Labor Day - Part 2

With the beautiful 87 degree sunny weather today, I could hardly pass up an opportunity to volunteer at Paws & Claws again. I could see they had a bunch of new dogs. First up was Eboni - a black lab. Talk about a chewing fetish - this dog destroyed the rubber toy bone they had in her kennel. She couldn't go on the walk with me without chewing up every stick she could find. Can you say good-bye furniture? Training, training, training!

Next up was Moose, who've I've mentioned in previous posts. I'd forgotten Moose was a strong as a, well, moose! He was pulling me all over the place and I'm no lightweight. He was still at the shelter along with Damon (who I didn't walk, someone had Damon out for a walk already). I feel bad to see Damon still there...apparently he must make potential adopters nervous.

Lastly, I took out Justice, another black Lab. He's a fun dog, young and full of energy and was just happy to be outside. The shelter is air-conditioned, but I'm pretty sure the dogs don't mind the heat to get outdoors!


You can check out all my Paws & Claws dogs on my PicasaWeb. The purple dogs are reserved for higher trained volunteers as they're more difficult or stronger (I'm purple level). The green dogs can be walked by beginning volunteers.

Paws & Claws - Duex

Ahh, I walked 3 dogs at Paws & Claws - Damon, Chevy and Moose. I already mentioned Damon in an earlier post, but here is a dog I really enjoyed walking. Meet Moose, super friendly, super active, wants to get close to you!

I had a hard time getting a picture of Moose because he kept moving and jumping on me! I would love to adopt this dog for myself, but alas, we already have a dog (Lacey).

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Chevy's description which is hung on the the kennel of each dog in Kennel Row. As you can see, Chevy has a problem with seizures. Here's Chevy while on our walk. He didn't have any seizures while I was walking him.

But he was a "staff only" dog for a long time since he bit one of the volunteers. They finally moved him down to green level (anyone can walk green dogs).

Groomers

Took Lacey to the Clip N Dip groomers yesterday, and this is the before shot.











This is the after shot. She got SHAVED! They don't normally shave her, but I imagine her hair was matted too bad in some spots for them to get it out. That's usually the story when they cut her close.

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I walked Damon today. He's very sweet but afraid of loud noises and sometimes takes stress pills at the shelter. Damon got the only walk I did today since he hadn't gotten his yard time like the other dogs. I think Damon is started to trust me more now. He actually let me dispose of my doggy bag in the dumpster, which is something he's afraid of and lies down on the ground and won't budge to keep from getting near it.

Unfortunately, Damon's been at the shelter a while. It's hard to get black dogs adopted and Damon is an adult Rottweiler/Lab mix.

Is Lacey ready to go...?

Someone needs a trip to the groomers...