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   9/23/08

   Arcticulates

   We do not have a pet shelter where I live, but I do have several friends who take in strays and un-wanteds... They are so awesome and really love animals. I adopted a cat about 5 months ago, and he seems to be fitting into our lifestyle perfectly. The people that dedicate their time and money to help out animals here in this remote Alaska town are the best,and some of the most compassionate, caring people that I know.

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      9/23/08

      PetLvr

      Sounds like you have some great friends Can you ask them to submit some stories?
2. 

   9/23/08

   SweetViolet

   All of my pets are rescues. Two dogs came from a private rescue service (once has since gone to doggie heaven), one came from the SPCA, and the last one I found on FreeCycle, just 48 hours before she was going to be killed by her owners because they were emigrating and they were unwilling to pay for the quarantine. Their plan was to leave on a certain day and to have the dog euthanized if nobody wanted her.
   
   I had a 14 yr old blind little dog when I was preparing to move halfway around the globe. The vet said she probably wouldn't survive the trip in the hold and the airline would not allow me to bring her in the cabin, even if I bought her her own seat (I offered). I postponed my move until I found her a new home AND spent two weeks transitioning her to her new owner. I would not have left the US without having found her a loving new home.
   
   I have a friend who rescues daschunds (here we call them "wors hondties"--pronounced "vorz hoynkees"--sausage doggies). One of her dogs she brought in from Zimbabwe, rescued from Mugabe's thugs...the farm the dog lived on was seized from its (white) owners.
   
   I have another friend who runs a private rescue...two of my dogs came from her.
   
   I'd love to have a Yorkie, but I'm waiting for one that needs rescuing!

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      9/23/08

      PetLvr

      That sounds like success stores ... Can you email me all of this with some pictures?
      
      Unfortunately, I'm only accepting emails and also request that you word it so I can just copy/paste YOUR words into the blog. Each story will be a separate post.
      
      Thanks
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      9/23/08

      PetLvr

      Received your email Thanks and, they are cuties
3. 

   9/23/08

   ranist22

   I adopted an 8 year old cat from the SPA. Most people want kittens, not old cats. I was pregnant at that time and I wanted a calm animal, even though I had a garden at that time. She came into our lives and took about a week to adjust. She had obviously been an apartment cat, was very scared to go out. Then, one day while I was resting and watching TV, she came out from under the bed and came onto my chest. That must have been the way she watched TV with her previous owner. She lived 8 years with us, so died at 16 , of old age, she just got progessively weaker, but finished her plate upto the last day. She was the loveliest and most touching animal I ever had. Unfortunately the photos I had of her were on an old computer.
   
   I still find it difficult to get a cat, but surely will, because they are an integral part of my happiness.

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      9/23/08

      PetLvr

      She sounded like a nice cat, and even though you don't have pictures .. please consider sending me your story!
4. 

   9/23/08

   PetLvr

   P.S. Don't forget to mention where you rescued or adopted your pet from!
   
   One of the hopeful outcomes of this upcoming pet adoption day is to show people that it's GREAT to adopt a pet!
   
   I have been posting weekly Pet Adoption "ADS" on my blog since 2005 from the Winnipeg Humane Society, and I love their signature ...
   
   Saving just one dog won't change the world... but it surely will change the world for that one dog

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   9/28/08

   PetLvr

   Gratuitious Bump ~
   
   I'm still looking for pet adoption success stories ...
   
   But, I know it's not a perfect world - if you have a pet adoption failure story .. I'd like to hear it too!
   
   HART

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6. 

   9/28/08

   GrayFoxDown

   Butterscotch came upon us one moonlit and otherwise inconsequential night. There he suddenly and determinedly was, meowingly clawing at our door, and my wife and I gave him some milk. He came the next night and we gave him some milk and fish. He must have been so satisfied with these two visits that the next night he came to stay. This scampering-pattering puff-ball of brownish-tan and white, assuming the form and function of cat, wouldn’t have himself feel like a stranger for long. As soon as he concluded that our door was opened to him, IN he rushed and quickly made himself at home on our bookshelf: between my collection of Dickens and my wife’s collection of Proust, which was right below the shelf that contained our collection of Greek drama and comedy, and right above my carefully concealed stash of Playboy magazines. As with Poe’s raven who sat atop his bust of Pallas and accompanied his days of forgotten lore, so did Butterscotch sit…but, of course, with moderation; he would move around every so often, especially during times of full moons and solar eclipses.
   
