June 10, 2008
Update on Raquel
Racquel, my before and after baby has been adopted. She was immediately comfortable with her new mommy, and casually laid across her arm as she absorbed all the petting that she could get. Even better for Racquel was that she got to go to her forever home with a bud from her foster home. Braith, her bud was also a recent rescue who came from a feral colony. Braith was 9 months old, but you would never guess by her purring that she lived 7 of those months on the streets in Houston. Racquel sent well wishes to her sister Damita and the rest of her buds, and hopes that they too will soon find such a great forever home. Yea! Racquel!
Posted by tammy at 08:49 AM
May 04, 2008
Thank you, Village/Southwest News!
A special thank you goes out the the Village/Southwest News for running a Pet of the Week column for HOPE. Our very first Pet of the Week was adopted today. Button was the featured cat and was adopted by a woman who recently lost her cat to pancreatic cancer. Her second cat missed his companion so much that she made the decision to find another cat. When she saw a picture of Button in the paper she knew that was the cat!
It was a tearful but joyful moment for the adopter as well as Button's foster parents when the adoption took place and the foster family had to tell Button goodbye. The new owner was so happy with her new cat and the foster family was grateful for such a wonderful loving forever home for Button. Button was such a special foster because of her size. She weighed in at close to 20 lbs but part of that was due to the Maine Coon in her background. She was black and white with a perfect black furry heart right in the center of her beautiful fluffy face.
Next week's Pet of the Week will feature one of the HOPE dogs. The Village/Southwest News will feature a new pet of the week every week and will alternate with a cat one week and a dog the next.
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Posted by caroleb at 12:03 PM
May 03, 2008
From Canine Pariah to Fetching Frances
Sometimes watching the transformation of a pet as it learns to trust people is quite amazing. Case in point: Frances. Frances is a past alumni of the HOPE dog adoption program. I first saw Frances at an adoption event as she paced in her kennel and barked like the Hound of Baskerville. I thought to myself, "This is a special needs dog; how will she ever get adopted?" Frances was such a striking dog and she had so much spirit but, like many homeless dogs, her behavior was atrocious!
A few weeks later, I saw Frances again at another adoption event. She was demurely sitting with a young woman and attentively obeying commands. I was shocked! Could this be the same dog? I asked her foster mom what she had done to cause such a transformation. She had kept Frances on a leash next to her off and on for days rewarding good behavior and correcting negative behavior. The consistency and perseverance of the foster mom had paid off and Frances was adopted not long after that.
I was taken by the stick-to-it-ness and sense of humor of Frances' foster mom in dealing with such a difficult and seemingly impossible to adopt dog. It gave me hope that if Frances could get adopted then a lot of other challenging dogs could learn to behave and get adopted, too.
Posted by susanl at 07:58 PM
August 12, 2005
Spike writes home...
From the HOPE mailbox:Attached pictures: [1] [2] [3]Hi, Spike here.
I have been in my new home since the end of June and expect to have my new people fully trained soon. I have been busy and this is the first opportunity I have had to write.
I also have been keeping up with my favorite shows on the Animal Planet... the ones about big cats in North America. Somehow the producers neglected to contact me about my segment and interview for that show. I qualify as a big North American cat. I'll have to email them about that.
'Not much else is new. I just thought I'd give you an update. I send my best regards to all my 2-legged and 4-legged friends at HOPE.
Yours mewly,
Spike >^..^<
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