Dog for Adoption - Oden, a Australian Kelpie in Sharp County, AR

Stone County Humane Society Inc.

We are a small group of people who originally formed the 501(C)3 in 1999. We are retired to this area from other places and have professional backgrounds. Our President is a retired Air Force Colonel who was a nurse. She and others saw a real need in this rural community for someone to help educate the people on how to better care for animals and the need to spay and neuter and decided to build a shelter and start housing the unwanted animals of Stone County. I have been actively involved since 2008. Our shelter dream was finally a reality when we were given a wonderful gift from a local person who died and left an estate trust to us that will be disbursed over a 12 year period. We were able to secure a bank loan to build the shelter based on the annual disbursements from this estate trust and it was completed in August. We believe that all animals should be properly cared for and loved and not tied up in a yard or left out in weather with not shelter or used for breeding. We have conducted several small size rescues in the area over the years with the help of the local authorities and helped stop one hoarder who had 200 dogs at one time and could not care for them. The ASPCA was called in to help with this issue. We can only house about 20 t o 25 dogs and the same number of cats at any one time. We do not have a viable foster program to help take in more unwanted animals. We work from a wait list and take animals that are in danger sooner than ones that are being cared for by someone. Last year in 2016 we adopted out 128 dogs and transported 37 dogs to another rescue in Colorado that we work with that takes our dogs or puppies that we do not have room to keep. This shelter has a facility as well as a large foster program to house the dogs till they are adopted out by them. We took in a total of 170 dogs and returned 38 to owners who had lost dogs. We adopted out 59 cats, had 68 cats surrendered and spayed and neutered 249 animals.

Mountain View, AR,72560
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Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: (870) 269-5200

Website: http://schspets.org

Oden

Australian Kelpie | Sharp County, AR

Age : 2 Years 5 MonthsAdultMaleMediumHusky

About

Characteristics

affectionate cratetrained eagerToPlease eventempered gentle intelligent leashtrained needsCompanionAnimal obedient playful playsToys timid

Coat Length

Short

Activity Level

Moderately Active

Energy Level

Moderate

House Trained

Yes

Good in Home With

Others DogsChildren

Meet Oden

Oh, hi there. I'm Oden. I am supposed to tell you about myself, but I am a little nervous, so please forgive me. I am 2 1/2 years old and 35lbs. Do you have a dog with you? I am more comfortable when there is another dog around. I LOVE other dogs, and kids are ok too, I just don't like cats and I REALLY don't like chickens. That is why I am here at the shelter, stupid chickens! Anyway, I only potty inside occasionally; I guess they call it "partially house-trained" and I am leash trained and use the doggie door. I really enjoy going on walks and meeting new dogs. Dogs are just great aren't they?! Did you notice my eyes? Everyone tells me I have beautiful blue eyes, but I am color blind so I just have to take their word for it. I would really like to get out of the shelter and back into a home. I liked the stability and quiet. It gets pretty loud here with 25 other dogs playing and barking. I would love to lay on a comfy couch or dog bed again. Maybe you could come take me for a walk? But bring your dog, that would be better and more fun! Hope to see you soon! **Oden's adoption fee has been waived for our Clear the Shelter Event, but your application must be approved. If you would like more information, please contact our shelter at 870-269-5200 or go to our website and complete an adoption application at schspets.org.

Adoption Process
We have an adoption application that can be found on our website and sent to our email or people call or inquire through adopt-a pet and petfinder where all our animals are posted and our FB page we call Stone County Humane Society Adoptions Available. It is a group page we use to find owners of lost pets as well as post our animals ready for adoption. Our normal FB page got hacked a few years ago and I have never set one up again. Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats, and $150 for a trained dog through a local Paws in Prison training program we participate in every 8 weeks we send 2 dogs to be trained and adopted through this program. Our adoption fees include spay/neuter, rabies shots, 2 cat/dog shots and more for puppies, 4DXPlus Idexx Snap test for heartworm, ehrlichia, lime and one other disease, and worm medicine. We ask for vet references and get all the information we can to determine if a person can adopt an animal from SCHS.

Contact
Stone County Humane Society Inc.
(870) 269-5200
[email protected]
http://schspets.org

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