There are loads of newcomers at the city shelter on Front St. Check them all out - http://www.cityofsacramento.org/generalservices/animal-care/adoptions/dog.cfm
More fun dog photos @ http://annechadwickwilliams.com.
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This is one funny terrier. He does impressions. Keeps the other dogs laughing and says he can even do Richard Nixon. It’s worth a trip to the Sacramento city shelter on Front St. to see these newbies. They’d love to go home with you. http://www.cityofsacramento.org/generalservices/animal-care/adoptions/dog.cfm More dog photos may be seen @ http://annechadwickwilliams.com.
  by admin show 1 comment Hi, my name is Hailey. I love to snuggle and give kisses, and I am looking for a good home. I love long walks on the beach and candlelight dinners. Actually, I like my dinner any which way. I like it moonlit, half lit, unlit. I like it in bright sun or by headlamp. I’m a foodie for sure. My walks don’t have to be on a beach either. I like walking and hiking anywhere.
 MY STORY: I am from Idaho. Hailey, Idaho to be exact. I think I was born around September 2008. I can’t remember my mom and dad, and I had some rough times as a pup. I spent some hungry days alone and ended up at a local rest area avoiding being caught by animal control. My next home was the Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley in Hailey where the people were very nice to me. They named me Billie Jean. (I don’t play tennis.) My day kennel was outdoors and had views of foothills and lots of sky. Volunteers took me hiking and the staff taught me everything I need to know to pass my AKC Canine Good Citizen test – how about that! (I still need to take the test.) After being at the shelter 555 days, my story was posted on Facebook. A couple of semi-crazy dog women in Sacramento, CA read about me and drove 660 miles to meet me. Colleen Adamson provided the wheels. Anne adopted me after 575 days in the shelter and the duo whisked me away to California where I had heard the weather is warmer and that I might not ever see snow again. I was renamed so that I wouldn’t forget my roots. Now two weeks in a home, I must say life is good. The orange tree is blossoming and smells fantastic. We walk every day and I like lounging around the backyard or looking out the window to see who is passing by. I am perplexed by the dog sounds coming from the TV. I like gnawing on a frozen Kong with peanut butter in it. Anne explained that she adopted me to bring me to a more populated area to find me my final home. I am a medium-sized cattle dog/American Staffordshire terrier mix. I am as white as a polar bear and have cute pointy ears with tan spots. My fur is very soft and I use an herbal conditioner on it. I am muscular and dream of competing in a tractor-pulling contest, which I think I could win. I love people. I also love Anne’s dogs, Ella and Ollie, and get along with them well. In Idaho, I didn’t get along with every dog I met. I think I would prefer to be an only dog or with a male dog. I would like to be with someone is active and has dog experience. I must admit that I can be strong willed. However, I am told that I am a wonderful dog. I hear “Good girl, Hailey,” a lot. If you would like to meet me, please contact Anne – anne@annechadwickwilliams.com or 916-826-1354. ADOPTION CRITERIA: Adoption fee: $100 Home visit required
by admin no comments On an unseasonably warm Sunday, 4 R Friends, a non-profit started by veterinarian Jean Rabinowitz, held their third Neighborhood Pit Bull Days at the Colonial Heights Library, an area of town where low-cost vaccine clinics do not come. There were long lines of people with their pets, water bowls, pop-up tents and dogs as far as the eye could see. The clinic helped 479 dogs, who received free rabies and puppy shots, microchips, I.D. tags, collars. Twelve dogs were spayed and neutered and a couple hundred put on a waiting list. During the three free clinics this year, they helped 1,200 dogs. The Sacramento city shelter on Front St. donated vaccinations, microchips, ID tags, collars, the Spay and Neuter mobile trailer and supplies for the event. About 80 volunteers helped the organizers run the event. It was something else. All volunteer. All free. The event idea was born of Rabinowitz’s experience as an emergency veterinarian in south Sacramento. On any given night, she might see four pit bulls or chihuahuas brought in by animal control or their owners. The ailments varied from parvo for the pit puppies, which is preventable with vaccinations, and adult pits and chihuahuas who had been hit by cars with severe injuries that were cost prohibitive for the owners. She wondered what she could do to help. So she made a Google map of all the low-cost vaccine clinics held in the city of Sacramento and found that there were 252 held annually by the city and county shelters, the SPCA and VIP, but none were held below Highway 50 and east of Freeport, a low-income area. Seeing the need, she organized the basic care event with the idea to hold a series of three, which would bolster the parvo vaccines for all the puppies and build relationships with the community. The neighborhood arrived in droves with their dogs. The response overwhelming. Many people walked. There were litters of puppies in cardboard boxes brought by bicycle, others pushed their pups in carts, and some arrived by motorized wheelchair. There was ooohing and aaahing over the puppies, squealing while being vaccinated, and lots of appreciation. It’s wonderful when someone like Jean sees a need and fills the void – and orchestrates it so well. There will be another series of clinics in the fall when the weather is cooler. Everything at the event is free and so donations are very welcome and much needed. You may donate through their website - http://4rfriends.org To keep up with what they are doing, you can “like” 4R Friends on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/4rfriends. Below is a slideshow of some of the people and their pets who came yesterday. Looking forward to the next one. More dog photos may be seen at http://annechadwickwilliams.com.
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by admin no comments This is my chair. From this chair I keep an eye on the comings by, the goings too, a watchful eye at 8:00 a.m. of Mr. Chan walking by, at 8:30 a.m. of Mrs. Applechi driving by, of Mr. Henry at 9:00 a.m. saying hi, at 10:30 a.m. of Mr. Mailman to drive him off, at 1:00 p.m. of Auntie Flor going to the store, at 2:00 p.m. of Mr. Toffee heading for coffee and Ms. Clam going for a ham, Nettie Blue heading for shoes, Lola Lark going to the park, at her I won’t bark, Uri Flurry always in a hurry. It never ends the passer-by of cars and bikes and walkers and kids, and dogs and cats going by and even a skunk or two, and of well, . . . well truly sometimes I nap. But mostly I want to know not the who’s or the what’s or chitter or the chatter or the hi’s or the bye’s but that Anne is nearby. And well, Ella too.
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