Back in Feburary 2022 I was told by my co-worker that there was a 1 year old gray male cat (exactly what I said I wanted) at HSHV who I really needed to meet! He had just came in as a transfer from Detroit. After finishing up cleaning, I went and paid him a visit and he just melted into me. Just the sweetest guy, purring and making buscuits the whole time. I put on a hold right away, and after a few days and getting neutered he came home! He started out in my bathroom, and amazingly it really
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We applied for a Love Train puppy in December 2020, like seemingly everyone else, but had little luck. Then, in February 2021 quite unexpectedly, we lost one of our fur babies. We went to HSHV looking for a cat. We went several different days until one day, as we were walking out, we heard the front desk workers mention the “brand new puppies” which had just been released from foster care for adoption. We had to check them out. Honestly, it was love at first sight – we decided to adopt the most beautiful pup from a litter born on
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I was about to leave work (at HSHV). As I was walking through Intake, a man came up to the door holding a cardboard box. The cardboard box contained a puppy inside – the cutest puppy ever. I thought that would be the last time I’d see her. Maybe 2 weeks later, my boyfriend and I started talking about getting a Love Train puppy. But we went to the shelter on my day off to see what adoptable puppies we had on the floor…as soon as we walked into the puppy room, I saw her and instantly recognized who she
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I went to Tiny Lions thinking, “I’m not getting a kitten I want an older cat.” I had lost my dog unexpectedly to a rare autoimmune disease, where the body was attacking her red blood cells. I found “Avocado” now Ghost at Tiny Lions. She wasn’t running around like the other kittens, she was just chilling. She pawed at my hand and then took her mouth across my nails. Our time was then up, and before I knew it I asked how I go about adopting. It took her some time to get used to my room, and before I
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