17 years ago, we bought our first home. With the increase in space we decided to go from one cat to two, giving Chloe (also from HSHV) a lifelong companion. Gandalf is still grieving the loss of his sister but has become even more loving in her absence. An elderly gentleman now, he still loves his place on the bed…right on top of the clean laundry.
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When my husband and I started dating, we always wanted two dogs. We went looking for dogs, even before we knew we were fully ready for one. After we got married in July of 2016, we really started looking. It became a difficult process as dogs we found online were already adopted by the time we could meet them. One random day, my husband asked me if I wanted to go furniture shopping for our new home and I countered his offer by saying we should check out HSHV. We found our sweet Angus in a kennel and knew he
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We adopted Lucky back in June and we love her to pieces! She’s got a big brother Finn to play with! Clover now Lucky
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I adopted Nimbus in March, just before the lockdown orders went into effect and I was just one week into work from home. He was a five year old former stray who cozied up to me right away. Through the months March to July, he was my primary companion. In August, I decided to road trip with him to see family. But when we stopped along the way to see my best friend, Nimbus escaped. We searched in the hours and days after for him, with no sign of him. By September when I returned home, I decided to adopt
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We had 2 dogs who passed within months of each other due to age and I felt so lost without a fur baby. I knew I wanted to adopt and was looking for a Jack Russell. My neighbor had one mixed with Chihuahua and he was pretty sweet. Then I saw Bailey on the HSHV adoption page and knew she was for us. She was a Jack Russell mix. We got her home and we loved her immediately. She didn’t know her name or any commands. If she could, she would escape and run down the street with us running
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My husband and I got married in 2017, and we each had a dog. His was a German Shepherd (Lanyi) that our whole family adored, including my dog who was two years younger than her. We lost Lanyi suddenly in September of 2019. We were all devastated, especially my husband who’d had her for 12 years. My dog would walk around the house and look for her and just stay sad all the time. It was awful! On Halloween, one of my Facebook friends shared a post of the Love Train puppies available the next day. I convinced my husband
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Adopted Iris from Tiny Lions in Ann Arbor. She changed my life and brought me love and strength. She’s my everything. She was just a kitten at three months old, now she’s about nine months. One thing she knows for sure – she has a forever home💕💕💕
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My husband and I would go to HSHV every weekend looking for our first dog together. We met so many sweet babies but they never were the right fit. After a year of searching we met Coco. She had come from Alabama on the Love Train a few days before. She was one of the only adult dogs on the train that week. I couldn’t believe she hadn’t been adopted yet. Looking down into the kennel at her in the puppy room, she looked back up at us with these huge brown eyes. We could tell she had been through
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At the height of Covid in March, we found ourselves without a cat in the house for the first time in my entire life. My husband and I decided to just go get a cat. We didn’t have an idea in mind of what we wanted. But we wanted a cat who would blend with our dogs. We got that and more from the lovely 12 yr old tortie named KitKat (Now Freya). She adores our dogs and attention from humans. She will eat literally anything, and loves to sleep under the covers with us at night. She is the
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My boyfriend and I came to HSHV in September to look for a cat to welcome into our home. I’ve always wanted a tortoiseshell cat and my boyfriend wanted a fluffy cat – so of course we immediately fell in love with Poppy, a sweet long-hair, tortie diva. It took her a week or so of finding all the hiding spots in the house and getting a feel for our life at home before she started to come out of her shy shell. Now a couple of months later, you can find her running zoomie laps, taking cozy naps on
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