canoeguy
US Veteran
Our local County Animal Shelter was closed for several weeks because of a Distemper scare, no intake of animals, no adoption, no visitors to the kennel. This poor guy, a stray Australian Cattle Dog was stuck in limbo, no owner to pick him up, no one to adopt him. Only this pic on the internet to draw interest to his plight:
He had been cleared by a vet that he was free of Distemper, so he must have been vaccinated by his previous owner.
We have had several ACD's, also known as "Blue Heelers" before, and they are a wonderful breed. We contacted the shelter and let them know we would take him if no others were interested, so he wouldn't be put down. We thought for sure others would be interested, but no. The shelter contacted us a few days before Christmas and said no one would obligate to pay his adoption fee, take him to the vet and get him neutered, so he would be put down the day after Christmas if we didn't take him. So, we picked him up on Christmas day. This is a pic of him at our house, obviously a little more at ease:
We have named him "Josey Wales", after Clint Eastwoods most famous outlaw character. He is a wonderful dog, very well behaved, walks good on a leash, housebroken, and very appreciative of his new home. He is bonding to my wife, right now he's resting at the foot of her recliner.
He is apprehensive about vehicle rides, I wanted to take him for an ATV ride, but he was still a bit skittish for that, we'll work up to that:
I am thankful that the staff at the Animal Shelter were pro-active in working the Internet to get this guy a home, they could have waited the stray hold time and then put him down, but they kept the Internet hot until they found him a home with us...
He had been cleared by a vet that he was free of Distemper, so he must have been vaccinated by his previous owner.
We have had several ACD's, also known as "Blue Heelers" before, and they are a wonderful breed. We contacted the shelter and let them know we would take him if no others were interested, so he wouldn't be put down. We thought for sure others would be interested, but no. The shelter contacted us a few days before Christmas and said no one would obligate to pay his adoption fee, take him to the vet and get him neutered, so he would be put down the day after Christmas if we didn't take him. So, we picked him up on Christmas day. This is a pic of him at our house, obviously a little more at ease:
We have named him "Josey Wales", after Clint Eastwoods most famous outlaw character. He is a wonderful dog, very well behaved, walks good on a leash, housebroken, and very appreciative of his new home. He is bonding to my wife, right now he's resting at the foot of her recliner.
He is apprehensive about vehicle rides, I wanted to take him for an ATV ride, but he was still a bit skittish for that, we'll work up to that:
I am thankful that the staff at the Animal Shelter were pro-active in working the Internet to get this guy a home, they could have waited the stray hold time and then put him down, but they kept the Internet hot until they found him a home with us...
