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Success Stories

July 13, 2015

Love is Patient

Sayali and Neel adopted their dogs Neo and Maahi from Friends For Life. We are deeply honored to have been a part of connecting this incredible

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June 16, 2015

Rubi’s Salvation

Today someone posted a video that I think is making the rounds again of a group of soldiers coming home from somewhere as they get off the plane. An

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Conor dog after recovering

June 8, 2015

You don’t have to “fail” to succeed in fostering

This program runs on fosters like a plant on sunlight. I mean, we need you guys like hackers need hot pockets, like Adam Sandler needs to stop making

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June 4, 2015

“As If”

It’s not just for Alicia Silverstone, anymore. Richard Parker lives at the shelter. He is a big, buff-colored boy with a loud purr and bright, wide

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March 7, 2015

Monty’s Village

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. A shattered piece of overlooked pottery is reawakened with veins of shimmering

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February 12, 2015

Grayson’s Journey Home

Before we even knew that his foster mom, veterinarian Dr. Lori Seelhoff is a member of the Secular Franciscan Order (laypeople dedicated to following

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September 26, 2014

Nemmy: from Feral to Adopted!

Very grand things sometimes come from the smallest movements. Nemmy was a dog who lived on the streets for years—eluding capture by neighbors and

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May 7, 2013

Week 4: Parker Impresses All!

For the past four weeks, Parker boarded at Urban Tails as a student in the Second PAWportunity Program. “It was so much fun having Parker

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March 3, 2013

Andi’s Final Week: Leaps and Bounds

As Urban Tails’ Senior Trainer Monica Body walked with Andi into the lobby of Friends For Life, our staff held their breath in anticipation. We’d been

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