Lily

Hi Linda and everybody at Magnificent Mutts!

Just a fun email to update you on Lily, a more than magnificent mutt we adopted from you when you had your July adoption event at the Hillside Petsmart. When we brought her home that day, she was a mere 6 pounds, and now, at only 7 months, has grown to be 20 pounds! She is absolutely the best dog we have ever had! She is so smart and is so sweet! In the few months that we have had her, she has learned how to sit, stay, speak, "paws down" when she reaches the table or counter with her paws, "outside" and "go potty" (still working on that one, only a few accidents so far!), no bite and kisses only. We are so proud of her! She sleeps in between us under the covers at night, and absolutely LOVES the cats squeaker toys (for some reason). She follows her mommy around all the time, is completely adorable in every picture she takes (she poses, we swear!), and definitely loves her puppy treats! She is quite the happy girl. So happy in fact, I've named her Lily "Lovebug" Laingren. <3

Hope all is well on your end! Thank you so much again for approving our application for our little girl!

Sincerely,

Samantha and Anthony Laingren

George

George just came in from playing in the snow! It has been almost a year since we adopted George and he continues to bring us laughter and love everyday! Thank you Magnificent Mutts for the work you do.

Kathy Skiba

Abby aka Morgan

Hi Debbie,

Here are a couple of photos of Abby enjoying her new fenced backyard and the unusual winter weather. Zoey and Abby love to run in the backyard. :)

Angie

Bella aka Lavender

Hi Courtenay,

Hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and New Years.
Sorry its been awhile since we updated you on our new addition.
A few days after our email we had to take Lavender (now Bella) to the vet for a intestinal infection. Our vet said she most likely had had it for a while.
She had antibiotics and is great now. She isn't as shy and has started playing with some toys we got her.
She spins so fast and jumps around leaning like shes going to fall over. It is sooooo cute.
Bella is laying next to our big boy Smokey occasionally and as long as he stays away from her kennel and food she seem to be warming up to him.
She does not like snow or the cold and stands and shakes so I bought her a little coat to keep her warm outside. It has inspired me to buy a woofy dog pattern and make some dog clothes.
I have a ebay store in which I sell dance.gymnastics and volleyball shorts and other things that I make. Who knows, doggies clothing may be next.
Bella has full run of the house except when we leave we confine her to Kara's bedroom where the kennel is. Her demeaner is much more confident. Everyone that meets her falls in love.
She likes to be brushed and bathed....THATS A PLUS....
We couldn't be happier or more in love with this dog.

Regards,

Katie, Stan, Kara and Tyler Gifford

Happy Tail

Our Beautiful German Shepherd Mix died a few months ago, it was very sad for all of us she was almost 13 and it was very sudden... We missed her very much and our 10 month old Beagle mix Basil was very sad and lonely for a friend. We went to petfinder.com looking for a new little friend for Basil and new family member for us. There we found a couple of puppies we were interested in. We filled out an On-line application and went to meet the puppies at the Elmhurst Petco Adoption Event. There we saw Po, Dune and Durham. Durham (now Ellie because my almost 3yr old daughter wanted to name her Elephant and Ellie is Short for Elephant :) ) Anyway Ellie was being very shy and timid while Basil was Happily Playing with her brother Dune and another pup named Po... when all of a sudden Ellie pranced right up to me while I was sitting indian style on the floor and plopped down right in my lap and gave me a kiss. Right then we knew she picked us as her family and was ours. Our whole family just
loves Ellie and Basil won't leave her side. She is a super sweet little girl and a wonderful addition to our family. Everyone at the Adoption Event was very nice and Michelle and Ellie's foster mommy Kathy were very helpful and wonderful. Thank you so much for rescuing our little baby! Without yours and other organizations like yours so many fur babies would be lost.

Sincerely,

The Pack Family
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Cody / Alvin

Cody was part of the litter that contained Theodore, Chip, Dale, and Morgan. We adopted him on October 3rd. Cody has lots of energy, but also loves to cuddle and lay by the fireplace. He loves to play with other dogs, and chase birds in the yard. We found Cody on the Petfinder website approximately 6 weeks after our Minature Schnauzer passed away. He has quickly become a member of the family.

Jazmine aka Jezebel

One year ago today, January 8, 2011 we visited the Petco store in Hillside and found Jazmine. She is a wonderful, well-behaved dog. Perfect for our family.
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Sasha (AKA Sashi)

Sasha was adopted at about 3 months of age for my daughter's first pet. From the first time we both laid eyes on her at Petco in Hillside we fell in Love with her. After spending time with Sasha we both decided we really wanted her to be a part of our family and knew she would be a perfect fit! She is so cute, cuddly, has a great personality and is a fun-loving kitten. Sasha has been a great addition to our family and gets along great with her big brother Capone, a 7 yr. old pitbull. Thanks for allowing us to adopt Sasha, she has truly been a perfect addition to our family!

Sincerely,

The Cannon's

Samson

Hi Linda
Just want to say thanks for saving the husky mix litter. We now have Samson who
is doing great.
He loves his forever home and family!!
Happy new year.
Lynne Brenner

Elvis

We adopted Elvis in May 2011. He has amazed us with his growth rate. He is a great companion to three active boys and a 2 yr old dog. He loves to go for runs and play fetch. If only he got along with our cats!

Fluff and Fluffier

We originally adopted these two little fluff balls from you guys. Fluffy and fluffier. Here they are in their sweaters playing on their giant cat post. They are sweet angels, and MMRescue were a great help. :-)

Matthew J Roeske

Halloween Angel

Our new addition is truly an angel. Zoey is a wonderful, amazing kitty

Baxter a.k.a Ajax

After losing our beloved dog Jewel who was also a rescue in November, we were ready to welcome a new member to our family. We saw Ajax & Angus who are Shar Pei/Boxer mixes and instantly fell in love. We immediately completed the online application and were so excited to be accepted!

