This is a wonderful success story.  We adopted Tigger to a couple who met him and several others at one of our adoption days around September of 2007.  They met Spot the same day, but decided that they could only handle one at a time.  Tigger had spent most of the first year of his life in a crate because his owner worked long hours and couldn’t take care of him.  She eventually dropped him off at the shelter in the hope that he would find a good home.  Tigger was a high energy dog who loved to play, but he had a calm mode too and was very affectionate and docile most of the time.  They reported that Tigger did very well and had become a member of the family.  As the months passed, they remembered Spot and asked about him a few times.  They were concerned about how he was doing and had intended to get Tigger a playmate after they had gotten him settled in.  Spot had been with us for a long time.  He had been very wild at first but settled down over time.  He was a favorite of everyone at the shelter, but there was always a concern that he would be put down when the shelter started filling up.  In January of 2008 the shelter was very full, Tigger’s adopters came back and we introduced him to his old kennel-mate, Spot.  It went well enough at the shelter that they decided to give it a try.  After some work, Tigger and Butchie (Spot) are best buddies.

From the adopter: “I just wanted to thank you for bringing Spot’s situation to our attention.  I don’t know if you heard, but Tig & Spot are getting along great so far.  Spot is a real sweetheart.  All four of us go for a morning walk every day before work, and we just got a brand new fence for the backyard which Tig loves!!  We’re so happy that we could adopt both of these great dogs!  We got off to a ruff start, but now we’re best friends!!  We even went to obedience class together!”