When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Dec 2, 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Sissy
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Clatie June Whittington
How is your adopted pet doing? Clatie is working out great. She is fitting in with no problems with our existing dog, 3 cats, grandkids, family and friends.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: August 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Jewel
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Peach
How is your adopted pet doing? She is doing so well. She is the sweetest, most playful dog. She loves her sister, Daisy, and since I work from home, she is cuddled up to me all day. She is so spoiled, and we love her so much.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: December 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Finch
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Finn
How is your adopted pet doing? Finn is such a great addition to our family! He loves his older cat brother Ollie and his dog sister, Maggie. He loves to cuddle but is also very playful. When he goes to the vet for his kitten visits, he’s a huge hit with the team! Finn has brought us a lot of happiness that we needed after losing our sweet cat, Figaro. Thank you for letting us adopt him!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: November 29, 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Diva
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Momo
How is your adopted pet doing? She’s great! She’s fitting in perfectly with our dog, Winnie, and our other newly added cat (my roommates) named Ivy. She loved to fetch and to be held; we got her a cat tower so she can get out all of her energy while climbing. She’s such a love, I really don’t know what I’d do without her!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: December 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Aniston
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Juniper
How is your adopted pet doing? She warmed up within a day. On the drive back to Knoxville, she was unhappy in her carrier, but she calmed down and fell asleep on my shoulder when I took her out. She was a little hesitant of my dog at first, but I made sure she had plenty of places to hide if she felt the need to; they’re now best friends and always cuddling, though my dog sometimes gets tired of playing and has to go sleep someplace else. She is an extremely active kitten, and as such has to have a bunch of items in every room to make sure she doesn’t either scratch up my furniture or try to eat my legs. She’s very smart and catches on to things quickly, such as “please for the love of god stop bringing toys into my bed at 3am” and “the couch is a bad place to sharpen your claws, but there are two scratchers in the living room for you.” She also has no idea how to meow properly and either sounds like a smoker or just kinda makes a hissing noise any time she tried to talk, which is kinda cute because it’s so goofy. She likes to sleep on me or my dog. She likes to hide under furniture and jump out to slash ankles. She automatically used a litter box without fail. She likes to sit in my window and chatter at squirrels on my porch. She’s gained a lot of weight, too, which is good because she was a little too skinny. Overall, she’s doing very well and needed almost no adjustment time before she was running around and trying to bite my toes.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: November and August
Pet’s AARF Name: Venus and Tallon
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): N/A
How is your adopted pet doing? Venus and Tallon have become best friends and they both seem so happy. My husband and I are always getting cuddles at night after work. Tallon wasn’t a big cuddle kitten at first but when Venus came home he was so we get to give both of them cuddles. They get the Zoomies right when we have to get up for work like clock work. They are basically are alarm clocks and we love it.

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Dec 3
Pet’s AARF Name: Willow
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Maggie
How is your adopted pet doing? Maggie has settled in very well with our other Dalmatian mix, Daisy, and our Maltese, Polo! She has been trained to our Invisible Fence with no problem. We start obedience training at Murfreesboro Obedience Training Club next week. Can’t wait!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Nov. 27, 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Annabelle/Annie
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Annie
How is your adopted pet doing? Annie started as a shy little girl, afraid of most household sounds, timid about trekking on floors (as she spent most of her life outdoors), and extremely cautious of new experiences. Having been with Annie a month now, and with a wonderful start from her foster family, she’s grown into quite the curious explorer- enjoying car rides, daily walks and training sessions together, and continually improving when meeting new people. We are looking forward to formal training in January to improve social skills as well as helping my husband and I learn more about her communication style (and vice versa!) so we can be the best and more harmonious family we can be. Thank you, AARF, for our Annie!!

When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Nov. 4, 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Cantera
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Buddy
How is your adopted pet doing? Cantera (Buddy) is doing very well. He was very skittish at first but over time with showing him love and care he became very comfortable in his new home. He also has a new sister kitten (Chipa) who’s a little younger than him but they get along great and do everything together. They eat, play , and sleep together and are inseparable. He tends to be more comfortable lounging around while his new little sister is non-stop and very active always stalking him and keeping him on his toes. He then joins in and they begin a little wrestlemania. I think they compliment each other nicely .