Just dropping you a line to let you see the beautiful big cats our little kittens have grown into in just one year. We picked up our little kittens from Riverstone (I think the lady was Narelle?) on 8th January 2007 - they were about 10 weeks old. The boy, who we call Kin-chan, has grown into a beautiful big tom cat, and the girl, Sa-chan, a lovely white and tabby female. Their natures are so different - he is slow and easy going, she is lively and busy. They are happy in each other's company and still play rough and tumble every morning and every night. I've attached a picture. Thank you for two beautiful cats.
Regards,
Cathie Tanaka

Just thought I would update you on the most sensational dog on the planet. Radar continues to grow and is now about 32.25kg. The vet reckons he will fill out a bit more, but it near his full height. He plays with virtually every dog at the local dog park every day, but has a best friend, Seamus the black labrador. We have "dogsat" Seamus over a weekend and the 2 of them played non-stop for most of the weekend. They both slept pretty soundly on the Sunday night at the end of it all. We are about to go on holiday along the Great Ocean Rd, the Grampians and Ballarat and will send some photos from that trip. I have attached a few photos of him. He has started guarding our house by barking at strangers in the street from our front window. He goes to the window throughout the day just to have a look and see what's going on. It is kind of his watch tower. Thankfully, he only barks when there is someone unfamiliar there which is only once a day or so. The other day, Andrew surprised him on the other side of the window and he loved it! A friend at my job last year insisted on sketching him and we finally got it framed (I know, we're pathetic!). Have a look at the photo for a great likeness. He doesn't look impressed, but he was just curious about my camera and what the heck I was doing with it.
Love Raewyn and Andrew

I thought you might like to see how the kittens are getting on. Mitch and Bella now run the house and I'm just here to feed and pat them.
They are great company and I love them lots. Thanks for letting me adopt them.

Im sure you will remember this little guy I got from you, Phantom (daredevil), I thought id just let you know that his is doing really well, he is pictured with my oriental cross, bella, she mothers him as you can see, he gets around the house really well and gets into everthing he can, he loves mischief!! Enjoy the rest of your weekend and keep up the great work, I hope one day ill have the room to be able to foster cats and help them find forever homes.
Kind Regards
Renae

Here is a photo of Bella in her bed, she was about to snooze but got a rude awakening by the flash! A little bit about how Bella and I met. Bella was due to be euthenaised on the last Friday in October last year, my friend Heather who fosters for DCH asked me if I would foster her as she already had a foster dog at her place. The ranger there, Kiralee, had gotten to know Bella over her time there and said she was so loving and friendly and wanted hugs all the time!
I straight away said I would go down and get her out as soon as I finished work, actually I flexed off a little early! Our first night together I bathed her about five times because she was so matted and smelly! (I swiftly arranged a professional grooming a couple of days later!) I put the dog bed beside mine and she slept there all night long, after that one night she was in my bed with me and my other pets from then on! I soon found out she was house trained and she loved my Shih Tzu and my Bombay cat and they adored her! In fact, my Shih Tzu who's 11 years old has found a new lease on life because Bella is only around three and she makes sure he enjoys everyday playing and snoozing together.
So the Happy Ending is that I just had to adopt her myself as she fitted in so well with the rest of the team here at my place and she certainly loves us too! I named her Bella as she has the most beautiful, loving nature toward other animals and humans Ive ever seen in a dog.
Thanks! Clare

Teddy is fitting in very nicely he is trained and he is learning to come and to shake. He was sleeping with the girls but has chosen our bed to sleep in...maybe the girls tossed and turned a bit too much for his liking or maybe our bed is comfier (heehee). Anyway he is our new alarm clock in the mornings, and i must say it is much nicer waking up due to licking than the awful beep beep of the clock. Still trying new things for him to eat as he seems to get bored of the same kind of foods, we are trying to include fish at least 3 times a week. He loves his chicken necks and his bones and my shoes!! To date he has gone through 4 pairs!! But that's ok because we love him dearly.
Thank you for the gift that is teddy :)
Johanna and family

Again, Thanks so much Bron Barry

thanks again, Bec & Lee

Thanks a heap, June, Steve, Gemma, Aidan and Jet Rush

I adopted Franklin back in november 2007. Here is a recent photo of him, he is now 12 months old. He is a great dog he is lovable, loyal, pretty obedient but improving, great watch dog. Is not chewing things up in the yard as much, keeping him in good supply of bones and chewing toys and exercise. Your organization is great.Thanks for providing an opportunity for these animals to have a another chance at life.

Regards Amanda & EVIE

Sorry we have not been in touch for a while. We have moved house and the lucky pups now have a big back yard with plenty of grass to dig dig dig. They also love to chew chew chew. They are a bundle of energy and have developed very different personalities. Snoopy is by far the more active dog. Although they both love their walks, Snoopy is constantly wanting to chase balls etc while Henry is happy to sit back and relax. Henry reminds me of Jedda...he is a real sook, loves a cuddle, throws himself on the ground for a scratch whenever you are there. Snoopy is far more independent and is quite happy for a scratch, cuddle and then goes off to chew a bone.
They are totally dependent on each other. They do everything together at the same time. When we take them to our local dog park they always run everywhere at the same time. They are incredibly friendly with other dogs and people. They love the dog park....it is huge and they can run for miles on grass and through bushes. We went away for two weeks in January (yes another soccer tournament)and they went to a kennel. They were in the same run and they had puppy play time everyday. They came back really happy, and I think had put on weight. The kennel is called Meadowmist ...I thought you might like to have that recommendation for other families.
The boys love the dogs just as much as they ever did. The pups are so lucky with cuddles and attention from all 3 boys. We still call them "puppies" just as you used to.
Best Wishes,

Thanking you Liane & Mitchie

Kind regards Margaret

I just wanted to drop you a quick line and tell you that the kitten I adopted from you last week is a wonderful addition to my family. I have enclosed a few pictures. I named him 'Cous Cous'

We wanted to let you know that our new puppy Jelibean is the cutest thing …. She did cry the whole way home from you guys and it sounded like I want to go home but she was okay once out of the container and insid……when we got back home we went to the petbarn and got her lots of special little things like a new collar which alas hung on her and lots of toys…….so we had to change the collar for a pink bling bling one with lots of girly jewels…..
Jelibean cried that night for the first 15 minutes because I put her in the kitchen after she decorated my bed as a welcome home pressie…..since then she has not had one accident in the house…she is one smart cookie …and my son is in awe of her to the point where he will clean up the dog poo as soon as she goes….. Jelibean is following the kids around everywhere and then she climbs into my lap for a quick nap b4 she is off again…. She gets lost under our shrubs and we have a lot of fun trying to find her…she sits when we eat and is the best dog as she seems to eat everything she sees… she got raw carrot the other day and munched on that…..I am now learning how to make my own dog food so that she stays healthy and with us forever
Our Cat Socksy has put her in her place and gave her a smack on the nose…we did have a baby gate up for our cat to have some space until she felt happy to join in and it lasted for 1 hour before she was out and part of the family…Jelibean did try barking at her in play and the cat just looked as if to say r u kidding me……we went to the shop today for 20 mins to get milk and we come home with more toys…(she is a spoilt already)..she also looks at us when we call her name so I think she knows already who she is….
My kids want to say Thanks for making their family a good one and saving Jelibean so that we could find her…I will get a pic to you later this week of the kids and Jelibean together

Paula

Donna & Mick
PS – you can tell from the photo of her asleep outside their kennel that she really is comfortable in her new home.

Anyway best wishes for the new year Lara Chris & Rema

It's Karina here, we adopted louie from Selena a couple of months ago.