November is Adopt-A-Senior-Pet Month, and we’ll let people who’ve done just that explain why seasoned companions are so special. Read on for five senior-pet Happy Tails — and if you can’t adopt your own senior pet, you can help them find homes by adding our adoptable senior pet search widget …

Buckeye received a bordetella vaccination thanks to a grant from the Petfinder.com Foundation. Buckeye, a 2-year-old Collie mix, is being adopted! Putnam County Dog Shelter of Ohio cared for him temporarily, but now he is on his way home. While at the animal shelter, Buckeye received a kennel cough vaccination …

Saffron Monsoon looks for a brother — on Petfinder, of course! Lisa Hartman in Florida sent us this Happy Tail about the puppy she adopted from Crest-Care Inc., Chinese Crested Rescue, a rescue and foster-home network with members around the U.S. and Canada: A few weeks ago I adopted my …

Sue Mechanic, from Kansas City, MO, had been grieving over the death of her Dachshund, Morsel, for several months when she saw the eight-week old puppy, then named Chaco, on Petfinder. The pup was close to death when she was rescued by OKADOPTADOG in Harrah, OK. She looked to be …

Read Ciara’s story in her adoptive mom Jennifer’s own words. Jennifer Guydos of Brookhaven, PA, was a regular on Petfinder. She browsed through listings, looking for a photo of a dog with whom she would feel an instant connection. And one day, it happened — when she saw the picture …

Read Crystal’s adoption story in Courtney Harris’s own words. In a cage: That’s where Crystal spent her early years — the five years before the breeder who owned the fluffy pup relinquished her to One Step Closer to Home in Dyersburg, TN. The rescue folks posted her on Petfinder and …

Gracie and Ann Marie’s 2-year-old granddaughter are “instant best friends.” Read Ann Marie’s story. Shortly after Ann Marie Gonzales of Espanola, N.M., moved to the country, her two dogs got out of her walled yard while she was at work. When she arrived home that day, she found her Pit …

Read Simon’s adoption story in his mom’s own words. Poor Simon. He had been adopted, but returned to Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin, IL, and had been waiting for years for someone to give him a second chance. But, at 8 years old and a little portly, he had …

Marco when he first arrived at the shelter, with wounds apparently caused by acid being poured on him Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable Pet Week brought Petfinder lots of stories about Pit Bulls, big black dogs and special-needs pets. One of these stories was about Marco. It really touched our hearts and we just …

Read Merrick’s adoption story in his mom’s own words. You might say the strapping young Merrick owes his happy new life to a cat litter commercial. Jessica Yuksel of Kinnelon, N.J., sees the irony in this. But she and her husband were watching television when the ad came on, and …