Animal Humane Association of Star Valley It's All About the Animals!
Heart warming stories about pets and their people…
Oh, my fur buddies are fabulous. We renamed them Harold and Maude, after said movie. They are food motivated, for sure, so training and manners improvement has been rapid. They love going with me EVERYWHERE. So, all is good with this multi-species family.
Thank you for all you do. They were lucky they landed with your organization.
We are sorry to report that our sweet Sherlock passed away today from renal failure. He was about two years old when we adopted him in 2011, so we estimate he was about 15 years old. I’ll always remember the day I was working at your shelter on a Saturday and a nice lady from Etna brought him in because she was moving and could not take him with her. There was no available space for Sherlock at the shelter that day, so I asked her to fill out the paperwork and that we’d let her know when we had room for him. I secretly took her phone number home with me and after Jake returned home from a business trip, we called her and arranged to meet “Toughy” as she called him. We changed his name to Sherlock soon after we took him home. When I saw that sweet face through the door on the cat carrier, I just knew he was the right replacement for our Linus who had passed earlier that year (2011). We lost our precious Benny earlier this year, but we still have our three-legged sweet Nicky who talks constantly – a great comfort to us. We rescued Nicky from Bridger Animal Hospital after he was mauled by a dog on Christmas Day in 2013. Dr. Black was the on-call physician that day who saved Nicky’s life. Sherlock was being boarded there while we were in Florida for the holidays, so he took Nicky under his wing and looked over him while he was recovering from leg amputation. They bonded very quickly and became best friends. We’ve been so fortunate to have had the most loving and sweet pets that we’ll cherish forever.
Thank you for all you do to save and care for all those beautiful creatures. L&J
Harry was rescued by people heading to Canada on vacation. He was in the middle of the highway, so they picked him up and brought him to Lucky’s Place. He was at the shelter for a few weeks, and then he went to a foster home for two weeks. The people returned from their Canadian vacation and adopted him. He is Midwest-bound and loving life. They love Harry!
Good morning!
Kyko has been a sweetheart. I love him. He doesn’t seem to like stairs, which was interesting. We have already had two walks this morning and vole hunting!
Thanks so much for your staff and you setting me up with Kyko.
I just wanted to reach out to say thank you, as I adopted a dog from you just over 12 years ago. I had to let her go as she had cancer and her health declined rapidly. The silver lining is that she got 12 years of love and happy times after her rough start. I found her listing from years ago and figured it might be nice for folks there to hear the happy ending for one of their own. There are photos below of her posting and one from her later days.
She has been my best friend for many years and was given all the love and affection she deserved. We had a wonderful run. Again, thank you for helping me connect with my sweet girl. I appreciate everything you do to find happy homes for these animals. I hope this will inspire folks to give more of these animals the home they deserve. We had a LOT of good times. -Evan
Fisher (formerly Drako) spends most all his day looking for a lap or a patch of sunlight to cuddle up on. Lucy (formerly Hermione) mostly sprawls on the floor and plays with our dog Sunshine. They are both so good with our eight-month-old! Lucy is very careful to always use soft paws with him. It’s clear that they were treated kindly and socialized well during their stay with you guys. They are two of the best cats I’ve ever had! We are so happy to have them! -The Adams
Smoky (formerly Neptune) is so happy with his new family!! He is quite busy playing with his new friends and going on adventures, which requires a nap every now and then.
Walnut finally gets a home. This is a happy ending story for Walnut. He was in bad shape with his tail frozen from living out in the extreme cold. After many vet appointments, he lost a piece of his tail due to infection. He was a very sick kitty that fought back and never lost his desire of being held and loved by people coming into the shelter. Walnut was always overlooked because of his disfigured appearance… until it was total love when his new family met him. Now Walnut travels with his new mom in his own backpack!
It has been 7 years since we adopted an 18-month-old dog from you. I wanted to let you know that not only has Kimber (a male boxer/Rottweiler type mix) been a great family dog all these years, but he is now the BEST dog to have as we have entered dog fostering ourselves in the state of Arkansas where we moved to. Kimber has welcomed, played with, shared toys and beds and attention to 14 fosters ranging in age from 7 weeks to adult. He is the playful uncle who also teaches housetraining, leash walking, house manners to the fosters so that they have all gone on to adoptive homes having a great start in life, Dog rescuing and support is such hard work, I see that firsthand with the shelter I volunteer for. I want your staff to know that through your agency, through Kimber, more dogs have been helped. Your impact is far reaching I am sure of that.
-Julie
We are so thankful for our Lucky’s Place adoptees: Red Fox (formerly Angel, a kitten with a badly broken leg that we adopted 14 years ago), and Gnocchi (Oakley) & Mabel (Maple), our 4-year-old Akbash siblings.
Grateful for all that you do for the animals!
-Heather