Shelter News
Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter
360 Haywood Road
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609) 978-0127
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Walking help needed!
The numbers are climbing rapidly and we need help.
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To our new walkers who may not know how to begin, just hit Reply on this email or send a new one to me at jeckert30@comcast.net and tell me when you would like to start.
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Dog Walking Schedule:
Volunteers are really needed early in the morning, 9:00 a.m. every day! Even if you can only help for a half hour or an hour, it would help.
**Reactive dogs? Give them a ball or toy to carry as you take them out.****
The dogs are color coded. New volunteers may NOT walk Red dogs. Please pay attention to the color coding and the cage cards. Red walkers' names in red type.
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Important: Please do not sign up for a shift if you aren't sure you can make it! Other volunteers come in if there isn't enough coverage. Some people have signed up for shifts and have been either late or not shown up at all. We really need at least two people early in the morning--9:00--to get everyone out.
*Please try to notify me of your walking plans by Sunday night each week, if possible. You may also call, e-mail, or text me at 709-4140 by 8:30 a.m. on the day you wish to come in. I will then put you on the schedule and notify the shelter. You may come in as long as there aren't already the maximum number of walkers on that particular day or shift.
Maximum number of walkers in the morning is 6 at one time, 4 in the afternoon.
Please make sure no dogs are left outside or in the met-and-greet room when the last volunteer leaves.
PLEASE do not block the mailbox when you come in to walk dogs! Leave enough space for the mail truck to pull in and out.
Red walkers are underscored.
Day Date AM - 6 max AM - 6 max AM - 6 max PM - 4 Max PM - 4 Max Tue 7/26 Kathy: 9-12 Sue: 10-12 Pat: 1-4 Carol: 1-4 Michele: 1-2:30 Wed 7/27 Kathy: 9-12 Denise:9-12 Louise: 1-4 Pat: 2-5 Thur 7/28 Louise: 9-12 Justin: 9-12 Kath: 1-4 Fri 7/29 Kathy: 9-12 Carol: 9-12 Justin: 9-12 Sat 7/30 John: 9-12 Kathy: 9-12 Sun 7/31 Kathy: 9-12 Linda: 9-12 Justin: 9-12 Kath: 1-4 Mon 8/1 Tue 8/2
The walking schedule can be viewed in real time at this link:
Those scheduled for surgery are to receive a short walk only in the morning and NO TREATS or food.
***As per management, please remove one of the martingales from the dogs, leaving one on at the end of the day, and always take off harnesses. Never leave one on at the end of the day. Thanks so much.***
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Dog Walking: Volunteer hours are every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Cat volunteer hours are every day from 1 to 4 pm
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Peter is now Leo in his new home.
River has a new friend.
Update from Eric at Pack Ethic:
Cameron is a blue nose Pitbull Terrier. The first once over I did of her appearance on our first excursion together in the yard I noticed how swollen her vagina was, like she was in heat, knowing that she had undoubtedly been spayed at the shelter and shortly before she was transported. When I relayed this to Eric later, he told me that she indeed almost died when she was spayed, almost bled out on the table. Cameron looks like a hardened tough little scrappy Pit Bull. Blue PitBulls have been popular for awhile now and the unfortunate result of that excessive and unregulated, uneducated and unnecessary breeding of these gray dogs is dogs like Cameron who need to be rescued from the shelter. Luckily, when they are bred and raised only to be a pet, they can be very docile to humans and other animals. When they are sweet little blue PitBulls it doesn't take the sting out of seeing them discarded and I distress, but it does make the job of finding them a new chance at forever, that much easier. Cameron had been through so much after coming into the shelter as a stray. I lowered my expectations on what positive decisions that Cameron was going to make and was soon not surprised to find out that she was the most troublesome of the three in her temperament. The flush of hormones when a pet is neutered is significant for both genders, but doing that when a dog is in heat is that times ten. Not to mention her near tragic end due to loss of blood and possible effects from that as well. Poor Cameron in the best state would be acting a little bit off after suffering all of that physical trauma. So far, she is excitable and hyper aware. She stalks around the yard and hears everything. She is laser focused on the cows or an