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I just wanted to say that I adopted a cat by
the name
of Edward (now known
as Jameson) back in February.
He is a maine coon, and was about to
turn 7.
Even though he's still quite the scared cat that he was on the 1st
day, I
really couldn't of asked for a better cat. He's attentive, responsive,
loves to play and is a great companion!! Thanks alot!
–William Miller |
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Please find attached some up to
date pictures of Inkey. It's hard to
believe we have had her for over a year already. She was so afraid
when we
first brought her home, now she runs the whole house and will come
to us
when we clap. She even hangs out with the other cats now. Maybe
you can
put this in your Happy Ending Section on your Web Site!
–Russell and Barbara Mehrer
Laurel Springs, NJ |
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 "My
happy ending is, at this moment, sitting on my lap trying to 'help' me
type. In August I adopted Jerry from your Petsmart (Cherry Hill). Now
renamed Ripley (sorry, I knew a Jerry who was a real
cad) he has adjusted extremely well to life with his two older feline
'sisters'. He's a typical kitten..but that's just what I needed, having
lost a cat in December and another in June. He's a mischievous lap cat
with some definite orange cat attitude. My major reason for mailing my
thanks to you is to tell you that , in my opinion, the sole reason he
is so lovable is the tireless hours that you folks at AAC spent socializing
him. He interacts well with cats and other people. Once again, thank you
from the bottom of my heart."
-- Joan Atkinson
 "On
first looking at him, you wonder why anyone would adopt a 10 year old
86 lb yellow lab/german shepherd mix who had been in the shelter for almost
three years and who had only 40% of his teeth and an ear that had been
mangled years before. I don't know why, but I'm glad I did and so is Mr.
Elliott.
"Mr. Elliott is quite a headstrong dog and also very lovable. He just
needs someone to be firm. I'm glad that the shelter was a no-kill shelter
and that Mr. Elliott has a chance to live out his remaining years in freedom
in a home environment. He's sitting with me with me right now as I write
this -- he usually doesn't let me get more than 10 feet away before he
follows me."
-- Anne Maxwell
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Cherry Hill, NJ |
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  "We
adopted Hogan March 3, 2000 and we cannot thank you enough.
He is the most lovable dog. He loves long walks, playing ball or Frisbee.
As long as he is around us, he is happy. Hogan loves us as much as we
love him. You have the knack for putting the right ones together. Thanks
again to all of you. I tell all of my friends to adopt a dog and that
they make the best pets. You don't know how much of an impact you have
on peoples' lives. I know we will never forget you. God bless you."
Joe, Patty, Susan, Lisa and Hogan
Holmes, PA
 "Elvis
has fit in perfectly at home and is truly a family member. Each morning
he wakes Domenick up with a demand for attention and food, not necessarily
in that order. He has a very affectionate personality and loves to cuddle.
Elvis can sing very loudly and whenever he feels the need for more attention,
Elvis will climb your leg with his front paws and signal that he wants
to hug. Once you pick him up, Elvis puts his front paws around your neck
and rubs his face on your cheeks and ears while purring his blissful fortune!
Elvis is pictured here with his "little sister", Josie,
who we adopted from a local SPCA. As you can see, Elvis has Josie in one
of his patented cat hugs. We highly recommend an animal adoption from
your care center and our hearts go out to all your volunteers who make
a dream like ours a reality. Thank you, Animal Adoption Center, and keep
up the great work!"
Domenick, Sonya, Rachel, Elvis and Josie Fini
Norfolk, VA
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Maxwell & Agent 99 McCormick
Springfield, PA |
 "This
Sunday (9/26/99) marks the one year anniversary of our family's adoption
of Gordon, a shepherd/pit mix. He was found as a starving
puppy by an 'angel' and was taken to Animal Adoption Center. When I saw
him, it was love at first sight and he has been at my side every moment
since then.
"Because he had been abused, he was very afraid of
everything in general and of men in particular. At first he cringed in
terror at our every movement. When I offered him a bone, he ran like he
thought I was going to beat him with it.
"We went to many obedience classes and practiced daily
and Gordon worked very hard to learn to trust people. After months of
incredibly intense work, I was very proud to be able to take Gordon to
an elementary school for a humane education program I was involved in.
He was perfectly behaved and everyone was so impressed.
