Shy Fox

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this is the face of a genuinely happy dog. AKA, one of the sights that makes my life worth living. :)

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PLEASE HELP ME SAVE ARCHIE!
Foster, adopt, whatever. I don’t really care. I just want this dog ALIVE.
This is truly a special dog. He is SO smart and SO beautiful. He came with absolutely NO training and with a firm hand and a couple hours random people were commenting on how absolutely well-behaved he was, if that tells you anything. He is VERY focused in training and wants to please above all. Gets along with most other dogs-not all. He’s selective and I have a suspicion he prefers females over males. He loves all people, will eat cats for breakfast, and is VERY loving and soft coated, a perfect cuddle buddy. He sticks his huge head under your arm and kisses your face.
Pittie lovers, he is seriously everything you could want in a pit bull. He just needs an experienced owner.
Unfortunately, ARCHIE MAY HAVE UNTIL JUST TOMORROW. HE IS NEXT IN LINE TO BE KILLED IN THE SHELTER. This dog deserves SO much more. I have already pleaded with staff to save him and they can’t hold off any longer. Please, he is such a great dog.

Please reblog or share with anyone you can. I’m grasping at straws.

Archie is located at AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER, located at 7201 Levander Loop in AUSTIN, TEXAS. He is in kennel 304 awaiting his forever home to love him.

Pls message me should you have any questions or need anything. Ya’ll helped me with Buddy the dalmatian, who is now safe in California thanks to extensive efforts of the folks in rescue.

posted 8 months ago - reblog

Working in an animal shelter.

I work at my local animal shelter. I love it. I love the dogs; how they comfort me after a long day when I’m supposed to be the one comforting them, getting to know so many different individual personalities. I love the people I work with; they are incredibly caring and wonderful people; true dog lovers.

However, there is one aspect of it I hate.

The visitors (the people looking for dogs to adopt).

When someone says “Excuse me m’am, could you help me real quick?”, it’s always one of the following scenarios:

1: WHERE ARE THE PUPPIES? We don’t want to waste our time looking around the shelter at a bunch of old (meaning over 4 months old) dogs. This place is so big, where can I find the puppies?!

Inner Camille: Holy fucking shit. The shelter isn’t separated between “old” dogs and puppies. There are puppies all over. You can fucking look around. Seriously. Have fun picking up shit and training that little puppy…and remember it WILL GROW INTO AN ADULT, AND NO, YOU CAN’T GET RID OF IT AND GET A NEW PUPPY FROM US.

Reality Camille: Ma’am, there are puppies all over, however if I remember correctly there’s a litter in kennel no.<insert # here>. Let me know if you need any help with anything!

2: Where are some little dogs? I want a tiny cute dog. I want a teacup chihuahua/yorkie/poodle/shih tzu/schnauzer/etc. I don’t want a big dog, no bigger than 5 lbs. (I literally escorted a bitchy woman through THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHELTER FOR AN HOUR to be told that every single dog was too big except for one that was already spoken for…I SHOWED HER A 9 LB CHIHUAHUA MIX AND SHE SAID IT WAS TOO BIG).

Inner Camille: Jesus fucking Christ. GET A FUCKING HAMSTER. What do you want with a dog THAT small anyway? What are you planning to do with it? Carry it around in your Coach purse? Nevermind, then, GO TO TOY R’ US AND GET A STUFFED ANIMAL. They come in assorted sizes and are more than willing to be toted around all day in a hot purse.

Reality Camille: We have several small dogs. What kind are you looking for specifically? We may have the perfect dog for you and I’d be happy to take it out for you.

3: We want a great family dog. Which dogs would make great family dogs? I want to get a dog for my kids (so I show them around at our great family dogs, and I’m told), I don’t like the way that dog is barking. I don’t want it near my children. I don’t like the way that dog is jumping up to say hello. I don’t want it near my children. I don’t like the way that dog is LOOKING at my kid. Get it away.

Inner Camille: Oh, Ok. Hold on, let me go the back and get one of our euthanized dogs, that kind will never bark, jump, or look at your children. It will be perfectly fine being your kid’s personal jungle gym without showing any sort of discomfort or emotion. Because, you know, dogs in shelters bark because they’re frustrated and want out, they jump up because they want to be closer to you and play, they look at you with those big puppy eyes because they’re dying for some LOVE. Since you don’t want any of that, our deceased dogs are PERFECT for your little family.

Reality Camille: Well, we have many low-key dogs that are suitable for children, if you take them out they generally calm down. If you’re not comfortable with that, we can keep looking. Let me know if you see one you like and I’ll be here to help you take it out for you!

And then there’s the big daddy of all my annoyances.

4: Y’ALL HAVE SO MANY PIT BULLS. PIT BULLS R MEAN AND I DNT FEEL SAYFE PLZ HALP ME TAKE OUT A SAFER BREED, LYKE DA LABZ EVEN THO THEY TEND TO BE DA MOST AGGRESSIVE COMIN INTO DA SHELTER. WUTEVZ IM LEAVIN THERES TOO MANY OF THOSE NASTY PIT BULLS

Inner Camille: …..Oh my fucking god you fucking idiot TWAT gtfo of here you don’t even deserve a dog much less one our wonderful pitties that need LOVING homes, not ignorant pieces of shit like you. Our lovely pits are usually the ones that get put down BECAUSE OF IGNORANT SHEEP LIKE YOU. I don’t even give a shit so I’m not dealing with you. Just get out of my face before I become 10x more of a threat than any pit bull.

Reality Camille: The reality is we get a lot of pit bulls. The myth is that they’re all inherently vicious. I actually have the pleasure of owning a pit bull from this very facility who is the surrogate mother to my foster kittens. Pit bulls are wonderful dogs and unfortunately the media has blown their stereotype out of proportion to be “mean” when scientific fact has proven they aren’t. If you’re adamant about not being anywhere near this kind of dog, I don’t think our shelter is your best bet to be.

& that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Let’s not forget the people looking for ONLY a purebred dog or a designer mix, the people who want to a “hypoallergenic” dog, and the people that take out the sick dogs ALTHOUGH THERE’S A HUGE ASS SIGN TELLING THEM NOT TO DO THAT.

Yeah. I’m sure many rescuers/fosters/staff who have ever worked in a shelter or rescue know these situations all too well.

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