occasional chicken through the fence, but she doesn't bark at them. She has to keep a leash attached to her collar so that when she chooses not to come to me I have a way of wrangling her in. Although, before that I did use excited dog grunting and breathing to instigate play to lure her in to me and also high pitched tones through a gate to lure her into a slip lead. However, the next time Cameron was out she started her game running around me in a circle, dodging my advances and scooting away at every attempt to get closer to her. When given the chance to play this game of chase, Cameron's misfiring decision making chooses to engage. So I played the game for a few seconds, seeing that she was enjoying the distance she could keep between us. She would rather be free! Free at last! I eventually got more serious and stern and raised my arms to the sides and angled her out trying to work her into a corner. This at least finally stopped her in her tracks and so I advanced saying in low tones, 'stay', 'wait', which I could tell both fell on deaf ears as her eyes were darting everywhere, anticipating her next leap to freedom. Then I tried, 'sit' and she looked me dead in the eye and sat right down on her rear end in front of me. I was stunned but I eventually stepped towards her, still ready to have her jump away from me, but she sat right there resolutely, even perhaps looking down on herself and wondering how she had ended up in this position. I approached her and easily dropped the loop of the leash over the top of her head. She had given in. It was a rare moment of complete comprehension on her part and a momentary offering of full obedience. Poor Cameron has someone in there that wants to trust me. She is all mixed up inside, her head swimming from her trauma, her loins screaming in pain from her surgery, her heart swelling and leaping from her drain of hormones. She was dumped at a scary place that caused all of this in such a short time and now she is not even sure who she is. Now she is not sure how she feels about these new humans and their hands. I didn't think that she had too much experience as a pet, until she showed me she knows how to 'sit'. Someone spoke to her at some point before all of this trauma and change. How often or from where I will not soon know. Cameron is cagey for sure and it makes me feel like she spent too much time viewing the world through the bars of her cage.
Cameron is a gorgeous blue Pittie girl looking for a home
Cami is looking good :) She is looking for a new home of her own.
Cameron in the middle of the big pack. She may be a little unsure at times, but she never makes bad decisions and finds new ways to be social everyday.
Also from Eric, remember Hunter? He was recently adopted from Pack Ethic!
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We are on Instagram! Follow us @FOSOCAS today!
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Please help by printing and hanging this flyer to help advertise our Shelter and wonderful pets for adoption. Simply pin on a bulletin board at your local library, post office, town hall, laundry mat, etc. or ask a store owner, restaurant, if you can hang in their window or wall. More exposure means more adoptions. Pass on to a friend to place one somewhere as well, the more the better!
Volunteers are really needed early in the morning, 9:00 a.m. every day! Even if you can only help for a half hour or an hour, it would help.
**Reactive dogs? Give them a ball or toy to carry as you take them out.****
**Reactive dogs? Give them a ball or toy to carry as you take them out.****
The dogs are color coded. New volunteers may NOT walk Red dogs. Please pay attention to the color coding and the cage cards. Red walkers' names in red type.
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Important: Please do not sign up for a shift if you aren't sure you can make it! Other volunteers come in if there isn't enough coverage. Some people have signed up for shifts and have been either late or not shown up at all. We really need at least two people early in the morning--9:00--to get everyone out.
*Please try to notify me of your walking plans by Sunday night each week, if possible. You may also call, e-mail, or text me at 709-4140 by 8:30 a.m. on the day you wish to come in. I will then put you on the schedule and notify the shelter. You may come in as long as there aren't already the maximum number of walkers on that particular day or shift.
Maximum number of walkers in the morning is 6 at one time, 4 in the afternoon.
Please make sure no dogs are left outside or in the met-and-greet room when the last volunteer leaves.
PLEASE do not block the mailbox when you come in to walk dogs! Leave enough space for the mail truck to pull in and out.
Red walkers are underscored.
