Puppy Prevention Success

There's no simple solution to the pet overpopulation problem. WAG's Puppy Prevention program was created to start at the source - spay female dogs that have already had at least one litter, hoping to prevent any further births. Spaying and neutering the puppies before adoption also prevents any accidental litters that might occur if new owners wait too long to sterilize their new pups.

In the three months since beginning, WAG has welcomed 36 puppies and 6 mother dogs into the PP program. Most puppies leave mom at 6-8 weeks for adoption and the mother dog is typically ready to be spayed 4-6 weeks later. To-date, 22 puppies have been adopted and 3 female dogs spayed. 

When owners sign their animals up for the program, puppies and mother dog are immediately dewormed and vaccinated (depending on age). Subsequent dewormings and vaccinations follow. After their second set of vaccinations, the puppies are typically ready to leave mom. All dewormings and vaccines are paid for by WAG.

When puppies leave mom, they're spayed/neutered and go to a WAG foster home, ready to start their journey toward a new home. WAG volunteers later schedule the mother dog's sterilization surgery through Paradox Spay Neuter Clinic and contact the owner, paying for the cost of spay-related surgery and rabies vaccine.

Our thanks to the community for supporting this program - both pet owners and donors who've made this initiative possible. We're making a difference - one dog at a time!

A new Lady

WAG welcomes a new enrollee in our Puppy Prevention program - Lady, a happy hound mix. Her circumstances are a little different than some of our other PP mom dogs - she was a stray found during the icy cold month of February by an animal- loving good samaritan. A vet exam revealed Lady was pregnant, so the GS decided rather than take Lady to the shelter, she'd foster her until her puppies were born. So five weeks ago Lady had 7 puppies! After contacting lots of rescues with no luck, Lady's benefactor called WAG. We're going to squeeze the puppies into our program and hope to also have space for Lady soon because she's SUCH a loving, kind girl and deserves a wonderful life.

Her puppies are adorable, but we have to be honest - they didn't get any of mom's flashier looks. Four black puppies with some white markings and three brindle babies. But hey, everybody can't have dazzling movie star dog looks - and just take a peek at these sweet faces! Everyone had their first set of vaccines/deworming and puppies will be available for adoption in a few weeks. We're glad WAG could help this deserving furry family!

A Brotherly Reunion

In 2010 we rescued two little terrier mix puppies from Walton County Animal Control. We named them Oscar and Felix.

One of our WAG supporters, Kim, brought them to the attention of two of her friends living in California, Kay and Eileen. Kay lives in San Francisco and Eileen in San Mateo. The three former college classmates stay in touch and Kim visits California often. Kay and Eileen fell in love with Felix and Oscar's photos and filled out adoption applications for them.

Obviously Monroe is nowhere near California, so it was decided that Felix and Oscar would fly to California with Kim on her next trip. So at five months of age, the boys boarded a jet flying toward their new home. First class, no less! Well, "technically" they were in a crate, but even the stewardesses fell in love with the flying cuties while they were passed around the plane. Eileen and Kay were thrilled to meet their new babies and both boys went home.

Fast forward four years later. Here's a picture of the first reunion between Oscar and Felix since going to their new families. Don't they look great? Obviously it's to hard to know for sure if they remembered each other, but Kay and Eileen report that they seemed real comfortable together and had a wonderful time playing.

It's wonderful to see some of our rescues after so many years and to hear about the joy they bring to their families.

Rescue rocks!

More food to feed pets!

More food to help somebody's pets - unloading donations at FISH!

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Toby's Happy Ending

Happy Adoption Day for Toby! Today his perfect family came to see him, fell in love and took him home for what we hope is another WAG Happy-Ever-After tale. Big yard, lots of kids, dog parks and jogging with Dad - it doesn't get much better than that for a dog. Congratulations to Toby and the Klein's and welcome to the WAG family!

Coming soon to an adoption event near you!

Some new fuzzy faces in the WAG adoption program - eight adorable puppies coming via our Puppy Prevention program. Four boys and four girls, different colors and markings. Mom is a Shepherd/Husky so they'll be big dogs. Sadie and her siblings just received their first set of vaccinations/deworming and will be ready for adoption in a few short weeks!

Meet Maggie!

Here's Maggie, a Catahoula mix rescued from Gwinnett who needed hip surgery. She's doing great now and is ready for her new home. Maggie is a very bright and friendly girl who's energetic and needs an owner that will spend time with her. She gets along great with our other dogs and loves attention from people.