Adoptable Georgia Dogs for July 18, 2014

Miley behind bars is a young female Boxer mix who is part of the Canine Cellmates program at Fulton County Jail. She’s so dog gone happy she doesn’t know what to do!! The shelter staff named her “Miley” because she was so happy and wiggling her little butt so much they said she was like Miley Cyrus “twerking”. HAHA!! This is a sweet, happy girl who loves nothing more than snuggling up next to your feet. Give Miley girl a chance and submit your application today!!

Miley from Albany is a female Retriever/Hound mix puppy, kind of the quintessential Georgia dog. She is available for adoption from the Albany Humane Society in Albany, GA.

Little Miley is a female adult Shih Tzu. Miley is about 3 years old and is an adorable shih tzu. She is very very sweet and came to us from a ‘hoarding’ situation in a rural county. She is crate trained and probably housetrained but we have not had her ‘loose’ in the house yet to know. She will make a great family pet. She has been spayed, microchipped, is heartworm negative and up to date on her vaccines.

Miley is available for adoption from Remember Me? Pet Rescue in Winder, Ga.

After a raid uncovered 357 puppies in horrible conditions, the Cherokee County Animal Shelter is overcrowded and needs donation.

Susan Garcia, director of the Cherokee Animal Shelter, said the community response has been wonderful so far and thanked everyone who had already donated, adding the shelter still needs specific donations to help with the influx of animals.

“I want stuff specific to this incident,” Garcia explained. “We need stuff we can use, not stuff we have to put up … If we get stuff that’s not going to help us, it takes time for us to put it away and find space to store it.”

The shelter had to close Wednesday as staff helped care for the hundreds of dogs seized from Heavenly Kennel off Cumming Highway on Tuesday, after authorities say owner Joy Wise failed to provide proper care for the animals, despite warnings from the Cherokee County Marshal’s Office in May.

For now, Garcia said the best way for residents to help while the animal shelter houses an excess of animals is to donate money and needed supplies.

“We need newspapers,” she said, adding slick glossy advertisement pages do not work. “But we need them unfolded. We have to stop and unfold it … If we get unfolded newspaper, it goes right in.”

Specific items can be ordered and shipped to the shelter through an online wish list created on Amazon, which can be found online here.

Click here to donate online.