"Working with Gordon has opened my eyes to a whole
world of animal welfare issues that has given my life a new purpose and
changed me forever. Under his supervision, I rescued some sick street
cats. He helped me nurse them back to health by constantly licking and
snuggling them. Now they are his little sisters. Gordie Bear, I am so
proud of you and I love you very much."
Leslie McDevitt
Philadelphia
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Tom Tressel of Cherry Hill, NJ, adopted Michael and
Celia as kittens. They are now known as Tiger
and Fluffy...new names to go with their new, happy
home.
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This is a dog we adopted
from Animal Adoption Center, May 18th, 1999. His name was Taz
-- we renamed him Jag. We now know why he was
named Taz. He was a devil and a handful in the beginning, but
is doing very well now. We just love him to death. He is a year
old this month and is beautiful...even more so than this picture.
Elaine Dobbs |
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Mr & Mrs Williams of Fort Washington, PA
adopted Rags and Zoe as kittens. |
They certainly got big and now rule the roost!
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Dunn of Devon, PA |
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"We wish to express our gratitude to your
shelter for bringing us together with our cat, Pearl.
We adopted her from you at the Jan. 1999 cat show at the Garden
State Race Track--you knew her as "Silver".
I must tell you about the enormous amount of love, laughter,
warmth, and companionship she has
brought to our lives. Best of all, she is happy, secure and
feeling loved. Thank you!"
Steven and Nancy Morelli
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"
Korki (Larry) has been an absolute joy to our family, we weren't sure when
we first brought him into our home do to the fact out dog Kya was so afraid
of
him, now they love each other and drive us absolutely crazy with their
constant playing and rough housing. We can't imagine life without him!
Thank-you
AAC! Rachel is the best and we owe her for helping us get our new baby!"
Karen Selenski and Mike Dempsey
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"My husband adopted Rocky, a male Rottweiler, from the shelter in 1993. Rocky
had been a stray in Camden, and came to the shelter malnourished and abused,
and with some medical concerns. With some love, training, and lots of TLC,
Rocky became a beloved addition to our family. He was a massive 140+ lbs,
and looked like a show dog. He was intelligent, sweet, affectionate, and
playful. He loved playing ball, taking walks (never having to be on leash) -
especially on the beach, chasing squirrels, going to the groomer, and his
"babies" (stuffed groundhogs), which he took with him to bed every night.
Sadly, after several years of perfect health and happiness, Rocky developed
an aggressive bone cancer, which we spent a great deal of time and money
trying to defeat. We lost Rocky in November of 2001. We credit the shelter
with rescuing US by finding our Rocky - a truly wonderful creature - and
giving him the chance to live a good and happy life. Now, we share our home
with two Rottweilers and at least once each year, we make a contribution of
money and/or goods to the shelter in Rocky's memory. Thank you for all that
you do!"
Amy & Brian Whilldin
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I adopted Blackbird (originally named
George at your shelter) when he
was three months old in 2000. My wife Jeanette and I adopted Max
(black
and white) from you at three years of age in 2003 because Blackbird
needed a brother. It was a match made in heaven for them and for
us.
They love each other to death and have more fun playing together
than
you could imagine. They are the most well behaved cats I've ever
met.
They don't touch or scratch what is not theirs, they even take care
to
keep their toys in good shape. We wouldn't know what to do without
them.
Thanks so much for making our little family complete. For anyone
out
there who has reservations about adopting a pet from this shelter,
you
may be denying yourself of something great if you choose not to.
Al Malone |
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We have always been cat people
but I decided it was time for a dog, and in September (2005),
I brought home a little black lab from Animal Adoption Center,
who we named Bailee. All the information we had was that
she was about 3 months old and she was part of a litter rescued
from West Virgina. Bailee was very timid and quiet, but lovable
from the start. Now, she is the most loved and most energetic
member of our family. She went from being a little dog who
loved to chew sticks to a big dog who loves to chew everything.
We celebrated her 1st birthday in June but she is certainly
not out of her "puppy stage." She is very athletic
and LOVES going for walks and rides (she wags her tail and
jumps around just by hearing those words). She has met many
dogs in the neighborhood and is very playful. She tries to
chase rabbits and squirrels (which makes taking walks very
interesting)... and since she weighs in around 80 lbs in
addition to being a very tall girl... walking or playing
with Bailee is quite the workout. As you can seeby the pictures,
she is absolutely beautiful and we are so thankful to have
her in our lives!
