Quick Updates

Jackson, the Shepard I wrote about the other day, went out on a "Pawsability". That's shelter speak for trial adoption. He went with a family that has no other pets and three kids. We are all hoping very hard that this family is going to work out for him. Jackson certainly had a friend in our volunteer Tom Kandt. The dog who needed parts (June 7, 2005) has had some problems but there are brighter days ahead. Healing has been slow and he's had to be on sedatives to keep him from rubbing his cast off despite a huge plastic head collar. The metal plate in his foot cracked leaving his patient owners to do some hard thinking about the future of his leg. After consulting with the surgeon, he had surgery again on Wednesday and things look much better. He no longer needs a splint and the bone is healing. I hope to have pictures soon. It's been very hot of late and of course we always worry about dogs being left in cars. The local television station showed up at the shelter on Saturday morning to do a piece and, even though she didn't have much time to prepare, one of our younger staff did the interview. She did a fantastic job getting the information across and looked like a pro doing it. Working with the media is a critical part of any shelter's job and we're fortunate to have a supportive local media to work with.