our pets: RESCUE
Where’s
Wally?
Where’s
Wally?
Where’s Wally?
BY KATIE RODGERS
If you love
something,
let it go.
If it comes
back, it’s
yours
APRIL 2016
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
T
hey say not all those who wander
are lost, but maybe, just maybe,
this little pup was.
The pit mix was brought in for
the first time as a stray to the
Weatherford/Parker County Animal
Shelter on Aug. 17, of 2015.
With a friendly, outgoing
personality, the volunteers fell in
love with him, instantly. The shelter
determined that he was no more
than 1 to 2 years old, still a puppy
with lots of room for training,
making him an excellent candidate
for adoption. However, poor Wally
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had a noticeable skin condition
which caused him to itch so bad that
most of his fur was gone. When the
volunteers attempted to bathe him,
even as gently as they could, his raw
skin would bleed and they knew he
was in pain. Despite having done all
they could do for him to make him
comfortable, the shelter knew that
whoever adopted him would have to
take on the burden of vet bills.
Wally was adopted after a little
over a month later, on Sept. 22. The
volunteers were sad to see him go,
but overjoyed that he was going to
a forever home. However, strangely
enough, Wally was returned to the
shelter as a stray for the second time
on Dec. 31. Shelter staff-members
recognized him at once due to his
skin condition that seemed to only
be getting worse. They attempted
to bathe him once more and, not
knowing what else to do for him, put
the pup back up for adoption. This
time, he was only in the shelter for a
few weeks before he was adopted for
the second time on Jan. 20 of 2016.
It’s not often that animals return
to the shelter after they’ve been