The walking schedule can be viewed in real time at this link:
| Day | Date | AM - 6 max | AM - 6 max | AM - 6 max | PM - 4 Max | PM - 4 Max |
| Tue | 7/26 | Kathy: 9-12 | Sue: 10-12 | Pat: 1-4 | Carol: 1-4 | |
| Michele: 1-2:30 | ||||||
| Wed | 7/27 | Kathy: 9-12 | Denise:9-12 | Louise: 1-4 | Pat: 2-5 | |
| Thur | 7/28 | Louise: 9-12 | Justin: 9-12 | Kath: 1-4 | ||
| Fri | 7/29 | Kathy: 9-12 | Carol: 9-12 | Justin: 9-12 | ||
| Sat | 7/30 | John: 9-12 | Kathy: 9-12 | |||
| Sun | 7/31 | Kathy: 9-12 | Linda: 9-12 | Justin: 9-12 | Kath: 1-4 | |
| Mon | 8/1 | |||||
| Tue | 8/2 | |||||
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Dog Walking: Volunteer hours are every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Cat volunteer hours are every day from 1 to 4 pm
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| Peter is now Leo in his new home. |
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| River has a new friend. Update from Eric at Pack Ethic: Cameron is a blue nose Pitbull Terrier. The first once over I did of her appearance on our first excursion together in the yard I noticed how swollen her vagina was, like she was in heat, knowing that she had undoubtedly been spayed at the shelter and shortly before she was transported. When I relayed this to Eric later, he told me that she indeed almost died when she was spayed, almost bled out on the table. Cameron looks like a hardened tough little scrappy Pit Bull. Blue PitBulls have been popular for awhile now and the unfortunate result of that excessive and unregulated, uneducated and unnecessary breeding of these gray dogs is dogs like Cameron who need to be rescued from the shelter. Luckily, when they are bred and raised only to be a pet, they can be very docile to humans and other animals. When they are sweet little blue PitBulls it doesn't take the sting out of seeing them discarded and I distress, but it does make the job of finding them a new chance at forever, that much easier. Cameron had been through so much after coming into the shelter as a stray. I lowered my expectations on what positive decisions that Cameron was going to make and was soon not surprised to find out that she was the most troublesome of the three in her temperament. The flush of hormones when a pet is neutered is significant for both genders, but doing that when a dog is in heat is that times ten. Not to mention her near tragic end due to loss of blood and possible effects from that as well. Poor Cameron in the best state would be acting a little bit off after suffering all of that physical trauma. So far, she is excitable and hyper aware. She stalks around the yard and hears everything. She is laser focused on the cows or an occasional chicken through the fence, but she doesn't bark at them. She has to keep a leash attached to her collar so that when she chooses not to come to me I have a way of wrangling her in. Although, before that I did use excited dog grunting and breathing to instigate play to lure her in to me and also high pitched tones through a gate to lure her into a slip lead. However, the next time Cameron was out she started her game running around me in a circle, dodging my advances and scooting away at every attempt to get closer to her. When given the chance to play this game of chase, Cameron's misfiring decision making chooses to engage. So I played the game for a few seconds, seeing that she was enjoying the distance she could keep between us. She would rather be free! Free at last! I eventually got more serious and stern and raised my arms to the sides and angled her out trying to work her into a corner. This at least finally stopped her in her tracks and so I advanced saying in low tones, 'stay', 'wait', which I could tell both fell on deaf ears as her eyes were darting everywhere, anticipating her next leap to freedom. Then I tried, 'sit' and she looked me dead in the eye and sat right down on her rear end in front of me. I was stunned but I eventually stepped towards her, still ready to have her jump away from me, but she sat right there resolutely, even perhaps looking down on herself and wondering how she had ended up in this position. I approached her and easily dropped the loop of the leash over the top of her head. She had given in. It was a rare moment of complete comprehension on her part and a momentary offering of full obedience. Poor Cameron has someone in there that wants to trust me. She is all mixed up inside, her head swimming from her trauma, her loins screaming in pain from her surgery, her heart swelling and leaping from her drain of hormones. She was dumped at a scary place that caused all of this in such a short time and now she is not even sure who she is. Now she is not sure how she feels about these new humans and their hands. I didn't think that she had too much experience as a pet, until she showed me she knows how to 'sit'. Someone spoke to her at some point before all of this trauma and change. How often or from where I will not soon know. Cameron is cagey for sure and it makes me feel like she spent too much time viewing the world through the bars of her cage. |
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| Cameron is a gorgeous blue Pittie girl looking for a home |
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| Cami is looking good :) She is looking for a new home of her own. |
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| Cameron in the middle of the big pack. She may be a little unsure at times, but she never makes bad decisions and finds new ways to be social everyday. |
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We are on Instagram! Follow us @FOSOCAS today!
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Please help by printing and hanging this flyer to help advertise our Shelter and wonderful pets for adoption. Simply pin on a bulletin board at your local library, post office, town hall, laundry mat, etc. or ask a store owner, restaurant, if you can hang in their window or wall. More exposure means more adoptions. Pass on to a friend to place one somewhere as well, the more the better!
If you’d like to make it two-sided for hanging in a window, print two, place back to back and tape together in the middle.
Also, it’s not necessary, but if you’d like to laminate a flyer they have laminate pouches at Staples and Office Max.
Thank you for getting the word out for our pets waiting for their forever home.
