Happy Thanksgiving

The following dogs have homes this Thanksgiving, and for that I'm pretty thankful!

Rusty (Adopted by volunteer Shauna)

June

Baxter
Joffe

Butch

Coco (Joffe's daughter)

Maybelle

Simon

Mitzi

Scout

(Joffe - another pic)

Sandee (aka Floppy Ear)

Wiggles

xoxo (Thanks to the wonderful families who adopted these fur babies!)

All Good News!

So much good news tonight that I must do an extra post!

First, I've been waiting patiently to announce this. We don't like to say these things too soon because we never want to jinx ourselves, or worse, the dog.

http://pets.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/03/congratulations-maybelle/

Read the story; you'll be glad you did. I will add only that Maybelle was with us for so long that she had developed kennel callus.  That is, she stood on cement for so long that she had tough spots on her feet. Sad; occasionally they would get infected and she'd have a little trouble walking or be uncomfortable. She'd be treated immediately (and taken special care of by Darlene, shelter worker extraordinaire), but still, this one really deserved a home.

Here's the picture of Maybelle and her new family. God bless them!

Maybelle

Also, I got word that Mitzi and Coco, both adopted last week, along with Sandee (aka Floppy Ear) the week before, are all doing well. This week Scout and Baxter are being adopted.  Yahoo!

Here are the lucky babies:

Mitzi

Coco

Scout

Sandee

and Baxter (Sweet boy!)

Also, tomorrow morning we are announcing a BIG GIFT made to the

Yonkers Animal Shelter!

Stay tuned...

xoxo

Victories And Disappointments

Raining again today. The dogs can't catch a break weather-wise. It stinks for them to be damp and for the outdoor pens to be soaked. As per usual, almost all the volunteers showed despite the bad weather. Camillo The Volunteer made friends with Mr. Willie, who needs to learn manners. When I was pulling away today Mr. Willie was sitting nicely and his ears were out flat, like he was listening! Camillo is good with the big dogs.

Well, we had the pleasure of seeing Coco leave today with a nice family and Mitzi being looked at. Sadly, the good comes with the bad, as both Smoke (a new boy who was owner-surrendered and has not cottoned to anyone and is a little too aggressive), and Abbey (long-timer at the shelter but who no one seems interested in) will be put down tomorrow morning. I hesitate writing the bad news but it is the truth. A number of volunteers are upset, but they understand, too. The shelter has been wonderful to Abbey; she's had a good life there and it's just time to make room for the new comers, who keep coming.

Good news from last week, Maybelle was adopted!  She was a long-timer, too, and I hear it's going well with her new family. 


Victories and disappointments.

xoxo