Carter is an adorable little 9 week old chihuahua puppy who got kennel cough and then developed pneumonia despite being on antibiotics. He has been in the hospital receiving treatments including 2 different injectable antibiotics, nebulization of saline and antibiotics to help clear the infection, and nutritional supplementation. Today he is going home with his foster mother to recover more. We have been very worried about him and are hoping that he will continue to improve. The doctors say it could be a couple of weeks before we know that he is out of the woods. … more
Archive for October, 2008
Another Happy Ending…
October 31, 2008 by laurenbugngus
Dear Staff of Austin Pets Alive,
Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedicating yourselves to such a great cause. Here are some pictures of our puppy, Eva, that we adopted from your organization on September 15th. Eva is now 14-weeks old and weighs almost 15 pounds! She is loving life and we thank you for rescuing her, so that we could have her in our lives. She is happy, healthy and so well-loved…a real success story!Thank you to all the staff, volunteers and foster parents.
- Julie & Eva
Happy Halloween from Eva!
Austin’s Favorite Dog will be decided on Friday
October 29, 2008 by austinpetsalive
Voting for our Favorite Dog Contest ends this Friday. The results for first place are very close with Tucker and Lexie only separated by 8.5 votes (not sure how the half vote got in there, but we’ll take it!). Check out all of our super-cute contestants and vote for your favorite by making a tax-deductible donation that will help us save more pets from dying at our city shelter.
Thank you very much to our sponsors, Austin Monthly, Dog Boys, and Urban Living and the photographer who photographed all … more
Help Us Help Pets!
October 28, 2008 by austinpetsalive
Interested in helping make Austin a no-kill city? We’d love to meet you!
Our next volunteer orientation will be this Sunday, November 2nd, 10am at Mars restaurant on South Congress. For more information, visit the volunteer section of our website.
Thank you very much to Mars for opening their restaurant to us on Sunday!
No More Homeless Pets Conference- APA! will be represented!
October 22, 2008 by epjdog
Best Friends is sponsoring a No More Homeless Pets Conference in Las Vegas this weekend. FixAustin.org and Central Texas Animal Alliance have generously sponsored all of Ellen Jefferson’s trip to the conference and part of Gretchen Meyer’s trip. http://network.bestfriends.org/conferences/news
We are both very excited about going and learning about other cities’ efforts and about the latest greatest ideas on how to become a No Kill City.
Austin Pets Alive! has made a big difference over the last few months in Town Lake Animal Center’s death rate. In July, we decreased dog deaths by 25%!!!! Even though these numbers are exciting, we have to … more
Phoenix – Post from New Home
October 16, 2008 by epjdog
Phoenix and Friend
Phoenix was officially adopted by his foster family. They have cared for him since the beginning and have given him the meticulous care he needed as well as a TON of TLC. He is doing remarkably well now and the veterinarians in charge of his care think that he has no problems left from his ordeal. He is fully functional in every way. In fact, he is even getting neutered next week!
As his new life actually does take on a shape of it’s … more
Livvy
October 16, 2008 by austinpetsalive
Livvy when she was at Town Lake Animal Center
Recognize this dog? This is Livvy, who is the dog on our website. Livvy has had a life filled with lucky…and not so lucky…times. She is one of the first dogs that entered APA’s program back in May, when she wasn’t doing well at the city shelter. She’s a very active and smart dog, and like most active and smart dogs, her behavior deteriorated in the shelter environment. Livvy was very lucky … more