I was looking around for a support dog. I stopped and chatted with Chloe, and then I went on my way. I looked at a couple of other dogs, and then I was walking back past Chloe when she let out this yowl like, “Wait!” I told the lady, “I’ll take ‘er!” and she’s been here ever since, with her two siblings– cats Henry and Nonna. She likes to chase them, so they basically stay in the room until they come out at night when they know she’s asleep. Chloe sleeps in my bed every night. She hogs the covers.
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It was around 11 PM when I saw a white and grey cat in a Tim Horton’s parking lot while my friend was driving us home. I gasped, “Oh my god, that’s a cat!” My friend sighed. “Do you wanna stop?” After roughly two hours of talking to the cat, befriending them, feeding her, etc. we sent her home with my sighing friend for the night so we could bring her to HSHV the next day. Our sweet and fluffy friend stayed at HSHV for barely a week; she was dubbed Quigley, and we were all laughing about how she
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It’s been over 20 years since I’ve had a kitten or a puppy, and as my daughter gets older and comes closer to finishing high school and going off to make her own way in the world, I decided it was time to open my heart again. After losing my 4 long time pets in the past 5 years, it was really difficult to even think about it. But this past summer, I house-sat for a family that had three cats and I found myself missing that companionship after my house sitting duties were done. So, I went to HSHV
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It’s hard to believe that we only adopted Otis (formerly Legs) only 6 weeks ago because he feels like he’s been part of our family for years! I know he was meant to be with us. I had begun searching for a partner to my other puppy because she had more energy than my older dog could keep up with, but I also had that nagging feeling in my heart that I needed another dog… You know, it’s like when you know you’re ready to have kids and you find yourself so anxiously, impatiently waiting! For me, it has been
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