Updates & uplifting tales
Media & Stories
Media & Stories
Updates & uplifting tales
Pet Adoption Stories
To submit your own pet adoption story and photo, email us at Tales@ddfl.org. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number.
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Paco the Unforgettable Feline
Last fall, Paco made the long journey from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to start a new life here in Colorado. Now this affectionate orange tabby is living his best life with adopters Chris and Brooke.
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Hoppy Hedwig
Last fall, an adorable 1-year-old Holland Lop bunny named Hedwig was found near Highway 470 and brought to the Buddy Center. He needed help – and Dumb Friends League veterinarians jumped into action.
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Lucy & Penny Lane: getting better all the time
I adopted my beagle, Lucy, in April 2017. I had been wanting to get another dog but didn’t spend much time looking at shelters or rescue groups. On April 4, shortly after waking up, I just happened to look at the Dumb Friends League website, and when I saw the picture of Lucy, I jumped… More
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Lovely Ellie’s Long Road to Trust
Ellen arrived in Colorado from an overburdened shelter in North Texas on August 30. She had been struggling to find the right home. With hip dysplasia, arthritis and allergies, she’d need a patient, loving owner.
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Humongous Hank now a happy herder
Chili came to our Quebec Street Shelter after his owner passed away and her family could not care for him. Morbidly obese at 115 pounds, Chili was a friendly, mellow fellow. He just needed an adopter who would help him shed a great deal of excess weight.
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Missing leg doesn’t pester Chester
Adopting a 2-year-old dog with a recently amputated leg wasn’t too out of line for us since we just spent three months helping our 7-year-old dog, Juicy, recuperate from ACL surgery. We figured that experience would be helpful. It’s only been three weeks, and Chester (named by my husband after the “Gunsmoke” character that had… More
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The luckiest adoption story
Extremely thin and with a face full of porcupine quills when he came to the shelter, it’s hard to imagine how Lucky got his name.
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Special woman loves special-needs cats
Madison A. adopted an 8-year-old cat with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) from our shelter earlier this year. She named him Leo and sent us an update saying, “I wouldn’t trade him for the world. Although Leo has FIV, that hasn’t affected him or his personality.
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13 years of happiness
When Urania walked into our shelter 13 years ago looking for a new companion, she knew immediately that she had found the dog for her. At the time, the 2-year-old lab mix weighed less than 40 pounds. He’d had a hard life, and he was Urania’s very first dog. So, after she took him home, Urania says she “spoiled him royally.”
