My name used to be Bojangles but it's now Duffy. I was adopted a while back and I've finally trained my new family! l have total run of the house and although their other dog is bigger, I'm pretty much his boss, too. I thought I'd write just in case anyone remembers me or was interested and send a few photos along as well. My favorite pastime is lounging poolside or hanging with my new buddy. See ya! Duffy, alias Duffinator

Pumpkin is doing wonderful and keeping our 16-year-old dog Beezy young. She loves to go in the car for camping trips and on the longer drives when we head home to North Carolina. When camping, we make sure to bring her blow up pool since she loves the water. Just last month she was able to play in the snow up north for the first time! You should have seen her face when she realized that 29 degrees is not the same as the 80 degrees in Florida, but she remained warm in her "where's Waldo" sweater. In the summer she runs to the creek and plays in the water on our property (thankfully we have no carpet in the house).

We are so grateful to your being a no-kill shelter and keeping her for over two years and through several hurricanes. If Pumpkin had been at an ordinary shelter we would never have found her.

Diane, Bob, Jeff & Meg Ferrer

On Monday August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and flooded the City of New Orleans causing death and destruction unlike any seen in the United States.  80% of the City of New Orleans was flooded and millions of residents were forced to flee the rising waters.  Sadly nearly 1900 people were killed in the storm along with thousands of house pets who were abandoned by their owners before, during and after the storm.

There were many survivors though and one such dog was “Copper” who after being rescued from the deadly flood waters was sent to the Tri-County Animal Shelter in Boca Raton, Florida.  Copper, who appears to be a lab/beagle mix, was adopted by a family shortly after his arrival at the shelter however he was returned to the shelter because “he barked too much” and was “too much to handle.”

Copper spent several additional weeks at the shelter before we were contacted by our friend Pam D’Addio who sent us a photo and told us about the remarkable story of Copper the “Hurricane Katrina survivor.”  After visiting the Shelter and spending some time alone with Copper we knew he was right for us.  His gentle demeanor, wet nose and a tired almost sorrowful gaze in his eye that day will never be forgotten. 

Since arriving at our home, Copper is now “Cooper” and he is best friends with our yellow lab K.C.  Cooper has adapted well to our home.  He loves to fetch, swim and explore every inch of our fenced in yard.  He is loyal, friendly and exhibits a gentle tenderness that we believe is a byproduct of his remarkable survival from one of the great disasters of our time.  Each night when he snuggles his head into our lap and gazes into our eyes we feel he is saying “thank you…I am so happy to be home…”

Greg, Kim, Taylor & Macie Tendrich

Peaches is a 7 year old Golden Retriever that came to us as a stray—and no one claimed her. She was so sweet and beautiful, completely housebroken but VERY scared. Even though TC is a great place, it’s a loud one with lots of barking and noise. A few days later, Rick Weiner of Delray Beach whose own Golden Retriever had just passed away came in, saw Peaches and couldn’t wait to take her home. How’s that for meant to be??

Here are some pictures of Carter! He is just wonderful and we love him very much. We cannot even believe that we have only had him as part of our family for the past several months. Eleanor told me the other day, "No offense, but when I go to college I'm going to miss Carter more than you guys!"

He is the light of our day and we just enjoy him so much. We are so grateful we went to the shelter exactly when we did because had we not, we would have never known Carter. I'm sure any of the other families would have also been wonderful families for him, but we think he was simply meant for us! And we really do think we are the perfect family for him.