When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Feb 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Jolene
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Josie
How is your adopted pet doing? Josie fits in perfectly. She is learning to use the doggie door and go outside to potty instead of the pee pad. She is learning so I still have the pee pad down by the door. AND she will not go out if it is wet…she does not like to get her little paws wet. She plays with all the other dogs..ranging in ages 7, 4, 3, 3. They are all very gentle with her and let her win at tug of war between her 9 lbs and Mikey, 50 lbs. It is great fun to watch. She is learning basic commands and fetch small balls (returning them to me we are still working on). She has certainly livened up my bunch. They let her crawl all over them. I love to watch them together.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: February
Pet’s AARF Name: Oliver
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): N/A
How is your adopted pet doing? Oliver is doing so well. He loves to sleep under the beds or on my chest. It took a few weeks before Oliver and our pup, Brandy, became friends. Now they play and both sleep on me.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Late January (22nd)
Pet’s AARF Name: Peanut
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Indigo (Indy for short)
How is your adopted pet doing? She’s doing well! Settling in and getting used to the new routines! She loves her kitty brothers! (Although she does want to play all the time and they are not so sure about her version of playing). We have found out that she LOVES soccer, carrots, and blueberries! Her favorite thing to do everyday is her walks followed by fetch or soccer! Weekends are her favorite because mom is home all day and there are usually fun adventures to be had (hiking, going to run errands with mom, training etc.)

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: February
Pet’s AARF Name: Darci
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Darci
How is your adopted pet doing? We love her!! Perfect addition to our family. Thank you AARF and Viki for introducing us to our sweet girl.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 1/21/23
Pet’s AARF Name: Stevie Nicks
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Stevie Nicks
How is your adopted pet doing? Our family laid our 16 year old fur baby to rest back in September. Having felt like we lost a piece of our soul, I knew the only thing that would help us heal was to honor our girl by giving a new dog a life of love and happiness. During our search, there were of course many dogs that caught our eye as we are huge dog lovers, but something was preventing us from making the move. We had halted our search for a little bit, until one day I decided to just “take a browse” on petfinder. And there she was, our Stevie Nicks. After seeing her picture and reading her story, I didn’t stop thinking about her for the entire night. Something in my gut was telling me that she was the one. By the next morning we were putting in an application, and the rest is history.

We traveled from New York to Connecticut to pick her up, and it was truly love at first sight. It took her a few days to get settled into her new home, but now it already feels like she has been a part of our lives forever. She is so full of personality, and is one of the most affectionate dogs I have ever come across. Her new morning routine is hopping up into our kids bed to give them their wake up kisses, and when they start to stir she immediately rolls over to her back so they can rub her belly. She’s happy to just be a part of whatever we are doing, and is so loyal and sweet. She is helping us heal from the grief of losing our sweet girl, while also making her own imprint on our lives and heart that makes us excited to give her a life full of adventure and unconditional love. We couldn’t be happier with our choice to rescue our sweet girl, and AARF was so amazing to work with. We have kept in touch with Stevie’s foster, and it is so abundantly clear how well cared for and loved she was.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: January 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Lucky
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Roscoe
How is your adopted pet doing? Roscoe seems to be settling in and gets on well with my other rescue, a 12 year old Border Collie Mix. He is the most chill dog I have ever seen except when he stays home alone, which is seldom. He likes to rearrange or hide things from me, doesn't chew them just likes to move one shoe, my hair dryer, go figure and the TV remote. I have had a lot of dogs but never one like Roscoe. He loves to go to the office pretty much daily and has claimed the client chair as his own.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 12/19/2022
Pet’s AARF Name: Buster
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Mocha
How is your adopted pet doing? He is the new king of the house! He has been accepted into the pack. We have 4 fur babies now and love them all. I have to say, I've never had a dog that has so many "bad hair days" but that seems to make him even more adorable!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Jan 7 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Elliott
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Elliott
How is your adopted pet doing? Being country people, we have always heard the phrase, "Full of P— and Vinegar" and are happy to report that this positively applies to our little Elliot in a most beloved way. He loves "marking" the acreage our farm provides and providing us with laughs and giggles at his energy shown when interacting with our Golden Retriever. He has indeed lived up to the promise of unconditional love and we hope he feels it is reciprocated by us in his forever home when adding his Earthly life force to ours. Elliott does not know he is a small dog and we believe his large heart is truly full of happiness as much as ours. Having lost the second of two small dogs due to advanced age in March of 2021, when opening our home to Elliott almost one year later, we shared our hearts' multiplication of love's force rather than pondered the division when attempting to "replace" our previous beloved four-footed family members. AARF made possible this positive emotional adoption , as it seems it was meant to be after we saw the advertisement through AARF. It appeared that the metaphysical world aligned with the real world through AARF to provide the joining of our home with Elliott's. Elliott, the name of the main character in "ET", applies well … as we were happy to answer "We are here…" when he "phoned home" after being displaced . Thank you AARF for all you do and for providing "happy beginnings" to lives well lived.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: December 29, 2022
Pet’s AARF Name: Scrappy
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Camdyn “Cam” Miles
How is your adopted pet doing? An orange male kitten who enjoyed snuggles, had a friendly temperament, and would offer his new family plenty of affection. As I considered the traits I hoped my new kitten would have, it seemed that it might be impossible to check off all the boxes. That is, until I found Scrappy’s video posted on AARF’s YouTube page. Watching the video, I recognized that this kitten was literally everything I’d been searching for.

After submitting my application to AARF, I was ecstatic to learn that Scrappy was available to meet. With an over six hour round-trip drive to meet Scrappy, AARF’s foster mom, LeAnn, was incredibly accommodating, even offering to video chat with me so I could see Scrappy in action. I then scheduled a visit to meet Scrappy at Petco, and it only took me a few seconds to realize that he was the perfect fit for me.

Now renamed Camdyn “Cam” Miles, he has settled into my home exceptionally well. Everyday, this orange kitty captures a bit more of my heart, especially as he follows me throughout the house, happily snuggles on my recliner, and plays with his older brother (a Tuxedo, Boots Cooper, already in my home). Just over a month after signing Cam’s adoption papers, I find it difficult to imagine my world without him–he’s brightened up my life and home so much.

From start to finish, working with AARF was an amazing process as they answered all of the questions timely and thoroughly. I want to extend a huge thank you to everyone at AARF for taking care of my boy until he could find his “furever” home!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 01/08/2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Allie
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Trixie
How is your adopted pet doing? Trixie is doing great. She’s very sweet with us and our other dog, as well as with all the dogs in the dog park. Her only bad habit is her constant search for food—she would eat all day if allowed. She’s a real lap dog and loves to cuddle. She loves being outside so we are currently enlarging our backyard fence so she can chase squirrels to her hearts content.