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Our girl, first pic is the day she was rescued from the streets. She spent three months in foster and now 4 months in our home.

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I rescued her myself from an industrial area of Miami. She eventually found a forever foster. She’s since passed but I think about her often. Lovely girl.

Rigby is an anxious baby. She had a rough time of life before being found as a stray with an injured leg that ended up needing to be amputated. I adopted her in 2019 and she was afraid of everyone and everything. She has made a TON of progress but still has some anxieties about specific situations. Eating, meeting new women or children, and sleeping. She growls or barks at the cats if they even step near her when she’s napping. And she adores the cats.

When I adopted Rigby, I had an older dog, Kona, who was somewhere around 8 years old (adopted as a young adult). Her confidence and friendship really helped Rigby come out of her shell. They were best friends, but even then Rigby didn’t tolerate her coming too close at snooze times. Kona passed away almost 2 years ago and Rigby adjusted well, but has been noticeably more nervous anytime we go outside of the house. So when I started looking for another dog I wanted to find one who would be a good emotional support animal for Rigby, haha.

Bonnie, who I got in Dec 2023, is everything I hoped to find for a new member of the family. She is confident, joyful, and loving. She wants to be as close as possible to her family at all times- which has caused some friction- but she learned to back off. However, Bonnie is pretty stubborn and resourceful pup. She has been slowly creeping closer to Rigby’s napping spots over the last several weeks. Today I looked up from my book to see this and my heart melted. My sweet girls 🥰🥰🥰 I love to see Rigby still making progress and knowing something in Bonnie is helping her somehow.

Casper came to me as a "Hospice" case. He was surrendered June of 2023, by an elderly couple who was struggling with Casper's health and mental issues. He had over groomed his entire back half, he was attacking everyone in the household- the other cat he'd lived with for 11 years, and biting his owners. He was urinating out of the litterbox. He had a cancerous growth on his face. He had been previously four paw declawed (his first owner, who is unknown).

In fact, if anyone had asked for Casper to be euthanized, I'm not sure anyone would have blinked an eye. It's clear he was struggling, and in pain. His previous owners tried a lot. And on his surrender form they answered the question "What could we do to help you prevent surrendering today," with "Make him better". They knew Casper still had life and fight left in him.

August of 2023, in the midst of grief of loosing my 16 &1/2 year old man cat, I spotted Casper online, and made a rash decision he didn't deserve to die in a shelter. 16 months later, he remains cancer free, and he's received a whole lot of monthly Solensia injections. He's finally stopped over grooming, and he walks so much more comfortable. He's still a grumpy old man, but who can blame him 🤭

Top pic was on the day we took him in. He was a very affectionate boy. Loved having his belly rubbed but hated to have his claws trimmed. Got upset when my husband and I argued. Went into fiend mode when he smelled chicken.

My latest foster boy Kilo was TERRIFIED in the shelter 😢 He is loving life here in foster!!