On March 11 the city of Monroe answered a call from concerned citizens when it passed an anti-tethering ordinance for dogs in the city. The practice of tethering or chaining dogs on a regular basis has been proven to be detrimental to the health and welfare of animals and more municipalities are enacting legislation to deal with the issue. Kudos to Monroe city officials for willingly tackling this topic.<br /><br />A anti-tethering proposal was also brought before the Walton County Board of Commissioners in early March, but has yet to be acted on by the board. Let them know you opinion on the matter – contact your elected commissioner about this important issue! Find their contact information here:<br /><br /><a href=”http://www.waltoncountyga.gov/WCBOC.html”> http://www.waltoncountyga.gov/WCBOC.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div…

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>Know someone who can’t get their animal spayed/neutered because of transportation issues? The WAG Spay/Neuter Shuttle can help! We’re working with Paradox Spay Neuter Clinic to make sure owner’s transportation problems don’t keep animals fr</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>om getting spayed/neutered. Appointments are scheduled through Paradox – tell them you’re interested in the shuttle service. Limited slots are available and surgery fees must be paid in advance.<br /><br />One note – PLEASE recommend this service ONLY to pet owners who have no other transportation options – not lazy people who don’t feel like waking up early…

<span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”>Here’s our first mama dog we’re putting out of business under our Puppy Prevention program. Dixie is a beagle mix whose owner signed over her last litter of puppies to WAG. All four pups found great homes in February.</span></span><br /><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span></span><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”>Today we dropped Dixie off at </span><a data-hovercard=”/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=209273062551593&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D” href=”https://www.facebook.com/ParadoxSpayNeuter” style=”background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;”>Paradox Spay Neuter</a><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”> clinic to be spayed. She’ll be back with her owner tonight, but is officially retiring from motherhood!</span></span><br /><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span…

<span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”>Pet food and more pet food!</span></span><br /><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span></span><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”>WAG arranged for approx. 10 pallets of pet food to be delivered to FISH outreach ministry in Monroe, the first step in our efforts to help more pet owners through the pet food pantry at FISH. </span></span><br /><span style=”font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;”><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span></span><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, serif; line-height: 18px;”>Thanks to Tanya and Joe from Pound Puppies ‘n Kittens for driving the rental truck to Petsmart distributio</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white;…

<span style=”background-color: white; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>WAG has a new puppy program to help rehome your puppies and spay the mother dog for free. To clarify – we’re not interested in helping “get rid” of your puppies – rather we are interested in taking them into our adoption program, vaccinatin</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>g, deworming, spaying and neutering all the puppies BEFORE they are rehomed, then spaying the mother dog to make sure no more unexpected litters come along. Puppies taken into our program are vaccinated and dewormed before offered for adoption. Fifty percent of “free” puppies given away are never spayed or neutered, adding to…

Can we say WOW? Adoptions are going very well lately! Here are just some of the happy families WAG has created at the Snellville Petsmart over the last few weeks. Come visit us on Saturdays from 11 a.m to 3 p.m, and find your own special furry friend!<br /><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g22c1g6JibY/Ux68lfhmZ_I/AAAAAAAABmI/3__okoODlmM/s1600/1510583_745182888833600_1873152416_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g22c1g6JibY/Ux68lfhmZ_I/AAAAAAAABmI/3__okoODlmM/s1600/1510583_745182888833600_1873152416_n.jpg” height=”320″ width=”224″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/–JtPEMBdrvs/Ux680VP-2EI/AAAAAAAABmY/JdNakYVmEUs/s1600/1798039_745183205500235_446156502_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/–JtPEMBdrvs/Ux680VP-2EI/AAAAAAAABmY/JdNakYVmEUs/s1600/1798039_745183205500235_446156502_n.jpg” height=”293″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JXCbpjrKhSg/Ux6821q6dMI/AAAAAAAABmg/x8ABJ_ot5i4/s1600/1897956_748738185144737_394007716_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JXCbpjrKhSg/Ux6821q6dMI/AAAAAAAABmg/x8ABJ_ot5i4/s1600/1897956_748738185144737_394007716_n.jpg” height=”238″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1NyPKvsSX8U/Ux685TtZyDI/AAAAAAAABmo/0RW4Zu3vaYU/s1600/1901166_744752485543307_28727827_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1NyPKvsSX8U/Ux685TtZyDI/AAAAAAAABmo/0RW4Zu3vaYU/s1600/1901166_744752485543307_28727827_n.jpg” height=”239″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8f5Ke1gNaYs/Ux688roap6I/AAAAAAAABmw/D2nPRk4LyOw/s1600/1904223_745183425500213_2015819006_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″…

