More Success Stories
From the moment Arnold arrived at the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center, we knew he was something special. Despite his large, intimidating size, Arnold quickly proved to be the ultimate couch potato—laid-back, affectionate, and full of love.His sweet nature won over even our toughest Officers, melting hearts and bringing smiles to everyone he met. It was clear that Arnold deserved nothing less
Here at Mission Viejo Animal Services, we strive to find the best fit of family for every animal in our care. Sometimes we don't get it right with our first attempt. In Professor Stump's case it took four families before he had his pawfect home.Professor Stump came to us in December of 2023 from the Riverside Shelter. Staff immediately fell in love with his short
Velvet came to Mission Viejo Animal Services in February as a stray after a good Samaritan found her running loose at a nearby school. For a large Cane Corso Velvet was initially shy with new people. But as she learned our staff and volunteers, she quickly came out of her shell. Velvet proved to be an affectionate, loving dog who loves cuddle time and playtime.
Tweety/Harvey
Shredder
At Mission Viejo Animal Services we love hearing from our adopters whether it's been several weeks or several years since they took their new family member home. In this update we get a two for one since they adopted two cats from us back in 2021and 2022. Tweety, now Harvey, came in as a kitten in July of 2021 with four
At Mission Viejo Animal Services we have the wonderful ability to pull dogs from other shelters. This relieves the stress of over populated shelters and gives the pets we bring more visibilty to potential adopters in our jurisdiction. Chewbacca was among the first pets we brought in at the start of 2025 and staff and volunteers were instantly in love. So much
Sparkles was an aptly named little girl. She was found by a resident in late November all alone next to an electrical box and it may have contributed to her sparking personality. Her initial time was spent in foster care, so we didn't know much about her until she came back to us.
When Sparkles returned to the shelter, she was a little spicy
Billy Joe came to us as a stray with two other cats back in August of 2024. It was obvious they were loved by someone at some point cause when Billy Joe came in he was a healthy 18lbs. He was immediately friendly with staff and volunteers alike head butting them or rubbing on them for attention. So staff lovingly called him our Sweetest Biggest Boy.
Billy Joe
Little Bella came to Mission Viejo Animal Services on December 10, 2024 and it quickly became obvious that she was all about love and attention. Whenever someone would walk to her kennel she would jump up, tail wagging with joy. Out on walks she loved full body scratches and belly rubs. Her unique look and different colored eyes quickly caught potential adopters
The adoption of Porter on Friday December 6th was easily one of our most celebrated adoptions of 2024. So, it’s appropriate to make him our first success story of the new year.
Porter is a tan German Shepherd Mix who came to Mission Viejo Animal Services as a stray back in April 2024. Due to Porter jumping and barking at anyone who passed his kennel most found him
Hi all, ! I just wanted to say thank you again for being so helpful with me adopting Hillary (I have changed her name to Missy ). She is adapting very quickly to her new big home, and to being very spoiled. She has turned out to be such a sweet and loving little girl, with a big voice when she wants something. She loves her 2 cat trees, bird on a string and catnip mousies.
Hi MV animal!
Just wanted to update you on Cooper. We moved this year and Cooper loves it! We have 3 dogs, Cooper, Lola 3 years old and Molly 5 years old.
They all love it here and are certainly leading their best lives!
We are so in love with Nella. It's been 4 weeks since we adopted her and we couldn't be happier.
Yes, she's full of energy and eaten a couple loaves of bread and some pumpkin bagels (our fault for not putting the bread away) but other than that she's been perfectly fitting into our crazy lives. She's super smart and wants to please so she's been easy to train. Our Frenchie, Sunny and Nella play
Bonnie, aka Sadie, is adjusting quite well. She is the apple of our eye and went from tasmanian devil to a sweet natured, calm little girl. She is quite intelligent and knows how to win our hearts. She's a wonderful asset to our family.
I adopted my perfect goofball a little over three months ago and every day I get to watch her personality grow. Harlow (Hera) went from being scared of her own shadow to the happiest pup at the park. After just two training classes, Harlow now knows every command in the book! Whether it’s long car rides or just staying in watching a movie, she always has the biggest smile. It was love at first
I recently adopted a kitten Glacier, who is now known as Teddy, from the Mission Viejo Animal Shelter.
I wanted to send you some pictures of how it’s been going! He is absolutely adorable and sooo sweet.
We wanted to thank you again for introducing us to sunflower. We’re planning to give her a new family name but haven’t agreed on one yet.
We love her and we think she is enjoying our home too.
We adopted “Peaches†now named Clover December 1st of 2021 and we have never felt more full! She is the sweetest, most loving and playful girl I have ever met. She is a perfect fit for our family and cant wait for many more years with her!
Thanks Mission Viejo Animal Shelter for allowing us to take home this adorable precious fluffy pet. She is such a playful little girl who loves, loves, loves her toys. Who knew we would have our very own soccer player. What a beauty. She is so happy here, which makes us so happy.
I just want to thank all the employees at the Mission Viejo animal shelter for finding us a new fur baby sunshine a.k.a. Revy. She is so sweet and we are so happy with her. She’s adjusting so well to her new home. Thank you so much.
I want to send an update on how our kitty is doing. She’s nearly doubled her weight in the last three weeks , she has a realities infection and eye infection when we got her but now is under control. Most recently we took her on her first beach adventure and she loves it!
I adopted ‘Annette’ (a young, female Maine Coon) from the Mission Viejo Animal Shelter; it was a wonderful experience & everyone I met at the shelter was so thoughtful & welcoming.
The staff even gave ‘Annie’ a brand new cat tree; apparently, someone had donated it to the shelter earlier that same day. Thought you might like to see Annie on her new cat tree (she loves it
I wanted to send you some photos of Sterling (cuz he is silver lol) I think he is fitting right in at his new home. He is such a good kitty!
Thank you for letting me adopt him. He is already loved very much.
A beautiful white and tan Cocker Spaniel.
He was rescued by a local shelter
And then again by us.
We will never forget the clown Lucky.
But are so happy to give this guy
A home.
He’s always ready to play
And play
And play
Throw the ball.
Then cuddle.
Plus
He’s a great kisser!!
We love our new Cody
At the beginning of this year, I saw a picture of Doris on your website. A week later, we rescued her. Xenia (formerly known as Doris) has fit right in with our family and I wanted to send along some pictures.
BTW: I took her to the Animal Medical Center on La Paz for a check-up. One of the vets came into the room and he immediately recognized her. He started tearing up when he saw her,
A little update on Otter: he is now certified best buds with his brother Linus. You can catch the two of them lounging around the living room or seeing what’s up in the kitchen. Whenever Linus does something, you can count on Otter to follow suit. Monkey see monkey do with these guys.
When we got Otter from the shelter it was assumed he had some form of alopecia. After a first bath his