About 2 years ago, Pumpkin was found wandering the streets of Baton Rouge, attempting to eat garbage. She had a large growth on her chest, a growth on her eye, incredibly long toenails, and hideously rotten, putrid, black, mushy, scary looking teeth. Some kind people took her in and tried unsucessfully to locate her owners for a period of several weeks before finally deciding to drop her off at the pound. On that very day, we just happened to see her, inquired about her, and learned she was literally on her way to incarceration and perhaps death. We had always considered ourselves "cat people", but for some reason we felt compelled to instantly adopt her and we have never, ever made a happier decision. A marvelous veterinarian solved her health problems and we found ourselves with an amazing, incredible dog. He estimated she was approximately 10 years old at that time. She is the absolute love of our lives. Pumpkin is a sweet, mellow, little lady who is ultra loving, gentle, funny, and incredibly grateful. She radiates intense and constant love and happiness, and she fills our home and lives with extreme joy. Everybody loves her, including our three big, sweet, darling cats. We love her so much, it is breathtaking. We're so glad she joined our family. Our only regret is we didn't have her with us years sooner. She is like an angel that came to live in our midst.

Melanie Shiell
Kenner, LA