• Recent Adoptions – Week of April 13

    Recent Adoptions – Week of April 13

    This week, 30 cats and dogs found loving homes! Thank you to everyone who adopted a new best friend. Adopters are invited to stay involved through events, programs, and more!

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  • Recent Adoptions – Week of April 6

    Recent Adoptions – Week of April 6

    This week, 22 cats and dogs found loving homes! Thank you to everyone who adopted a new best friend. Adopters are invited to stay involved through events, programs, and more!

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  • Recent Adoptions – Week of March 30

    Recent Adoptions – Week of March 30

    This week, 30 cats and dogs found loving homes! Thank you to everyone who adopted a new best friend. Adopters are invited to stay involved through events, programs, and more!

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  • Recent Adoptions – Week of March 23

    Recent Adoptions – Week of March 23

    This week, 29 cats and dogs found loving homes! Thank you to everyone who adopted a new best friend. Adopters are invited to stay involved through events, programs, and more!

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  • Pippa Finds Her Calling — as a Service Dog

    Pippa Finds Her Calling — as a Service Dog

    Pippa, a 1-year-old bulldog mix, won over ARF’s rescue team at first sight during a recent trip to a partner shelter in California’s Central Valley.

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  • Adoption Update – Curry

    Adoption Update – Curry

    “We adopted Curry in December 2017. A friend who works for ARF posted him on her social media page saying that he was having difficulty finding a home because he had a heart condition…”

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  • Adoption Update – Wrigley

    Adoption Update – Wrigley

    “We got Wrigley from ARF on 6/22/18. My father-in-law just passed away 5 days earlier on Father’s Day. We had been looking for a dog. I randomly got online to look at ARF website and then randomly Word with Friends Word of the day popped up on my phone, it was CANINE!!!…”

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  • Adoption Update – Honey

    Adoption Update – Honey

    “This story was so random but so perfect all at once. It was an early morning and my mom was on her iPad looking on Facebook and whatnot, and all of a sudden she said ARF has puppies!! We had to be at ARF right away because it was a first come first serve process…”

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  • Adoption Update – Panna

    Adoption Update – Panna

    “Panna was found on the streets of Stockton, CA. She was plucked from the shelter by the wonderful folks at ARF. My husband spotted her ears on the adoption page and sent me her photo…”

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  • Adoption Update – Bear

    Adoption Update – Bear

    “I met Bear – previously known as David Gonzalez, on September 1, 2018. In his description, he was described as a big fluffy guy that loved attention and would “give paw” to get it…”

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  • Koda’s Journey From Shelter To Service

    Koda’s Journey From Shelter To Service

    During the pandemic, Koda, a 2-year-old pit bull terrier mix, was surrendered to a municipal shelter by his family…

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  • Adoption Update – Gus

    Adoption Update – Gus

    “Hello! We just wanted to send some holiday cheer your way. We adopted Strawberry Surfrider back in 2018 and renamed him Gus! He now has a little sister Lena as well…”

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