Rescue Juice - Garth!

We LOVE to include the successful adoption stories - it is what we TLC volunteers call the 'rescue juice'... It's the stuff that keeps us going when things get really tough or hard, and we question why we are still trying to stem the tide of killing adoptable dogs... 

So here is your rescue juice dose of the day from one of adoptions recently:

Garth with his new BFF, Norma!

"Here is a picture of Garth with his new and exclusive human, my 93 year old mother, Norma.  (I'm on the right with my 15 year old doxie, Doodlebug). 

"Garth immediately attached to mom and adopted Doodlebug as his BFF.  He allowed me to clip him, removing the goatee and trimming all but his legs, ears, eyebrows and handsome mustache.  

"Norma has always had a dog during her life.  Garth is the FIRST to be allowed to sleep on her bed!  

"Garth has trimmed down and muscled up - loves racing around full speed.  He now lives on a ranch property, so he can race at will and not be endangered by cars, bicycles or whatever.  

"Thanks to TLC for the perfect addition to our family!

Success Story: Alfee

Celebrate with us the adoption of Alfee, another success story at TLC... We believe in No-Kill, and that every healthy, adoptable dog deserves a second chance at a furever life... We make a point of saving one 'hard case' for every four dogs we save... And Alfee was a save when the medical ward at Ventura County Animal Services had gotten a bit too full to keep taking in more dogs needing extra medical care... This is how we found Alfee in the shelter as an owner surrender... 

Besides needing a lot of grooming and bathing, Alfee had an enormous mass inside of his mouth that was pushing his lower jaw out of alignment with his upper jaw... That is NOT his tongue you see, but the mass inside of his mouth!... Can you imagine trying to eat with that inside?... 

Surgery and expensive vet bills later, our vet declared the surgery a success, and for sure, Alfee felt MUCH better after it was all done!  One of our TLC volunteers is a professional dog groomer and she comes in once a week and gives at least 8 hours of her talent to our dogs that need the full-on 'glam' treatment of grooming... Every TLC volunteer has different talents they bring to the table, and we appreciate each and every one of them... Once Desiree worked her creative magic, this is the new and beautiful Alfee!... 

We discovered that Alfee could be a playful sort of chap despite his senior status... 

And it is also our belief that we 'stop the clock and freeze time' for these dogs that take longer to find that extra special BFF of their own... We felt the right person would come along who would absolutely fall in love with Alfee like we did... 

Alfee came a LONG way with just a bit of TLC, the desire to say, "No, we're not going to allow this dog to be killed on our watch"...

This week, six months after we saved his life, Alfee found his new BFF... Yes, we were all SO happy for him - another success story that is certainly deserved for this munchkin!  Congratulations, Alfee!

Success Story! RobRoy (now Ludo)

Adam just updated us with some new photos of a puppy he adopted from us recently.  RobRoy (now Ludo) looks like he is grinning in each of the photos.  what gorgeous pup!  He looks SO happy....


From Adam:

"Ludo (formerly Rob Roy) is doing great. He's seven pounds now. He recently went on a trip with us to Arizona and loved it. We're starting to think that the mystery father was Jack Russell Terrier instead of Chihuahua."

A Week in the life of Carlos....

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Update - Successful Furever homes!

From Posey's new furmom:

I just wanted to send you a pic of my girl and let you know she is doing fantastic.  We are so incredibly happy with her, she is such a good girl. BTW she sleeps with us :) , no accidents (NOT ONE) in the house, super sweet...All I have to say is thank you for taking such good care of her, for saving her and for letting her choose us.

I am attaching a picture we took of her at a friends house.

Update on Zeus (now named "Alex")

Zeus as in pretty sad shape when we found him in a high kill shelter in June of this year.  The majority of his pretty Maltese coat was gone and his skin showed through in various shades of light pink to deep hurtful red.

He worried his foster mom all the time, as she tried to discover the culprit for his massive loss of hair. Eventually we figured out he was allergic to fleas - it took just one flea for him to start chewing through his coat and causing top level skin tissue damage.  And you knew from looking at him, Zeus must be in pure misery and pain once it started!  It would no sooner clear up -- then it would start all over again.

We just got an update from Zeus furmom - he is now named "Alex"...

"I just wanted to share this picture of Alex with you.  Alex likes to lie under the Christmas tree.  I think he loves the tree's skirt and branches over head.  When I came home the other day, he had the skirt in the middle of the room. The skirt was rolled in a ball and he was lying on top of it!  He is such a "love bug".  I think I may need to put him on a diet though; he just loves to eat!  I will bring him by to see you over the holidays!  His coat has gotten very long, but I still find him licking his front legs at times."

And Alex now looks divine as the angelic angel we knew was there all along!  He just needed lots of TLC and a great furmom like Jill to adopt him!