As an independent, nonprofit humane agency which receives no government funding, and being reliant on service fees and donations, we are especially pleased and touched when our friends include a note about their experiences
with an adopted APL animal and the wonderful life that guardianship has
brought to both human and animal alike!

Cheyenne - Happy birthday in a happy home!

Hello - 13 years ago today, Cheyenne came home with me from your shelter. We were told she was 3 years old at the time, so today we celebrated her 15th birthday! Today she's a little arthritic, doesn't hear so well, and naps a lot, but is happy and healthy and loved dearly.

A year and a half ago, she underwent surgery to remove a cancerous section of her lung, and has bounced back wonderfully and has been cancer-free since then.

She's been nothing but a joy in my life and we wanted to say "thank you" for bringing us together.

Kathy Patton

Octavia - found her kingdom!

Hi everybody, it's me Octavia, remember me?  I was staying at the APL for a bit while I was looking for my perfect family.  You know, a family that recognized my regal being, a family who would treat me as the Princess Octavia that I am.  Well, so far, so good!

My mommy, Courtney, loves me more than I could have ever hoped.  She is always making sure that I have everything a puppy with my obvious royal lineage should have.  I get to play fetch almost as much as I want to, we go out for long walks everyday and I have even gotten back some of my girlish Princess figure.  We go to the puppy park to play for hours and sometimes we even take my Uncle Tobey.  I get to go everywhere with my Mommy when she is not at work, we go visiting, shopping, to the laundry,  I like to curl up with my Mommy when she reads a book, watches a movie or works on her knitting.  My Mommy and I just enjoy spending all our time together.

Uncle Tobey, he truly understands what a Princess Octavia deserves.  He lives with my Grandma and I go to stay with her a few days every week while my Mommy works to buy me more food, treats and toys.  My Grandma loves to have me come to visit and we play games and usually Uncle Tobey loses.  He lets me play with all his toys, chew all of his bones and if Grandma isn't watching, eat all his food.  He loves me a lot and I love him, too, but just don;t tell him.

I just wanted to write to you to thank you for letting me stay with you for a while and for taking good care of me while I was there.  My Mommy is very happy and thankful that you took good care of me, too, because now she has me to give all that love that she was saving up to.  My Mommy, my Grandma and even my Uncle Tobey tell me all the time how  lucky they are that I picked them to go home with.  I have sent you some pictures too, I even am sending you one of Uncle Tobey so he doesn't feel left out.

~ Princess Octavia ~

Danali - Traveling the world

Denali was brought to the APL just a couple weeks after she was born.  Her litter mates and her were fighting Parvo, and were fostered by an APL veterinarian.  Being the runt of the litter and significantly more sick, Denali had to be fostered longer than the rest of her siblings.  We began fostering her as a 1 month old, bottle feeding her and giving her daily medicine.  She came back from Parvo, Pneumonia, and Pasturella.  After a 6 month fostering, we simply couldn't part.  We adopted her in early 2007, and Denali and her "brother" Bentley have been partners in crime ever since.  She has lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and absolutely loves her new home in Seattle.  She is an avid swimmer and hiker, having summited Mt. St. Helens, and swam in the Pacific Ocean!  Thanks for the chance at life, APL!!!

Mikey

Lola - The smartest in the house... or at least the second

We had been looking for a dog from some time and were getting discouraged when we happened to find Lola in early November.  It didn't take us very long to see how sweet she is, and she's been a blast ever since!  Even though she hadn't been there long, the APL was right on about her size and temperament, which was very helpful.

Lola has turned out to be shockingly smart, probably the second smartest in the house after my wife, who has trained her to run along with us and do about a dozen great tricks.  In fact, she learned to roll over the first time!  She's is all energy all the time, which makes for a lot of fun.  Most of her day is spent looking out the window at the squirrels, and then trotting little laps around the house.  Once we discovered that the only thing Lola loves more than squirrels is food, we've figured out how to keep her calm (sometimes).  When she's not at the window or trotting she's sleeping, but mostly she just loves to be where we are as much as possible - we're still working on 'personal space.'  Thanks, APL, for taking such good care of Lola until we found her.

The Jeffers