Mercy is on the mend. On Friday Dr. Lazarov led a 3-hour surgery to remove what was left of her back leg. She came through well and was even up and taking potty breaks later that evening. She’s adapting fairly quickly – probably because she was already accustomed to not having use of the leg.<br…

You are doing a great job, Karen–there has to be a place in heaven for people like us. Talk soon! Barbie

Thanks to all who have donated to Mercy. Animal lovers are an amazing bunch of people.<br /><br />To update, we found she’s very anemic and may need a blood transfusion before her surgery. Currently she’s getting pain meds, antibiotics, etc and is being kept as calm and comfortable as possible. Her crate is in a…

<a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SruhS1viCLI/AAAAAAAAAPo/WiElQNWZjIk/s1600-h/Mercy4.jpg”><img style=”TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385075124487719090″ border=”0″ alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SruhS1viCLI/AAAAAAAAAPo/WiElQNWZjIk/s200/Mercy4.jpg” /></a><br /><div>You may have seen Mercy’s story on our site. I can’t imagine what this girl went through, forced to chew off her own leg to survive. We’re doing our best to help her. She’ll…

<a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SmQVG2iwO_I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/xB6j_czPH7o/s1600-h/Schotzi2.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360432663942413298″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SmQVG2iwO_I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/xB6j_czPH7o/s200/Schotzi2.jpg” border=”0″ /></a> Schatzi, a bouncy Sharpei mix, was turned into the Walton County shelter in September, 2008. We thought she was cute—surely she would find a home quickly. We were wrong.<br /><br /><div>Schatzi spent several months…

<strong>AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!!</strong><br /><br />Total number of dogs/cats taken to Connecticut – 140.<br />Total returning to Georgia – 4<br /><br /><span style=”font-size:180%;”><strong>Total adopted – 136</strong></span><br /><br />An absolutely incredible weekend and a very emotional one, even by dog standards. So many new happy families – formerly homeless dogs proudly walking on leashes next to beaming new…

Three days to go – we leave July 8, Wednesday evening, on our Homeward Bound journey.<br /><br />Gotta say this – a lot of people have put in tons of work, particularly Paradox vets and staff who’ve seemingly been spaying and neutering in their sleep. Plus, gathering vaccination records, completing health certificates and loading Petfinder…

Check out some of the furry faces going to Connecticut:<br /><br /><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPQC-yOjjI/AAAAAAAAAPA/SRf1WxJDBUE/s1600-h/Wanda.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351349531878264370″ style=”WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPQC-yOjjI/AAAAAAAAAPA/SRf1WxJDBUE/s200/Wanda.jpg” border=”0″ /></a> <a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPP696dGmI/AAAAAAAAAO4/52Gmk6S9qSc/s1600-h/ridge+pups.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351349394205383266″ style=”WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPP696dGmI/AAAAAAAAAO4/52Gmk6S9qSc/s200/ridge+pups.jpg” border=”0″ /></a><br /><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPPppggeqI/AAAAAAAAAOw/0m03vCBi1r0/s1600-h/Lab+pups.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351349096670067362″ style=”WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px” alt=”” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPPppggeqI/AAAAAAAAAOw/0m03vCBi1r0/s200/Lab+pups.jpg” border=”0″ /></a> <a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SkPPLmTJdkI/AAAAAAAAAOo/ImONAvwPZ-c/s1600-h/DSCN4721_(Medium).JPG”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351348580412651074″ style=”WIDTH: 200px;…

Wow, have we been busy! Just a few weeks left before our trip up north with 125 dogs available for adoption. We’ve been rescuing 8-10 dogs each week. Today we pulled 10 dogs and 5 cats from the shelter. They were happy to leave, but afraid. If they only knew – things will be a…

We’ve got some big news. WAG will be traveling north in July, transporting 125 rescued dogs to new homes. We’ve arranged to bring animals to a mega-adoption event held by a regional humane society in New England. At their last event, over 150 dogs were adopted in 3 days!<br /><br />Can you imagine – 125…

For those of you watching progress or lack thereof on the new government shelter, here’s the latest – The bids came in too high so we’ve taken two steps back. Time to reassess the plans, the money options or whatever else needed to get this project going.<br /><br />Unfortunately, after the new office building was…

It’s my favorite time of year – when we try to eradicate the world of those nasty cats!<br /><br />Well, maybe not that extreme. But WAG is offering free spaying surgery for mother cats of recently weaned kittens. The kittens should be at least 8 weeks old. Act soon, because this program is for a…

Check out these before/after photos. Gigi was found wandering the streets by Walton Animal Control. She was a matted, nasty, smelly Pekingese mess. But we were determined to find the diamond buried underneath. Thanks to the staff at Countryside Veterinary Hospital, Gigi was soon groomed and smelling soooooooo much better.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SdWDzKmjX6I/AAAAAAAAAMo/v6Z3J4q3Lhs/s1600-h/Gigi+before2.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320303449850732450″…

<a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/Sc_oRMiz3SI/AAAAAAAAAMg/-xfrvyQ1WN0/s1600-h/daddy.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318725067070496034″ style=”FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/Sc_oRMiz3SI/AAAAAAAAAMg/-xfrvyQ1WN0/s200/daddy.jpg” border=”0″ /></a><br /><div>You can’t call me a mutt anymore!<br /><br />I got the results from my DNA test. Seems I’m the product of a Great Pyrenees, Siberian Husky, Akita, Labrador Retriever and Dalmatian -hopefully not all at…

Remember the WAG meeting 6:30 pm Tuesday, March 17 at the Monroe-Walton library in Monroe. I won’t be there, but plenty of other people will be.<br /><br />Here’s a couple of updates. Since the adoptions started at the new PetSmart in Loganville two weeks ago, 7 cats have been adopted. (Although I personally fail to…

Check out this YouTube video – this is Jeepers, a very-senior male Chihuahua being fostered by Jessie and Nancy, two of our more ardent animal lovers. Jeepers combines his bathroom duties with some dazzling gymnastic skills.<br /><br /> <a style=”COLOR: blue” href=”http://tiny.cc/7C1GI” target=”_blank”>http://tiny.cc/7C1GI</a><br /><br />Is that talent, or what?

Looking for a way to give back to the canine (or feline, although I don’t know why you’d want to) community? Want to meet fellow animal lovers and have a good time? Want to use your brain or brawn power to find new homes for animals and end euthaniasia in our shelter? Join us!!<br /><br…

Time for another update. We’ve been pretty busy getting our plans scheduled for the year. Adoptions, fundraising events, pet shows, and plenty of other fun stuff.<br /><br />First, we’ll be popping up at Walmarts all over Walton County. Look for us in Monroe the first Saturday of each month beginning in April, and in Loganville…

Seems I’m rather behind on blogging. But Christmas was busy – we were fostering kittens (gag) around here – and then vacations came along, etc. But I’m here now and ready to update you on WAG happenings.<br /><br />Our results for 2008 were great. We rescued over 150 cats and dogs from the Walton County…

The calendars are here! WAG’s first Community Pet Calendar contest was a tough race to call. There were over 60 entries and most of them were pretty darn cute. But the judges picked 12 that grace the individual pages, plus a collage of all the entries on the back.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Everybody needs a 2009 calendar,…