Here is a picture of Petey who was adopted from the shelter 01/18/09. He is doing good and gets along well with our other cat, Alex. In the picture, Petey is on the left and Alex is on the right side. As you can tell both cats look identical. They are both black and white, have a black spot on their chins, and have white tips on their tails. Thank you for allowing us to adopt Petey. He is a wonderful and affectionate cat......Aaron & Jennifer

In December my fiance and i adopted a beautiful tabby that you all named Mia. Well, Mia is LUNA now, and she is our precious princess. She is spoiled rotten and getting a little fat, but she is healthy, happy, and extremely loving. After a long day at work, Luna greets us at the door and won't stop yowling until we sit down and play with her for at least ten minutes. Then she curls up in one of our laps and watches tv with us. She even tries to type on my laptop, because it takes up "Her" space. I've included some of the pictures we've taken of her so that you can post them if you like.  Thank you for taking such good care of my sweet baby until I could bring her home.

Hi everyone!  It’s been a couple months since I left the shelter, and I really love my new home. I have a new name now. My parents call me Chooie. My new house has really comfy furniture inside, and my parents bought me a fence so I can play outside too. My mom gives me pink toys and collars that I look good in.  I like the way she’s always kissing me on my nose and telling me I’m her pretty princess tough girl. My dad thinks it’s funny but he likes to throw all the pink tennis balls to me and I’m getting good at catching them. They even gave me a pink Easter basket and took pictures of me in my pink Easter bunny ears while I ate all my pink treats (then I ate the ears!). Now they want to adopt a brother for me, so I guess I have to start learning how to share.  They’re making me take some training class to learn better doggie social behavior, then I guess I have to come back down to help pick out my brother. I hope he likes the color blue though, ‘cause I already told mom and dad that he can’t have any of my pretty pink princess toys. I’ll see you all soon!

And thanks for taking care of me for so long and helping me find a permanent home!

Love,
Chooie

We adopted Coco (aka Tasha) from you In January (the 27^th I believe). She now has a big yard to play in, and a best friend kitty cat whose ears she loves to bite. She loves peanut butter and chasing tennis balls and napping in the couches big pillows. We adopted Coco to mend our hearts and minds after losing another dog that we loved very much to cancer. Upon seeing her little face, we couldn’t leave without bringing the runt-of-the-litter home with us. While our family will never forget our lost puppy friend, Coco sure has helped in keeping us busy in healing our pain. Her mother is Quesha the English setter who was also at the shelter. She had several brothers and sisters at WAHS as well. We are so grateful for her. A donation to assist Sugar Ray the cat has been made on behalf of Coco.

HI! This email is for everyone who helped us adopt our little kitty Sophie on Friday March 20th. We just want to thank you all for allowing us to adopt her, she is seriously the perfect kitten. In our first few days with her we have had many hours playing and our favorite... cuddling! She absolutely loves the toy from the shelter and picks that one over all of the other toys she now has (she is obviously spoiled!) She also loves cuddling up next to us. She will get as close as possible to your face and neck and lay for hours just purrrring away! Every night when I sit down to do my homework she is on my lap either watching my type away or taking a cat nap, as she is right now! Bringing her home from a shelter we thought she may have a few health problems and probably be scared but she is a little healthy kitten and never spent one moment since she has been here scared. She has never once seemed sad or lonely either! We are so happy to have Sophie in our lives, thank you very much for taking care of her until she became a part of our family!
Thanks again,
Katelyn Percinsky

Hello all,
 
It has been pretty close to 1.5 years now since i was adopted. I have so much fun going to parks with my dad, but as you can probably tell by my picture, I like the rides alot better. I just wanted to thank everyone that had taken care of me, and treated me so well. I am hoping to stop by sometime soon to visit you all. Take care and thanks again.
 
Sincerely,
Root Beer 

"Haven't sent any pictures for a while, but all are doing well! Bullet just graduated from obedience class and is a STAR puppy! Always doing something funny - so glad we have him. Take care."

For those who remember the unbelievably sad story last year of the puppies who were found...one shot dead, and Bullet, (pictured at left) with a gunshot wound, who survived along with another sibling.

