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It’s with an unbearable sadness and a very heavy heart that I share that today, Toby crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. His full, government-issued name was Tobias Underfoot Stuber—a title he earned via his Hobbit heritage as well as the fact that he was, well, always underfoot — but he generously always answered to “Toby.”…

Chiquita Chiquita, Chix, Chiquita Banana, the Banana she answered to them all until 3/07/26 at 11:45am when she went over the Rainbow Bridge. Fifteen years after she first came home to me in Buffalo, NY, looking like a miniature pit bull puppy; still on formula and needing her tooshie wiped to go potty. She was…

I first met Theo at the SPCA’s holiday windows at Macy’s in downtown San Francisco.  I wasn’t sure yet if I was ready to adopt yet after losing my previous cat a few months earlier, but I stopped by to admire the kittens in the windows, then ventured inside to the backstage adoption center, where…

Pancake grew up in Seattle and first came into my life at the Seattle Animal Shelter. He was very friendly and immediately approached me to give me an affectionate headbutt the first time I met him then. We spent five years in Seattle, where he loved sitting by the window to watch for birds, before…

Penny was my companion and best friend for 18 years. She was very sociable and loved being the center of attention. Every morning she would awaken us with meows and paw taps, and every evening she greeted us at the door with meows and head butts. She loved sitting on laps, lying in the sun,…

I had 17.5 wonderful years with my little heat-seeking missile. Whenever I sat down, she sensed it from wherever she was and strolled in for lap time. At night she slept next to my head and purred all night. I adopted her as a kitten to be a companion to Max, a Himalayan who had…

R.I.P. Teddy Bear Bottmeyer 12/27/2008- 9/14/25*Just 3 months shy of your 17th birthday!Aka Ted, Trouble, Chubbles, Chublar, Choobles, Mister, Nerfgerger, Stinky McGee, Ding-a-ling, and Old Man You came into our lives as a second chance, but really you were always meant to be a part of our family. When we first laid eyes on you,…

Two weeks ago, on July 14th, we had to say goodbye to our beloved cat Carlito. He was a beautiful, gentle soul who filled our lives with love for 12 wonderful years. Though he had always been a healthy and happy cat, just over two months ago he was diagnosed with an aggressive and fast-growing…

Little Guy was fierce despite his size – just under four pounds of pure determination and armed with two tiny teeth. From hiking trails to tucked-in tents, if we were there, he was happy. He loved to run. He’d sneak out the door before us and make a break for it, always trying to get…

Penny came into my life during my first year out of college, when I was a teacher in rural Mississippi. There aren’t many details from her first two years of life. But we know that Penny was found scared and with a litter of fresh puppies abandoned by a dumpster. Her puppies were quickly adopted…