Memorial to Gidget

On June 22nd, 2009, 3 year old Gidget was hit by a car after she escaped from her collar while on a walk. Gidget's mom was with her, and she was rushed to an emergency hospital where staff performed CPR and worked on Gidget for 45 minutes, but poor Gidget did not survive. Gidget's parents, Michele and Manny, have created a memorial for Gidget. Please feel free to leave them some words of comfort, it will mean a lot to them. Gidget had a wonderful life with her family. She went to work with Michelle most days, they took her hiking, she went to the dog park a lot. She even took over her own couch at home and made it her own bed. Our hearts and prayers go out to Michelle, Manny and their family, all of whom loved Gidget. Rest in peace Gidget. All dogs should be as lucky to be as loved as you were.

Slideshow of Some of Our Adopted Dogs

Here is a fun slideshow of some of the dogs HTHNBR has adopted out over the past few years.


It's so great to see all of these dogs so happy in their new homes! Adopters, if we don't have a photo of your dog included, please send one to us!

Gidget

Gidget's family reports:

we are doing well. Gidget is happy healthy and so attached to mommy. She still comes to work with me every day and still going to the dog park every day. So friendly with other dogs people and kids. Oh and very smart she learned the word walk so we thought we'd start spelling it and now she understands that too. We cant wait for the hike this year she misses her husky buddies. She hates doggie beds so now she owns one of our leather couches

Update on Lucie

We got the yearly update on Lucie. Here is what her owner had to say:

"We spoil her rotten - her big treat of the day is when we finish eating we give her the plate to lick (even if there's absolutely nothing on it, she waits for it). We eat in the living room on trays; she patiently waits watching us eat. But when she sees you're done eating, she'll give it a few minutes, then if you don't get up to bring the plate into the kitchen, she starts VERY vocally complaining that "we're doin' it wrong"! It's really pretty hilarious. Then the minute you get up to bring the plate out, she goes flying out to the kitchen at 90 mph!"

Stoli and Her New Brother Zack

Here is a photo of Stoli and her new brother Zack. They love each other so much that they share a food bowl!

And here they are cuddling on the couch. Like two peas in a pod!

Happy One Year Anniversary Bandit!

In February, it was the one year anniversary of Bandit being in his new home! Here is what his mom says:

"Bandit just had his one year checkup with the vet. She was really pleased with his weight gain and muscles, and his coat looks so much better than last winter. He does have some teeth issues, it looks like he has cracks off both of his front canines. She did say they generally don't pull those unless they really need to because the roots are so long so we'll just keep an eye on them.

He is still sleeping with us, and is pretty demanding about bedtime. He can totally go from full tilt crazy to passed out sleepy boy in only a matter of minutes. He and the cats are just hilarious, especially Sammy. They spend a lot of time together and often both cats will sleep with Bandit on our bed in the evenings.

He loves Sky. We're still so amazed at how perfectly their personalities mesh. She is a bit of a diva and he's just so easy going and sweet. He tries to get her to play, but never pushes her too hard. When she does play with him, he's just soooo excited. And, when she can't play he always wants to lay close to her. They provide so much comfort to each other it's just adorable. At daycare they've started calling them the Two Headed Slay.

His fear of men seems to be a lot less most of the time. At Christmas we were gone for the day and our friend Matt came over to let them out. Everyone who normally helps out with them is a girl, so I was a little concerned about how he'd react. He has met Bandit a few times with no issue, but I was with him each time. Matt said he barked every minute he was here, even though he let Matt pet him, give him treats, and he licked Matt's hands! He said it was totally hilarious, because he was trying so hard to not frighten Bandit and to put him at ease, and he said the barking was so half hearted after a while but he just kept going :)

I've attached a few photos of the handsome boy. The one of him laying on the floor with his food bowl is at the end of a daycare day...he's so tired he lays down to eat his dinner! The shot with Sky is just from yesterday. He just wants to be close to her. He's quite a little charmer, and manages to make us laugh every day, gives kisses to everyone, and just generally makes our house complete. We are so happy to be his people.")

Congratulations to Bandit and his family!

Update on Stoli and Her Brother Zack

Adorable little Stoli was adopted by a family that lives near her foster home. Her foster mom talks to Stoli's new dad every day. Here is what Stoli's foster mom had to say:

"I talk to Jose every day and he just loves her. She's had a couple of accidents in the house but Jose has figured out what to do. He says the first couple of nights they both slept on the bed without any problems but now they both run to the crate and sleep in it together. I think she has found her furever home."

You can see just how closely these two have bonded. Here they are sharing a crate AND food!

Here they are cuddled up on the couch.

Congratulations to Stoli and her new family, it looks like this match was made in heaven!

Update on Zack

Zack is doing GREAT in his adopted home! Here he is with his sister Maggie. Look at that smile!

And here is Zack sneaking some biscuits and resting after chewing on a big bone.

He is obviously very loved and happy. Congratulations Zack!

Chester (Now Stoney)

Chester has been renamed Stoney after Stone Harbor. He really enjoys going on morning walks with his family, then daily walks on the trail on his 15 foot leash to sniff things in the forest and run around.

Stoney's favorite pastime is watching tv with his family, and his favorite shows are Eight Below and the Dog Whisperer.

He gets to go to doggie day care to learn how to play with other dogs and is doing great.