Northeast Ohio Pet Photography » Parma Animal Shelter

Rescue Story

Mary — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:55:03 +0000

Back in February, I posted some photos that I took at my local shelter. As it often happens, several of the dogs were adopted in just a few days and there were a few who seemed destined to become long term residents.

One of those dogs, due to her size and strength (probably), was still at the shelter when I visited again a few weeks later. But, then something wonderful happened. Her owner came and claimed her!

As it turns out, her owner went away on vacation and the person watching her somehow let her get loose. When the guy got home from vacation, he found his dog gone and had been searching for her for over eight weeks. He even posted a $500 reward! I still have to investigate to get more details, but I’m guessing that she must have wandered pretty far away from home and thus the owner never thought to check our shelter.

Eventually, he found her photo on the shelter web site, called and then came to get her! A wonderful reunion.

March Shelter Dogs

Mary — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:45:56 +0000

Nike on the left. Energetic and sweet as pie. Apparently he’s an escape artist and the shelter is recommending that he be adopted by someone who has a yard with a very high fence. On the right is Sue. She’s got the most striking coat. It’s thick and striped almost like a Bengal Tiger.

On the left here is Matilda. This is one of those super special dogs. I’m amazed that she hasn’t been adopted yet because she’s perfect in just about every way. Napoleon, the toy poodle on the right, just arrived at the shelter this weekend. I doubt that he’ll be there long. Small, cuties like this one are adopted within days, if not hours.

Hey Kitties

Mary — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:38:26 +0000

These kitties are all available at the Parma Animal Shelter. When I first started helping out at PAS, I used to try and get photos of all of the cats. Then they expanded and upgraded their cat room. The expansion was great for the cats and the volunteers, but with a population of about seventy cats it was close to impossible to get everyone photographed. Now, the petfinder photos are taken by one of the cat volunteers. It’s still fun to go into the cat room and take some playtime shots.

Shelter Dogs in the Snow

Mary — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:44:43 +0000

These cuties are all available at the Parma Animal Shelter (some are pretty new to the shelter, so they may not be officially listed yet).

From left to right, top to bottom:
Maximus – a gorgeous doberman mix
Duchess – Ohmigosh. Those eyes. Very sweet girl.
Bailey – Calm, quiet dog. (Adopted!!)
Scruffy – Well. Scruffy!
Lucy – So cute. I’d guess she has some BC or Aussie in her. She’d make an awesome 16″ or 20″ agility dog! (Adopted!!)

Bad Kitties

Mary — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:43:00 +0000

No – they weren’t really bad. Just locked up at the shelter waiting for new homes.