r/AdoptMe

Hello,

This sweet girl Miley has been looking for a home for about 15 months now. She is a little barky and anxious around her stall, so she doesnt make good first impressions. She had been there so long she would have accidents in her stall, and sometimes rip up blankets or bedding. It broke my heart but I knew she was going to be a special case that needed a special home, but I loved caring for her at the shelter she is so sweet in the time we had.

Fast forward to last week our shelter had to redo the flooring and we had to get the dogs out for 3 days for the work. I stepped up and decided to take her home, and expected it to be very difficult. We have 4 cats and 2 dogs (already over the limits my city allows but they gave me an exception for our 4th cat that came from the shelter). We took my dogs to my parents house and cordened off our house with baby gates to seperate the cats from the dog area.

But she far exceeded our expectations and it became abundantly clear to me that she is a sweet little angel and she just needs to be in a home so she can heal. In our yard her barkiness dissepated almost completely. She was trying to get my neighbors dog to play through the fence. She had great interactions with our cats and with time she will be able to adapt to living with them. She had a couple accidents the first day, but quickly improved. All she wanted to do is lounge on the couch and cuddle.

It absolutely broke our hearts to take her back to the shelter. My wife was pretty distraught but we knew going in we wouldnt be able to keep her, and I kept insisting to her that we were helping her by proving she was more ready to be in a home than we previously anticipated. I feel like we definitively proved that to be very true and I would move hell and earth to get her into a good home. I will drive pretty fucking far to meet you if it came to that. She is not perfect but I know when she has a chance and is shown some love she will get pretty close.

Side note - Just getting ahead of it. We couldnt keep her we are already beyond full on animals and it wouldnt be fair to the ones we currently have. I wish my parents could have held on to our dogs longer but my dad just had his hip replaced so our dogs had to come home.

On Friday the 13th, September 2024, under a waxing gibbous moon, this little blessing came into my life.

I was at a dark time, feeling so lonely, and I prayed for a companion. About a month later, Void just strolled right through my front door. He was sick, skinny, and dirty. The vet found fleas, parasites, and Feline Leukemia Virus, and told me not to expect him to live as long as another cat. He's since been diagnosed with IBS too.

And yet -- I'm amazed at how well he's doing for an FLV cat. I want to believe he's just a carrier, because honestly I barely notice any symptoms.

He's 11 years old. He loves napping, playing with shoelaces, staring at birds through the window, and begging for treats. Treats, treats, treats. He just can't get enough.

I love this little guy with all my heart, and that's exactly why it breaks my heart to admit this: he deserves a stable, loving home. I'm moving internationally and I'm not sure what the future holds for me -- but I know Void needs stability more than he needs to follow me into the unknown. A 6 month stay in Mexico already showed me that international travel just isn't his thing.

I'm hoping to place him in a home with no other cats, or in an FLV-cats-only household, with tons of love. I'm willing to travel to bring him to the right home, and I'll cover food, medicine, and vet bills for a full year.

If you think you might be Void's person, please reach out.!

Backstory: Dolly was abandoned in a parking lot and taken in by my sister bc she didn’t want her to go to a shelter, especially bc she’s a pit. She’s had her for about a year now, and while she is the sweetest little girl, they aren’t a good match. Dolly is too big of a dog for her, and is very reactive to other dogs. This has resulted in injury (my sister tripped and fell when Dolly pulled on a walk), and now Dolly is living a shadow of the life she deserves. She never goes on walks, and is crated for much of the day while my sister is at work.

We have been trying to rehome her for months now and man it’s hard. Posts on adoptapet and rescueme and Facebook and here and Nextdoor and anywhere I can think of. My sister is adamant that she not go to a shelter, but I feel like we might be getting to that point.

Dolly is such a sweet girl. She loves laying on the couch under a blanket, loves tearing apart her toys, is such a goofball. Shes crate trained, has been trained with a e-collar and prong collar, is spayed and up to date on all of her shots. She needs to be the only dog in the house. We don’t know how she is with cats or children. I will be visiting in June and will take her out to stores/parks and see how she does so I can better help find her a home, but until then I’ll keep making posts to see if anyone is interested.

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio

Hi all. My grandmother is no longer able to live on her own, and we have been trying to find a home for her dog, Bella, for a few months now. She is the sweetest dog, lively, playful, and healthy. She is house-trained, won't go on furniture if you don't want her to, and up to date on vaccines.

Unfortunately we have struggled to find her a home because she is dog/animal aggressive, so she would need to be the only pet in the home.

If anyone is looking for a sweet senior dog to spoil, lounge around with, or take on walks, she is amazing. She comes with beds, food, toys, and vet records, and we're happy to send her with a stipend to help with food and vet costs.

If you're interested or know anyone who might be, please reach out. Sharing this post really helps.

Our family has made the incredibly difficult decision to find a new home for our girl Sunny. She is 2-years old fiercely loyal, great with our kids, and an amazing property guardian on our two acres in the Catskills where she's kept our chickens safe from every fox, bear, coyote, raccoon, and hawk that's come through.

Sunny needs to be the only pet in her home with room to run, and we have another smaller, incumbent dog. That's the simple truth of why this doesn't work for us — not because she isn't a wonderful dog, but because she needs a situation we can't give her.

She's dog-reactive and anxious, but is not aggressive towards people (though she barks like hell at delivery drivers). She's spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, and comes with full vet records. Her full profile is at the link.
Even if this isn't for you, grateful if you can share with someone that might be a match. We live in the Catskills and are willing to travel to get her to the right home.

Located in Woodstock NY Catskills area

https://post.rescueme.org/25-05-29-00256?fbclid=IwdGRjcARrBdJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe5Z3E1MICfTflertU9M4ljC3Fyg\_1jbgp3bLp4iVVZIUHRUJPSC-yJkkW\_AQ\_aem\_YdHXW4pYWuJyZbxpED\_QOA