Adoptions 4-19-08
It was a slow day, but we have some adoptions to report that didn't exactly happen as part of our adoption day. The theme today seems to be adoptions of animals that were older and/or returned.
Dogs: Simon, Rodeo
Cats: Mosaic, Pepper, Sinatra & Princess Annaliese
Simon: adorable little beagle, hopefully he picked a good new family, poor guy has been bounced around a bit between homes and is hoping to stick a landing in one forever
Rodeo: I think we had him down as a catahoula mix - very cool looking white dog with spots. His poor new mama was so excited to be getting him that she got there very early and had to wait for awhile, then her sister came up to meet her new dog-nephew and you could tell that he was going to be welcomed into this family with open arms!
Sinatra: he officially got adopted today, he had been out on a trial basis, which we very rarely do, but this was someone that we knew and who works at PetSmart. She adopted the cat for her grandmother and we wanted to make sure that grandma wanted a cat and was able to handle it before we made it official. Sinatra spends all of his time following her around and napping with her - a great arrangement for both. And the adoption is in the employees name because when grandma can no longer care for him, she will take him in and keep him for life. You can see why we went to extra lengths to make sure that this was going to be good for the family and the cat. Sinatra is a 5-year-old Himalayan that I pulled from death row at a shelter.
Mosaic: beautiful long-haired dilute calico that got returned with a rare gum disease. After seeing a specialist for the condition she was ready for a new home and got adopted during the week.
Pepper: another returned kitty got his forever home, we knew he'd go fast, he was only at PetSmart for less than a week and was young, friendly and declawed - not even on the website yet!
Princess Annaliese: Our big surprise adoption! At 8-years-old, she got returned in November for having accidents with loose stool. Barium x-rays showed Inflamatory Bowel Disease which is now under control! She had been being fostered at MuddPuppies and a woman who owns a shop in the plaza fell in love with her. I think they're going to miss her at the store and so will all of her fans! She had quite a few people who came in just to see her. Hopefully they'll like the next kitty that gets to live there.
