Bo and his forever family!

Ginny with her forever family!

My husband and I adopted the cute little fur-ball "Frodo" in January. He now knows himself as "Mishka." I first wanted to send you a follow-up email with some photos so you could see how Mishka has grown. He is about 40lbs now, and gets more adorable by the day! He is VERY smart - he picked up the basic obedience commands, plus some, in no time :). He is always up for a good adventure, and never passes up the opportunity to curl up in your lap for a chew on a bully stick!

We couldn't have ended up with a more perfect family member than our little Mishka :) thank you for making that possible!

Hope you enjoy the photos,

Kierstin & Eric Keller

Radar fka Tiger was surrendered to AARF at about 3 months old. He belonged to an older teenager and the mother told him that the dog had to go. He was very sensitive to raised voices, hands, and leashes. He was sharing space with another young puppy and was doing pretty good in kennel life. When his pal got adopted and he had been alone for almost 2 weeks, I told my husband that he needed to come out to the adoption event and meet him. We would "only" foster. Famous last words.

He had a puppy cold and within 24 hours of bringing him home, he ended up with full blown pneumonia. The little guy was miserable.  His health was very touch and go for almost 2 weeks. We pampered him and did what ever we needed to to get him to eat and take his meds. He recovered like a champ.

Today, he is the best thing that happened to his sister Ruth. She is also an AARF rescue that we adopted at 8 weeks.  They are similar in size and energy level. Radar is happiest when demanding attention from people or laying on 1 or more of his siblings.  He loves the dog park and fetch. We are so happy that we "fostered" him.

Jim and Brandi Segraves

We first met Jinx when we wandered into AARF and stated we wanted to foster the dog that needed it most. She says, "how about a 7 month old American Bulldog?" We were like awesome. Out comes this giant, uncoordinated, goofy puppy. He ended up with AARF after an individual had purchased him from a breeder and then could not handle his energy.

On the drive home, my husband was already talking about keeping him. I told him that we were only fostering him and helping him get good home skills so that he could find his own family. We already have 4 dogs.  As you can tell, the rest is history. Jinx will be 5 in July. He came right in like he had always been part of the pack. We have had our challenges with him but it is amazing what training, exercise, and doggy daycamp can do. He is still a big goof and our pack would not be complete without him.

Jim and Brandi Segraves