Chloe Was Adopted!

Chloe started out as a stray in a small animal control shelter.  As a five year old pit bull, she didn't have much hope of being saved.  The shelter was getting ready to close for the Thanksgiving holiday, and all the remaining dogs were going to be euthanized.  That's when the volunteers from Pound Puppies Volunteers of St. Louis jumped into action.  They posted pictures and bios of the dog on Facebook, and put out the word via e-mail to many other rescuers.  Those rescuers also shared the word via social media, and the pictures of the dogs kept showing up on my Facebook feed.  I watched the pictures of these dogs show up for days.  I picked out the one I would save if I could (a small all-white pittie girl), but I was going out of town for the holidays and knew that I wasn't going to be able to help.  The pleas for help continued, and many different rescuers stepped up to pull dogs out to safety.  My favorite was pulled, and several others, until only one was left.  For several hours I saw more posts asking for help with this final dog, but no help came.  The deadline to save her arrived, and still they'd received no offers to help. I didn't have the room for another foster, and I knew that pitties are hard to place, so if I pulled her she might be here awhile. Still, all those pleas for help had me cheering for this dog, and when no one else stepped forward, I called and said if they could find temporary foster care over the holiday, I'd take the last dog when I returned.  That is how Chloe came to stay with me. 

Chloe

Chloe turned out to be a wonderful dog.  She was house-trained and was great with other dogs and with the cats.  She immediately became my shadow, and spent every moment either on the couch next to me, or rolling on her back in the grass.  She slept near my feet every night, and made a funny "woo-woo" sound whenever she was excited.  Unfortunately Chloe tested positive for heartworms, so she had to undergo some painful treatment over several months before she could be adopted.  But then her treatment was completed, she started going to adoption events, and last week a family saw her at PetSmart and fell in love.  Chloe is now adopted and is doing great in her new home.  She's come a long way from being the stray running out of time at a shelter.  She finally has the Happy Ever After that she deserves!

Introducing Dora

Dora is a three year old Black Lab/Border Collie mix.  She came from a rural shelter, and was heartworm positive.  She's been in another foster home while undergoing treatment for heartworms, and once her treatment was complete she came to my house so she could start going to adoption events.

Big black dogs like Dora are often difficult to place.  I expected to have her for awhile.  But at her very first adoption event last weekend, she was a big hit.  Although she didn't find a home, she did get a lot of attention.  So when we had the chance to attend another event during the week, I took Dora along with Chloe the pit bull, Jefferson the Shepherd mix, and Midnight the cat.  Again Dora was very popular, and by the end of the event she had an application for adoption!

Dora is now in her new home, and doing very well.  She was only here for a week, and it was great to find a perfect home for her so quickly.

Although Jefferson and Chloe did not have so much luck getting adopted, they will hopefully soon find new homes thanks to a photographer from Shelter Me Photography.  She took photos of both dogs at the mid-week event, and hopefully that will get them some attention when people are looking at dogs on the adoption sites online.

Chloe

Jefferson