Help us solve this dilemma!
By Mauri Formigoni, July 06, 2007

I am writing to ask for help with a special dilemma we have with a very unusual dog. Her name is Rosa Carlotta, and she is a well-loved female black lab who once lived in a neighborhood on the edges of San Miguel. Her owner had to move, and hoped the neighbors could continue to support this dog, but alas, they felt they were unable to and brought her to the shelter.

Many of our dogs are happy to be here, but Rosa is not, and promptly escaped when the garbage was being picked up. She ran 5 kilometers to return to her beloved neighborhood and the neighbors returned her with the admonition, “If she returns we will turn her over to Ecología, where she will be put down.” So she cries to be let loose, unaware that this would mean her permanent demise. She is a love when she is walked, petted or kept company, but we do not know if we can keep her when she is suffering so.

Please help us help her. She needs a home that has secure fences and closed gates, distraction, and someone who will care for her. In return she offers watchfulness, affection and companionship. Not a bad deal. I suspect that she is not a purebred, but she is beautiful, about two years old, healthy, spayed, has all vaccinations, is well behaved, but sad without her old surroundings. We have tried to put her with other, happier dogs to see if they would comfort her or convince her that life can be good at the shelter, but to no avail. Can you consider doing a great deed of charity and goodwill by adopting Rosa? It could save her life.

On the opposite side of adoption, we have a brand spanking new small puppy named Panda, most likely a white lab. She looks like a baby polar bear with thick white fur and black eyes and nose. She pounces on the other puppies and charms her way around the shelter.

She is purely impossible to avoid and she is available for adoption as well. No bad habits, nor good ones, either, but a new, irresistibly happy easy puppy who fills us all with goodwill and promise. I expect she will be a medium to large dog, but what a happy beauty!

We have many wonderful kittens and while none of us can ignore a beautiful kitten, we need to find homes for some of them. We have soft orange, many black with smooth coats and fluffy coats, calicos and grey tigers. This is a great time to adopt a kitten. Better still, take two kittens so that they have a friend, and it is indeed true that two kittens are easier to raise than one.

Our presentation from the SPA and Amigos de Animales from the Dallas Animal Care EXPO sponsored by the Humane Society was a great success and we enjoyed hearing from visitors who felt that we have improved physical conditions greatly. Thanks to all of you who attended. The invitation to visit continues to each of you. Come see and check who we have! Our website is at www.spasanmiguel.com  or visit us at the Jardín on Thursdays from 11am to 1pm. Volunteer orientation is on Mondays and Thursdays at 11am with Kathi Hamblet, our volunteer coordinator. Please join us to work with the animals and make their lives better.