Two More Success Stories

Two more graduates of the success of community networking in Douglas county. Sheldon and Ben were both strays brought into Douglas county animal control last fall. Abandoned and alone, their future was dim.

Until one of the many rescue angels stepped forward to give them a chance, their hopes for ever being part of a loving family were not very promising. Their odds of survival changed when Sayde appeared one day and decided to rescue each of them from the shelter and help them find loving homes. 

Both of these dogs  now have wonderful forever homes and you can tell from the pictures that the life is back in their eyes and they love their new environments. Little Ben has a labrador buddy and they spend a lot of time lounging and soaking up the ambiance of Charleston South Carolina where they both live. Sheldon, is thriving and sporting his new red coat and one glance at his photo conveys the thank you that is in his eyes.

Thank you to all who have been responsible for these dogs finding new lives and forever homes. Thank you to Sayde. It truly takes the efforts of a community working toward the same goals to give true hope and meaning to the lives of abandoned, stray and abused shelter animals.

Congratulations to Sheldon and Ben, two more examples of what can be accomplished when a community is involved and allowed to find alternative solutions other than the institutionalized failures of the past and present.

There are many other dogs and cats like Ben and Sheldon that are available for adoption at the shelter weekly and they need our help to find then forever loving homes. Please take the time to visit the Douglas County Animal Shelter located at 1755 County Services Road (off Cedar Mountain Road) this week.

Or you can visit the Douglas county shelter pets in depth and with personal commentaries on individual animals by those who know them best. Their photos are posted and profiled daily on volunteer pages at: Rainbow Connections on Facebook  Or our sister page at: Furbabies of DCAS on Facebook. Or the other advocate pages like Douglasville Pawlunteers or Animal Advocate Georgia or Douglas County Animal Friends.

Douglas County Animal Control also maintains PetFinder listings on their website.

Pet listings on the volunteer pages are updated daily; therefore, some animals featured may be adopted prior to your visiting the shelter. Finding forever homes for these pets is the goal of those involved in the volunteer efforts of the past year. So please consider giving another of these  loving pets a home if the one you first saw on one of our pages has already been adopted when you come to the shelter. Come see these sweet dogs and cats and allow them to show you just how special they each can be once they are given a chance to be loved and to have a loving home.

Adoption fees for dogs and cats at the shelter are $25 and there is a $10 micro chip fee. That means for $35 you have the opportunity to make a friend for life and the opportunity to give a homeless fur kid a forever home.

All dogs presently receive intake inoculations for kennel cough, parvo and distemper (cats receive distemper as part of a five way vaccination). All pets adopted from the shelter are required to have their rabies shots and be spayed or neutered within thirty days of adoption, unless they are kittens or puppies, Kittens and puppies are given extended time. The Douglas County Animal Shelter phone is: 770-942-5961. If the line is busy, please keep trying as there is often limited staff to answer calls. However, messages left will be returned as time permits.