This page is dedicated to the departed pets that CAPP helped into loving homes. We know they spent their last days as beloved companions and friends.
Who are these characters who come and go from our lives, leaving behind hair on the sofa and more than a few footnotes in our personal histories? Who sends them to us, and who takes them away? Does it matter? They are gifts. We can only embrace, enjoy and let go when we must, even if it always seems way too soon. They truly are forever in our hearts
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Wriggles McGiggles, CGC, TDI
Wriggs came into our home in 1996 as a foster dog. Her beagle/basset personality quickly won us over, and we adopted her soon after.
Wriggs was with us for seven years during which time she not only brought joy into our lives, but brought smiles to the faces of the senior citizens she visited as a therapy dog.
Wriggs loved people, bellyrubs, apples and treats! Her favorite two
times of the year were summer, when she could see all the kids at the
ice cream truck and sit under an apple tree with her “Grampy,” and Halloween,
when she donned a costume to meet the kids at the door. The trick-treaters
loved her as Eeyore!
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Niles (CAPP name Nigel)
~1997-February, 2006
Niles was a neglected German Shepherd mix with food and flea allergies that caused him to lose most of the hair on his hindquarters before he was surrendered at the shelter. He was pulled out by CAPP, started on good food and cured of his fleas, and his hair started growing again.
Niles was temporarily placed in a foster home as a companion to another CAPP dog, but
his sweet nature and loyalty soon won everyone's heart and he was adopted in the spring of 2004.
In February 2006, Niles was shot by someone in his own back yard.
Despite emergency surgery, he did not survive. Police are not hopeful of finding the person responsible for his death.
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Shiloh (aka Violet)
When Shiloh came to us as a foster dog, our goal was to find this sweet girl the perfect home. It wasn’t long before we realized that she had already found her own home—with us!
At first she was very timid and unsure how to respond to pets and affection, but it wasn’t long before our Shi-girl came out of her shell and revealed what a lovey-dovey she was. She would meet us at the door excitedly whenever we came home, doing her own patented tap dance! A true hound, she enjoyed chasing the invading squirrels out of her yard, but was just as happy to curl up with her people or her favorite teddy bear. Shiloh was an absolute snuggle bunny.
Due to illness, Shiloh’s time with us was much too short, but in the nine wonderful months that she was with us, she touched our hearts forever.
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Send your CAPP pet's story, and a photo or two, to the webmaster to be published on the Home At Last
or Forever in Our Hearts page.
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