Please save Padriac, Shelby, Jesse Bear, Magnolia, Achilles, and the two new arrivals Stuart and Penelope Pitstop this weekend. Will be put to sleep on Monday.
Padriac: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10186111
Achilles: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10186155
Magnolia: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10099936
Shelby: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=9911591
Jesse Bear: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10099759
Each of the five remaining large dogs have a $25 sponsorship
associated with them. The money will be paid directly to each approved receiving
rescue; that way, shelter staff will not have to handle this additional
responsibility as things continue to wind down.
Please continue to contact Jenise, the shelter liaison, at
smithszoo62 at yahoo.com or smithszoo62 at hotmail.com , if you
need additional information about any of these remaining dear souls or if you can
offer assistance in ANY way. She will be closely monitoring all of her
messages throughout the weekend.
She is also working on finding additional boarding for any of these
seven, should it be needed beyond Monday. Please contact her if you'd like
to potentially contribute to such boarding fees. Anyone in the
Lexington, Stanford, or Danville, KY areas that could potentially help with the first leg of various transports that are being set up should also contact Jenise; right
now she's truly trying to head in four directions at once!
The fact that these precious pups are still alive today is a true
testament to the continued hard work and dedication from the Lincoln County
Animal Shelter staff and Jenise, their only volunteer.
Stuart, an already neutered, ~20-pound, ~2-3-year-old Pug/Beagle mix with a curly tail, is the cutie on the right in the photo below. His Petfinder file says it best, "He could truly be called 'The Ambassador of Friendliness.' Stuart loves everyone - dogs, humans...he doesn't care. He's just happy to be around you. The shelter staff are perplexed as to how a cute, little lovebug like Stuart ended up at the shelter. And his little underbite adds to his character and charm. But Stuart's story isn't all smiles and sunshine. It is a heartbreaking tragedy, that a sweet, little, 'never-met-a-stranger' guy is going to have this be his end."
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10186209
How in the world Penelope Pitstop, a petite (~15 pounds), young, purebred(?)Cocker girl ended up in a shelter is beyond me! Again, her Petfinder file says it better than I can, "Much like the cartoon character of the late 1960's, Penelope Pitstop is a damsel in distress. And just like the cartoon, this Penelope Pitstop needs Peter Perfect and his Turbo Terrific car to swoop in and save her. The difference is this is not a cartoon with a happy ending -- unless someone chooses to stop and save her. Please save Penelope! She is just a sweet and petite baby."
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10186265
As a reminder (and as posted below), there are no fees for rescues to pull a dog. To approve a rescue, Jenise needs at least one vet reference with a telephone number, a brief statement about their spay/neuter policies, and a shelter reference with a contact person's name and telephone number. Once she has gone through the process of approving the rescue, they can pull any dog that's not already been spoken for. They can take them unvetted (and vet them once they arrive in rescue) or the vet down there gives very good discounts if they choose to have the vet work done before traveling.
Vetting prices are as follows:
Fee is $60 - that includes spay/neuter, DHLPP, and rabies (if old enough), and a deworming if a puppy
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Pulling can be arranged and USUALLY transport to Lexington, KY. Rescues and adopters will need to coordinate their own transport beyond there.
