By the time you are reading this, Humboldt will be starting to return to normal, whatever that means. In dog and cat news, it means that the shelter will be returning to pre-COVID hours and will now be open until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Appointments are still required to meet the adoptable animals.…
Back to basics with Duke, and a heartworm caution
Week 62. We have been seeing more and more dogs coming in to the shelter with heartworm, a potentially very disabling condition. With summer coming up quickly, I can’t emphasize it enough that heartworm is an parasitic infection that is much easier to prevent than to treat. Heartworms are parasites that are spread by mosquitoes…
Dogtown: Finn and several siblings
Week 61. More this week on those shepherd/cattle dog mix puppies that were abandoned in Loleta. It turns out there were eight puppies in the litter. One stayed with a finder and, at this point, six of the others have arrived safely at the shelter. There is still one living out in the brush, though…
Dogtown: Duchess and Puddin are pooches of interest
Week 59. There have been some interesting dogs arriving at the shelter lately. A litter of seven six-month-old shepherd and cattle dog mix puppies were abandoned (sounds a little nicer than “dumped”) on Cock Robin Island in Loleta about a month ago. So far five have been caught and brought to safety at the shelter.…
Dogtown: Big love with Jumbo & Jasper
Week 58. Looking for a gentle giant? Here are a couple of our bigger dogs. They look imposing but are actually just big sweet puppies. Jumbo is a one year old male German Shepherd mix. True to his name, he weighs in at about 100 pounds. He may have a little of one of the…
Dogtown: Riggins, Loyal Dog of Adventure, stands tall
Week 57. Dogs come to us in many ways. Many of the dogs we work with arrived at the shelter for one reason or another, some are puppies whose mothers arrived at the shelter pregnant and went into our foster programs, and some dogs are referred to us from other agencies such as veterinarians or…
Dogtown: Join survivors Teddy and Riley on their life journeys
Week 56. Today we have two tales (tails?) of medical foster dogs. These are dogs that come to the shelter with a serious injury or medical condition in need of treatment. We seek medical fosters for these dogs so that they can get the proper care, rest or physical therapy that is required while staying…
Dogtown: A Saturday in the life of Redwood Pals, and playful, tidy Cole
Saturday morning activities start with our weekly pack walk in the Arcata Bottom. Some weeks this may be the only time our own dogs see us for the rest of the day! The walk takes a little over an hour and gives us a chance to give each other any updates.
Dogtown: re-enter normal life with sweet Marvin at your side
Marvin has demonstrated excellent food and toy behavior, with no resource guarding of any kind, even if interrupted when he is eating or playing. He has been working on his obedience and leash skills and has learned a lot. Marvin will use his crate without objection and is good in the house.
Dogtown: Animal Shelter a house of Blues these days
Week 50. This week, a tale of dogs named Blue. Dog names have some perennial favorites – Buddy, Buster, Lily and Bailey for example – bet you know at least one of those! – and others that rise and fall in popularity. Lately we have seen a whole bunch of dogs named Blue. Some dogs…