Cleveland, OHADOPTED! May 7, 2015
We are going The Extra Mile for Betty White.
Pictured in cage S4 at the City of Cleveland Animal Control
Betty White arrived at the City of Cleveland Kennel and her owner never came to claim her. She is estimated to be around 8 years old but that is not slowing her down. She is a typical 8-9 year old, loves to sleep when not active. She loves to be outside, and is quite spry/active when she is walking/running about. She’s also alert, so she can hear well. We have yet to hear her bark. She was picked as a volunteer heart stopper and the folks at Friends of the Cleveland Kennel asked for help to secure her a rescue and we were glad to step in. Unable to take her until a foster home could be secured she was moved to DogTropolis Daycare & Boarding facility where she is receiving all the attention and love she deserves. She was also professionally groomed and is feeling much better after having severe matting combed out and shaved off of her frail body. Betty appears to be house trained, she gets along great with other dogs and craves human companionship. She’s also content to go on her big comfy bed in her kennel…
Betty White is most likely a Chow/Collie/Shepherd mix and will require grooming and brushing throughout her life.
Betty White has now visited Dr. Liz at Gateway Animal Clinic and had a full health check, lab blood work and she has tested positive for heartworms. The treatment is extremely hard on senior dogs and we are making decisions about her health care.
Foster Home Report:
Coming Soon!
We are not a traditional shelter, we are a cage-free facility. All dogs are temperament tested and must get along with other dogs to stay here. Appointments must be made in advance to meet our Secondhand Mutts. Please call 216-664-9660 or email rescue@secondhandmutts.org to set up a time. We are closed on Sundays. We prefer to adopt to local families but will consider long distance adoptions.
Dog Adoption Fee $200
SPONSORSHIP: HEART OF GOLD
Heart of Gold
Sponsorship helps alleviate the very high cost of treatment for a heartworm positive dog. The overall cost to alleviate heartworms in one dog, including hospitalization, medications, x-rays, blood work and office visits office visits most often exceeds $700…for just one dog.
$25: Four months of Heartgard treatment for a heartworm positive dog
$50: Average cost of one heart x-ray
$100: Covers one heart x-ray and the average cost of oral antibiotics taken (usually for at least one month) along with one month of Heartgard
$150: 1 CBC and one month Heartgard
$250: Cost of one average-sized dose of Immiticide, two months of Heartgard treatment, anesthetic, pain meds and one night of hospitalization
