HoundsGood: Chronicles of a Virtual Volunteer

Sweet Cindy is a little different than all the other dogs that come into Heard County Animal Control.  The main reason is that Cindy has a family that knows she is there.   It is not a family that has tearfully said goodbye to Cindy because of a hardship. On the contrary, the family is toying with the idea of what to do.  They sent their teenage child into the shelter today to scope things out to see if it really was their Cindy after getting calls and notices.    But she didn’t take Cindy with her.   How heartbreaking it is to see a family member…only for them to turn their back.

Cindy is now passed the time that they are supposed to hold a stray at Animal Control.

The teen was presented with the idea of the family paying the fee and spaying her, but there was protest because “Cindy is pregnant.” Does she look pregnant to you? It is thought that Cindy had been allowed to wander the neighborhood in heat and may or may not be pregnant. But if she actually is, it is just barely.  And if the family cannot take care of her, what are they going to do with a litter?  It set  seeemed like they would rather have her dead and unspayed than alive and spayed.

Cindy is a boxer mix - she looks like a very high mix at that.    She is now eligible for adoption by anyone, not just her family.  Her “time up” date is this coming Friday.  Technically, she can be euthanized at any time, but the schedule for all the dogs and cats is Friday.

My heart breaks for Cindy.   I know I always like to see a dog reunited with a family, even if it occassionally involves a little education and changing atitidues (like spay so Cindy will never be wandering and picked up as a stray again).  Sometimes it involves knowing it may not be all perfect, but she’s home.    But my heart breaks for her to have  a family who may never come back for her ever.   She may sit and wait and because people may hold out hope that they will come, she loses her life waiting.   She deserves so much to have a family who would be worried sick if they were seperated from her.

If your heart aches for Cindy and you would like to be her safety net, please contact Kaylene at Heard County Animal Control, or leave a message for me in comments, please.  Out of area adoptions welcome.  This shelter is small, and very off the beaten path and the dogs and cats there need all the help they can get.

Heard County Animal Control Center
11818 Ga Hwy 100
Franklin, GA 30217
Phone: 706-675-3570

There is also one other dog at this shelter that needs extra exposure.  (don’t mind the date on the camera, the camera was on the blink!)  This dog is sweetness personified.  She just simply loves everyone.  The reason rescues have shied away from her is that she has mange.  It is HIGHLY treatable but no boarding facility will take her.

I don’t know why she is listed as a shepherd mix.  She is less than 30 lbs, and her ears look more like an Ewok in this photo.  She was spared because a woman named Karen (or Caren, or Karyn: If you are out there, please let us know!) called to adopt her right before euthanization started on Friday but has not of yet followed up with the shelter so this sweet girl is back on the euthanization list! I know there is someone out there reading that will be touched by her.

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