<div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OMldcSqAsTA/UxK4942ctHI/AAAAAAAABls/tghivElha2k/s1600/fostering.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OMldcSqAsTA/UxK4942ctHI/AAAAAAAABls/tghivElha2k/s1600/fostering.jpg” height=”400″ width=”400″ /></a></div><br />

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>This simple act of getting this little dog to eat a piece of meat from my hand took nearly 3 weeks. We rescued Cookie and her puppies from the shelter earlier this month. The pups are adorable sweethearts and love everyone. She was absolut</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>ely terrified of everything – people, noises, you name it. First week she’d try to frantically escape from any contact. Finally I could get a leash on her and walk her, but she’d stand frozen in place and wanted nothing to do anyone coming near her. But finally things…

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>Here’s our bright boy, Toby. He’s growing – at about 8 months old, he’s been with us since November. Not sure why he hasn’t been adopted yet, other than some of our rescue dogs don’t get noticed right away. But he’s smart, listens well and lea</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>rns quickly. OK- he’s not perfect, but tries hard. <i class=”_4-k1 img sp_acb80g sx_ecde95″ style=”background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/ym/r/niU6oZtmDmn.png); background-position: 0px -222px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;”></i> He deserves a home with someone who’s looking for a bright canine companion, not just a backyard…

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>WAG made an emergency food delivery yesterday to a cat owning household – 75 lbs of cat food and 80 lbs of cat litter. Pet food pantry at F.I.S.H is available for owners needing pet food who qualify as low-income, but we hear there may be some confusion about who qualifies under FISH guidelines. We’re looking to resolve that and possibly expanding the services. Lots of people still needing help!</span><br /><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3EkBno_cEY/UxK19SHfynI/AAAAAAAABlA/p54RkjQDxSs/s1600/food+delivery.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3EkBno_cEY/UxK19SHfynI/AAAAAAAABlA/p54RkjQDxSs/s1600/food+delivery.jpg” height=”240″ width=”320″ /></a></div><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’,…

<div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”>A great Weekend of Love at the Snellville for Petsmart’s National Adoptathon Weekend. Lots of dogs and cats looking for their forever homes and we enjoyed helping our friends at Pound Puppies ‘n Kittens! </div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XV9cKJUFS0I/UxK2pXKHFlI/AAAAAAAABlI/Sa1kq4B9GOg/s1600/Heart.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XV9cKJUFS0I/UxK2pXKHFlI/AAAAAAAABlI/Sa1kq4B9GOg/s1600/Heart.jpg” height=”240″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkaFjgCtiNg/UxK2ytFXz7I/AAAAAAAABlQ/6BSp0F2hFoU/s1600/photo+(1).JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkaFjgCtiNg/UxK2ytFXz7I/AAAAAAAABlQ/6BSp0F2hFoU/s1600/photo+(1).JPG” height=”239″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0RSjyr9Roqs/UxK2-nKha7I/AAAAAAAABlY/HBuXIQ-MQ7I/s1600/DSC_3953.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0RSjyr9Roqs/UxK2-nKha7I/AAAAAAAABlY/HBuXIQ-MQ7I/s1600/DSC_3953.JPG” height=”213″ width=”320″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PEEk1QOoVxg/UxK3MfTYyDI/AAAAAAAABlg/NISIRK7aTRQ/s1600/DSC_3942.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img…

