They all look great Brandon! That really sucks about the ACDs though. Some dogs just don't do well in shelters and its especially sad that you've been getting a lot of them lately.
I love that senior guy. Lately I've been finding myself drawn to the senior dogs in the shelter. They sorta make me turn to mush inside.
Hi Brandon! Everyone looks to be having fun in the snow. I was wondering if the black and white Bull Terrier mix got a home? The one you stated had very little tact or self control...I am a total sucker for terriers.
A few guys fromt he first of the year. I didn't make it out there yesterday because of the freezing rain. After crashing my car once last winter to get to the humane society, I didn't feel like risking it again this year. I feel bad when I don't make it out there though.
Had to shoot this guy inside, it was too cold out for him.
If you look back at my original post with her, it said she was surrendered due to a landlord. Apparently the couple that had to surrender her petitioned their landlord with positive information about pits. Well they were able to change his mind, it took almost two months. Luckily for them Queen was still available. The couple and their SIX children came into the shelter to adopt her! From what I have heard Queen went absolutely crazy with joy when her family came to get her. Chokes me up just thinking about it.
A big WELL DONE to the family! And an enormous CONGRATULATIONS to Queen that managed to go home. She's such a cutie! This is what I call a happy ending!
It's sort of sucky they gave her up to begin with, but also as a family with six kids who is renting. They probably didn't have many options when the landlord said get rid of the dog or get out.
Such happy news!! I'm so glad the family wanted Ms. Queen back. They really could've been aholes and adopted a different 'cuter' (Though I think Ms. Queen is SUCH a cutie. Love her face) dog.
Well Dozer is back at DCHS. Apparently he was being aggressive to other animals and people at his new home. It's a bummer. However yesterday he was much less snappy with me than he had been on his first stay. At least he didn't get away and run to McDonald's this time. In fact he kept running back to me and liked it when I would carry him around. I'm not sure what is going to happen to him this time though. It's not often things turn out well when a dog is turned in for being aggressive.
Poor guy. I hate that we have nothing better to go on than what people describe the dog's behavior to be. I don't claim to be an expert, but I do know enough to recognize when people that come to the shelter have no clue about what they are talking about. For example, we had a little terrier come in a few weeks ago. His coat was long and starting to mat in a few places. His owners said they loved him and did all they could for him but he had bit their child and they couldn't keep him anymore. I inquired about the situation. The boy was taunting the dog, and the dog corrected him on the face. No skin was broken. It was a legit reaction by the dog. When I picked it up to carry it back to isolation (read, death row), I noticed its nails were so long they were curled back and a couple were digging into the pads. Of course this dog was reactive, it was probably MISERABLE. And because this punk used the word "bite", this poor dog was going to be quarantined for 10 days and then put down. All he had to do was say they didn't want the dog anymore. We would have taken him. That kind of shit really gets me angry.
Well the people who adopted Dozer and then returned him, took him back. I'm wondering if they called and told the adopters that he wasn't going to be made adoptable again and would be euthanized. I read the report of why he was returned and he had become very possessive. He is a dog that needs a lot of help and confidence building, I hope they stick it out with him, or at least do what is best for him if he cannot be helped.
Here are some new pictures of current dogs.
SPIKE - RIP - 02/05/2009
CHUNK - RIP - 02/13/2009.
The next three were picked up by their owners:
This girl was adopted already:
This guy is kind of nuts. Pointers are smart dogs, but he hasn't been taught a thing:
Da Vinci went into rescue, which is a great thing. He was so stressed at the shelter. He painted his kennel with poop every night:
I think this guy is the cutest:
Big ears:
The shelter had been pretty slow the last few weeks, well low numbers of dogs anyhow. This past Sunday we took in 34 dogs from this shithole a couple of counties over. She is animal control for the county, and a hoarder. The county wont give her anymore funds and the Sheriff's department wont shut her down. She often has 100+ dogs in her barn, and apparently has not been letting them out to go to the bathroom because of the cold. She does not have funds for spay and neuter so breedings happen. Any puppies that live there, some for years, end up under socialized and a mess. They all come in smelling like piss and shit. Thursday will be my first time seeing them all. Apparently some have frostbite and others have matts with open sores underneath. What a mess. Oh, she has farm animals and cats and such too.
