Wet Snout Hang Out

07/16/2022

URGENT: We need dry dog food!

Our incoming shipment of dog food has been delayed and with so many dogs continuing to come in, we're worried we may run completely out by Monday.

Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33S73UFV4U7I7/

https://www.chewy.com/g/cincinnati-animal-care-humane-society_b73003029 -list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT

In-person donations can be dropped off at 3949 Colerain Ave between 10am-6pm.

We are forever grateful to our incredible community who always steps up to help the lost animals of Cincinnati and Hamilton County!

07/13/2022

Heyyyyy! We have gotten lots of new followers in the last few days and that’s awesome! Thanks for being here PLEASE KEEP SHARING and interacting. It really helps. 🧍🏾‍♀️🧍🏼🧍🏼‍♂️🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏾🧍🏼‍♂️
Now, I feel like it’s time for a PSA and an honest truth. Everytime we share our day with our fosters tons of people suggest we keep the dogs and make them a firehouse dog permanently. Now listen, I love dogs. Anyone who knows me knows I’m ✨KIND OF✨ a dog person, and the foot traffic and animals was one of the reasons I came to the 34’s 4 years ago.

But taking day fosters at work is NOT ABOUT US HAVING A DOG AT WORK.
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I love having the dogs there, all the boys do too. But the reason we do it is to help the shelter.
Cincinnati Animal CARE is currently at 🚨230%🚨capacity for dogs. I don’t know how good you guys are at math but um…. That math isn’t mathing. That means they have dogs in offices, in garages and they are all totally swamped. THEY NEED HELP.

The thing about Engine 34 is….that you can always get a tour. Stop in. I’ll offer to let your kid hold an axe. He will love it. You have a flat tire? Here, we’ll help you change it. Is your kid in the hospital? We can bring you dinner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital is right down the street. Ah man. Locked your keys in the car? Well…..we really aren’t supposed to but- let me get the stuff my driver is really good at getting in and he’ll help you.
We should help our community whenever we see a need, and right now the shelter, which is in our neighborhood, has a huge need. We can’t keep a dog permanently, but we have space and we have downtime, so this is a really easy way for us to help. But it’s bigger than just us taking the foster, and it’s the reason this page exists…. For awareness. People can’t help in ways they don’t know exist.

What I mean is when someone sees us outside the firehouse with a dog and they say “oh you have a firehouse dog!” And we say “it’s actually a foster, we take one once a week just for the day and it really helps the shelter, anyone can do it!” And they say “wow I didn’t know they did that that’s awesome I will look into doing that myself”
That’s the plan. That’s how this whole thing works. We spread the word, we help one dog have one good day, one at a time, and hopefully one by one we clear out the shelter.

So, let’s get more people doing it! Have you ever done a day foster? Let us know! Share a picture! Post about the dog and tag us so we can see. We will share it and hopefully we can bust em out one at a time.

So, the pictures below are why we’re doing it. Having a dog around is cool, but we can’t let the shelter stay like this. The dogs are cramped and the humans working and volunteering at the shelter and drowning. Let’s work together to change it.
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07/13/2022

Diesel gives you a tour of a ✨day in the life✨ of a firehouse dog.

07/13/2022

Should Diesel jump in the fountain?
👍🏻for yes
❤️for heck yes do it right now

07/12/2022

Diesel has arrived!

07/11/2022

Today is the day! Cincinnati Animal CARE is once again teaming up with BISSELL Pet Foundation for another event! We'll be reducing adoption fees to $10 for all cats over 6 months old and all dogs over 6 months and over 25 lbs!

Shelters are filling up nationwide at an alarming rate and CAC is no exception. As your one and only county shelter, our capacity crisis can only be solved by people like you. It's easy to see lost animals coming into the shelter and say "people are the worst," but people are the solution!

No animal leaves a shelter without a person! Can you be that person for one of the 500+ total animals in the shelter and in our foster homes?

Adoptable dogs - https://cincinnatianimalcare.org/adopt/available-dogs/

Adoptable cats - https://cincinnatianimalcare.org/adopt/available-cats/

We're open daily from 1pm-6pm and Empty the Shelters goes today until July 31!

07/11/2022

The Cincinnati Zoo has been real quiet since we figured out our foster dog was actually Fiona. I wonder what animal they will try to disguise as a dog tomorrow.

07/08/2022

158 Animals in 6 days. Wow. Can you help by just taking one of them out for the day for a ? Pick up a buddy at 12-1230, bring them back by 530. It’s a huge help! Let us know if you do it!

07/08/2022

I’m not saying that Sky and Fiona are the same person. But I’ve never seen ‘em in the same room.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden explain yourself.

