We just wanted to thank you so much for putting us together with Molly, the 
adorable Australian Shepherd/Collie Mix from the Carson Shelter who was 
featured on your website as a pet of the week 10/13. My husband and I had 
been looking for the right dog for weeks and the minute we saw Molly's 
picture we had a good feeling. We drove all the way out to Carson and 
instantly fell in love with her sweet personality and gorgeous brown eyes. 
We are thrilled and will recommend your site to anyone we know looking to 
find a pet! Laurie and Andrew

Just wanted to drop a note to thank AMRT and the wonderful folks at the 
Camarillo Shelter for helping me find a wonderful dog named Valor. I found 
Valor's cutie picture at the Camarillo Shelter via AMRT. I also would like to 
mention that the staff at the Camarillo Shelter is by far the friendliest 
group of shelter employees I have met. I adopted Valor last month and we are tremendously enjoying him in our home.  He is losing his excess weight and I will send a picture of him to AMRT once our goal is reached.
Thanks again AMRT and the wonderful folks at the Camarillo Shelter.......God 
bless you and keep up the good work that you do.

R.S.
Long Beach, CA

On Friday August 5th I went down North East Animal shelter
to see a Yorkshire terrier that was in your web page for adoption.
According to his info he was 12years old. I didn't care about his age.
When I saw him, I felt in love with him & I decided it to give him a
home forever, no matter for how much longer, but he was going to have a
happy ending. First they told me that he wasn't going to be able to get
his vaccinations, because he was too old and he wasn't going to be able
to resist, then they told me that he wasn't going to be able to get
neuter because of the age also, but I kept telling them that I didn't
care. So I filled all the paper work paid the fees, and the suddenly
the vet at the shelter said that he was going to get his shots,
microchip and neuter too, because he was totally healthy, I got really
happy. They explained me that I could pick him up on Monday (tomorrow)
from the vet's office. All Friday night I pray to God to help him to go
through it just fine. Yesterday when I called to see how he was doing
and to talk to the vet to see if he was going to do surgery on him
because I was really worry about his age, the vet told me that he was
going to do it, and he told me "don't worry about his age, he is a
healthy five years old Yorkie and he is going to make it just fine". I
couldn't believe what he said, I double check with the vet and he said
that he was a five year old Yorkie and that the shelter did a mistake on
it. I remember that when I went to see him, they had him in the
observation room, because of his age & I think they thought that nobody
wouldn't adopt him, but I proved them wrong & I never cared about his
age, but of course now I know that we are going to have more years to
enjoy our selves, with my husband, my other dog & two cats.
With hope & love in our hearts we can help other animals in
need.
Thanks AMRT for all those pictures that you post because
thanks to that I found my other little baby.
You really make a difference!
Sincerely, 
Marilyn (=^-^=)

Don't think that all your efforts are going unnoticed or even worse, unused. I live in Mammoth Lacks and 
am an independent rescuer. Recently I have directed a few friends to your web site. It is a perfect place 
for those of us who are so isolated. Three cats and six dogs is my most recent count from AMRT. And 
that was just June and July!

Keep it up, I'm watching,
J

Keep up the good work,
Pat

Hello,

I just so happened to have seen your website about three months ago while I 
was searching for a perfect pet. I have adopted a wonderful puppy that I 
have seen on your website from the Carson Shelter. His name is Kody and he 
was part of a litter. I am so happy with my little addition to my small 
family. Kody was about 8 weeks and about 8 pounds when I got him. He is so 
vibrant and happy and is now a healthy 4 month old, 18 pound Shep/Lab mix!

I am now in the process of searching for a playmate for him through your 
website. Thank you for your kindness and much needed attention to sheltered 
pets!!!


Sincerely,

Syreeta Bilal
Proud owner of Kody!

I wanted to let all the volunteers at AMRT know what a wonderful thing they are doing--not only for the dogs that seem so grateful but for the people who are able to find them. I had been looking for a dog for a couple months. I found AMRT through a link at the pugdogrescue.com website. A UCLA student, I did not have the means to travel to the many shelters throughout Southern California on a regular basis. I was found many dogs I would have loved to adopt--even a pug all the way in the Riverside shelter, but after calling in, all of them had already been adopted. After looking at AMRT, and visiting four or five shelters, I stumbled on an 8 month female rat terrier at the East Valley shelter that really intrigued me. I had gone to East Valley in particular because AMRT showed a lot of Chihuahuas and smaller dogs there. She had not been on the web site when I first saw her and not yet available. I hadn't even been thinking of this kind of dog or knew about the breed. I went back on the internet to research about rat terriers. She was perfect. When she became available, I played with her outside of her cage and she was just so sweet, curious and friendly. Her description on AMRT of her being full of energy is gradually revealing itself. She came home with a slight case of kennel cough (nothing care and low cost antibiotics couldn't fix) and a few ticks (nothing spray and tweezers didn't remove, and she was just so sweet while she let me take them off, licking my hand trying to get me to stop but still letting me to do so) but those things are a small price to pay for her love and companionship, and to see her happy. If AMRT had not led me to East Valley shelter in the first place to look at the other dogs, encouraged me to be a responsible dog adopter, and be open to all the many dogs that need and give so much love and care, I would not have found Tug. Attached is the picture from AMRT that encouraged me to rescue her. I'll try to send another picture of her happy in her new home. Thank you. -Michele Gutierrez

Thank you! You have a great site. I've been 
checking out the Camarillo shelter for awhile. Today, my daughter and I 
went and found the perfect dog. His picture was (is) on your web 
site. I was surprised that he was still available - and now he's 
ours! 

I wanted you to know that our family adopted one of the dogs we saw on
your site. He is the German Shepherd at the West Valley Animal Shelter
that you had listed as "Calm, affectionate, great dog!!".

We visited him today and he was just as your site said, very calm and
loving, and great with our two year old. My wife even brought some
treats to see how he took food (very well!), and he knew to sit on
command. I'm sure he will make a great addition to our family. Thank you
for the wonderful service you provide!

I just wanted you to know that we adopted this beautiful SWEET girl on 
Friday, August 10th. We had been looking for weeks for just the right match, 
through rescues and at all the shelters on the internet. Your site is 
great! I even referred So Cal Aussie Rescue to your site when I found the 
Lancaster Mom and 4 pups. They put her on their site immediately and when I 
called the Lancaster shelter a few days later they said ALL had been adopted. 
That felt so good in a sad, sad world for these poor animals. I wish I 
could help them all...

I also wanted you to know that the volunteers Cassie (dog runner) and 
Kathleen (groomer) were great. When we first arrived at the shelter they 
were grooming "Sunny" for going to Petco on Saturday. She was so matted and 
dirty they had to shave her back- it was love at first sight and Sunny let me 
groom her! I then took her outside for a walk and discovered she would sit, 
stay, come and heel to the left! All this in addition to being such a sweet, 
gentle girl. We also appreciated the shelter workers' efforts to let us take 
her that very day, even though there was a question about her being spayed 
(which she was).

We brought her to her new home in Northern California and she was very shy at 
first, but is settling in nicely and has been good as gold from the start, no 
barking, fence jumping, digging or crying at night. She has a big beautiful 
fenced backyard (with dog door to our kitchen) and a soft fluffy bed here. 
She is the only pet and spends at least 8 hrs a day with us. I am looking 
forward to a long and happy life with her and just wanted you to know she has 
found her forever home thanks to your group and other dedicated loving 
people! Keep up the good work!

Chris Read and family