STEVIE

Contact if you can assist:

Michelle Lingus
404-993-8122

or contact the shelter directly (but I'm sure Michelle would love to know if you do assist) at:

Cobb County Animal Control 
1060 Al Bishop Drive  Marietta, GA 30008 
Phone: 770-499-4136
Email: debra.cook @cobbcounty.org

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 Good Day -

We had a stray dog in our neighborhood for about 2 weeks or so. He is a part chow mix and has cataracts. My kids and I called him "Bear". I had  put an ad  in the paper for a found dog and the owners did call. The husband  wanted me to  lie to his wife that the dog was already gone. I refused. She called and  said her husband was going to pick him up. When he called back very mad, he  said he  was going to have the dog euthanized. I didn't let him know where I  lived.

Bear would usually stay around the house since he couldn't see the 4  foot  jump down into our fenced wooded area (we have 3 other dogs that go into  the yard)  - we would have to carry him into the area and lift him out again. I  kept him  in the garage at night with a blanket, water, food, and a chew toy. He  wandered  off and the neighbor, thinking he might get hit by a car because of his  cataracts, called the Cobb County Animal Control. I went out to the shelter on  Saturday  to see if I could adopt him and try to find a rescue shelter for him  but they  have a policy that you cannot adopt a pet if you live in the same  neighborhood in which he was picked up.

I pleaded with the supervisor to not  euthanize him  and he is giving me until Wednesday the 23rd before he is to be  euthanized.  Please, please, please help me help this sweet, sweet, dog!! He is  very very loving and such a sweetie! He just wants a warm home and loving  parents! I am unable to have any more dogs in my home (I rent and my landlord told  me no  more) but Bear is not deserving of such a untimely death. He's confused  and sad in  his cage. His previous mommy told me on the phone that he was her baby  and he  slept with them and she missed him. They called him Stevie. Unfortunately,  I didn't have a number to call her back but I think that his daddy would  eventually  have killed him even if she was the one to come pick him up. 

His tag number at the shelter is 7607 and he was in cage #90. He's  great with kids and got along well with 2 of my dogs (the other one was jealous  of him - Bear tried to be friends but my dog would nip at him). They estimate  he's  about 3 years old. Mr. Don Bruce, the supervisor at animal control, said  if I found  a rescue shelter to take him, he would give Bear to them. If you can  help Bear,  I will donate $50 a month for the next 12 months to help with him and  other animals looking for a good home. I wish I could do more.  Please let me know... I'm trying to save this baby with the best of  my abilities.

Thank you so much,
Michelle Lingus
404-993-8122