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close‘Summer’s a time of change for many people. At the San Luis Obispo County Animal Shelter, this means we get more owner-surrendered dogs and cats than at any other time of the year. July and August are our most difficult months for over-crowding.
“Two dogs that find themselves left behind when life has changed are Scooby and Sultan.
“Scooby and Sultan are charming neutered shepherd mix brothers that seem to know that life is good, even if they’re living at the shelter. These boys are affable — they like everyone. They’re easy-going and housebroken and seem to bring the sunshine with them.
“However, it’s hard when pairs come to the shelter because most adopters are looking to adopt one dog and don’t want to split up a pair. But I let prospective adopters know by taking one animal, they increase the adoption potential of the other.
“Though I do stress, if they take both, when the family needs to leave the dogs at home, two dogs are happier than one.
“Scooby and Sultan are bigger boys than necessary and need to lose some weight. By reducing how much goes in their food bowls and taking them on daily walks, the weight will disappear.
“In the 31⁄2 days before the 4th of July, Animal Services took in 102 dogs and cats. This equates to approximately 30 animals a day. In comparison, the daily average for all of 2008 was 13 animals per day. This creates a housing challenge at the shelter, especially since there are many more strays that are coming to the shelter due to being scared by the holiday fireworks.
“Please come in and adopt, or if you’ve lost your dog or cat, come on down and see if your four-legged friend is at the shelter waiting for you.”
— Animal shelter volunteer Ellen Perryess
For more information about Scooby and Sultan, call the volunteer line at the San Luis Obispo County Animal Shelter at 781-4413.
The Animal Services shelter is at 885 Oklahoma Ave., off Highway 1 west of San Luis Obispo.
To see more shelter animals available for adoption, visit www.slosheriff.org.
The adoption fee is $70 for cats and $95 for dogs, plus a $15 county license fee for dogs if the adopters are San Luis Obispo County residents.
The adoption fee includes spaying or neutering, basic vaccinations, an identification microchip, eligibility for a free veterinary check, a new collar and identification tag and a carrier for cats.
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