Posted on 01/18/2016 12:15:27 PM PST by SandRat
BISBEE — A case of dog hoarding had a positive outcome Thursday when the owner agreed to voluntarily relinquish 37 of her 63 dogs, who all appeared to be healthy and well-socialized according to representatives from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, which took the dogs to be checked out, neutered and spayed and then adopted.
Kelly Galligan, president of Friends of Bisbee Animal Shelter, helped coordinate the effort after talking with the woman at her home in Bisbee Junction last month, where she was keeping 62 shih tzus and a one-eyed poodle.
“Kelly reached out to me and said we have a client who is overwhelmed,†said Kim Ward, Animal Services Supervisor with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. “Our organization is a shelter and adoption center in Tucson.â€
(Excerpt) Read more at svherald.com ...
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I had a one eyed three legged dog named lucky.
Better than a 3 eyed, one legged dog...
My wife and I used to raise shih tzus...
When our Grand Champion passed away at 13 years old, we gave it up...
No way we would have 62 of them at once...
That’s called being mentally ill..
I had one of those too. His name was Pogo the seeing eye dog.
PING it to the FRper who handles the dog stories.
He went through God's Heavenly gate a year ago.
It looks like the full article is not available without some gymnastics. ??
Granny never had a problem with home invasion......
And better than a one-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ Purple People Eater!
Shih Tzu’s are great family dogs and they don’t shed.
63 dogs results in a lot of poop! That woman must have been busy scooping that poop. Question is, what did she do with it? A sign out front that said “Free fertilizer”?
I have a totally blind Jack Russel and his hearing is so good that he can hear people just thinking about turning into our driveway!
“62 shih tzus and a one-eyed poodle. “
I don’t think you could even make a country song out of that.
Dang. You beat me to it.
I cracked up when I saw that line.
Here in S.E. Michigan we use them as bait for muskies when we can't find Chihuahuas.........
Here’s an article not behind a wall...
Seems the dog owner lives in a trailer house!
Yes, they are and they are basically a very quiet dogs as well..
They start barking, normally, it's for a very good reason...
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