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Bridget - Benji is the great dane/shepherd mix who I wanted soooooo bad but didn't like cats. Banjo is a shepherd mix who I wanted to take through obedience but Mocha needed it more. Then I also wanted to take Bonnie who is a greyhound/shepherd mix and a complete sweetheart.
Check out the shelter's webpage: http://www.austinspca.com/
Under the adoption section they have some pics of some of our dogs and cats http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
Mocha is this week's featured dog!!!
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Oh, Aly, I wish our local humane society was more like yours. I was there one day and there was a guy looking at a dog. He asked the volunteer if she was chipped. They said they had no way of checking that http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/confused.gif Isn't that the whole purpose of having dogs chipped, so you can find their home if they get lost? Every time I've been there, I've found something wrong. Yours sounds so great!!!
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Thanks Stenograsaurus! It is so great there. It is my home away from home and the staff and volunteers are such great people, just like all of you here on Pet Talk http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
I would think it'd be easy to check for a chip. Just scan the dog and if it doesn't work, no chip! Some shelters have people who just don't care enough, like the kill shelter here in town. Its my worst nightmare going there because it is so dirty and the people are mean. Not all the people but the people I have come in contact with. It is like pulling teeth to get someone to help you. I am thinking about trying to volunteer there too. Its going to probably emotionally kill me but all the dogs there are neglected and need attention so bad. At my shelter, we regularly walk the dogs (5+ times a day for potty). At the other place, they have to go in their kennels. The kennels are not even cleaned on a regular basis so there is pee and poop everywhere. The dogs are filthy. I am still trying to work up the emotional courage to go spend time there. The parking lot is bad enough because their pleading cries and hacking coughs ring throughout your ears. Ugh, I better stop http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/frown.gif
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Your local kill shelter sounds like our humane society. I thought the same thing about the chip. They said they didn't have the equipment to scan it.
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OH ALY! I can definately see the greyhound and the shepherd in Bonnie!!! She is so pretty!!
Keep up the great work!!
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genius of your conversation as a dog does."
Christopher Morley