We have a new "Special Project" classification as the weather warms up and the dogs are put outside in the runs. Volunteers would sign in as usual and be on the schedule, but they would not walk dogs. Their only duty is to sit outside when the dogs are in the runs and keep an eye on them so others are free to walk, mornings only when the public isn't around. This change is perfect for experienced volunteers who don't feel comfortable walking the tough guys on any particular day.
Email me if you would be interested in sitting in the sun with the dogs.
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Please don't leave big, strong dogs unsupervised in Run #1, as a strong dog might be able to break out.
If you’d like to make it two-sided for hanging in a window, print two, place back to back and tape together in the middle.
Also, it’s not necessary, but if you’d like to laminate a flyer they have laminate pouches at Staples and Office Max.
Thank you for getting the word out for our pets waiting for their forever home.
We have a new "Special Project" classification as the weather warms up and the dogs are put outside in the runs. Volunteers would sign in as usual and be on the schedule, but they would not walk dogs. Their only duty is to sit outside when the dogs are in the runs and keep an eye on them so others are free to walk, mornings only when the public isn't around. This change is perfect for experienced volunteers who don't feel comfortable walking the tough guys on any particular day.
Email me if you would be interested in sitting in the sun with the dogs.
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Please don't leave big, strong dogs unsupervised in Run #1, as a strong dog might be able to break out.
****************************************************************Our Pet Food Pantry is currently located at the Ocean Community Church (72W) on Wednesday mornings between 10 am and 12 noon. The Church volunteers are thrilled to have dog and cat food to distribute. Please pass around to friends and family that we need ongoing pet food donations (smaller bags, if possible, would be helpful). Please drop any food at the Shelter. If you have any questions, please call Claire at 609-549-5243.
****************************************************************Our Pet Food Pantry is currently located at the Ocean Community Church (72W) on Wednesday mornings between 10 am and 12 noon. The Church volunteers are thrilled to have dog and cat food to distribute. Please pass around to friends and family that we need ongoing pet food donations (smaller bags, if possible, would be helpful). Please drop any food at the Shelter. If you have any questions, please call Claire at 609-549-5243.
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***Re-registration is pending. If you download this app now, you will need to change your beneficiary soon.***
Here's an easy way for anyone who walks to make a little money for our shelter, and it's free for anyone who has a smartphone.http://www.wooftrax.com/
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***Re-registration is pending. If you download this app now, you will need to change your beneficiary soon.***
Here's an easy way for anyone who walks to make a little money for our shelter, and it's free for anyone who has a smartphone.http://www.wooftrax.com/
***Re-registration is pending. If you download this app now, you will need to change your beneficiary soon.***
Here's an easy way for anyone who walks to make a little money for our shelter, and it's free for anyone who has a smartphone.http://www.wooftrax.com/
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Go get the special link to help the Friends, and tell all of YOUR friends! You can get the link from:
At your Tell A Friend page you'll also be able to see which of your friends are helping you win Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter one of those sweet prizes.
Why share with your friends? -
You could win $1,000 or $500 for Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter.
When friends shop, they'll help Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter or their own favorite cause. Why not let them take advantage of over 1,400 stores that want to help?
The average shopper is raising over $30 - $100 a year for their cause ... all for free.
It's simple and automatic..
Five bucks free, just for trying us out.
The more iGive members, the better the deals we can get from stores.
Spread your iGive link everywhere (Facebook's a great way, but Twitter, e-mail, blogs, bulletin boards, and handouts all work).
Get your personalized Tell A Friend link:
Use your special link:
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This blog is not an official publication of the Ocean County Health Department and the views expressed therein do not reflect in any way the official policies and/or opinion of the Ocean County Board of Health and/or the Ocean County Health Department, who are not responsible for its contents.
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Go get the special link to help the Friends, and tell all of YOUR friends! You can get the link from:
At your Tell A Friend page you'll also be able to see which of your friends are helping you win Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter one of those sweet prizes.
Why share with your friends? -
You could win $1,000 or $500 for Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter.
When friends shop, they'll help Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter or their own favorite cause. Why not let them take advantage of over 1,400 stores that want to help?
The average shopper is raising over $30 - $100 a year for their cause ... all for free.
It's simple and automatic..
Five bucks free, just for trying us out.
The more iGive members, the better the deals we can get from stores.
Spread your iGive link everywhere (Facebook's a great way, but Twitter, e-mail, blogs, bulletin boards, and handouts all work).
Get your personalized Tell A Friend link:
Use your special link:
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This blog is not an official publication of the Ocean County Health Department and the views expressed therein do not reflect in any way the official policies and/or opinion of the Ocean County Board of Health and/or the Ocean County Health Department, who are not responsible for its contents.
