I spoke with New Yorkers for Companion Animals. Thank you for the suggestion; she had a lot of info. She said the situation is tough in NY, b/c (1) people are looking for small dogs (2) lack of pet friendly housing and (3) we don't have any background info on the dog.

She said that if she knew how he behaved in a house, that could possibly help. Without that, she's reluctant to even place him in foster housing (assuming we can even help get him out of the CACC). She said that the fact that he did not become at all aggressive, even though he was scared, tells her that he is probably a gentle dog.

I gave her Tawny's # and she is going to see what she can do. She said a lot is dependent on what classification they gave on his temperment. 1,2,3 T (temperment) is ok, 4 or 5 means they can't release the dog. She said a lot of nice animals get 4 or 5 b/c of the rough treatment there.

A girl I work with is going to look at Tawny. Perhaps she'll be able to foster him. I've called the CACC to let them know she's coming. They haven't done Tawny's evaluation yet. If someone is interested in adopting him, they'll do it quicker, so I left I msg for the girl going to see him, to ask them to do it. Also, the woman from New Yorkers for Companion Animals said CACC doesn't release dogs to be fostered, so if someone is going that route they have to say they are adopting him, not fostering him.

I asked the woman at CACC to put in Tawny's file that I am working on trying to find someone to adopt him. Unfortunately, she can't agree to let me know before they would put him to sleep. I so hope that doesn't happen.

I heard back from Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro, and she said they are not a no-kill shelter, so didn't seem able to help. I am going to call back some of the places I left msgs for yesterday if I don't hear from them. I also called Animal Haven, which is in Queens, but they are full.