Teddy and extra pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters

Teddy and extra pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters

Yearly, roughly 6.5 million companion animals enter shelters nationwide, in line with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Of these, about 3.3 million are canines and three.2 million are cats.

Every week, The Arizona Republic highlights a handful of the numerous pets up for adoption at Valley shelters. To verify the standing of a selected animal, please contact the shelter immediately.

Teddy: The sweetest senior canine

Interested adopters can view available pets, like Teddy, and schedule an appointment online at azhumane.org/adopt.

Teddy the 10-years-young Pekingese combine has been with the Arizona Humane Society since July after being discovered as an injured stray. When a Good Samaritan discovered the cute little pup bleeding kind his mouth, they instantly took him to an area emergency animal clinic that then alerted the Arizona Humane Society.

An AHS Emergency Animal Medical Technician transferred the candy child to the shelter’s animal trauma hospital the place it was discovered that Teddy had extreme dental illness, leading to a number of dental surgical procedures. Whereas present process remedy, the 13-pound pup additionally battled a little bit of a pet chilly and spent a while in a Foster Hero residence to recuperate.