People.com Lifestyle Pets Home at Last! Adopted Dogs It's Adopt-a-Dog Month – let's celebrate the onetime shelter pooches of PEOPLEPets.com By People Staff Published on October 19, 2010 08:00 PM Share Tweet Pin Email 01 of 19 HAYDEN Better get used to the camera lens, buddy –Lindsey Fees (HaydenCritter) is bound to take tons of pictures of you. 02 of 19 HOWIE Here’s Howie on one of his first walks since being adopted by Erica Buckmaster (EBuckmaster) this summer. 03 of 19 SANCHO Can you believe this little guy was very sick when he first came home? Since then, Amy Gowan (amyrae) has brought her rescue back to health – and he’s still just as cute. 04 of 19 LOLA This puppy was taken out of the shelter by Ana Pollo (bubufiski), only to be diagnosed with distemper and given no chance of survival. Well, they were wrong about this little survivor – she’s now 12 lbs., beautiful and healthy. 05 of 19 BEEZI Beezi may look lost, but just look at his collar tag –Alison Cole’s (ackeeper1) adopted dog has a home and is very much loved. 06 of 19 BROWNIE No need for stuffed animals when you’ve got a doll like Brownie. Perla Ortiz (perliuxx) calls this cuddly cutie her best friend. 07 of 19 BAILEY From the moment they met at NYC’s Animal Care and Control, Miriam BouchmA (Bailey33) says her “affectionate, curious, friendly and loving” pooch seemed destined for big things. Bailey walked right into this glamour shot, taken by a photographer at a neighborhood store. 08 of 19 CASSIE Here’s a dog who really knows how to work the camera! Erica Baum (ericabaum) found a photogenic pup in Cassie, who she says is a big ham. 09 of 19 CASEY From being a puppy in a shelter, Casey has moved on to bigger and brrr-ier things, like helping Ranette Fader (Flavor98) shovel snow in winter! 10 of 19 CHARLIE This sweet-faced pooch was once abused, but since being adopted by Ashley Schmelzer (CharlieMAeMAe), she’s made lots of progress. “She’s a wonderful dog, and in many ways, she has rescued us!” says Ashley. 11 of 19 OLIVER Not only does Oliver warm Jill Dalton’s (Jill09) heart, he also has an uncanny way of warming her feet when she’s in bed. 12 of 19 WYATT When Kathy Gordon (Katgor) first adopted long-abandoned Wyatt, he was destructive and chewed up everything in sight. “Now, he is calm, well-mannered and just lives to play ball,” says Kathy. “What a great dog he’s become!” 13 of 19 PICHU Fournyer (pichuF), this pocket-sized Pichu, is simply irresistible –he must have had a list of people waiting to adopt him! 14 of 19 EDISON Curious Edison loves getting to know things, like Kelli Greelaw’s (kaggers05) camera. Instead of “cheese,” it’s a big “sniff” from this pooch. 15 of 19 TANGO Patricia Prior (Patty18) took Tango from the darkness of abuse to the sunlight on her porch 11 years ago. Needless to say, this dog looks content to be home. 16 of 19 BANDIT Wake up, sleepyhead! Courtney Hennessee (Courtney26) couldn’t resist taking a picture of her puppy after a nap, and who can blame her? 17 of 19 RILEY & RAYNA Since Mindi Zehring (mzehring) adopted her babies from the Kansas Humane Society, she says, “they have been my all.” 18 of 19 BREWSTER This “Pure Mutt” has a roof over his head with April Stickel (Aprilpuremutts), but he was once homeless in a Miami schoolyard after being dumped there with the rest of his litter. Brewster is still afraid of strange dogs and people, but he isn’t afraid to howl his heart out in the middle of the night. 19 of 19 HONEY Going back to the shelter? Not a chance. Geri Cormack (blondiespice) is keeping Honey under wraps forever.