-- Danielle DelVecchio and family --
Audubon, NJ |
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Just wanted to send an email to say thank you to everyone at the
AnimalAdoption Center. In January of this year my husband, Thomas
and I adopted"Rocky" from the shelter. (we have since
renamed him Buddy) Buddy was ahandful when we first brought him
home. He was scared and mischievous andwasn't so keen on listening
to us. After lots of love (and some time spentat obedience school
where he quickly became a star pupil) Buddy has become awell
mannered, sweet and lovable dog. He really completed our family.
When we heard that his sister, Sapphire (since renamed Sadie)
had beenreturned to the shelter again, we knew we had to bring
her home. Thoughthere was concern that they wouldn't get along,
they became fast friends and are now completely inseparable. They
are so happy here...they chase eachother in circles in our yard,
sleep curled up together and love to play tug of war with their
rope toys.
We don't remember what life was like before we brought them home
and I just thought I should write to you and thank you all for
everything that you do. Without a place like yours who knows what
would have happened to our sweet pups.
I'm attaching a picture of them doing what they do best.....nap!
Thank you again,
Kerry, Thomas, Buddy and Sadie McNulty |
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On September 16, 2006, we adopted one of your cats.
"LBK" was one of your FIV+ kitties and had been there
for 3 years. She is now named Sabrina and is coming up on a whole
year at her new home.
She has settled in, nicely. She doesn't much care for her baby
sister,
Fiona,(a stray we took in 3 months before adopting Sabrina) but
Fiona tries so hard to get Sabrina to play with her.
She is a loving cat who just purrs all the time.
R & F;
Sicklerville, NJ |
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Tracy,
Please take a look at how Dillon is doing! We love him sooo
much! Thanks
so much to you and your staff for being so patient with Chris
and I
while we waited for Dillon to get well enough to take home! To
update
you he is just finishing up another antibiotic. Our vet seems
to think
he has allergies. He gets the lucky dog diet of rice and ground
beef-YUMMY according to Dillon! His eyes and nose have cleared
up again.
He brings great joy to our home-he is a HUGE bundle of love!
Babycakes has become den mother to the boys-they don't listen
to her
though! Jake is in heaven having a playmate with as much energy
as he
has! The cats don't seem to mind Dillon since he doesn't really
bother
with them. He has been a fantastic addition to our family-FYI-he
is
housebroken! Thank goodness!!
Jenn |
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In August 2006, we adopted a gorgeous and playful dog Chanel.
She
is now a year old and she is a delight to our family.
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Greetings Animal Adoption Center:
Monty has been adjusting so well in his new home:) We
named him "Homer J" and he already knows his name
and the sit, stay, and come commands. He is the smartest
dog we have ever met.
Of course, we have been spoiling him but how can we say NO
to that cute face. He has also became a regular at our
local dog park and loves long runs with us. He also goes
with us to our footballs games and our team as well as the
other teams just love him. Homer J loves all the attention
he gets!
We have wanted a dog for years but wanted to make sure it was
the right time in our lives and we got the right dog for us. Homer
J definitely is the right dog for us.
Thanks to the young man that introduced me to Homer J. I
believe his name was George. I initially walked right
passed Homer J and I was telling George the type of dog I was
looking for. Immediately, George brought be to Homer
J and I feel in love instantly. I would also like to
thank the great staff at the Center. We have been to
a number of different SPCAs and shelters looking for a dog
and the staff at the Animal Adoption Center has been the best
and the most caring to the animals.
Sincerely,
Kelly Gallagher & Matt Convery
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Andy has settled in great, my wife and daughter
took him to get some training from pet smart just to get
a few little kinks out, and since then he’s been aces! We
originally adopted him for our other dog Beauty due to the
fact that the kids are so active now in school activities
and sports we felt that she would only benefit from having
a friend around. The two of them are inseparable now; you
might even think they grew up together.
They sleep together, they run in the back yard together,
they play with the kids together, and they are both right
there at the front door waiting for us when we get home!
Thanks again, and here is a couple of pictures for you, one
of Andy and one of the two of them together.
Tony Guerrier
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