   Butterscotch, we were and are still certain, is a cat with a game plan; there must be something behind those blue eyes (one of the few cats I’ve ever seen with blue eyes). When we had him examined, the vet found that he was very healthy (for which we were glad), very fat (which was an understatement), about 2 years old (which made sense) and a pedigree (which was one of the stupidest things we’ve ever heard). By this time we had long ascertained that Butterscotch wasn’t only the fattest and laziest cat in New York City, but second only to his talent for eating and sleeping was his extraordinary talent for not being able to do anything at all. However, we went along with the joke, paid the bill, and on the way home picked up another sack of cat food for Butterscotch.
   
   However, I would be doing Butterscotch a great injustice if I didn’t mention one talent he does have indeed: he’s a ladies’ man. During one of his midnight wanderings, he must have gotten word to the local cat community that he had found two incredible suckers and was proud to announce that he had “made their home HIS home.” Before we knew it, more cats were showing up at our door and even more cat food was being stored in our pantry. Along with this increased influx of cats, there also arrived Butterscotch’s Personal Harem of feline female acquaintances. Many were the moonlight nocturnes and serenades of cat romanticizing that would screech and caterwaul into the quiet night. Many were the times when a revolt in Butterscotch’s harem would cause him to stagger home bruised and bewildered. But these high times and hot nights came to a rapid and happy finale, when we kept him in and finally trained him as a house cat…thus ending his “cool cat” career, if he wanted to stay in our house (like my parents once did with me…but that’s another story). Also, Butterscotch was getting older and may have been happy for some moderation in his life.
   
   There were times when I was a kid and sent on errand by my mother, I brought home everything in existence but what was originally on the errand list. For instance, there was a time when I was sent to the grocery store for a quart of milk, a loaf of bread and a tub of butter…and brought home a snake (but you’ve heard of those things before). It’s nice to see, now that I’m in my latter and more amused days, that unexpected creatures now come looking for me. What can I say?…or deny?
   
   (Published 9/25/07 on my blog The Electric Egg Cream)

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      9/28/08

      PetLvr

      Nice story! Although, I would feel uncomfortable republishing a story (in full) that has been published on your site, where you should get the benefit. Would you feel like rewriting something, and submitting it with pictures?
      
      Also- I'm only accepting stories to be published that are received via email.
      
      Thanks
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      9/28/08

      GrayFoxDown

      Thanks, but I wasn't uncomfortable about copying/pasting it here. It was merely collecting dust (like Butterscotch himself) on my website and figured that it could collect dust just as well at BC. Also, thanks for the suggestion regarding the rewrite submission...I'll consider it. Best Regards.
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   9/28/08

   bladeaxe4

   long stories buddy ~

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8. 

   9/28/08

   LillyMouse

   we adopted our dotted, black-and-white, pavement-special hound Dora from a canine center outside Rome (the italian version of RSPCA)...
   
   the experience of selecting one dog out of 900 desperate souls left my partner and i in tears!
   
   but from the experience we found a creature who fitted naturally into our family, is loyal and pretty darn clever too. She can sit, roll over, roll over in the oppposite direction, play dead and will stay outside a shop waiting for me for hours,ignoring all the pestering passers-by.
   
   when we adopted her we were told her name was Dora, about 6 months letter I was looking through her documentation and noticed her name was actually Rotella... she was so polite about it, never let on we were addressing her incorrectly, and now pretends she has no idea who this Rotella is
   
   She's lived with us for a year now. I test her occasionally, "Rotella!" - she turns head the other way, and I'm sure I can see her wink!
   
   (On the side, the centers were set up by ex-Rome Mayor, Veltroni, and Berlusconi's nemisis...
   
