Oct. 11th

Today was an incredibly busy day at ARF. ARF’s annual Mutt Strutt was held this morning, and drew a crowd of about 65 people and their canine companions. The mutt strutt is a two mile fundraising walk to support ARF. We really lucked out with beautiful weather in the 70’s. Thank you to everyone who came out, walked, and supported ARF!

The rest of the day was just as busy as the morning. After the Mutt Strutt, many walkers went over to ARF, and one family adopted their newest family member- a collie mix named Brock! What a lucky dog! Along with Brock, the following ARF animals went home to their new families: Chloe, a 9 month old pit bull puppy; Carmen, a 10 month old yellow lab mix; Millhouse, Wiggums, and Maggie, three labrador retriever puppies; Summer, an australian cattledog mix puppy; Minnie Driver, a 6 month old shepherd mix puppy; Frick & Frack, 4 month old littermate kittens; and Benji, a yorkie-maltese dog. This is a record setting day- we have never sent home 11 animals in one day before! And, each of these homes go through a screening process to ensure that each adopted pet is going to an indoor home with a responsible, loving family. And each family also has the promise that, in the event an adoption turns out not to be a good fit, ARF will happily take the ARF baby back at any point in time- even 10 years if need be.

With all the adoptions today, there are bound to be some new faces in the next week- strays that have nowhere else to go; owned pets whose owners can’t, or won’t, keep them any longer; and even possibly some dogs from our local or regional shelters who have no more time left. Check our website for the new kids, and who knows- you may just find your next best friend!