The Habersham County Animal Shelter is overflowing with sweet, loving, adoptable pets that would love to be part of your family. Now Habersham sat down with a few of the shelter’s residents looking to find their fur-ever homes to talk about their lives, their likes and what they hope those homes look like.
Meet Nevaeh
Nevaeh is an adult Pitbull-Terrier mix, full of energy and excitement for every new smell around the corner. While she loves the people caring for her at the shelter and playtime outside, there’s nothing she loves more than the idea of finding a forever home.
Nevaeh has seen a lot in her life. Her first time at the Habersham County Animal Shelter, she arrived due to an animal neglect case where she was left hungry and scared. She left when she thought she found her home, but it didn’t last. Nevaeh returned to the shelter for the second time after her new owner surrendered her.
“I don’t want to dwell on the past,” Nevaeh says. “I want to look forward to my future. I’m excited to finally find the person who will love me, the new friends I’ll make and all the new places I’ll explore.”
Nevaeh loves the outdoors, smelling new things, chasing toys, running up and down hills— and making new friends. Right now, she’s taking time away from the overcrowded Habersham Animal Shelter at Animal Care and Control Director Madi Nix’s house, where she’s hanging out with her new friends while she waits to find her own home.
“I’m going to find my best friend soon, I can feel it,” she says. “Once we’re together, none of the bad stuff from before I found my forever home will matter. It’s just going to be happy days for me and my family.”
Meet Erwin
Meet Erwin, an adult male tuxedo cat whose beauty mark on the left side of his nose makes him look like a star.
Erwin was named for where he was found—Erwin Road in Cornelia. He was a stray with an injured paw before he was picked up in July by animal care and control, and has been waiting patiently to find a home since.
“I’ve been around the block a few times, I know street life,” Erwin says. “But ever since I discovered pillows and strings, and being called a ‘handsome little man,’ I don’t think I could ever go back to that life.”
While he does prefer his cushion at the Habersham County Shelter to the streets, he can only imagine how comfy a couch must be.
“I’ve heard about couches, and man, would I kill to see one,” he says. “If this cushion is just part of what a couch is— I mean, you’re telling me a couch is made of these— I need to experience that.”
Erwin loves people, is housetrained and gets along well with other cats.
“I think I’d love being in a real home, and I hope I get to be in one someday,” Erwin says.
Someday is now.
Shortly after sharing his story on Now Habersham, someone adopted Erwin from the Habersham County Animal Shelter. He now has his own human to love.
If you’d like to meet Nevaeh or any of the other animals at the Habersham County Animal Shelter, give them a call at (706) 839-0195, visit them in person Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or check out more information on their Facebook page.
