Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Restocking

Nine new dogs in one day!!! A beautiful male Siberian husky who is housebroken, very friendly, and a very handsome guy.

A call from another animal control asking for help with five 4 1/2 week old puppies. Someone brought them in with their starving mother, and the staff at animal control knows full well that puppies get sick really easy in that situation. It's not their fault - they have open intake and never know what kind of illness a new animal might be bringing with them.

A one year old black lab male who knows sit, shake, rides great in a car, is very easy going, but probably was tried as a hunting dog and flunked that because he is apparently afraid of loud noises. We will work on that. He's been around kids and is quiet.

A 5 year old yellow lab mix female named Cheyenne who was at animal control for two months and was about to be euthanized. She's friendly, easy going, been around kids, has been to on site adoptions and meet and greets and did extremely well. We will give her another chance.

One more puppy, a very unusual coat color. She's got long ears, fairly long slim legs, and just as friendly as can be.

That filled up the quarantine area for now, and we had a call from another local animal control to come and see what they have available.

After settling all the newbies in, it was time to restock the canine pantry, not to mention the human one. Because of the economic downturn, I sure get some funny looks when I take a shopping cart and stuff it full of dog food, dog treats, wet food, leather cookies (our name for rawhides), flea and tick preventive, and even some new toys for the puppies. Kids have to have toys afterall!

Now I just have to figure out some creative kenneling so when we visit the other animal control I have a plan to house a highly adoptable dog that we just can't leave without.

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