Winnipeg’s Most Unwanted Dog: Animal Services takes new approach to adoption during influx of dogs – Winnipeg | 24CA News

Facing an inflow of canines, Winnipeg’s Animal Services has turned to a a novel thought to search out properties for his or her pups.

They’re going with an honesty-is the-best-policy strategy to assist join their harder-to-adopt canines with the right proprietor, explains Animal Services basic supervisor, Leland Gordon.

“We had a dog here that was (here) for over a year, we’ve had a few dogs that have been here for over six months. Now, those dogs aren’t usually the perfect dog — they need an experienced pet owner,” Gordon instructed Global News this week.

It’s what led Animal Services to start out the “Winnipeg’s Most Unwanted Dog” program.

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The program kicked off late final 12 months to assist discover a dwelling for significantly hard-to-love pup named Hank.

“Hank had been here for over six months. He was a little growly in his cage. He only liked specific people,” Gordon defined.

“He needed a very experienced dog owner that would work with him and train him.”

After posting a photograph of Hank along with his title as the town’s most undesirable canine on Animal Service’s social media accounts, he was adopted out inside three days.

With the success, a brand new pup — Ralph — has been topped Winnipeg’s most undesirable canine.

Animal Services posted a photograph of Ralph over the weekend and are hoping he finds a house quickly, too.

Gordon says Winnipeg Animal Services has seen growing numbers of canines because the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing he says is going on at shelters throughout the nation.

While Animal Service’s “comfort level” for caring for canines is about 20, Gordon stated the Logan Avenue facility is at the moment housing between 26 to 32 canines a day.

That’s partly due to a shift in how the town’s animal providers handles the canines it brings in, in keeping with Gordon.

“In the olden days, you know, we would euthanize 300 to 400 dogs a year, which was very sad,” he stated.

“Nowadays, with our crew of employees and volunteers, if we’ve bought a scared canine, we’re going to work with that. If we’ve bought a canine that has kennel cough — widespread ailment with canines — we’re going to get remedy for that canine,

“We do everything we can to save as many dogs as possible.”

Gordon stated the concentrate on care and adoption means Animal Services is now euthanizing between 10 and 20 canines a 12 months.

“I think our residents and supporters in Winnipeg can be really proud of that, that we’re not your grandfather’s dog pound,” he stated.

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“We’re not that dog pound you would see in a bad movie.”

More info on canines obtainable for adoption from Winnipeg Animal Services — together with some fairly cute images — may be discovered on their web site.

“At the end of the day, you know, we don’t want to be sitting on a collection of dogs which nobody in our community wants,” Gordon stated.

“If people feel sorry for dogs that are in animal services, when you’re ready to get your next dog, then adopt one from animal services.”

— with information from Richard Cloutier and Clay Young

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