Posted in Current Events

Krista and I hustled ourselves out of the house at 8:30 this morning to meet up with the rest of the attendees at Genuine Joe's, a local coffee shop that allows dogs out on their front patio. Despite the chill, we had a big turn out, and many of the other Joe's visitors enjoyed seeing the pups out front. We arrived early since I opted to go str… read more

Posted in Adoptions

Hans and Lars are a pair of senior poodle and either shih tzu or lhasa apso mixes who came to AHS via local animal control. We knew at the time that they "had cherry eye", which turned out to be secret code for "mostly blind and very crotchety with other dogs". Lars is 10, and he may very well be Hans' father. I personally find him the more e… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I'm not quite sure what we were thinking when staff scheduled a boy scout troop tour at 11:30AM on a Saturday (the shelter opens to the public at noon). I was startled to see all of the cars in the parking lot when I showed up, but I thought maybe we'd doublebooked the green to blue class and a field walking class or something. When I wandered … read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I'm still feeling warm and fuzzy inside after seeing how well Jamie and Dazzle did together. He really wanted her to like him! I'm just glad that it occurred to me to try her since in many ways, Dazzler-girl was exactly the right dog for Jamie and his issues. I reminds me so strongly of when Anne finally found a dog that Hoover, a very animal … read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Two or three weeks ago AHS took in a pair of very shy houndy type sisters dubbed Claire and Maybel. They'd been transferred in from Bastrop Animal Control, so it was no surprise they didn't know anything about being in the big city (Bastrop County is a predominantly rural area just southeast of Austin). I followed updates on the pair via our Yaho… read more