From a Balloon Juice reader:
Urgent dogs: Baby Girl! Time is not her friend at this point! Our sponsors do not want to see anything happen to her and have given us the gift of increased sponsorship ($350) to reputable rescue!
Time is about to be called for Baby Girl. She has a deep voice and has some food guarding issues (Feed separately!), but she loves people. She wants to be a lap dog no matter what size she is. She shakes, sits, speaks and wants to be near her people. She’s older and is selective about the dogs she accepts and doesn’t like cats. But she so adores people. Someone must have a place for her! She would be a great only dog and love her people. Baby Girl’s sponsorship has been increased to $350 to reputable rescue.
Jackson County Animal Shelter, Cottageville, WV (PA Licensed)
Website: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV12.html
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Here is a personal testimonial:
Hi everyone,
We don’t normally do this, but we have a special connection to this dog, and unfortunately, because she doesn’t like cats, we are unable to take her ourselves (we were so hoping to be able to do so).
It is breaking our hearts that Baby Girl is still in the shelter and is in danger… we fostered her two beautiful puppies, Ruby and Jade, this winter. They were incredibly friendly, social, sweet, and smart girls. They were both adopted several weeks ago and are doing wonderfully in their new homes. If their temperaments were a testament of how their mother raised them for their first 8 weeks, Baby Girl must be incredible too. We were hoping to foster her, but unfortunately she doesn’t get along with cats, and we have six very social kitties here. Please, if you are a cat-free home, consider rescuing this girl… she sounds like a doll and so deserves to know the love of a home.
Please contact us if you are at all interested in learning more about this beautiful girl. She literally needs you- time is of the essence! She will be put down if no help is found, simply because the shelter is running out of space to continue holding her. If you are unable to help, please, pass this along to everyone you know!
Folks in the WV, Central-Eastern OH, and Western PA area, anyone interested or no someone who might be?
Omnes Omnibus
Can’t. And now I feel guilty.
Mary G
Any amount of food guarding is too much for me, but I hope someone will take her on.
Little Boots
damn, have a cat. oh, somebody here has to be able to take this dog.
Little Boots
I tried.
Little Boots
It’s probably omnes’ fault.
LT
Niece in Pittsburgh notified…
Little Boots
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place gets sleepy, johnny
Daffodil's Mom
Omigosh, she’s a Plott Hound!!! They. Are. WONDERFUL. Dogs. Old souls, all of them — terrific indoors, w/kids, (ours is cat-safe), very smart, very loving, very healthy, very strong and robust. They’re all brindle, the state dog of North Carolina. Would LUV her but we’ve got 4 cats. Darn it.
Yes, she will make someone a WONDERFUL pet!
Little Boots
@Daffodil’s Mom:
oh, take the damn dog already.
Little Boots
okay, that was unkind. I can’t take him either, but hopefully somebody can.
Daffodil's Mom
I’m dying to take her — but this cat lying next to me, staring up with her baby blue eyes, is a pretty good reason not to.
Plott Hounds are just amazing critters though — if she gets the chance, she’ll make someone very, very happy.
Little Boots
somebody has to want a dog, somebody who doesn’t have a cat.
Little Boots
chime in anytime here omnes.
Daffodil's Mom
Well, not you, not me — hopefully LT’s niece, or someone else who shows up later. Gosh, I hope so; I’m wracking my brains trying to think of someone w/no dogs or cats, and just coming up empty. Really, though, they are just the greatest breed, and she looks like a real sweetheart.
Little Boots
can we all agree that john is annoying, now?
Jordan Rules
What a doll. Hoping she finds a great home.
Suzanne
Puppeh is lovely. Wish I could.
PurpleGirl
Does anyone know a shelter that could take her? It’s only a stop-gap measure but it could get some more time for her.
Pogonip
Now that the weather is moderating, can the people who wanted to foster her, but couldn’t, keep her outside? Not the ideal situation for a snuggly-type dog but it’ll buy her some time.
GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)
@Little Boots:
Can we compromise, and agree that you are annoying?
Jeremy Holland
Sorry for the long comment, I couldn’t pull up an email address under contact.
I’m a reader of yours in the Netherlands, originally from sunny SoCal. I know you and many of your readers are big animal lovers and I wanted to highlight Rudozem Street Dog Rescue (RSDR). It’s a nonprofit that saves dogs and cats in Bulgaria, heals and fixes them up after a life on the streets, then finds the ones, who aren’t too scarred, homes in the UK, Netherlands and now Germany. It’s where we got our dog, Leander, after our puppy died from a genetic liver disease just before the Christmas holidays last year.
I imagine most of the people reading this are in the US so you can’t adopt but you can sponsor a pup or donate to the renovation of the shelter. Search RSDR on internet to read more about the tireless work it does from independent sources! Those in Europe might be able to take one of these loving dogs in. In my case, Leander saved me as much as I saved him.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Hope everyone finds themselves well.
gbear
I’m going to repost this urgent request from a Balloon Juice Reader (me) for 30+ dogs in need of immediate homes. I posted this two days ago.
email contact is rachelfromrowan (at) gmail.com.
Daffodil's Mom
She also may not be that old — they get grey in the muzzle quite young.
Violet
This dog is a real cutie. Here’s the direct link to her Petfinder listing: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/28058946/. From it:
There are three pictures of her there. She’s so cute in the third one where someone is holding her. Those eyes! Awww… I hope someone adopts her.
Bex
Poster could try plott.rescueme.org. They seem to have groups in quite a few states.