Oregon Friends of Shelter Animals

Rusty, to you, 'BC' to us, is taking to the house and his environs like
'gangbusters'. We did manage to get home today for a few hours to 'meet'
him. He is great. He's very playful and has really taken to our grandson,
Joey. I'm attaching a picture that I took today. He is the 'lankiest'
Siamese we've ever had. He's built more like a 'real' Siamese. You can see
my wife's hand holding a piece of bread so he would look up. He was more
interested in eating.

Once again, thank you so much for your help. We were getting a little
dispirited in our search. You made it easy.

Mike & Pat Parke

Dear momma Marilyn and daddy Steve,

Thank you for giving me to my new mom and dad! Life as a Roth is so fun! I was given time to sniff, run, play, climb and do all the things you guys let me do! They give me food and the same fun snack that momma gave me every night. They also have lots of fun toys to play with and wow....I have a big sister too...Maggie. She didn't seem to like me too much the first day, but she is getting to be a good pal. She helped me clean my head this afternoon and she is making sure I stay out of trouble. She plays with me a little now and has even let me stay with her for nap time on the "big bed" during the day. I seem to have found my way around and every night I have a nice new condo to sleep in where I can see all around the room from the penthouse bed! I sometimes get lost and don't know where I am, but my new mom and dad just call me by that same name that momma Marilyn gave me. My new mom says she likes it because I am "sweet like a gingersnap"...whatever that means! Well, I have to get back to my playtime. Tell Jet I will miss him, but I know that he will have just as much fun in his new home.

Love,

Ginger

Just wanted to thank you again for the work you do. We have had Finnegan for 1 1/2 years now and love him so much. He just passed his certification for HOPE Crisis Response Animal Assisted Therapy and will now be able to go on call outs to situations similar to Hurricane Katrina situations, where you saved him.

He has had his Animal Assisted Activities certification through Dove Lewis for the past year and has been doing Read to the Dogs at our Wilsonville
Library, so this new certification takes him one step further.

Again, thank you for a wonderful, incredible dog who is now able to give back to people in crisis situations because of your rescue of him in his time of crisis! Finnegan is definitely one of your success stories. Attached is a picture of him and my niece.

Jill Mohr

Wanted you to know that Cali has settled in and is totally comfortable with everyone. She is not shy at all anymore and goes to anyone that walks in the door. She jumps up on the couch and walks onto anyone sittings lap to say hello, give them a few kisses, but ends up on Chasen’s to stay. She loves her Chasen. She does not have any temper anymore, except when she is shaking one of her toys :>). She will let Chasen take anything out of her mouth (yes she picks up the strangest things and walked around with them in her mouth). She takes turns sleeping with me and Chasen, just crawls under the cover and snoozes away. She spends her days with the other dogs running in and out of the dog door (she learned to use it in one day because she wanted to be with the other dogs). She loves to chase shadows around the walls, too cute.

We love her and she has brought us lots of joy and laughter.

Thanks,

Alisa Berkland

Hi,

Just a quick note to let you all know that Benny is doing fabulous!
He is such an amazingly special, loving, and well-mannered dog. He became quickly attached to my daughter, and he stays by her side all day and even cuddles with her in bed at night (his choice). They're adorable to watch together. My husband and I also adore him and can't believe how quickly he's fit into the family. We took him for his vet visit today, and he's healing well from his "snipping" and appears healthy.

Thank you for rescuing him for us.

-Phoebe O'Leary

I'm 99% sure that Emmett is the best dog in the universe. I could not love him more. Since the day I took him home, he has been nothing but polite, sweet, gentle, and heart wrenchingly cute to everyone he meets. At home he is calm and quiet, and friendly to the cats, sometimes even deferential to them--I have even seen them boss him away from his food bowl so they can snack from it, and he just steps back and watches. Every day we take a walk; he's great on leash and likes to romp with the neighborhood dogs in Arbor Lodge park down the street from my house. We also usually go out to a dog park or other open space (the Sandy River, Kelly Point Park, etc.) with his dog friends--my friends and I have altogether a pack of 5 or 6 dogs, and Emmett loves playing with everyone. He is so happy bounding through the fields, whether chasing or just for the pure joy of it, with a huge smile on his face and his tongue hanging out. We also spend time pretty much every day hanging out with his best dog friend Tobey, a German Wirehaired Pointer.
They like to lie around and chew bones together, and fall asleep curled up.

I took Emmett to obedience class at Happy-Go-Lucky in October, and he passed with flying colors. He's still a little slow to get in the car, but he has overcome his fear of them, and now the only thing that seems to consistently concern him is when the heat comes on. He gets a very worried look on his face when the vents start blowing that hot air.

He has graduated from his crate, though he still likes to hang out in it, and can be home alone now. He also now gets to jump up and sleep in the bed with me--he tends to curl up next to me with his head on the pillow, and likes to roll over for a morning belly scratch when we wake up.

Anyway, I just love him to death, and I want thank you for giving him such a good start and for giving me me the little nudge I needed to give him a chance. He's curled up next to me on the couch with his head resting on my arm as I write this. I'm just going to assume he would like to say hi and thanks to you as well.

Best regards and Happy New Year,

Just a quick note to let you know things are going very well. As you can see, Holly and Hogan are becoming fast friends; this was taken 24 hours after arrival! She is exploring a little more each day, but loves the safety of the bathroom – home base. We got her a fuzzy tunnel which has a hole in the middle and she snuggles in that for her naps, but the carrier is her secure place when needed. She is starting to show her “other” personality, especially in the evening – boy can she move! I have noticed that when I stand up and come after her (like when she’s on the kitchen table) she seems frightened and runs to her safe place. Do you suspect she was chased a lot? It’s becoming less of a problem daily so I guess I won’t be concerned.

Happy New Year,

Kathy King

Spencer was a scared 11wk. old puppy that you rescued during Hurricane Katrina and brought to Portland. I adopted him the week before Christmas, 2005. He is the absolute joy in my life and I wanted you to see a few pictures of him as he celebrated his first birthday!

Thanks for all you do!

Pamela Maxwell

I just wanted to let you know that we couldn't be happier with Oslo. He is a perfect match for our family. He has been very respectful of our cat and keeping our little Fifa delirious with play! What a great snuggler too! We are already in love. Thank you for helping to build our happy home.

Jen & Neil