(By Cathy Holinger) Finn Holinger was our 2015 Puppy Up CT Shoreline Walk hero. Finn owned Cathy Holinger, and together they were a top Puppy Up fundraising team since the First Puppy Up CT Shoreline Walk back in 2012.  Last year, cancer touched Finn and Cathy. When Finnegan was diagnosed with acute leukemia at the end of last May, we never thought he’d...

(Karen Gannon) Billie saved my life when I had no hope. She was truly my guardian angel! When Billie got cancer, I tried to return the favor. Thanks to the doctors and modern medicine, we had 2 more years together before the cancer finally came...

(By Morgan Choi) September 8, 2003 – July 2, 2015 After a 2.5 year battle with cancer, Foog left this world and flew into the waiting arms of Papa to go on his next journey. Foog is greatly missed and forever will be. He was the most loyal, loving and fun friend and companion that anyone could ask for and his loss will be...

(By Valerie Mackett) Lily lost her battle with liver cancer on November 15, 2015.  She was the love of my life and best friend. In memory of my precious girl, Lily Love.  You have left my life, but will never leave my heart. Night, night bug. Mama loves...

(By Joyce Otto Prapuolenis) Donna Ostrowski has loved and supported dogs her entire life.  She has fostered, rescued, and owned many, including her best friend, ‘Snowy,’ the Great Pyrenees.  She has been a sponsor and spokesperson for the ‘Two Million Dogs’ Foundation, as well as a participant in many of their ‘Puppy Up’ walks.  Donna’s generosity and compassion for dogs and their owners has been profound...

Jennifer, Curt, Emily & Allison, We’re so sorry for your loss. You’re in our thoughts. Love, Kim &...

  (by Robin E, & David S.) Lily came into our lives June 2007.  I was asked to “babysit” a brown puppy while her rescue Mom went on vacation.  Lily was brought to me in a cat carrier, she was that small.  She crawled out of that carrier onto my lap, and I was hooked!  I knew she wasn’t leaving our family.  And to...

Maggie was found as a puppy on a cold winter’s day with her smaller sibling, Squeaky, hiding from the cold in a ditch on a country road in Tennessee. Squeaky was adopted by the people who found them, but Maggie found a new home in Pennsylvania with Laura and Gregg. She enjoyed many happy years with them, ultimately retiring with them to sunny, warm...