Rescue Me Tampa - Shelter Dogs with Danielle Yoho and 49 others MUST SEE VIDEOs OF SPIKE HERE: youtu.be/98AUF8ATgvQ SEE THIS VIDEO TOO! youtu.be/-zyqcoLjZ3w 10-23-14 Spike is still waiting for someone to save him! Please keep sharing! 10-22-14 No one for Spike again today!!! Please keep sharing this guy!!! 10-21-14 Spike is NOW CAN GO. Notes say his eye condition may require surgery. Please keep sharing! This handsome boy has yet to be named by the Shelter, so we are calling him Spike. I saw “Spike” on our RMT report two days ago and knew I had to go see this boy in person. He is an approximately 10 year old Bull Terrier/Mix that is currently on Medical Assessment due to the green discharge in both of his eyes. The first thing I did when arriving at the Shelter this morning was to seek out Spike to see him in person. As soon as I saw him basking in the sun on the outer portion of his kennel I fell in love. He heard me approach and whistle to him. Immediately I could tell he does not have a lot of vision. He came up to the kennel gate sniffing all around without zeroing in on me. Held a cookie out for Spike, and he again started moving his head all around, smelling the cookie; but not quite sure where it was. Once he got the cookie in his mouth his back end started wagging profusely. He was such a happy boy. Opened the kennel gate and very easily leashed Spike. Spike confidently maneuvered through the Shelter as I walked him. Stopped off at the grooming room and grabbed some supplies. Took him outside and gave him a nice, long bath, taking extra care to make sure I removed all of the green gunk from his eyes. After giving Spike a bath, took him to an outside play yard and removed his lead to allow him time to sniff the ground and just be a dog. He was so cute! He gave luvins to a new Volunteer and had us both laughing, then started rubbing his tummy on the ground and crawling towards me. I am not sure how poor Spike has not had an Owner come find him at the Shelter yet? I would have been there the moment they opened if I had lost him! While we do not know anything more regarding his medical as of yet, we need to get this boy out there and ask everyone to share him. Spike is so loving and sweet. I found myself going back to see him several times today. I just couldn’t get enough of this cute boy! PLEASE SHARE SPIKE! Stray Weight Estimate: 53 lbs Available on: Now Can Go A24100610 All the information we have about this dog is posted above. If we have not posted about it in the description, we DO NOT KNOW how the dog does with other dogs, cats, kids, or is house trained. Most of them come in without a resume. We do our best to find out as much as we can, but it can be difficult to assess in a shelter environment. ========================== **** PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS! THANK YOU!!! **** ========================== THIS ALBUM WAS CREATED BY AND IS MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS. THIS PAGE IS NOT A PROJECT OF OR AFFILIATED WITH THE SHELTER OTHER THAN THEY DO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS!!! PLEASE REMEMBER WE ALSO HAVE FULL TIME JOBS, FAMILIES, AND LIVES AND DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE. All the dogs in this album are located in Hillsborough County Animal Services in Tampa Fl. Every effort is made to keep the information as up to date as possible. **** WE CHECK STATUS EVERY DAY ON EVERY DOG AND MAKE AN UPDATE WHEN STATUS CHANGES. Please note, most of us admins work days, as well as we only receive a report of status updates ONCE a day from the shelter – this is run and sent to us at 7pm when the shelter closes. THEREFORE WE DO NOT KNOW IF A DOGS STATUS HAS CHANGED UNTIL CLOSE EVERY DAY AT 7PM AND THAT IS WHEN WE DO DAILY STATUS UPDATES! Please don’t ask us for status or updates, we do not respond to those. If you need status during the day, call the shelter (make sure you ask the name of the person you are speaking to so if the information is incorrect, we know who gave it out). *** ADOPT INFO: All dogs available for adoption are vetted and ready to go and expected to leave when you apply to adopt them. No holds will be placed on a dog. IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT, THEN GO TO THE SHELTER AND MEET THE DOG ASAP. IF THE DOG IS POSTED AS ON EUTH, THEN PLEASE EMAIL email [email protected] and CC to rescuemetampa@yahoo . Please include the name and ID number of the dog, your name, phone number, and when you can will to the shelter to meet them. All dogs must be adopted in person. If you are out of area and willing to drive in and meet the dog and put in an application, we may be able to help get the dog to you when ready to go. If you are out of state and want to adopt a dog, you will need to find a rescue to pull, arrange transport, the dog will need a vet issued health cert for travel, and, most likely, temp foster while all the arrangements are being made. *** FOSTER PROGRAM UPDATE 3/31/14 – Only underage puppies and medical cases will be allowed in the foster program. *** FOSTERING INFO: If you are interested in fostering, please email [email protected] and CC to rescuemetampa@yahoo. Ask if the dog is eligible for the foster program and please include the name and ID number of the dog, your name, phone number, and when you can come to the shelter to meet them and fill out paperwork. If the dog is off hold, you will need to come asap. Dogs that are not eligible for foster can be “adopted to rehome”. These dogs are eligible to come to the HCAS adoption events and also you may bring “adopt to rehome” dogs to the shelter and sit out front with them to try to get them adopted. *** RESCUE INFO: To place a rescue hold or to become an HCAS Rescue Partner, please email [email protected]. ***PLEDGES: If you would like to pledge for a dog, just post a comment on the dogs thread how much you would like to pledge. We encourage people to only make pledges for HCAS approved rescues or to the HCAS foster program. Money should never be sent directly to adopters. It can be sent directly to their vet for dogs that have medical issues. Once a dog with pledges leaves the building to the approved rescue and we receive a link where pledges can be paid, we will post the link. We cannot be responsible for pledges being paid. It is up to rescues to collect their own pledges. Sadly, usually not 100% of pledges are actually realized. Rescues feel free to let us know if someone has not paid a pledge after being asked and we may ban them from the page. It would be helpful if pledgers would keep a list of dogs they have pledged for so they can check on the threads and pay their pledges once the dog leaves the building. PLEASE NOTE FB DOES NOT ALWAYS ALLOW US TO COMMENT TAG EVERYONE ON A THREAD TO ASK TO PAY THEIR PLEDGE. PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO PM YOU TO REMIND YOU BECAUSE PMS USUALLY END UP IN THE ‘OTHERS’ FOLDER AND MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE THEM. IT IS UP TO YOU TO KEEP TRACK OF AND PAY YOUR PLEDGES! Thank you! *** INFO ON HW: Heartworms are not contagious and dogs can only get them by a mosquito bite. They can be treated with “fast kill” which takes about 2 months, is more expensive, and the dog will need to be kept quiet during the treatment. There is also “slow kill” which is cheaper, takes longer, the dog does not need to have normal activity restricted (extremely vigorous exercise probably should be delayed), takes usually 6-18 months. List of vets who will support slow kill: https://facebook/notes/tamar-barry/vets-in-tampast-pete-area-who-will-do-gentleslow-hw-treatment/282243061843020 If you have a suggestion on a rescue to contact, please by all means contact them! Hillsborough County Animal Services 440 N. Falkenburg Road Tampa, FL 33619 813-744-5660 Open 7 days a week, 10am - 7pm Like
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:56:20 +0000
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