07/08/2022

The first question people always ask about our foster dogs is “did they make runs with you?!” And… no. We don’t take the dogs on runs, even though some of them WOULD LOVE TO! But, we do stay in service while we pick up and drop off our fosters from the shelter. So yesterday while we were on our way to take Sky back to the shelter for dinner, she became the first dog to make a run with us!
Sky is a VERY sweet dog, she has such a funny, expressive face, and like most shelter dogs, she just wants love. She did great going outside to potty even when it got very stormy, and she was friendly to every person and animal she met.
Adopt sky!

07/06/2022

Wow that was quite a storm! We were out of the house for a while so we made Sky a quesadilla when we got back. Did it storm at your house? Did you get a quesadilla?

07/06/2022

Sky is in the house!

07/04/2022

Kipper was as good as gold and better. She, like so many shelter dogs, just wants to ride along. She would make an excellent right hand dog for any activity from hiking, to cooking, to studying, to napping. She is available for adoption at Cincinnati Animal CARE and I’ll link her in the comments for the algorithm. ✌🏻🍔🎾

07/04/2022

What do you dream about? I dream of a soft bed and a lap around the block. And then we get takeout for dinner. We deserve it.
💤🏡🍔💚🎾 goodnight friends🎾💚🍔🏡💤

07/04/2022

Look at this workin’ girl! We had an outstanding day with Kipper. She is such a friendly dog, walks like a dream on a leash, she doesn’t beg, but once her off switch is activated she does snore 💤 💤 so do we babe. No worries.

07/03/2022

Kipper is in the house!
Kipper is 2 years old and about 35 pounds.
She is SO HAPPY to see everyone!

07/03/2022

West Snout Clean Your Closet Out!
It’s foster dog day!! Cincinnati Animal CARE is always taking donations! One of the things they need is old towels and sheets. We put a basket on our bench if you have anything you don’t need that the shelter can use! Remember that this weekend they will take in LOTS of animals because of fireworks. Let’s help them out! Fill up our basket, we know you have some sheets you don’t use anymore!

07/02/2022

Day trips are so much fun! Look at this little guy having a great day.
Hope our day foster has just as much fun tomorrow!
Have you had your own yet? It really helps these dogs decompress from the stressful shelter environment, and it gives you a buddy for the day! Win win!

07/01/2022

Wet Snout Give Us A Shout

We again are readying the house to have a lunch guest from Cincinnati Animal CARE on Sunday.
Any suggestions? Do you guys have a favorite buddy that could use a day out?
Let us know in the comments!
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06/29/2022

Wet Snout don’t let your dog get out.
Reminder….
Every year, the days leading up to and following the 4th of July, shelters everywhere fill up with animals frightened by fireworks.
Please put a phone number on your pet. You don't have to spend any money. Grab some tape and a sharpie and make the minimal effort to keep your pet from ending up at a shelter.
Even if you think there's no way they can or will escape your property, just do it.
Finding a stray animal with a phone number makes it SO SIMPLE to reunite them with their owner.
Let's make a difference this holiday and keep animals from ending up at the shelter.
Lastly, Please spay/neuter your pets.
Shelters are drowning in homeless pets😔

06/29/2022

Wet Snout Keep an Eye Out

HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
This is a courtesy post in attempts to reunite this lost pet with her owner. She is NOT located at the shelter. Please do not contact CAC with information about this animal and instead contact the number provided below.

Skye is brown and white and roughly 4 months old. She was last seen on Old State Route 74 in Mt Carmel.
CONTACT: Julie 513-778-3921

06/27/2022

Cool idea!!!

A young girl turned her special day into a generous donation for animals at an Ohio animal shelter.

06/25/2022

Win-win situation? Absolutely.

06/23/2022

Almost lunchtime. What’s everyone having? Weigh in below. ⬇️⬇️
Durke is a available for adoption at Cincinnati Animal CARE and he doesn’t beg for food at all!
10/10 great table manners.

06/22/2022

06/22/2022

Look at the little ear on this little dear. 🌽🐶
Durke was our lunchtime foster and is available for adoption at Cincinnati Animal CARE. He would be a great companion for someone, he has great manners and listens well!
Did you know you can help shelter dogs by taking one for the afternoon? We do it once a week, if other people do it too, we could help tons of shelter pets! Let us know if you have your own

06/21/2022

They say it’s bad luck to wash the front of the firetruck.… but what could make it luckier than this face! Durke was our day foster dog today and he was an absolute dream. His info will be in the comments. Are you planning to do your own daytime foster? Let us know!

06/19/2022

There’s nothing quite like the love story between a dad and a dog he said he didn’t want 💕 This is our little Great Dane friend Raina as a puppy! Do you love Great Danes? Know someone who does? Cincinnati Animal CARE has an awesome female Dane available right now named Natalie! She’s in a foster home with our friend Jenna.
She will be linked in the comments (since the algorithm hates links!)
Do you have a Dane? Drop a photo in the comments to boost engagement!

06/19/2022

06/19/2022