happy sounds of playful dogs. We immediately went to the CARE website and found a cute little 14 lb Bichon Frise, who we affectionately call Bruiser. He lives to be held and cuddled, which Chantelle adores, and Mason and Bruiser have bonded and become the best of friends. These little guys bring joy to our lives everyday and we cannot imagine our home without them. |
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Poppy, the ever-blooming flower! (May 2011)
Our family was so lucky to find Poppy in April 2011 and we knew she was special the moment we met her. Poppy loves to be outside and is always on squirrel patrol. Our curious puppy also loves to chase frogs on her evening walks. Poppy is our sweet girl and we are so happy to have her in our family. We cannot thank CARE enough for helping Poppy find our home and all the great work you do. We love her so much! |
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Patsy Cline never had such a good time! (May 2011)
Her name is Patsy, Patsy Cline, because she is "Crazy" and has me "Walking After Midnight" (her original name was Fiona). Notice Patsy has a large white glob on her collar. That is a snowball. She had bounded through the drifts, the snow melted around her tags, and the result was a snowball. It captures her personality perfectly. Patsy had been adopted into a household that didn't think dogs should be allowed inside. As a tiny chihuahua-mix puppy, she was kept in the back yard, and she'd get out to follow people. The owners took her to the animal shelter because she "kept running away." The shelter folks recognized what a special girl she was, only 4 months old, and contacted C.A.R.E. Her foster mom, Deborah, realized immediately what a bright, affectionate, outgoing girl she was and wanted to wait for a really special home. I'm proud to say we were chosen. We'd just lost our last elderly dog, and our remaining chi mix was lonely. While walking around Shelley Lake in Raleigh, I met a couple whose daughter volunteered at C.A.R.E., and I told them I wanted a young female chi mix. They said their daughter would be on the lookout. In the meantime, I adopted another chi mix, a male, and when C.A.R.E. contacted me about Patsy, I said I couldn't take her because I'd just adopted a new dog. Six weeks later, however, I ran into the C.A.R.E. folks at Dog Days of Cary and casually asked about "Fiona," because I'd never seen her on the website. They told me her foster mom had been reluctant to let her go, but she was now on the website, available, and there right now! I had my two boy chi's with me and decided to have a meet & greet under a big tree. Patsy climbed in my lap, said, "I'm home!", said to her brothers, "How ya doin'? We'll have some good times!" and the rest is history. She is the most popular girl on the block, loves babies & kids, is fearless, loving, best friends with our cat Quincy as well as her brothers Jeter & Chico. Her snaggle-toothed grin is part of her charm. She is indeed a very special girl, and I am so blessed to have her in my life. |
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Nakita has the keys to our heart! (May 2011)
We adopted our second dog from C.A.R.E. after having said goodbye to Phoebe (also adopted from CARE) after only seven years. Nikita touched our hearts at the adoption at Phydeaux. When we met her in the store, an immediate bond was made. There so much noise at the pet fair, but this did not matter. Nikita found her way into my lap. She curled up in my coat on my lap and was soon snoring. We visited for a couple of hours. Nikita was asleep inside my jacket within the 1st 20 minutes. Nikita was brought to us a week later on January 30, 2011. The second day Nikita was with us, I was napping on the couch. Raising a puppy is tiring... She crawled up onto the couch and fell asleep on me. Nikita is such a great puppy to snuggle with! Even though her eyes are open in this picture, I was told we were both snoring... Nikita is a real photo bug. She loves to have her photo taken and loves to pose. She snuggles so much that her thing is to lay on back our neck like a blanket. She is real neck warmer. We will be forever grateful to C.A.R.E. for bringing Nikita into our lives and our hearts. |
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Sierra is a success story! (May 2011)
Sierra's Success Story, by Lauren Coleman, age 11.
Hi, I'm Lauren Coleman, age 11 from Cary, NC. I got the absolute world's best, sweetest, indescribable dog, Sierra Snowflake Coleman on September 30, 2006. Sierra was about one year old when we got her, now she is five years old. Sierra is a Mountain View Cur, a hunting dog from the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. Sierra has always been a perfect fit for our family. She is also a very loyal dog. Sierra always looks out for me and my sister. When I'm gone she lays in my room waiting for me by the door, even when I'm just in the shower for a few minutes. Whenever I'm bored I always have someone to play with. She will do whatever I want. She loves to please you. She can do some tricks and loves her Frisbee. She likes to go on walks at least once a day. When my Dad is home on a conference call, she bugs him and howls in the phone to people in California.
Even though she is five years old, she has never really slowed down. When I looked up how long Mountain View Cur dogs live, it said they live from 12 to 16 years. So hopefully, I will have her for a very, very, long time. One funny thing is that she is terrified of thunderstorms, so whenever there is one she likes to come cuddle with me. She definitely shows her hunting abilities too. We have a garden and a way overpopulated squirrel problem. So, whenever the squirrels want to get our garden Sierra looks at them, then bolts after them. Sierra is so fast. Then she trees the squirrels and keeps them out of our garden. She is a very social dog too. She loves other dogs. Sierra is the world's best dog! I want to keep her forever. I love her very, very, much!!!!
Thank you CARE for letting us adopt her.
Lauren Coleman |
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