Here’s a question for you – what do Justin Bieber, Lassie, and Jennifer Lawrence have in common?<br /><br />Yes, they’re all famous, or infamous, depending on your point of view. But they also each have a publicist – someone who keeps them in the public eye.<br /><br />A publicist is a person whose job is to generate publicity for famous people. They’re in the business of bringing attention to their clients in many different ways. For example, Justin Bieber’s publicist arranges meetings with his fans. Lassie’s publicist contacts magazines willing to do a story about the talented dog. Jennifer Lawrence’s publicist sends photos and information about the star to movie directors, hoping to get their attention.<br /><br />WAG rescue dogs and cats deserve just as…

<br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />A new year and new furry faces to rescue. Thanks for your support of WAG!<br /><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPWAZACXnTw/UteEcTWhuwI/AAAAAAAABgk/9XeUSW8hpt4/s1600/Xmas+pups.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPWAZACXnTw/UteEcTWhuwI/AAAAAAAABgk/9XeUSW8hpt4/s1600/Xmas+pups.jpg” height=”265″ width=”400″ /></a></div><br />

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>Our boy Duke is ready for a great home. He’s been our foster dog for awhile, was heartworm positive when we first rescued him but his treatment is finished. He has that typical goofy Boxer personality and gets along with other dogs and cats</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>. He wants to be your indoor pal – no tossing him in the backyard and leaving him alone. He’s polite and quiet, housebroken and will cross his legs for as long as necessary to keep from doing anything in the house or his kennel! He had a previous…

<br /><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NszGjFuq76Y/Ur-Q9M3c1uI/AAAAAAAABds/BSJHVdALlQk/s1600/Belle.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ height=”297″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NszGjFuq76Y/Ur-Q9M3c1uI/AAAAAAAABds/BSJHVdALlQk/s400/Belle.jpg” width=”400″ /></a></div><br />

<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>New babies! Here’s Andy – one of four siblings. Mom was a beagle, not sure about dad, but maybe Border Collie mix? We have 3 boys and 1 girl – all black with white markings and maybe 6 weeks old. It’ll be a few weeks before they’re vaccinated, dewormed, spayed/neutered and ready for homes. In the meantime, they’re chilling at the what we affectionately call the WAG “dog ranch”.</span><br /><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span><br /><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span><span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’,…

Welcome to new WAG foster family Victoria and Michael with Koa, right after leaving the shelter. She’s so happy to be out of those small cages! Thanks to this awesome couple for opening their home to this sweet girl!<br /><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2it-TOK2Ck/Ur-OWY8jUII/AAAAAAAABdI/5rtFFFkQxY0/s1600/Turner+foster.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ height=”239″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2it-TOK2Ck/Ur-OWY8jUII/AAAAAAAABdI/5rtFFFkQxY0/s320/Turner+foster.jpg” width=”320″ /></a></div><br />

I've adopted from WAG before and know Melanie quite well. I'm following Belle ' s progress and have great interest in giving her a proper home once she's ready. I'd love to help in anyway I can.

These are some scary pictures. This little girl has only experienced about 12 weeks of life and this is what it’s brought her. A passer-by found her sitting in the middle of a country road. In his words, “almost as if she was saying ‘go ahead, run me over, please.’”  He pulled over, opened the car door and she gratefully crept toward him. A typical dog – trusting humans to make things better. So how could we not try and give her a brighter future?<br /><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnqxIrJaSps/Up1EC6d_jGI/AAAAAAAABa0/0ItQ9OP6HWU/s1600/62349_10201692340648821_1305102655_n.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ height=”320″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnqxIrJaSps/Up1EC6d_jGI/AAAAAAAABa0/0ItQ9OP6HWU/s320/62349_10201692340648821_1305102655_n.jpg” width=”240″ /></a></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><br /></div><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”>She’s been named Belle – our…

Here’s Waldo, the former firightened Loganville stray who ran from everyone trying to help him, playing with his friends Ginger, a beagle mix, and pointer mix Roxie. Check out Waldo’s impressive “sit” at the end of the video. What a talented guy who’s making great strides! He’ll make someone a wonderful companion!<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen=”” frameborder=”0″ height=”270″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/1qMPka3PxrQ” width=”480″></iframe>