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Modern
Families
Adoption Brings Families Together
A
doption is an amazing thing here at the Humane Society of the
Tennessee Valley (HSTV). We were recently inspired by three unique
families brought together by adoption. We hope they inspire you
too. What makes a family? Why adopt? How has adoption affected
your family? We asked these families, each one having been united
through adoption.
“Bilbo” & Vivi
What makes a family?
A family is love, friendship, support,
and caring. Family isn't rooted in
sharing the same DNA and it isn't
complete without a dog.
How has adoption affected your family?
Adoption enriches everyone's life not just the animal or child that is
being adopted but the family itself.
Shortly after arriving at HSTV, this
big fluffy guy was adopted by the
Massey family. Nowadays, Bilbo
spends his time playing dress-up
and cuddling on the couch with his
little girl who was adopted too! He
may put on a face, but he’s not
missing bachelor life.
“Aspen” & the Girls
Aspen, a mature feline of nine, has
always been young at heart, but
when a senior cat finds herself at
the shelter sometimes it takes a
while for her to be noticed. So,
when four college girls adopted her
into the sisterhood, we were
ecstatic. Now Aspen is just one of
the girls and that is all she ever
wanted!
“Ranger” & Logan
to read how a community of people
worked to unite Logan and Ranger.
After nine-year-old Logan was
officially adopted by his step-mom,
his family decided to welcome a
homeless pet into the family.
Ranger and Logan are inseparable
these days, but Ranger’s adoption
story isn’t a simple one. It’s a story
of heartache and joy. Flip the page
Why adopt?
What led you to adopt Aspen?
She has such a loving and funny
personality and fits right in with all
of our roommates.
What would you share about adoption?
We highly recommend adopting an
older cat [or dog] to anyone that
may not have as much time to train
a kitten [or puppy] but want a pet in
their life.
It is priceless. It is humbling. No
one, be it an animal or a human,
should ever have to go through life
feeling lonely, unwanted, and
unloved.
What makes a family?
Love.
Inspired? Donate today and make a family a reality for a homeless animal!
Letter From Adoptive Family
the vet’s for a week and
they did everything they
possibly could, kept us
well informed and we
visited him several times.
Our sweet little Rocky did not
survive. We were heartbroken
and we could tell the vet
& staff at HSTV were too.
HOLIDAY CARDS
came together. We could
have been mad, demanded
our money back, written
a mean google review.
But why? We still wanted
a puppy for our son to
love.
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animals on behalf of
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“A little understanding and
This, of course, was not
the lesson I was going for. patience goes a long way
When you do, we will send a
So we contacted HSTV as does all the compassion
holiday card designed by a
of the strangers that
and found another beagle at
volunteer artist to that
a partner shelter. HSTV,
helped us…”
SOS Beagle Rescue, the
person letting them know
vet, and fosters got A little understanding and a life saving gift has been
together to make this patience goes a long way
made in their honor.
happen for our son.
as does all the compassion of
We had to decontaminate the strangers that helped
the house. Since parvo us finally get our son a
lives in soil for a long puppy. No matter how it
time, we had to be started, their hearts showed
patient and wait for our they care in how they let
We fell in love with a new boy to get a bit older it end. Thank you to all
beagle mix, Rocky. He and be fully vaccinated. . . involved. Our son is smiling
was perfect. We had
Don't give up what again and our new "Ranger"
Rocky
for
will be cherished furever.
only 4 days “Don't give up what you seek because
when
he you seek because life makes it hard.
became ill life makes it hard.” People we did not
even know heard
and tested
̶ Lisa Huddleston
positive for parvo as did our story and stepped in
Please fill out the enclosed
his litter mate from the to foster him for us and
envelope or visit our
shelter. No other puppies let us visit. Many people
website to make a
had it. Rocky stayed at from different places
donation.
A lesson was to be
learned in our decision to
adopt an abandoned
baby. I wanted to show
my son that even though
tragic things happen in
life, you can let it bring
you down or you can let
it make you a better
person. So off we go to
save a puppy that
understood how it felt it
be discarded.
For animals at HSTV, adoption means no more lonely nights, no more days waiting.
Adoption means dress-up time, playing fetch in the backyard, and being one of the
girls. Adoption means a family to love. Please help more homeless animals like
Bilbo, Aspen and Ranger find a family of their own to love with a donation this
holiday season.
As Vivi says, “Adoption Rocks,”
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Amy Buttry
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