When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 02/23/2025
Pet’s AARF Name: Gretta
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Gracie
How is your adopted pet doing? She’s doing absolutely amazing! She’s absolutely brilliant and has learned all kinds of new tricks. She has a huge fenced in backyard and we bought her a little pool but she spends 99% of her life inside with us on the couch and going for a walk. She’s a beautiful and very smart wonderful little girl thank you so much for letting us adopt her
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: March 25, 2025
Pet’s AARF Name: Blanche
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): No change- we love the Golden Girls!
How is your adopted pet doing? Blanche has adjusted well to her new home and new sibling, Charlotte. When she first arrived she was a timid little thing but it didn’t take her long to come around for the petting. She really came out of her shell and is a very happy and active kitty. She LOVES to play with her toys, especially anything with feathers or on a string. When Blanche and Charlotte get the zoomies, they take turns chasing each other all over the house. It sounds like a herd of buffalos, lol. Blanche also likes to sit at the window on her perch and watch the birds or take a nap in the sun. Anytime there is a lap open she will gladly hop onto it and get some loving. She is also content to just lay on the couch with us while we watch TV. Blanche likes being around people and loves to be petted and pampered. She is a very affectionate kitty. We are so glad to be her furever home and have her as part of our family!
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 4/30/25
Pet’s AARF Name: Darling Clementine
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Sophie
How is your adopted pet doing? We adopted Sophie recently, and she has been an absolute joy to have in our home. Our kids adore her and have happily taken on more responsibilities to help care for her. Sophie loves snuggling in bed and never turns down a treat. She’s truly become a beloved member of our family.
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: February 14, 2025
Pet’s AARF Name: Rocky
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Roscoe
How is your adopted pet doing? It is going amazing! He is the sweetest thing ever. He has captured all our hearts!
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: March 1st, 2025
Pet’s AARF Name: Rocco
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Rocky
How is your adopted pet doing? Rocky is doing so fabulous! Though timid at first, he has blossomed into his Australian Shepherd personality. We spend hours on hours running and playing with toys. He has even learned to clean up his toys by putting them back in his basket before picking out a new one. Smart! He is also a fan of the dog park and spending time running with his dog cousins. While he is rough and tumble, he also enjoys the finer things in life. He enjoys lounging in bed, lying down to eat his dinner (all sprawled out), and taking long, leisurely walks around the neighborhood. He has grown very protective of his Mom! He follows me everywhere I go, like my little shadow. If Mom and Dad hug, Rocky wiggles himself into the middle. He joins us on our weekend trips –Rocky is seeing the world! We are such a happy family of 3. Thank you AARF and Ariel!
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 3/5/25
Pet’s AARF Name: Jewel and Babette
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Jewel and Jasper
How is your adopted pet doing? We’re one month in and absolutely “treasuring” Jewel and Jasper. Jewel is an adorable 7 mo old shorthair kitten who keeps us on our toes! She is fearless and an absolute cuddle-bug. Babette, whom we’ve renames Jasper, is a very beautiful and shy 2 yo longhair. She has been slowly opening up, becoming more playful and talkative, letting us know what needs to be done! Lol. Jewel and Jasper are so “precious” and we are ao grateful to be their guardians and forever home.
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 4/6/24
Pet’s AARF Name: Mooshie
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Ally
How is your adopted pet doing? We were looking to adopt a smaller, older girl who was good w/cats when I saw a video of 6 yr old Mooshie walking up to a cat and not caring. We adopted her a year ago today. I knew she was overweight but the video did not do her justice. I thought we had just adopted a pig! She weighed over 50 lbs! Her first mom (who had passed away) had only fed her people food. Thankfully her foster mom got her started on dog food. First thing we did was change her name to Ally and put her on a diet. We slowly scaled back her food and her treats became green beans and carrots. We also go for a walk or 2 a day. I’m happy to say she is down to her ideal weight of 25 lbs! While she always played, jumped and ran, I think she surprises herself on how much easier it is to do now. We now have our smaller, older girl who likes to chase cats! All is good, gives the cats some exercise too!
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: March 11, 2023
Pet’s AARF Name: Macaroni
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Mac
How is your adopted pet doing? It’s taken me two years to sit down and write a success story note. He’s a Border Collie, after all, and was 7 months old when he came, so we’ve been very busy! He came off the massive truck from Tennessee to Vermont 4 days before an epic snowstorm that buried us in 40” of snow. The plow couldn’t get to the house, and there was no power for days. Good thing he likes snow! What an initiation. Now, his first thing every morning is to have a snow bath, making snow angels and relishing the romp.
The two cats who lived here were not happy about being lunged at, so that was our first challenge. Finch and Molly taught him it was okay to be gentle with them. Now Ravi and Gita, arrived as kittens a couple months ago (and who lived with a Lab who allowed them to jump all over him), are learning to give Mac his personal space.
I do massage out of my home, so the first few massages were interesting. One woman had her arms hanging off the table and Mac decided to taste the massage oil on her arm. I was mortified. Thank goodness my client was amenable. Especially when I got in between Mac and the woman’s arm, and Mac decided then to resort to the other arm. Another time a client said “I’m not a salad”. She hasn’t been back. I’d rather have Mac than a client who’d rather not have a dog around. He quickly learned that chewing the leg of the couch in the massage room was not an acceptable activity while my attention was not on him. Very soon he got the protocol and he lays down quietly while the session is going on, and greets clients nicely coming and going.
My other job is elder care. I go to the home of a couple to help out with activities of daily living for a 90 year old gentleman. They have two dogs, one of whom is not very welcoming to other dogs. It was crazy for me to think I could care for a puppy and work all the time…. My solution was to take Mac to day care on the three days a week I was with my couple. I felt like a mom working to pay for child care. (I cried the first day I dropped him off). But it was a good solution for the circumstances, and gave Mac wonderful socialization and training, and we did attend specific training classes together as well. He has a few doggy friends. He’s not been around children much, so we still need some practice knowing they can be playmates too.
The first few times I approached him with a brush, he backed off like it was an instrument of mass destruction. Good thing his coat is glossy. We’re still working on that. The dremel tool I bought for his nails is getting easier too. Evidently he lived in an outside kennel before going to foster care. His foster mom (L.H.) did a great job introducing him to living inside.
He began his time here in his crate in the night times. He has graduated to snuggling in the bed (when the cats aren’t around). He is a pure love muffin – very sensitive.
Once we established some understandings, I felt able to bring him with me to my job. He has been home alone just a handful of times, for very short durations. It’s so great that he loves car rides, since I live in a remote spot. Now two years together, he has mellowed and sweetened so much. Soon the ice will melt off the brook and he will return to the warmer month activity of swimming and playing in the water. Frisbee is a year round activity (he’s amazing), and our daily walks in the woods keep us both balanced and happy.
We can’t imagine life without each other!
Thank you thank you thank you!
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: 3/11/23
Pet’s AARF Name: Macaroni
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Mac
How is your adopted pet doing? Under separate cover
When did you adopt your pet from AARF?: Feb 2025
Pet’s AARF Name: Izzy
Pet’s New Name (if you changed it): Izzy
How is your adopted pet doing? We are so happy that Izzy joined our family! She is so sweet, smart and funny. She loves to play with her toys, snuggle, and race around the house. She uses the scratching post & litter box-awesome girl! Izzy has gained weight too. We love Izzy and are so glad she let us be her forever family! Thank you AARF!
