One More Shot
Diabetic senior cat Buddy Love finally found a home where he fits in At 13 years old and diabetic, Buddy Love isn’t what most prospective pet adopters look for. The…
Adoption Stories
Caring for Carrot
The abandoned puppy needed more than treats and treatments. SDHS staff made sure Carrot had a warmer—and fuzzier—future. When Carrot came in last August, the timid 4-month-old pit bull terrier…
Mutual Trust
Archie has come a long way since being rescued from a South Korean meat farm, and he’s not the only one who’s better for it More than 2.5 million dogs…
ANNA’S STORY: FROM A TOUGH SELL TO A HAPPY HOME
When a law enforcement officer brought Anna to San Diego Humane Society last fall, employees wondered whether she’d ever had a relationship with a person before. The chow mix was…
THE EXTRA MILE
Perfect Match! How social media helped Pip find a home and hit her goofy stride Hardcore cram sessions call for indulgent breaks. For Kristine Mendoza, a pre-veterinary student at UC…
Worth the Wait
Augustina, an American pit bull terrier with cancer, found a loving home after being in San Diego Humane Society’s care for over a year while she received the medical care…
Rescue Dog Finds Love
In December 2016, 78 dogs were rescued from an extreme hoarding situation that San Diego Humane Society called one of the worst they’d ever seen. The dogs had been living…
Love is Blind
As supervisor of the Kitten Nursery at San Diego Humane Society, Jackie Noble’s team of staff and volunteers care for more than a thousand kittens each year. But the one who stole her heart almost didn’t make it.
Happily Ever After
Rose Gomez visited San Diego Humane Society when she was looking to adopt a dog, and was drawn to Rodrigo, a lab terrier. But counselors advised that Rodrigo was skittish…
Unexpected Gift
Guerro, a husky and German shepherd mix, came into Hugo Paredes’ life by literally showing up on his doorstep one Saturday morning.
Good as New
THE EXTRA MILE A broken puppy gets a second chance—and a loving home Jordan Kownacki has always been an animal lover. A former volunteer at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus,…
Success Story: Temp to perm
As foster volunteers for San Diego Humane Society, Courtney McGowan and her boyfriend nursed a rescued kitten, Sicily, back to health. When they first met Sicily, she was suffering from a…