#FurryFriendFriday pets

Jinxie, Destiny, Reba and Reuban/Buddy are all waiting for you at the shelter!

Dogs

• “The Legion” is a litter of pug-terrier mix puppies, about 5 months old. They come complete with a cute underbite and are smaller-boned, weighing in at around 20 pounds right now and could get between 30 and 35 pounds by the time they're fully grown. For an application to adopt them, email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Like: romping, tumbling, watching televised tennis. Dislike: totalitarian dictatorships, hard-boiled egg yolks, low-carb bread.

• “Mhera” is a 3- or 4-year-old, female shepherd mix who’s not great with young children and has no interest in other dogs, but she does know how to sit and beg and walks well on a leash. If you would like an application for this lovely lady, please email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Likes: alone time, nature documentaries, when things go her way. Dislikes: goldfinches, artificial sweeteners, people on Facebook who can’t make a post without mentioning the essential oils/dietary supplements/acne creams they sell on the side.

• “Reese” is a female Lab mix, 1 year, about 45 pounds. Shelter staff say she could use some obedience training. “Instead of putting in the time and effort to help a young dog, they brought her to the shelter. Owner said she is hyper and a runner. Sweet girl. A little time and training and she will be a great dog.” Likes: room to run and play, learning new skills, antiquing. Dislikes: long lines, when couponers take all the sale items leaving none for people who only want one or two bottles of shampoo (then sell them on local for-sale Facebook pages), broccoli.

• “Shelby” is a female puppy, about 40 pounds, less than a year. She was surrendered for chewing, but as that’s puppy behavior, good training should help her learn better ways to play. Likes: really sturdy toys, dragging her bed to the living room for movie nights, romping. Dislikes: man buns, being told “no” with a stern voice, being given up on.

• “Rocky” is a male, boxer mix, about 1 year old, around 50 pounds right now, but needs to fill out a bit more. Likes: Really tough chew bones in red or blue, but not green, apple cores, rolling in blankets until he’s a burrito. Dislikes: caramel sauce (sticky), hip hop music, being picked up off the ground.

• “Carolina” is a female Lab mix, black, about a year old, may be best as an only dog, but the shelter is continuing to evaluate her. Likes: good spicy barbecue, banana pudding, chilling on the beach. Dislikes: rudeness, lumpy biscuits (she’ll eat them, but she’ll be disappointed), rain right after she got her hair done.

• “Finchley” (AKA Bentley) is a red tick-heeler mix, about 50 pounds. Likes: African violets, corn chips, frolicking. Dislikes: angry parrots, carrots, shouty commercials.

• “Reuban” (AKA “Buddy”) is a male boxer mix, brindle and white, 2-3 years old, about 50 pounds. He always looks so worried; perhaps he was concerned he might not ever get moved into a foster home. His luck has changed. He is now in foster care and is much happier and outgoing now. If you would like an application for Reuban/Buddy, email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Likes: quiet days at the lake, chasing bubbles, watching TV shows about cars. Dislikes: bad cable connections, the beeping from the microwave (food shouldn’t have to make that noise), celebrity gossip on the news.

• “Francesca” is a heeler-terrier mix, 1 year, about 40 pounds. Likes: comedians who yell everything, over-grilled chicken, those rye croutons. Dislikes: fortune cookies, raisins, spiders.

• “Ormando” is a male, black Lab mix, tall and lanky. He came in as a stray. Likes: carrots, that euphoric feeling when you’ve leapt into a lake, but haven’t hit the water yet, Chewbacca. Dislikes: essential oils evangelists, the overuse of Styrofoam, the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies.

• “Astoria” is a black Lab, about 3 years old, a bit uncertain at the shelter. Likes: pasta, foreign films, country music. Dislikes: Roombas, lint, bobby pins.

• “Miss Bear” is an Aussie mix, 5 years old, spayed. Probably best as an only child, needs physical fencing as she chases cars, door darter, but good with kids and cats. Likes: freedom, wide-open spaces, catching cars. Dislikes: the conundrum of what to do with a car once she’s caught it, lack of anyone paying attention to her for the slightest moment, the smell of fish.

• "Destiny" is a female shepherd mix, 2-3, surrender because her owner couldn't handle caring for her and another dog. Likes: chewy caramel, going to the pumpkin patch solely for the Instagram pics, The Spice Girls. Dislikes: hard caramel, getting wet in the fall rain, soggy leaves.

• “Chance” is a male beagle mix, about 2 years old, about 35 pounds. He showed up at someone’s house, but their dogs didn’t like him, so they brought him to the shelter for a shot at a home where everyone did like him. Still, he doesn’t seem to have problems with other dogs. Likes: romping, making friends, those little pumpkins the size of baseballs. Dislike: angry, barky dogs, squirrels in his yard, the rise of social media.

• “Rufus” is a black Lab, between 4 and 6 years old, around 65 pounds, who spent the first years of his life on a chain. He’s not as confident as other dogs and may not have had much interaction with other dogs. Likes: interior decorating, finger (paw?) painting, goldfinches. Dislikes: chains, being alone, being in a crowd.