Bullet has grown into a real stunner. He is pictured below, laying beside his two "siblings" in his new home.

 

We adopted Bryce around October 2008-- just wanted to let you know he is doing great!!  We bought a LoveSac as one of our couches, which Bryce has adopted as his overpriced dog bed.  And he is our 55 pound lap dog, he always has to be laying on top of someone... whether he is chewing a rawhide or sleeping, he is so loving!  But he has "play" written all over his face, he could be in a dead-sleep and if you wake him up, he's ready to go.  He graduated from his training classes in December and will hopefully be passing his test for his Canine Good Citizenship in the next couple months.  Bryce has been such a joy!  For now, I think he likes being an "only child", but maybe one day we will adopt again!  Thank you so much :)

Shaina & Brenton

 

Wanted to give you an update on Miss Maggie Mae, as my older son calls her. We have had her 1 week now. She is SPOILED. We're having "trouble" with a few things, She REALLY likes the beds and furniture. She gives me those eyes when I catch her on them and tell her to get down. It breaks my heart, but I'm staying firm at least to the furniture. She likes to chase our cat, poor kitty doesn't like this, but they'll get use to each other eventually!!! We are also working on the house breaking thing, she seems to like to use our basement as a potty, even though we go out very frequently, and she goes when we're outside. We don't mind these small obstacles as she gives us so much joy, just look at how she interacts with our boys. we are very much loving having her in our home. She is GREAT!!!! Thank you,

Jennifer, Brad, Kaden and Tyler

 

In October of 1992 after much searching area shelters my new husband, 8 year old stepdaughter and I came to WAHS and found THE ONE.  He was about a year old at the time and had a brother in the cage with him. We were not ready for two dogs so with a heavy heart we decided to take just one. We named him "Jake"  I just wanted to let you know that Jake was truly a gift.
He helped my stepdaughter through many years of life threatening illness, and comforted us throughout. He was undoubtedly the smartest, most thoughtful, well behaved, delightful soul, and we loved him with all our hearts until the end.  Sadly we had to have him put to sleep on November 22, 2008.  We stayed with him until the end and brought him home to be
buried in our yard under a crabapple tree. He gave us 16 years of
unconditional love and adoration and we happily gave it back. He was a master fetcher, chewer of sticks, and swimmer. He loved to run, never strayed or ran away. When we would go hiking in the woods, he would get a little bit ahead and stop to wait for us to catch up. He loved to keep us in his sights. We often wondered what happened to his brother and hoped he found a happy home.  He's been gone nearly three months now and we still miss him terribly, but I wanted you to know that he was an angel in our lives. 

Godspeed Jakie!

Hi there  It is Kelly Rush, I adopted  Jessy & Sherbert on Nov. 9, 2008 I just wanted to share a couple of pictures with you. They are alot of fun. Jessy is like a little kid, he wants picked up as soon as I get home.  He likes to be held. Sherbert likes to get up by your face a night and rub on it till he is ready to lay down. They are my babies. I just wanted to say THANKS again for giving me the opportunity to give them a home. 

Thank You
Kelly Rush

Hi
I adopted a puppy 2 years ago from you and he is doing fine we keep him in the house and he a smart dog. He was a pit mix. He got big last time to vet his weight was 65 lbs. He is very strong, we named him Fred right there in the office. Here is a picture ... not to good. I am considering adopting another one but want to bring Fred out to see how he gets along with one. He gets along with my mom's dog. It is small weiner dog. They play all day when I take him up.

Gary and Lori via the internet

 

Dear Washington Humane Society,

Hi!   We wanted to share with you our AWESOME first experiences with "Beauty".  We adopted Beauty on 12.27.08, we changed her name to Sophie.   Sophie is just a beautiful girl and so full of energy. She has been with us 24 hours and we just love her so very much.  We also have 2 cats and Sophie has been respectul of them.  I cannot wait to tell you more about how these relationships will start to develop.   Thank you to each one of you for the time you take to make sure that every pet in there feels special and loved.  All of you are a blessing.  I will share more pictures soon.
 
Eunice, Peter, Ethan and Sophie.