Scheduled Adoption Events

Today’s adoption update is noteworthy for a few reasons. Beast and Bernie were two kittens that had been adopted from ARWOB in October 2009 and then relinquished back to us seven years later in November 2016 when they were seniors! They were fostered together by a lovely volunteer, who absolutely fell in love with them and decided to adopt them as a pair in February 2017. Bernie has since crossed the Rainbow Bridge, but Beast is still going strong. His adoptive mom recalls the first time she met the brothers: “I remember the first time I met them at the PetSmart in Oceanside. Beast was hiding in a cubby box in the corner of the kennel and Bernie immediately jumped onto the mini cat tree next to the kennel when I opened the kennel door. They looked so sad and confused being there that I immediately decided to foster these big floofy boys. I think it was a month later that I foster failed.”

Fast forward to present day and the story continues to be even more heartwarming! Beast’s mom decide to foster two very skittish kittens for ARWOB in August 2020, who are named Matthew and Gunnar. They slowly came out of their shell, but it was pretty obvious that they were bonded and needed to stay together. Once again, their foster mom fell in love and now Beast has two little brothers to spend his days with, who keep him on his toe beans and provide him with never-ending companionship!

Happy 13th birthday to Beast!! Today’s update is special for a few reasons. Beast and his sibling Bernie were two kittens that had been adopted from ARWOB back in October 2009. Sadly, they were relinquished back to ARWOB seven years later in November 2016. Apparently their previous family had gotten a dog that was not cat friendly, so they relinquished these two senior brothers. When they came back to ARWOB, we discovered they both had serious dental disease, which we immediately had them treated for. One of the brothers also had serious respiratory problems, but thankfully with constant care, he survived the crisis.

The senior brothers were eventually fostered together by a lovely volunteer, who fell in love with them both and decided to adopt them together as a pair in February 2017. Although Bernie has since crossed the Rainbow Bridge, Beast is enjoying life with his two other feline brothers Matthew and Gunnar, who are also ARWOB alumni. They came to live with Beast and his loving mom in October of 2020. Beast may be 13 years old, but he is happy, healthy, and very youthful. He gets along very well with Matthew and Gunnar, which provides Beast with constant feline companionship in his loving home! All we can say is that sometimes there is a happy ending!