Our story begins on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at an adoption event at Petco in Chantilly, VA. We had gone to other adoption events before this and we’re still searching for ‘our’ dog. We had looked at several dogs that day when our daughter Chelsea sat down on the...
My sweet friend, Molly the wonder mutt passed away May 14, 2024. She turned 15 in April. Adopted from AFH as a 10 week old beagle mix puppy we had so many great years together. She was 35 pounds of happy. Molly was my walking buddy, my pal once kids moved away, and my...
Dear Yuki, thank you for the time and love you gave our family for nine beautiful years. Your loving gaze, calm presence and steadfast presence were a balm to our souls. We will miss you terribly. Yuki came to us in March 2015, very skinny with recurrent ear and teeth...
Maribel and forever family, It is with a heavy heart we share that our four legged daughter, Penny, has passed away. She was the most perfect puppy to ever exist – kind, gentle, loyal, and truly a rare being. We still remember bringing her home 10 years ago, and...
In 2012 I had bought my first house and I thought that it would be nice to get my first dog, Jude, a friend. I found Sadie at AFH while looking for Rottweiler/lab mix puppies that would look like one of my childhood dogs. It appears now that she somehow found her way...
My husband and I decided that we wanted to adopt a puppy in 2008, when I was retiring from teaching. One of my students, Abby, waters fostering two adorable boxer/bloodhound mixed puppies, so she brought them to school one day. The minute she put one of the puppies...