The day we met Ajax we decided to name him Baxter and after having him for only 3 weeks he knows his name very well. He is now just about 3 months old and is doing very well with housebreaking and recently learned to go up and down our stairs. He loves our girls who are 9 & 12 and is a fun, loving member of our family now!

Thank you so much for having him in such excellent health and his initial shots up to date. We were able to continue everything with our vet and he is starting his puppy training classes this week. We've told everyone how impressed we are with Magnificent Mutts!

We Love Bolt!

We adopted Bolt on December 17th, 2011 at the PetCo adoption event in Hillside! Bolt was pretty reserved at first, and it broke our hearts to see him shake whenever he got in the car. We knew he didn't want to get dropped off somewhere new again! It made us feel good, though, that he finally had his permanent home. We got Bolt a brand new soft bed for his first night with us, and he seemed SO happy to have his own little spot! Since then Bolt has completely come out of his shell and has given us plenty of laughs! He loves to cuddle and play with his toys. He chases his ball around the house and wrestles with his stuffed bunny every day. He learns new things very quickly and we are excited to start more training with him!

Thanks again for giving us such a wonderful pup!

Laura and Ryan

A few more Tilly pictures

I am a proud mama....but I couldn't resist to give you a few more pictures. The first picture is Tilly the first day we brought her home. She was obviously not cared for in Missouri, her hair was shaggy, and she had a bunch of infections which Magnificent Mutts vets at Elmhurst Vet Clinic gave us medicine for. She is now perfectly fine, and slightly plumper no matter how hard we watch her diet. The next picture is Tilly's first hair cut. She was still shy, but at least she wasn't covered up with hair! And the last picture is Tilly this year in her Christmas dress. She got a ton of compliments! She is just as cute as cute can be....and she knows it!

Thank you again!
Leia

Tilly, formerly Sue

Happy New Year Magnificent Mutts!!

We adopted Tilly (formerly named Sue), a minitature Schnauzer, in November 2010. She was one of three Schauzers (the others were Sonnet and Sparrow) released from Missouri when Proposition B was passed by 51.9% of the vote. The law forced breeders to meet certain humane standards, including by reducing the number of dogs held for breeding to no more than 50....which doesn't seem like a lot to ask for dogs....

Well, Tilly came to us a mess....and now she is a success!! She trembled terribly at first and refused to walk. She would only stay in a cage and initially she wouldn't come out. We only assume that was what she was use to and felt safe. Over the past year, we have showered Tilly with love, encouragement, and affection. She is a completely different dog! She now has traded her cage for a corner on the couch. She LOVES bones, steals the cat's toys, and dances for us every morning when its time for breakfast. She has fit well into our family. Tilly loves to watch the Bears and Notre Dame football with her daddy. We have 2 cats and she has even been caught cuddling Pepper! Tilly entered our neighborhood Vet Sponsored Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade and won first place by online voters! We now have confirmation that we have the cutest dog in the neighborhood!! :)

She is our joy and we just love her so much! Thanks to Missouri and Magnificent Mutts for bringing us our cute little baby.....our family is now complete and we are excited to new adventures in 2012!

Sincere regards,

Leia and Larry
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Nikki Lexi and Whiskey

Hi Angie!

I know it's after Christmas, but I thought I would send you a holiday picture / card of the girls I put together [the kitty hats went on sale and I couldn't resist!]. They're not big fans of the hats, so our hands are a little in the shots as we held them still for the pictures. That's our actual 'tree' in the background too, I made it and hung it on the wall since we knew they would probably climb into an actual tree =) I just thought I would share how we've included them in our festivities this year! And since they were good, Santa got them lots of toys for Christmas too, most of which are lost already across the house.

Lexi just went in this Friday to get spayed, so we're keeping an eye on her, but she's doing just fine and wants to wrestle and play like normal. I think we're more worried than she is =) I'm also working on getting her to cover up her mess in the litter box, she just walks away and let's the other two cover it up for her when they happen to smell it, so hopefully she learns her manners before the other two get any ideas!

Nikki is the troublemaker of the house. If something is fallen, torn, missing, or eaten, we all know who did it! We're working on trying to get her to stay off the counters, she knows it's bad to do and she's gotten very close to getting burned on the stove, but foil, water, sprays, and noise haven't worked so far. If you have any suggestions, we're definitely open to them!

And Whiskey is perfect =) She asks for her treats, jumps right into her basket for bed time, and even wakes me up so I'm not late for work. Sometimes she likes to play with her food and make a mess, but we can forgive that the moment she looks at us with her adorable face. She's the best example for the other two, we're just hoping they learn!

Finally, we saw the sign that said that there was no food for the dogs/cats at Magnificent Mutts )= We donated two large bags of cat food on Friday since we saw there was only dog food donations in there. Hopefully that helps you and any of the other cat/kitten foster parents as I can only imagine how much food is needed to keep so many of them full and happy. For this year I'll also be donating $20/month from my check through my employer's tie with United Way. I know it's not a lot, and that it will go to Magnificent Mutts as a whole to share, but I'm hoping it helps and shows just thankful I am for now having my three loveably crazy kitties =)

Thank you again, and I hope you have a great New Year!

Andre and Walnu

I adopted Andre on 8/21/11 a week after I lost my other cat. I then adopted Walnut on 12/3/11. Both Andre and Walnut have been such a welcome into my family. Andre and Walnut have been inseparable since I brought Walnut home, whether it's eating together, sleeping together, and playing together. The two get along extremely well and look out for each other.
Thank you so much for these two!!
Sarah