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AUTUMN
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FROM
PATRICE, S.A.V.E.
Autumn
is a sweet gentle dog, who had been rescued after giving birth to puppies in a
cemetery. She had had a very hard life scrounging around and trying to find
shelter and a little food in the cold cemetery, and we are pretty sure she had
been abused by children or teenagers as she is terrified of them. As a matter
of fact, Autumn was the shyest dog we had, and there were times when we were
really worried that she had only the slimmest chance of ever being
adopted.
When we first saw her at the little dog
house, where she had been boarded , she was so shy she wouldn't even let
anyone pet her at all. She certainly wouldn't come out of her cage, and she
certainly wouldn't go for a walk .
Our volunteers sat with her, talked to her,
fed her and befriended her and little by little she became
friendlier. Small victories, like her eating a treat we offered her led into
bigger victories like being able to pet her, and then bigger accomplishments,
like Autumn walking out of her cage and then running right back, and then even
more exciting progress, when we discovered Autumn liked playing with boy dogs
and she ran around and played with them and didn't run back to her cage anymore
. She had always looked so sad, but then we saw her smile, and
it was like a cloud was lifted from her! Autumn was finally able to go for a
walk to the park and around the blocks, still shying away when she
saw kids, but able to enjoy the grass and air and sunshine and a nice walk
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Now we have the most joyous event of all — Autumn's Adoption!
Renee and Eric who volunteer with the dogs at the little dog house, love
Autumn, and have adopted her into their home , where
Autumn now lives with 4 cats! Autumn sits on her futon , happy and
content in her new home , and in fact just went on a family trip
to Pennsylvania where she got to make new friends, and go for walks in the
countryside. Everyone who knows and loves Autumn is so happy for her and so
grateful to Renee and Eric for all
their kindness and for giving Autumn the loving home she really needed and
deserved!
Picture of Autumn, her mom Renee, and her cat siblings (including
new family member Petra).
(Added December 30, 2001)
Autumn
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Autumn
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Autumn getting a treat from Judy
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Autumn and Luigi
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Autumn and Renee at the park
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Autumn and Renee on a walk
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Autumn posing on her futon
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Autumn at home on her futon
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Renee and Autumn at home
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Renee, Autumn and Eric
Happily ever after!
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Renee, Autumn and all of Autumn's
sisters
Note from Patrice, S.A.V.E
[This] picture is of our wonderful volunteer
friend Renee, who is pictured at home with Autumn and her cat sisters! Autumn
was one of the Little Dog House Dogs, who used to live in the cemetary, but now
has been adopted by Renee and Eric (who walk the little dog house dogs on
Saturdays and are always there to volunteer for whatever needs to be done).
Renee and Eric also fostered and then adopted Petra, a very loving sweet
10-year-old black cat, pictured on the bed. What a happy wonderful
family!
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we love happy endings!
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