Stories like that hoarder break my heart. People think they are doing a good thing by taking in these animals but it turns out to be the worst case ever.
The dogs look beautiful as always. I love big ears. Spike is amazing. I love his brindle.
Great pics (per usual). That cocker has very sad eyes, I'm glad he was adopted!
That is f'ing nuts about the animal control for the other county. Who the hell can't shut her down - clearly these animals are suffering in her exclusive care! But that happened here, too. Our humane society took in 54 pot bellied pigs from a woman keeping them in a ONE STALL barn that was smaller than my living room. Many starving and turning to cannibalistic means of nourishment, many inbreedings with just-gave-birth females and yet no piglets found (read:eaten). And yet, this lady got to keep all her 7 dogs and who knows how many cats and had to relinquish the pigs only. She's continuing to hoard and the county knows and just can't or won't do anything more. Sometimes these "systems" are so freaking gross.
It's not that the Sheriff's department couldn't shut her down, it's that they have deemed the care she provides to be "sufficent". So they aren't interested in shutting her down.
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I love that senior guy. Lately I've been finding myself drawn to the senior dogs in the shelter. They sorta make me turn to mush inside.
Had to shoot this guy inside, it was too cold out for him.
If you look back at my original post with her, it said she was surrendered due to a landlord. Apparently the couple that had to surrender her petitioned their landlord with positive information about pits. Well they were able to change his mind, it took almost two months. Luckily for them Queen was still available. The couple and their SIX children came into the shelter to adopt her! From what I have heard Queen went absolutely crazy with joy when her family came to get her. Chokes me up just thinking about it.
And an enormous CONGRATULATIONS to Queen that managed to go home. She's such a cutie!
This is what I call a happy ending!
This guy's eyes are just...wow. I feel like he's staring into my soul.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon_w/3163476549/ ~
Maybe it could help change the way people look at pits.
would he get along with Nemo?
Dozer and Nemo, I have a feeling that wouldn't work.
Here are some new pictures of current dogs.
SPIKE - RIP - 02/05/2009
CHUNK - RIP - 02/13/2009.
The next three were picked up by their owners:
This girl was adopted already:
This guy is kind of nuts. Pointers are smart dogs, but he hasn't been taught a thing:
Da Vinci went into rescue, which is a great thing. He was so stressed at the shelter. He painted his kennel with poop every night:
I think this guy is the cutest:
Big ears:
The shelter had been pretty slow the last few weeks, well low numbers of dogs anyhow. This past Sunday we took in 34 dogs from this shithole a couple of counties over. She is animal control for the county, and a hoarder. The county wont give her anymore funds and the Sheriff's department wont shut her down. She often has 100+ dogs in her barn, and apparently has not been letting them out to go to the bathroom because of the cold. She does not have funds for spay and neuter so breedings happen. Any puppies that live there, some for years, end up under socialized and a mess. They all come in smelling like piss and shit. Thursday will be my first time seeing them all. Apparently some have frostbite and others have matts with open sores underneath. What a mess. Oh, she has farm animals and cats and such too.
The dogs look beautiful as always. I love big ears. Spike is amazing. I love his brindle.
That is f'ing nuts about the animal control for the other county. Who the hell can't shut her down - clearly these animals are suffering in her exclusive care!
But that happened here, too. Our humane society took in 54 pot bellied pigs from a woman keeping them in a ONE STALL barn that was smaller than my living room. Many starving and turning to cannibalistic means of nourishment, many inbreedings with just-gave-birth females and yet no piglets found (read:eaten). And yet, this lady got to keep all her 7 dogs and who knows how many cats and had to relinquish the pigs only. She's continuing to hoard and the county knows and just can't or won't do anything more. Sometimes these "systems" are so freaking gross.