For Wednesday April 30th 2008

Sarah, Craig, Thank you for setting this up and my apologies for taking so long to add to it. Today is May 5th, and I finally have a minute to write about our last time at the shelter, April 30th. On Wed. April 30th we didn't take as many dogs out as usual because Amy, Dave, and I spent quite a bit of time outside with potential adopters. We had already taken Marmalade out when a man came in who was interested in her, so we took her out again. She was happy outside and interested in the man's dog (also older). She made a great impression and he took her home as a friend for his dog Tasha. It seemed like a happy ending, but the man brought Marmalade back on Saturday May 3rd because he said that she had diarrhea, seemed depressed and didn't eat with him AT ALL for those three days. I told him that this is status quo for dogs -- new place, new diet, stress, etc., but he said he did not want to keep her over the weekend because her weight was already so low and he could not get into the vet until Monday. He also said that when she got back to the shelter she perked up. I couldn't figure that out -- could she actually like the stimulation of the sounds and scents of the shelter since she has no sight? Maybe this guy's place was too quiet, too sedate for her?

We took out Teddy, and then someone interested in Teddy came in, so we took him out again also! Teddy is still there though :( Anyone know why? Is that family coming back?
We also took out:
Buster
Sassy
Tank
We'll be coming in later this week and will try to take out a lot more this time.