Keeping Track of What's at the Pound

I stop into the county pound once a week or so, to see what's there. They have a Petfinder site, but it's not always current, and some dogs never get posted. (I have no idea why.) I stopped in on Friday and temp-tested a few dogs, including a black Lab mix someone had asked me to pull. The Lab failed my temp test, I told the person who asked me to pull him that I wouldn't accept him into our program.

I stopped back in again today. The Lab had become a moot issue - rescues are not allowed to take dogs until the day after they become available to the public, the Lab became available on Saturday and was adopted then. I hope they didn't have children. A lovely 3-year old Keeshond, an owner surrender, was adopted this morning. There's a Boxer mix fellow there I like, he becomes available to the public tomorrow. I suspect he'll still be there on Wednesday, he's got something intestinal going on and is "leaking" a little poop, and I can't imagine anyone would adopt him. But he's already neutered, I cat-tested him today and he passed, and he's a nice young fellow, so if he's still there on Wednesday I'll pull him.

There are 3 other dogs there I'm interested in, all either beagles or beagle mixes. sigh One is, I think, a Beagle/Dachshund, built very much like Beanie and with the same sweet, affectionate temperament. Another is a little tiny female who looks old, but isn't. The shelter staff said they think she's probably about 10, but her teeth say otherwise. She's got a little tartar but not much, I'd put her in the 3-4 year old range. Very sweet, and totally overwhelmed by being in the shelter. They both become available on Friday, so I'll be going Saturday morning to get them. The third is a puppy, another tri-color (but mostly black) beagle mix. Very sweet and very cute, her tail wags her whole body. She becomes available on Thursday, if she's still there on Friday I'll go get her.

There's a new mom and litter there this morning. I don't know what she is, she might be part pit bull but might not be, too. And she has 7 or 8 little black babies with her, they look to be 6-7 weeks old. Very cute. Mom's a quiet dog and the pups are quiet, too. Someone called me a few weeks ago about a litter of pit/Lab mix puppies and I couldn't take them at the time. I wonder if they are the ones in the shelter.

In other news, Molly will be going to her forever home some time this week, probably Friday. Bibi, the shy Cocker/Poodle mix is starting to be less timid. She loves to play with other dogs, she runs and jumps and spins and play-bows and her tail wags furiously. She'd be a great companion for an active dog. She's also gotten brave enough to run past me now, going out or coming in, coming down the hallway, going through the gate between the hallway and the kitchen. And though she still moves away from me when I move toward her, if I tell her "Up!" she'll go into the kitchen and just stand there, waiting for me to come pick her up. Frannie (the larger, more outgoing Cocker/Poodle), Pearl (who needs a different name), and Scooter are all going into their kennels voluntarily now. This morning I had to crate them when I went out, and all three went right into their kennels when I tossed treats in. I won't have to be chasing them all over the house any more when I need to crate them, that will make life easier.