Foster
We saved over 600 lives this year because our Foster Volunteers opened their homes to abandoned animals in need! What more incentive do you need to join this amazing program. We are grateful to our current fosters and think they do amazing work to save lives. Interested in Fostering? Sign up today!
Sloan
Sloan was born early January by the sweetest of momma dogs, Delilah. Around 3 weeks of age, the foster family noticed he was a bit shakier when trying to walk than his siblings. Since he was just learning to walk, this was not a huge concern at the time. However, this condition seemed to progress and he was seen by our staff veterinarian. He was able to walk, but his back end bounced around quite a bit, especially if he was excited! Slone needed more specialized help so we sent him to UTCVM for a neurology consult. It was determined that he likely had Cerebellar Hypoplasia (CH) which affects the development of the cerebellum while in utero. This means he will likely always be a little off balance. While Sloan didn’t know he was any different, we knew he would need a family who would take extra precautions to make sure he lives his best life! He stayed with his foster family longer than his siblings, so that we could share his story. Just as his foster family was considering keeping him, we received an inquiry from an amazing family. They met with the foster family and everything just fell in place! Sloan now had a new best friend/big sister, Lakelynn. He gets to play in the river, and the water therapy has seemed to help his condition!
"The Van Kittens"
On July 25th, one of our partner shelters arrived in their van, transporting animals to our shelter for adoption. When they got out of their van, some tiny “mews” were heard under the hood! They staff rallied and the search was on to get the babies out of the van. We found four, 2 week old kittens, under the hood! They had traveled about 2 hours in the battery hub. Momma cat must have hidden them there for safety. The next day, that shelter brought us a 5th kitten assumed to be from that group that was found beside where their van was. These 5 “engine babes” were sent to foster with one of our powerhouse medical kitten fosters! And OF COURSE they were named engine themed- Turbo, Hyper, Hurricane, VooDoo, and Houdini (he was the one that escaped the van before transport). They all grew up to be big healthy kittens, and were all adopted mid-September.
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