Saturday shelter-update

Rebecca, Laura, Susan and Kayla assisted the vet with preparing dogs for the Rescue Waggin. The dogs got their exams, rabies certificates, and flea treatment, so they are ready to go.

The little runt from the litter of puppies brought in yesterday is being fostered by Anita to insure it is eating. Seems the bigger siblings were not allowing this little one to eat.

Bobby Lorton had a call about an injured cat. The vet checked it and its tail will have to be removed and an appointment has been made for monday. That cat will be placed in the education room to recover when it returns.

Tex was placed into a condo cage today. Noodle was released into the condo, and wasted no time exploring the new surroundings. Shadow was adopted out today to a family that had lost a stray cat they had taken in to Feline Leukemia. The little girl and mother fell in love with her. They were so happy to be taking her home.

There is a cat that has been siezed and is being held by AC in the back room. The vet examined her and stated she is ready to have kittens anytime now. There are two cats in back that need medication so check the book. Meds are in the office refrig.

I signed up a couple more people for the spay van so we did reach our goal of 25 pets for the van. Everyone was given a courtesy call today to remind them about the van and one lady did not have a carrier so I told her about the cardboard carriers we sell for $3.00 and she rushed into the office to buy one.

We had a gentleman who stopped by interested in Callie. He stated she is a beautiful German shepard and he wanted to put a deposit down on her and I had to tell him that she could not go till Monday. She is an AC dog and it is a matter of first come first get, so he is going to try and be here to get the dog Monday.

I called the folks that adopted Exxon and Bear. Exxon's name has been changed to Sugar and the dogs are doing great. Bear is very affectionate and learning to walk with the leash on and likes to sit near the lady. Sugar aka Exxon tries to hog their attention. They are behaving well with no house training accidents. However, Sugar is learning that the furniture is off limits. The couple have scheduled obediance classes so they can train the dogs. The lady stated the two dogs love to play together and she said they could not be happier with their new pets. I reminded her if she had any questions or problems to please feel free to contact us.

The lady who adopted Tonya the puppy called earlier this week and she stated she was returning the puppy. She has not yet returned Tonya.

A lady came with her teen daughter to turn in a cat. I asked why was she was turning it in. She stated the cat was pregnant. They have had a the cat for about 9 months now. It was a stray they saved. I told her about the pregnant cats in back and that the chances of us finding it a home would be slim. So I asked her if I could give her a deal to get it spayed, would she keep the cat. She said "yes", so her cat is scheduled for the van tuesday and the teen daughter thanked me and told me she loved this cat. Mom said thanks so much for helping them out with getting the cat fixed. It feels good to know we can please some of the people some of the time.

On a sad note, a man came in upset that his pit bull which was chained was very ill and everytime he tried to touch it the dog would growl. Bobby was out on an injured cat call so I phoned him. The man waited a few minutes till Bobby returned. Bobby lent the man a muzzle and the man went and picked up his dog. He brought it to the shelter where the vet looked at the dog and stated it was best to put the dog down. The man suspects it may have been poisoned. That was so sad. The man was so upset when he came in that I even let him call the vet from the office to see if he could use tranquilizers to calm the dog so he could handle it and bring it in. Bobby had to stop the dogs suffering. I guess we will never know what caused the dog to become so ill but it is best not to chain your pets and be very aware of what is being fed to your pets. Also, be alert to all of the pet food recalls. Have you checked your pet food to make sure it hasn't been recalled?

There are raffle tickets in the office. Please log on the back of the volunteer sign in book how many booklets of tickets you take.

See ya all soon.