   Veltroni adopted two dogs himself to encourage people to adopt rather than buy petshop puppies. I strongly advice adoption instead of supporting the doggy factories, which are horrific... see Peta's website for more details)

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      9/28/08

      PetLvr

      Sounds like a great story! Feel free to submit this via email with pictures of Dora!
      
      I know what you mean about selecting 1 out of 900 .. that must of been tough for you. We too would like to adopt all the unwanted dogs, but can never do that.
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      9/28/08

      SweetViolet

      I am allergic to animal dander and therefore am restricted to owning "hair" dogs as opposed to "fur" dogs. The difference is that a "hair" dog is one that needs regular haircuts from the groomer because the hair just keeps growing longer and longer and longer. Fur dogs shed their hair out and the length is constant.
      
      So, the list of dog breeds I can own is short: poodle, yorkie, maltese (if anyone knows of another "hair breed" of dog, please let me know). Our rescued Foxy has to live outside because if she's in the house she sheds and triggers my allergies.
      
      Anyway, when we went to the SPCA to find our second dog, we had to limit ourselves to the breeds my allergies will take. In the small dog kennel there were a dozen or more Maltese (a very popular breed here) but almost all of them were spoken for...the only one that really needed a home was the wild one that kept picking fights with her cellmate and was literally bouncing off the walls. So, contrary to the experiences of others, we actually had difficulty finding an available dog at the SPCA!
      
      Oh yah...the wild dog? Her name is Candy and we've had her almost 4 years now.
9. 

   9/28/08

   FHI

   We adopted a cat a month ago that vanished a week ago. She never had an interest in leaving our home even if we left the door open. We found her once when she was trapped in a room in our basement put this time we ripped our house apart with no luck.
   
   Since we have adopted animals for the past 15 or so years this one racks up as embarrassing if we go back to the shelter for another pet.

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10. 

    9/28/08

    Nomadic

    My cat, Halle Berry was about to be put down because the kid was alergic to her. They called her "fluffy". what can I say? She's mine all mine now. I love her to bits.

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       9/28/08

       PetLvr

       A Fluffy Halle Berry, eh? I bet you have some nice pictures to go with your story
11. 

    9/28/08

    Shelives2write

    I have two cats that are both rescue cats. I got my first cat, a tabby I named Nala from a vet. The vet told me that her daughter is a student at Purdue University. She said her friends found the kittens in a bush outside of the school. I call my cat my little college student.
    
    My second cat Simba- he came from a shelter which finds cats in humane societies that have no hope. Sometimes I look at him and think "He could've died.. for no reason." I love them very much and I am glad we have each other. They both came into my life when times were hard, and they made it easier to survive.

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       9/28/08

       PetLvr

       The story of Simba would be interesting nudge,nudge
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    9/28/08

    robinj

    we have a husky lab cross a rescue puppy that looked a lot smaller on the web site he is now a arrogant teenager with attitude I will let you know in 2 yrs whether it was a success story lol

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       9/28/08

       PetLvr

       2 years is too late How about a status-quo story, if you are not sure it's a success story yet?
13. 

    9/28/08

    chatblanc

    I'm sooo glad you're helping to raise awareness about pet adoption!! My cat Maxx, his picture is my avatar, is a rescued kitteh that I adopted a few years ago. I'll try to put his story together for you and email it. I'd love to give the Specialty Purebred Cat Rescue some props.
    
    Kudos to you and all the pet adopters out there!

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       9/28/08

       PetLvr

       Thanks I'll be waiting for your email!
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    9/28/08

    syamsulm77

    tell me your unsuccessful story!

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       9/28/08

       PetLvr

       no! tell ME your unsuccessful story!
       
       
15. 

    10/07/08

    PetLvr

    8 DAYS LEFT!
    
    If you would like to be included in our pet adoption event and want me to publish your Pet Adoption Success story in the PetLvr Blog ... follow these recommendations...
    
    1) write it!
    2) Email it!
    3) Include pictures!
    
    See? It's quite simple

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16. 

    10/07/08

    DocNicole

    Ok! I don't know if I have any old pictures of my dog Honey...maybe I can find one on photobucket. lol

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