Meet our group!
The Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter
Click here for our website to learn more:
President and Founder Dottie Reynolds
Vice President Kathy Gross
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Friends are on Facebook.
Click here to join.
We have a Wish List on Amazon!
You can see it here: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2QHTG5OOWSDVF/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_1pRtpb03PX8NV
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Check out our dogs and cats on Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ174.html
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KITTEN FOSTERS NEEDED
If interested in helping out, please contact the shelter at socaf@ochd.org.
SOCAF's Gallery of Glorious Cats
Special Thanks to Jennifer for taking these pics and for keeping us updated as to which cats are where.
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Meet our group!
The Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter
Click here for our website to learn more:
President and Founder Dottie Reynolds
Vice President Kathy Gross
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Friends are on Facebook.
Friends are on Facebook.
Click here to join.
We have a Wish List on Amazon!
You can see it here: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2QHTG5OOWSDVF/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_1pRtpb03PX8NV
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Check out our dogs and cats on Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ174.html
Check out our dogs and cats on Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ174.html
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KITTEN FOSTERS NEEDED
If interested in helping out, please contact the shelter at socaf@ochd.org.
SOCAF's Gallery of Glorious Cats
Special Thanks to Jennifer for taking these pics and for keeping us updated as to which cats are where.
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Available Cats
Millie
Thomas
Gilbert
Flower
Chipper--Adopted
Willow--Adopted
Sunshine--Adopted
Breeze
Alex
Tiger--Adopted
Clair--Adopted
Sampson--Adopted
Mick--Adopted
Splash--Adopted
Sandy--Adopted
Coral
Breezy
Lawrence--Adopted
Jewel
Charlotte--Adopted
Pearl--Adopted
Cookie--Adopted
Dahlia
Buddy--Adopted
Scout
Diamond
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Petsmart News from Peggy O.
At Petsmart and ready for adoption:
At Petsmart and ready for adoption:
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Green= Easy (walks slow, easy to handle)
Yellow= Moderate difficulty (Pulls, jumpy, active)
Red= Difficult (Strong, Pulls very hard when walking or cage fighter)
Check to see if dog is walkable before taking out.
B dogs in the morning can be walked anywhere. In the afternoon out of public sight, to the right away from the building.
Afternoon walkers: Please be sure you empty any pools and water buckets before leaving.
Green
Abigail, 14-year-old Boston
Yellow
Panda, 4-year-old Pit bull
Kids 5 or older, no cats, no dogs
Red
Blake, 2-year-old Pit bull mix
Kids 5 or older
No dogs
Charlie, 2-year-old Boxer/Lab mix
Kids 7 or older
Boots, 10-year-old Pit bull mix
No dogs, no kids, no cats
DOUBLE RED
Maverick, 4-year-old Pit bull mix
April: https://youtu.be/FraqRUwx7RU
Kids 15 or older, no cats or dogs
Jada, 2-year-old Pit bull mix
Kids 10 or older
B Side
Not adoptable dogs
Awaiting temperament test or reclaim
Leopold
Angel
Green
Green= Easy (walks slow, easy to handle)
Yellow= Moderate difficulty (Pulls, jumpy, active)
Red= Difficult (Strong, Pulls very hard when walking or cage fighter)
Check to see if dog is walkable before taking out.
B dogs in the morning can be walked anywhere. In the afternoon out of public sight, to the right away from the building.
Afternoon walkers: Please be sure you empty any pools and water buckets before leaving.
Green
Abigail, 14-year-old Boston
Yellow
Panda, 4-year-old Pit bull
Kids 5 or older, no cats, no dogs
Red
Blake, 2-year-old Pit bull mix
Kids 5 or older
No dogs
Charlie, 2-year-old Boxer/Lab mix
Kids 7 or older
Boots, 10-year-old Pit bull mix
No dogs, no kids, no cats
Kids 7 or older
No dogs, no kids, no cats
DOUBLE RED
Maverick, 4-year-old Pit bull mix
April: https://youtu.be/FraqRUwx7RU
Kids 15 or older, no cats or dogs
Jada, 2-year-old Pit bull mix
Kids 10 or older
B Side
Not adoptable dogs
Awaiting temperament test or reclaim
Leopold
Angel
Green
Yellow
Red
Double Red
Buster- 1-1/2-year-old Pit bull mix
Rescue
Rocky
Buddy
no restrictions
Dogs fostered by the Friends
or in Boarding
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