MARYLAND BLOODHOUND LOVERS - HAPPY IS IN A SHELTER AND NEEDS A HOME...ANYONE WITH HEART AND ROOM FOR HER?

I AM CROSSPOSTING. CONTACT SHELTER FOR RESCUE

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Hello Everyone,
We have a very sweet Bloodhound by the name of Happy here who was turned over to the shelter by her owners because she kept running off. Her owners would let her out but not stay with her and she lived just off rt. 404. Happy is 6 ½ years old and weighs about 140 pounds and need to go on a diet! She is very sweet and did great when she met dogs and cats. She is very slightly hw positive but we consulted the vet and they are saying to just go ahead and treat her with a hw pill every month. When the one officer was evaluating her for food issues he had a problem with her, she growled a bit but when the other officer went in to assist, they didn't have any issues at all with her. Happy is a very sweet girl who we're trying to get out of this shelter! Please someone help her out and us by pulling her! Thank you so much!

Megan (CCHS)

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EVER THINK OF ADOPTING A PET WITH A DISABILITY? HERE'S A GREAT RESCUE!

http://www.petswithdisabilities.org/adopt.html#3leg

If you've never thought of adopting a dog with disabilities, consider...Granny Annie. You remember her, I'm sure, but if not, search for her name in the search bar above.

I got a call from animal control to please come for this dog. Dear God! What was advertised on their website was a 5 year old Boston, maybe blind in one eye. Well, her eyes were dim with age, and she was missing a front leg. She had a swing ball and chain on a rear leg - a large round cyst left to grow, and it swung around a back leg every time she took a step. Her skin was horrible. She'd lost so much hair. She couldn't hear very well. She stunk.


She was ancient; She had scars down her back similar to the scars manatees get, and a cleft in the middle of her face. I think she had met with a propeller, maybe from falling into the water off a boat. She had been confiscated because of the miserable conditions in which she was found. But in her past, someone loved her very much.

Could I leave her there? Of course not.

She became one of the dearest and most loved animals ever to live in my heart. She was here for a year and a half of the best years of her life.

So if you are ever confronted with a dog with a disability who needs a home, don't let it frighten you off. That animal could be your dream come true.

US MARINE SEEKS TO ADOPT MILITARY DOG SHE SERVED WITH BEFORE HE IS EUTHANIZED

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/marine-seeks-to-adopt-military-dog-20120309

MN WHO WINS DOG LOTTERY IS LUCKY MAN (BRAD ZELLAR)

http://yourmanforfuninrapidan.blogspot.com/2011/10/man-who-wins-dog-lottery-is-lucky-man.html

A Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle

http://www.peoplepets.com/news/charities/war-buddies-a-marine-s-unlikely-bond-with-a-dedicated-iraqi-dog/1

I've just finished the book "Always Faithful", an account of the first WWII Marine war dog company which was wonderful. (Got it on Amazon.)

This is Granny Annie - A true case of beauty being skin deep...

This is the dog I rescued two days ago. She is clean, flea free, resting, eating, and enjoying her Milk Bones.

Three legs, covered with cysts; one dangles and swings, and it's been taped until the vet can remove it. Old scars from two gashes on her other side. Her eyes are a little dim, though she can see. She wags for the cats, the other dogs. She can...jump on the bed! Her favorite spot is a folded sleeping bag against my dresser. She is nothing but sweet.

Please consider an older companion. They demand so little...a safe place, you, some loving, good food and clean water. Patches of sunshine when it's not too cold; a cool place when it's hot. Shelters are full of dogs like Granny Annie. Chances are their stories are long and sad, because why else would they end up there? Tossed on the roadsides? Given to home after home? Their owner dead and the kids didn't want such an ugly thing around?

Let me tell you...Granny Annie has a heart of pure gold. She loves and appreciates everything.

You can't have her. You have to get your own. Visit your local shelter. There are magnificent animals, young and old, waiting to rescue YOU.

A friend sent me the following:

I rescued a human today.

Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels.

I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her.

I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.

As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage.

I didn't want her to know that I hadn't been walked today.

Sometimes the shelter keepers get too busy and I didn't want her to think poorly of them.

As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about my past.

I only have the future to look forward to and want to make

a difference in someone's life.

She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me.

I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her.

Gentle fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship.

A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that all would be well.

Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly jumped into her arms.

I would promise to keep her safe.

I would promise to always be by her side.

I would promise to do everything I could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.

I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor.

So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors.

So many more to be saved.

At least I could save one.

I rescued a human today.

Author unknown.

Dog lovers - Check out Dogster

http://dogblog.dogster.com/2008/09/22/permanent-adoption-10-things/

There's a good checklist on this page and a little video from Victoria Stilwell of Animal Planet's "It's Me or the Dog" relevant to the subject.

Just a pretty picture of Jack,

who knows "No", "Sit", "Sit up", "Are you hungry" (for that he dances), learning to lie down when the command is "Bang", "Come on in the house", and learning "Stay". The child is brilliant.
He's got good bone and he's tough and is learning to potty outside. But today he had a bit of a lapse.

I hope you have a "Jack" in your life someday to make you smile. All you have to do is visit your local animal control shelter or humane society. You're "Jack" is waiting for you.

I really like this picture. The sun was going down and it reminds me of a Dutch painting.

You can always see more of my images on www.jpgmag.com/people/maziel or at www.thelensflare.com/u_may.php

If you see something you like, my prices are very reasonable.