Happy Beginnings

Dawn writes,   We adopted "Paco" on May 1st. He is adapting well to his new home. He is house trained and loves my two daughters. We are very lucky!

Oran and Karin write,  The photo is Beaureguard and Daisy together very happy after a walk. They have been wonderful together, even sleep together. We found out that a lot of Beau's problem was his high energy level, and once we started really walking him, and getting him to be submissive to the pack leader, his pushing through, jumping up, and overexcitement nearly went away. I am saying nearly because he still get really excited to see us when we come home from work, but even that is more respectful, and gentler. Daisy was very submissive to start with, and enjoyed walks and pleasing us. Finally over the last couple of days her trust level was finally to a point her personality is finally coming out. She is a happy dog, playful, and makes you laugh, and want to have a good time with her. Her paperwork said that she had never walked on a leash before, but now she is walking perfectly beside me like she have been doing it all her life.  Beau was harder to teach to stop pulling, but last night, he walked about ¼ of a mile beside me, with a loose leash. we both felt great. Thanks for letting us take both of them, our house hasn't been the same since, and we are loving it.

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Teresa writes,   The gray one is “Scratch” and the gray/white one is named “Sniff”, we call him Sniffy.  There are love it here and we love having them.

We just got our new kitty and named him Oliver. He has the best personality!

Andini writes,  Being newlyweds, we have decided to start our family by rescuing a dog but we ended up adopting 3. The first two were adopted on January 5, 2010 and the third one came home with us on March 7, 2010. Sausage (previously Annie) is a mixed of Corgi and Beagle. She is 4 years old. The second one is Trippy (previously Trixie), a super adorable dachsund (1 year old) and the last addition to our family is a mini schnautzer that we call Olive (previously Dalilah), also 1 year old. They get along very well and each has its own personality. Sausage is the big sister, Trippy is the clown and Olive is the talkative one. Our house has definitely become much more delightful and fun with their presence. Now we can't imagine our life without these 3 little rascals. We hope more people will take the time to visit the shelters so that more animals can finally get their forever homes.

At times the world works in mysterious ways, bringing people and animals together with timing impossible to plan. If you are lucky, you are there to witness the events unfold from excitement, to disappointment, to sheer wonderment and happiness. Our Dachshund Big Red's journey began when he first arrived at CAP as a stray little dog and continued as he went to spend some time with his foster family. While in foster care he brushed up on his doggie skills and proved to be a wonderful pet. Big Red was also renamed 'Coney' by votes on the CAP Facebook page to see if a name change would help him get adopted quickly. The name Big Red or 'Red' still stuck though as it just seemed to fit the large personality of this little guy. One day a very nice woman named Danielle drove in from Waller with her little dog Stewie to see if he and Big Red would get along, in the hopes of bringing Red home with them. Later on that day, Danielle sent an email to Big Red's foster mom to let her know how the meeting went:

Stewie and I met Red, and you're right, he's the sweetest dog. After the initial greeting, Stewie and Red kind of ignored each other, but they seemed ok. I couldn't get Red to pay too much attention to me either, and I thought maybe it was because of the surroundings....until Marie came.

Stewie and I had been visiting with Red for about 30 minutes, and Marie came to return another dachshund to the shelter because he didn't get along with her other dogs. When Red saw her, I think he was smitten! Marie sat down and played with Red for about an hour, and they really hit it off. The shelter said she could adopt Red if she brought her other dogs to meet him first. I was okay with it, because he really seemed to like her. So Marie left to get her dogs and I waited with Red (you should've seen how sad he was when she left). I filled out an adoption application just in case she didn't return, but she made it back, with less than 5 minutes to closing! Red and her dogs seemed to get along fine and she adopted him!

I have to admit, part of me was a little sad when she came back, but seeing how happy Red was to see her made me think I made the right decision. Marie said she's going to email me pictures, so I'll make sure I keep you updated.

What are the odds that Marie would be returning to the shelter at the same time Danielle was visiting Big Red?! It sounds like Big Red choose his own home, sometimes the dog does know best. Kudos to Danielle for thinking of what would be best for Big Red and letting him follow his heart. We're still looking for the right Dachshund for her and are certain that another wonderful match will be made!