Posted on June 12, 2011 by WayCoolDogs

We received notice today from Stella’s Hope that Larry, the pit-bull Lab mix that had survived Katrina, had found a foster home for dogs yesterday. He had been on a cement run in a shelter for over a year, and was developing sores and dermadectic mange from it. Our recent article on “Katrina Canine Survivor – Gentle Larry” was published June 8th in the hopes of helping find the guy a home. Whatever the reason, Larry is now in a loving foster home. Hopefully soon he can be permanently adopted for his much needed forever home.

Posted on March 28, 2011 by WayCoolDogs

A number of dogs were confiscated from a ‘security facility’ where they had been locked in cages and left to starve, and brought to the shelter. Some were too far gone and had to be put to sleep, but a few including a large black pit bull called Storm looked like they might make it. I was immediately attracted to her because her eyes were so amazingly expressive. They could have told you her life history, but what showed most was that she felt lost, and lonely. Her sad face reminded me of the little alien in ET, and I could almost hear her saying ‘home, home . . .‘

Posted on November 28, 2010 by WayCoolDogs

Angel was exactly as her name indicates – petite and honey-coloured with waves in her fur, given up because her owners could no longer care for her, and it was obvious that she had given birth quite recently. It turned out that she had delivered five puppies who had all been taken from her and [...]

Posted on February 11, 2010 by WayCoolDogs

According to rumor, the perfect time to adopt a dog or bring one home is in the spring or summer. But unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world and haven’t in a long time. With this in mind, it is accepted that most people choose to adopt or buy dogs all year long, with [...]

Posted on April 04, 2009 by WayCoolDogs

When the words “homeless animals” are typed into the Google search engine, it takes about .32 seconds for 2,810,000 results to come up on the subject, not showing us the six to eight million animals entering shelters on an annual basis. But out of these numbers, three to four million are being euthanized as we [...]

Posted on April 03, 2009 by WayCoolDogs

This story is breaking hearts and going around the internet like fire.  With the current recession affecting families, animals are beginning to take it in the shorts with owners finding themselves unable to feed or care for them. But Copper could have been saved if his owner would have placed him in a shelter or [...]