Humane Society Volunteer

Catching up with Powder and Roxy

pigeonpeanuts — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:24:03 +0000

I have actually volunteered at WPHS a fair amount lately, but I have not managed to post an update in a while. I volunteered with the cats one day, and ended up taking another one home. Check out my cats’ blog for info on him soon. For now, let’s just start from today backwards. Yesterday I walked two dogs, Powder and Roxie. There are two Roxy/ie’s at the shelter presently. Roxie is a 2 yr old Norfolk terrier mix, very cute and energetic. I walked Roxy, a little bit older beagle/ german shepherd mix. Both Powder were very easy and pleasant to walk. Neither pulled, and both were very friendly. Powder enjoyed giving me kisses and cuddled up with my on the couch in the chill-out zone after our walk.

Meet Powder

POWDER
Sex: unaltered female.
Color: blue and white
Breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: @ 1 year and 7 months old.
Weight: @ 69 pounds.

I am also working on a new project– a blog for the WPHS, and this post is x-posted there!

Muckity-Muck

pigeonpeanuts — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:56:26 +0000

Meet Muck

sex: neutered male,
color: black and brown
breed: Chow Chow mix.
Age: 4 years old.
Weight: 56 pounds.

Muck was very outgoing, curious, and affectionate. He’s a beautiful boy with long soft fur. He’s housebroken and very intelligent.

Buckles and Bubba at the Home Show

pigeonpeanuts — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:22:47 +0000

I volunteered for the offsite event at the Pittsburgh Home and Gardens Show this past Saturday from 2-6pm. The dog I was in charge of handling was Buckles, an 11 month old Pitbull girl. She was a pleasure. She was intrigued by all the sights and sounds, especially the stuffed animals. Buckles loved the chance to meet lots of new people and gave kisses to pretty much all the kids around. At one point she took a nap, and also spent time resting on my lap. A passerby commented that she was too big to be a lap dog. “Don’t tell her that!” I said. The other dog who was present during that time was Bubba, an adorable Manchester terrier. Bubba rode on my lap on the way back to the shelter, and sat like a little boy with his legs out in front of him looking out the window. I saw Kaiser for the shift following.

Meet Buckles

Sex: spayed female,
Color: brown brindle and white
breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: @ 11 months old.
Weight: 48 pounds.

Meet Bubba

Sex: neutered male,
Color: black and tan
Breed: Manchester Terrier.
Age: 6 years old.
Weight: 25 pounds.

Tessa and Kaiser

pigeonpeanuts — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:46:55 +0000

I had to stop at the Humane Society today after work to turn in my Betsy Ann chocolate fundraising orders. I couldn’t just stop by, though, so I spent time with one cat and one dog. I’ll be at the Home Show with the Humane Society tomorrow, stop by!

Tessa

sex: spayed female,
color: black
breed: Domestic Shorthair.
Age: 6 years old.
Weight: 7 pounds.
Impressions: This was the second time I’ve spent with Tessa. She is a little shy, but she loves to have her face and head rubbed. After I thought she might want to be left alone and shut her door, she meowed for me to come back.

Kaiser

sex: unaltered male,
color: black brindle and white
breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: 10 years old.
Weight: 79 pounds.
Impressions: Kaiser is like an older distinguished gentleman. He’s very well behaved and focused. He pulled just a little bit, but then his age would kick in, and he’d get out of breath a little and slow down. We went on a pretty long walk, though, and he didn’t seem tired at all. He understands the “sit” command, and did it without treats.

March 9th

pigeonpeanuts — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:29 +0000

Dogs:

Tiger

Sex: neutered male,
Color: brown brindle
Breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: @ 9 months old.
Weight: @59 pounds.
Impressions: dominant, energetic young dog; very smart, knows his commands; must establish authority from start; loves treats; the brindle colors instead of dark brown and light brown are more like dark brown and golden, so he really looks like he has tiger stripes!

King

sex: neutered male,
color: black brindle and white
breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: 2 years and 4 months old.
Weight: 82 pounds.
Companion: Chili
Impressions: King is definitely a big boy, so when he pulls, you’ll feel it. Luckily, he prefers a slow ambling walk. He seems to like people a lot, and hanging out with his girl Chili.

Cats:

Tessa

sex: spayed female,
color: black
breed: Domestic Shorthair.
Age: @6 years old.
Weight: 7 pounds.
Impressions: Tessa was a little anxious, but really liked being petted.

Arrow

sex: neutered male,
color: black and white
breed: Domestic Longhair.
Age: 1 year and 2 months old.
Weight: 5 pounds.
Impressions: Arrow is very playful, looks bigger with all that long fur, loves to be rubbed on face and chin.

Caramel

sex: unaltered male,
color: cream tabby
breed: Domestic Shorthair.
Age: @ 2 years and 0 months old.
Weight: 10 pounds.
Impressions: Caramel is extremely cuddly, sweet, affectionate (licked my nose!), playful. almost took him home. His color is a really light brown, like caramel. Caramel was abandoned when his family moved, but that didn’t prevent him from warming up to me immediately.

Other

Thing (Adopted)

Chuley (kitten)

Bear, Bunny, and Cesar

pigeonpeanuts — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:18:06 +0000

Bunny

Name: Bunny

Breed: Pit Bull terrier

Age: 2 yrs, 3 mos

Weight: @45lbs

Catching up from December 2009…

December 1st

pigeonpeanuts — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:01:52 +0000

Reign

I walked Pitbull mix Reignn who moved very fast for only using three of her legs (of course that’s still one more than I’ve got). I played with bunnies. I cuddled a few cats, Espana, Shadow, and Princess, and played with kittens including an all white boy called Caspurr who looked like my Ani but with green eyes instead of blue. Princess looked like Marko but a bit bigger and all black nose.

Princess

Boon Brothers

pigeonpeanuts — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:00:09 +0000

Huey

Howie

Four Furry Friends

pigeonpeanuts — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:48:37 +0000

I walked four dogs today at the Humane Society. Three of them were a lot furrier than the ones I usually walk! I walked two Pit bull mixes, one the furriest Pit bull I’ve ever seen, and two Chow brothers whose owner had died. Without further ado,

Marigold

MEET MARIGOLD ID#A109643

Name: Marigold
Sex: spayed female,
Breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: 1 year and 1 month old.
Weight: 53 pounds.

Yogi Bear

MEET YOGI BEAR

Name: Yogi Bear
Sex: Male
Breed: Chow
Age: 14 years old

Bear

MEET BEAR

Name: Bear
Sex: male
Breed: Chow
Age: 14 years old

Devon

MEET DEVON

Name: Devon
Sex: Male
Breed: Pit Bull Mix

Devon yawns

Meet Princess and Scarlett

pigeonpeanuts — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:43:03 +0000

It was a perfect day for dog walking. The sun was shining, the temperature was mild, and the dogs were eager as always. Today I walked two female pit bulls, Princess and Scarlett. They were both well-mannered dogs, and a joy to walk. Scarlett knows how to Sit, Stay, and Come.

Princess

PRINCESS

Sex: Spayed female
Breed: Pit Bull Terrier

Scarlett

SCARLETT - ID#A107720

Sex: spayed female
Breed: Pit Bull Terrier.
Age: @3 years old.
Weight: 66 pounds.