Several years ago, we weren't able to have any pets so we volunteered at the Missoula Humane Society. Sylvan was a boxer X Dane dog we helped to socialize. At first she was a shy dog with little hope of adoption.  We'd like to think time with us made her more social.  She was adopted successfully.

Inkin and Blinkin were our first "non-fish" pets.  Inkin was a penguin male and Blinkin was a normal female.

Sydney was a pearl Cockatiel that we owned for a while.  She now lives with a homebound person who loves her dearly.

Linus was the only baby successfully raised by Inkin and Blinkin.

Emmy and Sapphire were our first blue series Peach-faced lovebirds.  They had lots of beautiful babies.

Emmy and Sapphire's babies. There was a blue, a medium blue and a dark blue in the clutch.  We kept the dark blue bird.  Icky is her name. 

Sally was a terrier mix that jumped into our car one day as Kat was going to work at the vet clinic.  After getting her checked out by the vet (and not finding an owner), she was adopted by a friend from work.  We couldn't keep her because the place we lived in then didn't allow dogs.

These are the kittens that we handraised from 3 weeks of age.  A woman walked into the vet clinic Kat worked in.  The woman set a bucket on the counter and without saying a word, walked out.  Inside the bucket were 4 three week old kittens!  We volunteered to hand raised them.  What a job that was! Definitely rewarding!

Pandora (dilute calico female) and Dion (black and white male) were the only 2 kittens we kept.  The other two went to good homes. These cats are the best!  

Pandora laying in the bathroom sink. She's a real stinker but we love her anyway :)

Orion (Rhodesian Ridgeback) was one of a litter of puppies Kat helped deliver by c-section while she worked at the vet clinic.  The owners of the puppies wanted to euthanize Orion because he was born without a hair ridge along his back (a cosmetic defect only).  We adopted him instead.

Orion as a young adult.  At 8 months he was already 95 pounds!  At the time we lived in a one bedroom apartment with no yard.  He was an energetic dog that deserved room to run.  He was adopted by a family that lives in the country where he has 2 lab pals and a 1/2 acre dog run.

Someone brought in a crow to the vet clinic after seeing it fall out of the sky.  After examining it and finding no wounds, Kat let it rest for several hours before releasing it.

Felicity showed up on our doorstep one day - about a month after the college session ended for summer.  She was malnourished, injured from cat fights and pregnant.  Kat took her in to work - got her cleaned up, vaccinated and spayed.  Since she didn't get along with out current cats, she was eventually adopted out to a nice family as the only cat in the household.

Kat with Rikki (on the right) and Grounds Keeper Willy (on the left).  GK Willy (neutered male)  was found in a dumpster on the university campus.  The grounds keepers thought GK was a rat or a wild ferret (there are no wild ferrets anymore in the US).  Kat helped them identify GK as a domestic ferret and a friendly one at that!  After a vet check and vaccines, he started looking great.  Rikki and GK (now known as Weasel) live in a 12 ferret household!  What a break for them :)

Stark, a terrier cross, was rescued from the humane society in Albuquerque, NM.  He was THE best dog ever.  Smart, energetic, extremely good natured, eager to please, funny!  We had Stark for several years until we moved to another state and were unable to take him with us.  He now lives with a Chihuahua buddy and an energetic 3 year old girl for a playmate :) 
We still miss him!