Shelter Dog – Chico
At times, a person wants to feel protected. Other times that same person wants her friends and family to feel welcomed and adored. Chico is one of those rare dogs who can meet both needs. The regal, 67-pound, Shepherd-Husky mix is big enough to be intimidating. Yet, this handsome boy is sweet and loving.
Chico prefers to be peaceful, even with smaller, vulnerable creatures. At the shelter, Chico has shown that he’s cat, other dog and kid friendly. The neutered boy also wants to please. Three-year-old Chico walks politely and impressively on a leash. And, of course, this gentleman is house broken.
In fact, Chico seems so ideal that the staff believed his person would reclaim him. A puzzling, sad month later, no one has.
There’s magic in having a secret friend. Turtle, a four-month-old, spayed, multi-colored, tabico kitten, prefers to be hidden from everyone. In the Shelter’s Friendly Feline Room, Turtle stays in her hidey hole, watching the other cats, the visitors and the activities from a safe distance.
The first thing that Orangutan learned about the world was to hide. Someone abandoned her mama and the kitten. That someone must have known how little chance the helpless family had of surviving. Someone didn’t care. But Mama cared. She tried to help Orangutan survive. Mama’s brutal experiences had taught her that staying unnoticed was essential for staying alive.
Cranberry wants someone to notice that she’s the ideal holiday cat. She already seems covered in snow. Her muzzle is especially cute. Cranberry appears to have fallen face first in a snow drift. And she has an expression of wide-eyed wonder whenever she sees something nice. That wonder would become dazzlement when Cranberry glimpsed the Christmas tree.
It’s sad that the shelter, where she lives in a cage with a concrete floor, is the happiest place that Raja has known. However, a cliché says, it’s all relative. The shelter is dry and warm. Raja feels safe and has food. Best of all, the people who come to see her each day seem to like her.
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.
