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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

Animal Person

Their shelter is full. He came to OCFA totally flea infested and with a few open wounds. One wound (the one on his front right leg) was to the bone. He has been vetted and is healing nicely. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. The vet who is awarded the service dog will be choosing the winning raffle ticket for the Jeep on September 11 at a ceremony (location TBD). “We

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. I didn’t have high hopes for Fizzle’s survival, but I called animal control and learned that they had taken Fizzle to a shelter about ten miles away. I gave the shelter a call, expecting to hear the worst. I swore and jumped back.

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