Puppy!!!

[Stern]

So, those of you I was telling about 'my' puppy last week, I finally got a picture for you guys. :- ) He's grown already. :- D

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For those of you that don't know the story yet:

Last Thursday, I was shadowing our local animal control officers (for a school project), and someone brought in a little puppy (male, 3 months). :- D He had been abandoned, and the officers were scared that he had parvo. The officers said he looks like an Airidale mix, but I say he looks more like a wolfhound. -shrug-

We were having somewhat of a busy day, though, with two dogs being adopted and various people looking around, so noone had enough time to take him out to the kennels. Instead, he ended up sitting on my lap for the better part of an hour. We had a few kids (young kids) in the office, and when they went to pet him, he was totally cool with it. But then... My mom walked in to pick me up. She was standing a good four feet away from where I was sitting, and this little puppy growled at her. Not just some little puppy growl, but a really mean-sounding, deep growl. She wasn't even close to us, and he decided he didn't like her. (We think it was either the clothes she was wearing or the fact that I wasn't happy to see her).

This morning, I went back with my brother, just to volunteer, and I got to take him into the courtyard. He didn't have Parvo, just a bad case of worms, and was totally fine. He's just the sweetest little thing. <3

[Avery Jacobs]

OMG!!! He's adorabbleee!!! Poor thing though :( I'm glad he's got you to love ^^

[Jesse Wills Stewart]

PUPPY!!!!!!!!!! aww soo cute!! Agreeing with Harley.. Poor thing ): Love is Love <3 lol

[Stern]

Alright, I realize not all of these are dogs. Yes, I get it. I just don't want to make another thread, so this is unofficially going to be the entire "Stern's animal shelter friends" thread thing.

A few random pictures of neat animals that I've seen over the course of my volunteering:

Freedom:

Freedom was our shelter cat for... 11+ years, I think. She was found, and rescued by the shelter itself. She'd been a fixture there much longer than I was volunteering there. This year, though, she developed cancer in her mouth, so she was put down. We have a plaque in the main office for her now. I'll always remember the time my mom wanted to grade papers in the cat room, but Freedom wanted to be petted. So, she walked over, literally stepped into the grading basket, and settled down. She stayed there for more than ten minutes, and my mom had no choice but to pet her.


Cid:

Cid's something of an oddity. He wasn't in the shelter to be adopted. :- ) He was there on his day off, actually. He's a K-9 dog, whose partner is the husband of one of the animal control officers. He's a wonderful dog, really calm and relaxed, although I've heard that he's rather dog aggressive. He was totally aggressive a few years ago, but when he got transferred to his current handler, he's changed. Now he's a total sweetheart, gets dressed up by the kids, all that good stuff. Neat dog, and he loves getting petted.

Later on, I'll try to get some pictures of 'my' pittie up for you all, but I didn't take any, and I'm not sure he'll be at the shelter when I get there on the weekend.

And, on a happy note, my little 'puppy' (^^^) was adopted! <3