goodness, been gone awhile

shelter management is time consuming work; add that to regular life and a girl gets behind on some of the stuff needing attention.

the dogs at the shelter have had an exciting week. Otis, a very fat young beagle got adopted and now lives the life of riley with his marine. wonder if otis will learn the marine crawl. ..

rocky has someone coming by on a regular basis starting today to consider adopting him. rocky needs someone who understands abused animals and chow temperaments for his forever home. she is going to take it slow with him and give him time to get to know her and then we will decide if it is going to be a love connection.

we took in a new beagle last friday, thought she was pregnant, but she is just fat. she is currently being fostered while we try to find her owner. if no owner is found, we have several people interested in giving her a home. funny. otis lived with us for over a year with no interest in anyone adopting him, then, boom he gets adopted, and we suddenly have beagle applications right and left.

ruby had been adopted, but came back to the shelter, she like many rescue dogs - became very very protective of the woman who adopted her. so protective that she would not let anyone or any animal near her. the woman had other pets and children and grandchildren. it was not a situation that worked for her. so. ruby came back home and is back in the pen with her favorite child. she would make a great home for someone who can give her lots of time and work with her through her "issues".

rescue dogs, like any pet, need attention and proper training. we at ARF don't believe in or condone training using hitting, food deprivation or breaking the will of the dog. there are good ways to train a dog and there are bad ways. if anyone is interested in getting literature on the proper way to train your companion animal to be a productive member of your family, just drop us an email and we can guide you to some very informative literature and good dog trainers in our area.

posted by Elizabeth @ 8:37 AM