Congratulations to APA!’s president, Dr. Ellen Jefferson, for being named a finalist in the 2009 Austin Under 40 Awards. From their website, “Finalists were selected on the basis of excellence in their professional field and commitment to the Austin community.” We volunteers at APA! think that the AU40 committee made a great decision in choosing Dr. Jefferson as a finalist and are very proud to be volunteering for an organization with her at the helm.
Archive for February, 2009
Metric & Me: Graduation!
February 26, 2009 by jisanders
Metric & I had our last class this week. Check out these links to get caught up: Week 1, Week 2, Week 2.5, Week 3, Week 4+
This week we finally worked on leash walking…which I was looking forward to as I don’t like being dragged around by the dogs at adoption sites. The basic concept is to allow a loose leash and to change direction whenever the dog starts pulling. It sounds simple, though it required the trainer to pretend I … more
Finally an update on Honey!
February 24, 2009 by rroberts19
Honey’s foster mom here! Sorry about the long lag time between posts, I’ve been away for the past two weeks. During these past two weeks, Honey went to stay with a prospective adoptive family for a trial period. I’m elated to report that everything has been going great and I think she’s found her forever home! Her new family is wonderful, they are a couple with two older dogs and two young children. They live on a large piece of property and treat their doggies like royalty. They also have lots of family and friends with dogs who visit often. … more
More good news about Blue Boy
February 21, 2009 by epjdog
Blue Boy’s foster called yesterday and said he was really improving. He can urinate mostly on his own now with just a little help from her expressing his bladder.
She said he is feeling so good that he won’t take the pills from her anymore! He is running around on both his back legs and just acting like nothing ever happened.
I guess the next step is to find him a good home. He is still on some medications but we can discontinue them as soon as he urinates his whole bladder contents out on his own. It won’t be long!
Poor Little Rudy
February 18, 2009 by epjdog
This little guy is so cute. Everywhere he has been, people have been in love with him.
Here’s his story: Apparently he jumped out of the back of a pick up in which his owner was taking him and his brothers and sisters somewhere (flea market perhaps). He broke his right front leg.
He was so scared and in so much pain when we picked him up from the shelter. He couldn’t move because they had given him so much pain medicine (a good thing!) but he was still scared. When I opened the box I could see the towel that he was lying … more
Blue Boy Update
February 12, 2009 by epjdog
His adoration is addictive!
Blue Boy had his surgery on Monday night (sorry it took so long to update). His is now urinating out of a small hole in his groin. You can’t see it. The good news is that it is not leaking at all. The bad news is that his bladder still is not contracting and emptying itself.
For the past few days he has been tolerating 3 x/day catheterization. He is such a good obedient boy. He doesn’t like … more
1st Annual SweetBarks Honky Tonk
February 11, 2009 by austinpetsalive
Please join us for our first annual SweetBarks Honky Tonk, this Saturday, February 14th in the Jo’s parking lot on S. Congress. We’re going to have some great music and games with great prizes. Click here to see the flyer for the full event info (although the prize list for the raffle is still growing!).
Update 2-12-09, 3:30PM: The West Coast Pinups have just confirmed. They will be on from 3:30-4:30.