http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799 Today, we adopted &quot;Adorabelle&quot; into our family from the Animal Control Shelter on Mt. Vernon.&nbsp; We're excited to have a new addition to the family.&nbsp; There were a lot of other wonderful pets there just waiting to be adopted, including a lovable dog named Bob Senior, who we also came very close to adopting (we had to choose a smaller pet because our home is small).&nbsp; I hope somebody adopts Bob!&nbsp; The saddest part of the visit was when we were leaving, a woman was arriving to drop off her two dogs because she had been laid off from work and had to move; she could not take her dogs with her.&nbsp; I hope everyone adopts from the shelter, what wonderful animals!&nbsp; A lot of Chihuahuas too--why pay hundreds when you can welcome one into your heart for pennies? MP Today, we adopted &quot;Adorabelle&quot; into our family from the Animal Control Shelter on Mt. Vernon.&nbsp; We're excited to have a new addition to the family.&nbsp; There were a lot of other wonderful pets there just waiting to be adopted, including a lovable dog named Bob Senior, who we also came very close to adopting (we had to choose a smaller pet because our home is small).&nbsp; I hope somebody adopts Bob!&nbsp; The saddest part of the visit was when we were leaving, a woman was arriving to drop off her two dogs because she had been laid off from work and had to move; she could not take her dogs with her.&nbsp; I hope everyone adopts from the shelter, what wonderful animals!&nbsp; A lot of Chihuahuas too--why pay hundreds when you can welcome one into your heart for pennies? MP en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:10 PDT <p>Both of my pets are rescued dogs, they always seem to make great companions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your new one looks really cute.&nbsp; As much as you are so excited about getting her, I bet she is 10 fold more excited about having you as her mom/dad!&nbsp;All of you win!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418494 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418494 <p>Both of my pets are rescued dogs, they always seem to make great companions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your new one looks really cute.&nbsp; As much as you are so excited about getting her, I bet she is 10 fold more excited about having you as her mom/dad!&nbsp;All of you win!</p> <p>Oh, she looks like my pup, who we emancipated from the Bakersfield SPCA. Congrats on the new addition and remember to post more photos as she gets settled in.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418508 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418508 <p>Oh, she looks like my pup, who we emancipated from the Bakersfield SPCA. Congrats on the new addition and remember to post more photos as she gets settled in.</p> <br /> <p>Two of our three cats are from the SPCA.&nbsp; My two boys and I went in with the anticipation of only adopting one.&nbsp; After seeing all those pleading eyes and sweet faces, it took everything I had to stop at two.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418518 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418518 <p>Two of our three cats are from the SPCA.&nbsp; My two boys and I went in with the anticipation of only adopting one.&nbsp; After seeing all those pleading eyes and sweet faces, it took everything I had to stop at two.</p> <p>ColorNine,&nbsp;that just means&nbsp;that you are a fine and caring person, just like bakoblue and MP,&nbsp;and the world is better for that!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418521 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418521 <p>ColorNine,&nbsp;that just means&nbsp;that you are a fine and caring person, just like bakoblue and MP,&nbsp;and the world is better for that!</p> <p>Three rescues here :-)&nbsp; 2 just showed up in my front yard (one in 2007, one just this past april) - so we took them in. The smallest one had been hit by a car and had a cracked pelvis but he is OK now and quite a hoot!!&nbsp; Believe it or not, they all get along! The lone lady (cindy lou who) we adopted from the shelter in Kernville.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418541 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418541 <p>Three rescues here :-)&nbsp; 2 just showed up in my front yard (one in 2007, one just this past april) - so we took them in. The smallest one had been hit by a car and had a cracked pelvis but he is OK now and quite a hoot!!&nbsp; Believe it or not, they all get along! The lone lady (cindy lou who) we adopted from the shelter in Kernville.</p> <br /> <p>Congrats on the new dog. Most of my cats, except the oldest, are rescues. The oldest was born to one of my parents' cats who got outside and pregnant at 7 mths. Just goes to show why the recommendation is to spay at 6 mths even for indoor-only pets.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418556 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418556 <p>Congrats on the new dog. Most of my cats, except the oldest, are rescues. The oldest was born to one of my parents' cats who got outside and pregnant at 7 mths. Just goes to show why the recommendation is to spay at 6 mths even for indoor-only pets.</p> <p>What a beautiful dog!&nbsp; My friend Lieng Tron adopts dogs every week but I think she ends up givng them away to friends because they always seem to disappear.</p> <p>My cat Mr. Cyril II is a rescue cat - a big fat ragdoll persian who weighs about 12 kilos - well he's about as heavy as 12 sacks of dope my friend Q. cooks up.&nbsp; He's a great cat though - he just lays in his bed, endlessly staring off into space and never moving or eating or having a bowel movement.&nbsp; The only downside to having him is for the past several years he's had this foul stench about him.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418610 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418610 <p>What a beautiful dog!&nbsp; My friend Lieng Tron adopts dogs every week but I think she ends up givng them away to friends because they always seem to disappear.</p> <p>My cat Mr. Cyril II is a rescue cat - a big fat ragdoll persian who weighs about 12 kilos - well he's about as heavy as 12 sacks of dope my friend Q. cooks up.&nbsp; He's a great cat though - he just lays in his bed, endlessly staring off into space and never moving or eating or having a bowel movement.&nbsp; The only downside to having him is for the past several years he's had this foul stench about him.</p> <p>It's comments like BillionareBartley's that makes me wish bad taste and sick humor alone were reason enough to click the Report Violation button.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418634 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418634 <p>It's comments like BillionareBartley's that makes me wish bad taste and sick humor alone were reason enough to click the Report Violation button.</p> <p>Speaking of bad taste, Lieng's <em>cordon bleu </em>tasted a bit weird to me!&nbsp; It snagged on my canine and darn near yanked it out it was so tough!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418785 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/middlepathII/46799/#c_418785 <p>Speaking of bad taste, Lieng's <em>cordon bleu </em>tasted a bit weird to me!&nbsp; It snagged on my canine and darn near yanked it out it was so tough!</p>