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A No-Kill Shelter & Rescue
| Adoption Stories Our shelter adopts out hundreds of animals each year and we especially love to hear back from adopters. We love to get updates on how our animals are doing in their new forever home and it really makes our jobs worth while!! Here are just a few adoption stories... |
Fayette Friends of Animals
A No-Kill Shelter & Rescue
| Oopie, Posie, and Goldie We adopted Allie (which we now call Oopie) in October 2007. She is a beautiful yellow lab, and a really laid back dog. In June 2009, we decided to adopt from you again. We read that Goldie had been at the shelter longer than any other dog, so we came to meet her. After introducing Oopie to Goldie at the shelter, they both got along, so we adopted Goldie. Goldie was the best thing that ever happened to Oopie. Oopie didn't know how to play with other dogs, but Goldie was unrelenting in the play department. After a week or so, Goldie taught Oopie how to play like a dog. Oopie and Goldie began to wrestle and play, and they've never stopped! They are inseperable! Goldie is the biggest snuggle bug in the world. She can get a little stubborn at times, but a stern word snaps her out of it. Goldie is a complete sweetheart. It breaks my heart that she spent so much time in the shelter, but I'm so glad that she was there for us to adopt. Last January I checked the FFOA website (like I do on a regular basis) to read about the little dog that was burned. While I was at the website, I looked at the dogs available for adoption. There was Posie. Posie was there when we adopted Goldie. We had debated at the time whether to adopt Goldie or Posie, but since Goldie had been there the longest, we chose Goldie. Well, then I saw that Posie had been there a really long time. I thought to myself, if she is still available in February, we're going to adopt her (I hadn't told my husband that at the time, but I knew he'd agree.) Later in January, we went to PetSmart to buy some Glucosamine for Goldie, and as we were leaving, my husband spotted something at the end of one of the aisles. We walked to the end of the aisle, and he said, look at the dogs. We had no idea they were there. I turned and looked, and my eyes landed on Posie, and I said out loud, "There's Posie!" We said hello to her and went to check out. As we were walking out, I told my husband that we were going to adopt her - that this was a sign. My husband had to work the next two days, but on that third day we came to adopt Posie. We brought Goldie along, and they got along fine. Posie is my little girl. She's wasn't as active as Goldie and Oopie, so she'd hang back with me. We took them on long walks at various places around the county, with my husband walking Goldie and Oopie, and myself walking Posie. In May we rescued a puppy from a life on a chain. Goldie and Posie instantly took a liking to the little fuzz-ball. Goldie is like the big sister, and Posie is like the mother. As the puppy got bigger, he and Posie became the best of friends. They play together all the time, and after getting Posie's allergies under control and starting her on glucosamine, she is like a young dog herself. She runs and plays with the puppy, and she has the happiest look on her face. As with Goldie, it breaks my heart that she was at the shelter so long, but I'm so glad that she was there for us to add her as a member of our family. All the dogs have their own beds in our bedroom, but when my husband is working nightshift, Posie gets to sleep on the bed with me. Goldie is too big to sleep on the bed, and Oopie moves around too much! I love them all, but Posie is my little girl. |
| King Biscuit We are the proud parents of King Biscuit, adopted from Fayette Friends on July 18, 2009. There were several animals brought to a Petsmart store in Greensburg that day. My husband spotted him & liked him right away. We went to several shelters to find a suitable dog for company for our older female mix. I am so happy we went back for King Biscuit at the end of the day!!! He is such a great addition to our little family. It didn't take him long at all to get adjusted to his new home. He is such a sweet dog & I am so glad we have him! I am so thankful for shelters like Fayette Friends because our little King is a senior citizen & most other shelters would have put him down after not being adopted for such a long period of time. We are so happy to have King Biscuit in our lives - he's so playful & cuddly and really brings a lot of joy to us. I am also grateful to the people at Fayette Friends for giving their time & affection to these animals that need it so badly. |
| Bogey, Sissy & Spencer (formerly Kennedy) I adopted three of my six furry kids from FFOA. Many moons ago I was a board member at the shelter. During that time, a liter of 5 kittens came to the shelter that needed to be bottle fed. My husband and I owned two pit bulls at the time, thank goodness. They helped me keep those little things alive and they both mothered them and snuggled with them, and to make a VERY LONG story short, once they were old enough to be put up for adoption at the shelter, I could not part with them, so I adopted them. Bogey and Sissy were the very first cats I have ever owned and we love them dearly. So that's how I am lucky enough to have them. Then about a year ago, I get a call asking me if I would be willing to foster a little Boston Terrier (Kennedy). In the meantime my husband and I had already adopted our THIRD rescued Pit Bull Terrier. So we already had FIVE furry kids, but I liked the idea of "just fostering" a little dog since we have three HUGE pups and I agreed. When I went to pick him up the day he got neutered, he wanted to rip my face off. He was afraid of EVERYTHING, trusted NO ONE, peed on EVERYTHING, wanted nothing to do with me or my husband, except he LOVED our three Pit Bulls and our two cats. It took my husband and I THREE days with Kennedy(now knows as Spencer) to realize that we were going to adopt him because we fell in love with him. Fayette Friends of Animals gave me THREE of my best friends. I love all my animals, but there is always something special about a "shelter animal" !! |
| Sydney I adopted a pup from you guys a few months ago while at Petsmart. Her name is Sydney and she's a Lab mix. She's about 5 months old. Syd definitely keeps me busy and I love her to death. Thank you!! |
| Beaner (formerly Bossanova) I adopted my Boston Terrier from Fayette Friends of Animals 2 and a half years ago. He was a poor 5 month old puppy mill rescue with an injured foot. FFOA called him Bossanova, but we renamed him Beaner. He is not a pet to us, he is a member of the family. He helped me get thru the passing away of my father and for that I'll be eternally grateful. Beaner is always there for me, good days, bad days, everyday! I can't imagine life without my "bug eyed" boy!!!! Forever thankful to FFOA! |
| Jack My wife Meghan surprised me with Jack for Christmas in 2008. Jack is a 4+ year old husky or malamute. We have conflicting paperwork that says he is both so we call him a "huskamute". He has been such a blessing to both our lives over the past year and a half. We love him so much and we couldn't imagine what it would be like to be without him. Jack loves camping, digging up a cool spot in the dirt, car rides and of course, playing in the snow. Jack stays off the furniture in the house because he sheds so much, but recently he convinced us to let him sit on the couch, and being the softies that we are, we let him. The three of us are inseparable! |
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Suzie We think Suzie is part collie, part greyhound. Whatever she is, though, doesn't matter - we love her! We adopted Suzie in October of 2005 and she's been an absolute joy for us. We felt Suzie would enjoy a friend, so we brought another dog into our lives - Toby, a cocker spaniel. The two of them get along so well that Toby won't go anywhere unless his sister is with him! |