I went to the shelter today and Tinkerbell (maltese) was in the room where I work. She is so sweet. The former owners said they rescued her from a puppy mill 5 months ago but the name was a kennel so they think it was an actual puppy mill. Tinkerbell is very skittish but is coming around quickly. The owners said she was hyper and with a new baby too much too handle. She has been very calm since being at the shelter. She does jump at every little noise. She had free run of the room I was in. She was walking around and stole the little chichauaha that one of the techs brings with her (she can't walk but scoots around) chew toy. I held her on my lap while I was working on the computer for over an hour and she was sweet as can be. She kept kissing me. She is available for adoption tomorrow and one of the other volunteers wants her she just needs to talk her DH in to her. So keep your fingers crossed. We had quite a few sad ones either dumped on the shelter property (a pug with both eyes popped out and horribly infected who is now being adopted after surgery (she is blind now) by the police officer who came to do the humane investigation or left at the vet because they couldn't afford the vet bill. So at least the ones who relinquish to the shelter or at the vets care enough to want the animal safe. The ones that dump sick/injured ones in the middle of the night with no protection are the ones who should be shot. Here's a couple pics of Tinkerbell. She is even cuter in person. |