We are proud to present the “Happy Tails” that have been submitted by our adopters. If you have adopted from the Humane Society of Huron Valley, please submit your story here!

Thank you to all our adopters for providing loving homes to animals.

Ruse and Mari!

Ruse and Mari!

We adopted Ruse from HSHV in December 2019 after losing our cat Ginny (also adopted from HSHV) to acute kidney ...
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From HSHV to Social Media Influencer

From HSHV to Social Media Influencer

Jack came to our family from HSHV in 2013, as an energetic puppy. He had endured 4 previous adoption failures ...
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Loving Gordie

Loving Gordie

Over the past three or so years I have watched every rescue page, searched shelter websites, and subscribed to every ...
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Riley now known as Cain finds his new forever home

Riley now known as Cain finds his new forever home

We lost our fur baby back in March and decided we needed a new fur baby. We went to HSHV ...
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Happy Birthday to Longitude!

Happy Birthday to Longitude!

We recently celebrated Long's 1st birthday! That marks over 8 months of having the best cat in the world. He's ...
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Roundabout Adoption

Roundabout Adoption

In July 2018 my widowed sister-in-law adopted Elizabeth from the Love Train. Forward two years and my sister-in-law developed dementia ...
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Transformation of Love

Transformation of Love

I am writing one of my favorite Happy Tales. I am an Animal Care Tech in adoptions at HSHV. I ...
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A sweet addition to our flock

A sweet addition to our flock

I got a notice that there were 2 parrotletts on Pet Finder. I was so excited because I had been ...
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Our last baby

Our last baby

My husband had been bugging me for months about getting a dog. I didn’t want another responsibility to add to ...
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Rough transition -- but we made it!

Rough transition — but we made it!

Barley came home with me on January 27th, 2020. He'd been at the shelter for a long time, and I ...
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The only Dog named Elbow Macaroni

The only Dog named Elbow Macaroni

We adopted Elbow Macaroni Berghuis, known as Buddy back in the shelter, in March of 2018. He was a hyper ...
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Louise's One-Year Gotcha Day!

Louise’s One-Year Gotcha Day!

About one year ago, on July 15, 2020, I went to HSHV with my brother to simply look at what ...
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