When Leeta (the small brown tabby in the photo) came home with us, she was a shy little girl. She spent the first few weeks with us hiding under the furniture, coming out for food and such. But oh, boy, has she come out of her shell! She is now very outgoing and the Queen Bee. Snuggly and sometimes playful with us, she likes to defend herself from the evil tail that keeps attacking her from behind. She and our other cat Jenkins have been defining their relationship, but she is fitting in just fine. Leelu now Leeta
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I bought my own home Dec. 2018. It is the 1st time in my life I had ever lived alone (I’m 53 y.o.). I have had many pets over the years & had my mind set on a bully breed, even with the stereotypes and discrimination. I spent months looking through the internet, shelters and rescue groups and had not been able to find the dog I thought I wanted. My sister had visited HSHV many times over the years and recommended I do a pre-application for a Love Train puppy. I received emails and pictures weekly, which was incredible,
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Adopting during the height of a pandemic has been life changing. Every day we are grateful to have welcomed these two ladies into our lives. While they spent the first 48 hours at home hiding inside -not under- the couch, for the past two months we’ve woken up every morning to hungry meows, headbutts, purrs, and toys littering our bedroom floor. It took awhile to reflect on new names, ultimately settling on traditional varieties of Japanese mochi, with Sakura meaning cherry blossom and Kinako roasted soybean – a fitting name for a dilute calico. We inadvertently made a toy box
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We have our 9 month old husky mix, Ozzi, from the 11/1/19 love train. Ozzi is very energetic and social, and we had been working hard to train him. I have always wanted two dogs, and adopting a puppy was on our to-do list. We heard that a Love Train was coming through, but when we hopped online to look at the puppies, we saw Mel. As soon as we saw her photo we knew she was coming home with us. We were told she had some behavioral problems, and we found out she had been returned to HSHV several
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