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Over the past ten years, CAA has been involved in many adoptions of shelter animals. Success stories abound. We will be dedicating this page to some of those stories. If any of you have adopted a pet from the Clatsop County Animal Control and Shelter and would like to write about your pet, please let us know, and we'll be sure to post your story.
ONE GREAT SHAGGY DOG STORY: Take a Bernese Mountain Dog mixed with a little English Shepherd named Hippie. Place him in less than ideal circumstances. Insert a rescue scenario. Add guardian angel type characters in the form of volunteers. Add the suspense of waiting...waiting...for a new adoptive home. Thicken the plot by the discovery that Hippie is blind. Solve the conflict with the help of a kind stranger. Wrap up the story with a happy ending which includes an airplane ride to his new loving home paid for by generous contributors and Clatsop Animal Assistance! Ahhh! Very Satisfying.
We enjoyed our first annual Shelter Pet Reunion and thought you might like to hear who won our various friendly "contests." A sweet young Shepherd mix, now named Grace won Best Smile. Best Tail Wag went to Chloe. Sophie won Smallest Dog paws down. Herman won the opposite honor, Largest Dog. Dear talkative Clara, a Bassett Hound won Biggest Ears. The Most owner/dog Look-A-Like title went to Lily Belle. Brewster took Oldest Dog, and Herman again won the prize for the longest time with his owner.
Here are a few photos of the smaller guests.
 Maddie Sutton, one of our shelter volunteers shares her cat story: We adopted Clara (the Bassett) in December 2008. She couldn't possibly have a better disposition. She completed our family -- or so we thought, because two weeks ago, we had Clara in Dr Goza's office, and my daughter announced that her birthday was in a few days, so the doctor asked if she wanted a kitten. So, Fred, an 8 week old orange Tabby male with eye and respiratory infections came home with us. Clara could not have cared less, but Fred foofed out all over when he saw her. He looked just like an angry gerbil! After awhile Fred warmed up to Clara a little and now regularly bats at her tail, ears, and paws. Clara still could not care less.
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Sucess Stories
