2011 A Mutt-A-Month Calendar

All of us up here at the office have been very busy working on an idea of ours. We are so thankful the Fifth Friday Foundation Lee County Animal Shelter has opened and know of the costs in keeping a facility like that up and running, so we wanted to help offset some of the costs. Soon we will have the "2011 A Mutt A Month" calendar available. The calendar will feature twelve animals who are not pure breeds (i.e. mutts)who have touched our lives this year. It is our hopes to have this calendar printed and ready to be sold shortly after Thanksgiving. The only qualification for being considered for the calendar was to not be a full blooded breed...in essence a mutt. We are selling the calendars for $10 and 100% of the proceeds will go to the shelter. Calendars will be available at Leesburg Animal Hospital and the Lee County Animal Shelter. So come pick up a calendar and support your shelter. Also, when you consider purchasing a pet as a Christmas gift this year, please visit your local shelters and see what loving, needing animals are available there. Who knows, they just might make the 2012 "A Mutt a Month" calendar!

Elvis is Alive!

Remember Elvis? The emaciated dog that was found on the side of the road? Well, he came back to visit us the end of May and we did not even recognize him! He had put on two and a half pounds, his wound was healing and his hair was growing out. He was full of life when we saw him and happy to be living in his new home! What a happy story!

New puppy for adoption

We have a puppy at our sister office in Albany for adoption. Her name is Penny. She is about 12 weeks old and made it through treatment for Parvo, but her owner never returned to pick her up. She desperately needs a new home!

Elvis ain't no hound dog!!

Elvis after his haircut


Elvis before his haircut

Elvis is back in Graceland!

We have such a wonderful story to tell; it happened a few weeks ago. A client of ours, Amanda, was driving down the road on Gordon Avenue in Albany. She saw what she thought was a white stuffed animal on the side of the road and decided to turn around and investigate. Turns out it was not stuffed; it was alive! A small white dog was stretched out on his side perfectly still in the tall grass. Amanda said the dog did not even move as she approached him. She reached down and picked him up and he never even seemed to be the least bit apprehensive; he never offered to bite or even shy at her hand or touch. It was as though help had finally arrived. She brought him to the clinic for us to look over and do a good physical examination. The poor guy was emaciated and just so low on energy. His hair was matted up into one large rug covering his whole body except around his neck where it looked as though he had been shaved. His total body weight was 3.6 pounds.

We pulled blood for a heartworm test and, amazingly, it was negative. We shaved him and underneath all that matted up hair found a moderate sized hole on his back leg that looked to be an old abscess which had ruptured and was draining. During the time he was being shaved, we fed him treats from our treat jar which he ate with a ravenous appetite. He obviously had been several days without a meal.

Amanda decided to name him Elvis and I am sure he is living in Graceland now. We can't wait for him to come back and see how far along he has come.

Jenkins is Homeward Bound!

We are quite happy to report our supermarkent dog, Jenkins, found a new home today. A Lee County resident visited the Animal Control this morning and stopped by our office on her way home to ask some questions about adopting from the the pound. We told her about our Jenkins and brought him out to meet her. She fell in love instantly. She was certain she wanted him castrated, so we went ahead with the surgery this morning and he will go to his new home tomorrow. We are just busting out with joy at his new home. He is going to live on the Kinchafoonee Creek and have plenty of room to romp around. He can even go for a swim if he so desires. His new owner is a retired school teacher, so they will have many days together filled with quality time and is sure to be a well behaved dog!

Rags to Riches in 4 days!

This little guy is our most recent homeward bound dog. He travelled to his new house of love on Friday for a "trial" and his new owner reports his trial is over. He is has found his new home. She calls him Teddy. It's quite a long story as to how Teddy came to us, but the short story is as follows. He was picked up in Mitchell County by one of my mother's friends. My mother in turn tells her friend to bring the dog up to Leesburg Animal Hospital and we would put him on the blog and try to find him a home. This all took place on Monday March 1. On Friday March 4, just three days later, my mother found someone to give him a potential home. As with all the animals we try to place, if they don't work out they are certainly welcomed to come back to us; this is what we told Mrs. Jordan, Teddy's potential owner, when she picked him up on Friday. Saturday morning my mom gets a call from Mrs. Jordan who says Teddy will NOT be coming back to the clinic. He has won Mrs. Jordan over. She took him out for a joy ride and dropped by the assisted living home to pick up her mother so all three of them could have a morning out. She says Teddy was the best dog to have in the car. He rode the whole time in Mrs. Jordan's mother's lap.
It warms our heart to know we have gotten another homeless animal off the streets and into a loving home. Teddy will no longer have to scrounge for food, search for shelter, or drink out of mud puddles. I am sure tonight he has plate full of food, a bowl full of water and very possibly his very own brand new fluffy bed....or maybe he sleeps in Mrs. Jordan's bed! Even better!