• “Speckle" is a 1-year-old female Heeler mix. Likes: running, chasing tennis balls, watching goldfish in a tank. Dislikes: people who think you can make macaroni and cheese with squash instead of cheese (just call it macaroni and squash or something. It's not cheese.), when she accidently gets too much lotion on her paws, ice on the roads/sidewalks.

• "Disney" is a 2-year-old female, Catahoula-shepherd mix, about 45 to 50 pounds. Surrendered because her owner could no longer keep her, but her previous human said she's good with kids. Likes: DreamWorks movies (ironically enough — they just take more risks with storytelling!), kitchen appliances used as weaponry in movies, mice with high-pitched voices. Dislikes: angry ducks, villians with motifs in any color but green, pumpkin seeds.

• "Rico" is a boxer-hound mix, about 50 pounds. Outgoing and very social. He's OK with other dogs and his previous owner said he's been around smaller dogs in the past. Likes: bodies of water (oceans, lakes, ponds, streams, creaks, your glass of water you left out within tongue's reach), beef jerky, ska bands. Dislikes: sand, canned tuna, people who think "cups" are an instrument.

• "Nova" is a pit mix. She lost her leg either due to a trap or it being shot off, but she gets around just fine on three. She's social with people and other dogs and is currently in foster care, but just wants a forever home. For an application to adopt her, please email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Likes: scampering, long rambles through the woods, wiggling. Dislikes: inhumane traps, mint anything, mushrooms.

Cats

• “Yum Yum” is an orange male cat, 6 years old, neutered, well fed, cool with dogs. Likes: boxes, finding an extra piece of kibble behind his bowl, being adopted. Dislikes: having to actually climb into the boxes, when he can see the bottom of his bowl through the food (he’s about to starve), static electricity.

• “Mrs. Flufflesworth” is a female cat with beautiful green eyes and dark brown markings. Likes: chasing the red dot, having to be out among the rabble, carbonated beverages. Dislikes: lint, that one guy who compared her to Chewbacca, squash.

• “Fizzywickett” is a young adult cat, beautiful. Likes: Chicken nuggets, lightly fried fish fillets, evenings at the symphony. Dislikes: anyone who makes fun of her name, anyone who forgets the second “T” in her name, when people clap between movements at the symphony.

• "Optimus Prime" is a kitten, yellow and black stripes, superpowered ears. Likes: law, order, justice. Dislikes: the Law & Order television franchise, cowardice, Decepticons.

• “Beelzebub” is a long-haired white kitten, about 8 weeks old. Likes: torturing the damned, tending their sulphur pits, playing with brimstone. Dislikes: harp music, lint, feathers.

• “Pip” is a long-haired gray and white kitten, about 8 weeks. Looks like a soulful-eyed dust bunny. Likes: the color pink, being a cat, their own magnificent hair. Dislikes: vaccums, sneaky pickles, getting water on their face while getting a drink.

• “Wix” is a gray tiger kitten. Not angry, just disappointed. Likes: reading classical literature, detailed embroidery, heavy metal music. Dislikes: celebrity gossip, quilts too heavy for the weather, glitter.

• "Reba" is a female, dilute calico. She came in with a litter of kittens and now it's time for her to find a forever home. Likes: safe and reliable birth control, visits to the spa, pumpkin spice lattes. Dislikes: Reese's cups with the Reese's Pieces in them (why, Hershey? Why?), lukewarm water, getting dirty.

• "Orion" is an orange and white cat who turned up at the shelter wearing a collar with a bell. Shelter staff are sure there's an owner somewhere.

• "Magnus" or "Julia" (unsure of a gender) is a pale orange kitten. Likes: fine wood art, making biscuits, ducks. Dislikes: sweeping up sawdust, sweeping up flour, geese.

• "Rey" is an adult dilute calico, turned into the shelter when her owner had to move. Likes: watching the occupants of fish bowls, when humans stay put, hiding in dresser drawers. Dislikes: phone notifications that sound like birds, when humans wake her up to take pictures for their Instagram accounts, hand sanitizer.

• “Lily” is a male tiger cat (yes, male), wo was brought to the shelter because his human could no longer care for him. He’s very sweet and loving and is ready for a new home. Likes: classic rock, shiny rocks, rocking with you in a rocking chair. Dislikes: the overall passage of time, Cheez-Its, rap music.

• "Jinxie" is a female Siamese cat, adopted from the shelter and then returned. Her new owner said she wasn't using the litter box; however she is a front declaw and sometimes they don't like coarse litter because it hurts their feet. She's never any litter box issues at the shelter. Likes: watching synchronized swimming, extreme dust bunny elimination, managing her own social media empire. Dislikes: getting wet, the vaccum, canned tuna (freshly grilled or baked or not at all).

• "Longfellow" is a long-haired gray kitten. Likes: pursuing their PhD in European literature, grunge music, pretzels. Dislikes: mustard, snow, reality television.

Adoption fees include rabies shot and normal cost of spay and neuter. Adoption cost for dogs is $80 and $50 for cats. The return-to-owner fee is $10, plus a $2 per-day board fee and proof of rabies shot or another $10.

Shelter hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Closed on Sunday and holidays. Contact Salem Animal Control or the Salem Shelter at 812-883-3673 or Washington County Animal Control at 812-883-5999.

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