Shelter Pup – Buckwheat
Some pups apologize for existing. Usually those are pups who deserve apologies from the human species for what they’ve endured. Buckwheat, a wheat-colored, seven-month-old, sweet, southern gentleman, is like that. Evidence indicates that the Mountain Cur mix has lived his entire life in a cage, a cage that was disgusting because Buckwheat was never taken out.
Yet, Buckwheat seems to believe that his treatment was his fault. His drooping body seems to say that he’s sorry that he bothered his owners for food. The pup seems sorry, too, that he can’t help hesitantly wagging his tail, asking for a little affection.
Finally, after months of agony, Buckwheat is well-fed, clean and handsome. Still, the pup hasn’t begun to catch up on the love he’s missed.
Some breeds always look sad. So, with Gomez, a Newfoundland mix, it’s hard to know whether his sad expression comes from understanding his unfair situation. After all, Gomez, like so many bigger dogs, is a sweet, perpetually grateful gentleman. He sees the world as the half-full glass. He doesn’t resent being dumped. He’s grateful someone saved him.
It may seem strange to say that silver-coated, four-month-old Doe is lucky. After all, someone threw the kitten from a moving car, in the Walmart parking lot. However, instead of being killed or disabled by her landing, instead of being run over while she was lying stunned on the pavement, someone hurried to scoop up Doe.
More and more, Beatrix pokes her head out of her cat tree’s hidey hole. The four-year-old, spayed, always vaccinated, house cat has been hiding ever since her people brought her and her brother back to the shelter. The shelter staff doesn’t mind welcoming back former residents. Still, when the cats left as kittens, it’s painful.
Marco has a cute, expressive face with satellite-dish ears that show just how interested he is in whatever a person is thinking or feeling. Marco wants to understand, and he’ll always try hard to show how much he cares. That’s why it’s hard to comprehend why someone forced the six-month-old, neutered Labrador-Heeler to be a rover, a stray.
Until the time they were through with him, Radar’s people must have been kind. Or, at least, one of them was because the five-month-old puppy is sweet and socially skilled. Radar knows how to coax someone to play. He knows how to sit politely indoors. Radar is a good pup, ready to be guided into being a great dog.
Australian Cattle Dogs, also called Blue Heelers, are smart. Ten-month-old, spayed Starbucks is ready to demonstrate that. The spark in her eyes, her attentive expression, the way Starbucks watches and analyzes indicate her potential. That means that Starbucks needs to live with someone who appreciates and understands her.
Maple, a cat the color of maple syrup, and just as sweet, was carried into the shelter and described as a stray. Yet, the word “stray” doesn’t seem to apply to Maple. The three-year-old, neutered, gentle fellow must be encouraged to stray from the bed he’s claimed in the shelter’s cat room. Maple wouldn’t willingly wander from beloved people.
Her original owners would be amazed to see Misfit. They expected her to die. When she was tiny, her people left Misfit and her brother Little Bit on a curb. The people probably didn’t even get out of their car. They dropped the kittens, who stayed where they landed. They were too helpless to move.
When a law enforcement officer asks for help from the shelter staff, it can be very serious. Situations don’t get much more serious than Marley’s was. Read Marley’s story and learn more about how you can help this sweet dog’s recovery efforts.
Dramatic cases of animal injury and recovery are common at the Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter and Castle is no exception. We encourage you to read Castle’s story and learn more about how you can help this resilient cat’s recovery efforts.
