Animal Transport

I pulled Mona from the Camarillo shelter to go to medical boarding at Blue Cross Animal Hospital for a minor case of kennel cough. I found out that when she was turned in to the shelter, she was all bloody from jumping out of the back of the pickup that they dropped her off from while it was moving. Now I know that if a dog is in the back of a pickup, the dog must be properly secured just so that doesn’t happen. The shelter staff treated her for all the cuts and abrasions and she has healed up fine. Were they cited for their lack of securing Mona? I don’t know, but they should have been. Since they were on the way to dump her at the shelter, I am sure they really didn’t care one way or the other.

I drove out there with the expectation of pulling 1 dog and ended up pulling 5. I pulled Little Tike first, love the pic where he is sticking his tongue out as he was leaving the shelter. Then I pulled a basset and terrier that I didn’t get to meet because they were going to Loma Linda on Monday to be fixed and then on to Oregon with a transport. Then I pulled Victor, who they delivered to me in a bite cage. The poor guy was so frightened and scared, I lifted him up and put him in the van and he was fine till we tried to off load at the vet’s office where I had to carry him in. Then there was Wally; he was on his last day at the shelter. He is very dog aggressive and will need a lot of retraining before an adoption can take place. All in all it was a very mixed bag of different personalities; they are all safe now and beginning the long road to finding there furever home.