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March 2008
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  When I was at BARC last week, a young woman came in with a flyer, looking for her missing dog. Mila, her husky mix, wasn't there, and I was touched by how worried she was. I told her to email me Mila's pictures and some background info. Maybe you could help them have a happy reunion! "(She was) last seen chillin' in my front yard (last week July 17-21) in the 1400 block of Godwin. I know someone has her. ..she always comes home, even when she gets out and stays out all day, she's home for dinner and to sleep in my room. I don't like her to get out. I have 3 roommates who forget to be careful and she slips by them at the front door. Also the fence in our backyard needs to be repaired, which is why I have been keeping her inside for the past several months. I always run with her when I get home though and she seems to really like it inside. She has bad knees that go out sometimes and I'm the only one who can fix them. She'll just keep hobling along, running with her knee all gimped until I stop her and fix it. It's because she grew up on a chain in my neighbors front yard. I got her after her first litter (at 6 months) and she was very sick and almost died from Mastitis. She lost two teats from it so she has scars on her belly, but they healed really well so, you might not even notice...but they're definitely there. She was also recently spayed. She has haunting blue eyes and children usually run inside when they see her and cry "Mommy, Mommy, WOLF!" But she really is the sweetest to all people. I just miss her really bad. I've known her for her entire life...which is about one year. She's not super fluffy and hardly sheds at all when she's healthy. Coarse hair...not fine. Call Kathryn at 713-926-3991. Mila went missing near Lawndale @ Telephone in southeast Houston, close to the University of Houston. 3 CommentsLeave a comment |
If she has internet connection, she can check BARC by going to www.houstontx.gov ->residents-> animal control-> Lost Pets. It is best to always walk the BARC wards in person, however if you can't make it to the shelter, this is the next best thing. BARC is notoriously understaffed and overmanaged, still the staff does try and post pictures of pets that have come to BARC as strays or owner turn ins provided that they are in reasonably good shape. Unfortunately, at this time, BARC does not post pictures of stray dogs that have been picked up as bite cases or animals that are in such bad shape that they must be euthanized 'off the truck'. So if your dog gets out of the yard and bites someone, it can be picked up by BARC, held in a kennel ward that is not accessable to the public as a bitecase for ten days and subsequently euthanized. Alternatively, if your animal has been stray for a long period of time and arrives at BARC with severe mange/ringworm or worse, it will be euthanized without having it's photo placed on the site.
Montgomery County Animal Control, Harris County Animal Control and Pasadena Animal Control post pictures of animals impounded at their facilities at www.petharbor.com. BARC is also listed on Petharbor, however, I find that there is often a computer glitch that results in different animals being listed when one accesses Petharbor through the City of Houston Website vs Petharbor.com.
NEW POST (I could not see how else to post other than responding to a previously existing post - sorry)
VERY OLD, SMOOTH FOX TERRIER
MISSING FROM RICE UNIVERSITY AREA
LONG NOSE, WHITE BODY WITH BLACK MARKINGS, BLACK/GRAY FACE
DEAF & BLIND
PLEASE HELP!!
Contact Thea Trotscher 832-877-4346
Please contact 832-563-4919 in regard to Mila. Thanks...