Shelter Stories - Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter

Shelter Dog – Doodle Bug

Shelter staff nationwide, including Grant County, see people, intentionally or carelessly, producing puppies. That’s happening even though the demand caused by COVID loneliness is disappearing. Even Doodles are being rejected. Doodle Bug, a sad, confused, four-year-old Golden Doodle, was discarded by his owner. Of course, judging by Doodle Bug’s condition, he was probably forgotten before he was officially thrown away.

While Doodle Bug is friendly and sweet, he doesn’t seem to know anything about living in a house. He’s also in need of grooming. And, while his intelligent eyes seem to try to understand, Doodle Bug wasn’t educated in commands.

Still, it’s not too late. Doodle Bug likes people. That means that he wants to please. He can learn. It’ll just take time and love.

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Shelter Cat – Bashful

Bashful, an exquisite, long-haired, blue-gray, Norwegian Forest Cat mix, knows about divorce, about breaking apart a home. The three-year-old, always-indoor boy would have heard the two people he loved fuss over who got this item or that one. He would have watched each one carry out the possession that mattered. Finally, one of them carried Bashful out.

However, Bashful was carried to the shelter. Neither of his people wanted him. Neither one realized that, in the future, the things they kept won’t matter, but they’ll remember the way Bashful loved them.

Bashful deserves the chance to love someone new. He’s the perfect house cat, already neutered, vaccinated and adapted to life indoors. In fact, Bashful is content to make his person’s home his whole world.

Click here to see a current list of animals held at the Grant County Animal Shelter.

Shelter Dog – Bear

February 14, 2024/in Shelter Stories, Stories from Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter/by Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter

There are reams of writing explaining how it feels to be unjustly imprisoned. Bear’s face shows the feelings those humans have described. But his sad, resigned face doesn’t show any resentment. Bear has lived in a shelter kennel for seven months. However, instead of getting grumpy, Bear has become more grateful for attention and fine-tuned his already great manners.

The staff knows and loves the gentle, 110-pound giant and his sensitivity to human friends. Bear walks politely on a leash, never pulling, even though he’s probably the strongest one on the walk.

Of course, that’s typical of Bear. When the sweet fellow, bred to protect a herd, had a home, Bear and his companion Orsa made their job loving and protecting a flock of chickens.

Click here to see a current list of animals held at the Grant County Animal Shelter.