Webster County Animal Protection & Lucky Dog Training

06/24/2025

We don’t know how you feel about love in your house, but I know we believe in it in mine. We see love every day - in the person that stops to pick up a dog or a cat, in the donations made to trap and release, or the wet noses that land against all of our faces after a long day.

Love carries us all through all the mundane tasks that we do, it pushes us to get out of bed every morning, dream big dreams, and love pushes us to keep striving for more.

In 2023, Angelo was found wandering Bobtown in a depleted state and as it would turn out, almost my entire team was involved. Renee had a friend reach out and she urged her to call it into dispatch and Anna picked him up and brought him in. That night she sent our group a photo of him and I’m certain it broke all of our hearts at once.

His leg was irreparable and his body had wasted to almost nothing. He spent a night at the pound before he found himself rehabbing at my house with a slow refeed plan on special low fat food (so we didn’t overwhelm his body).

A couple of weeks in, Angelo, and the rest of my crew, met up with Aaron so Aaron could donate food to his cause. And the love story began…

Between him and Angelo.

Almost a year later, Aaron found himself living with me, too (without the special refeed diet), and we all became a family.

Angelo - a true underdog who had no reason to survive. His body couldn’t have been far from shutting down when he was found, and truly, which of us haven’t been there in one way or another? He now spends his time running with our other dogs, bothering the cats, getting all the kisses on his giant meatball head, and enjoying quiet nights sitting on our patio chairs.

Tonight, the city of Fort Dodge voted to roll the pound contract under the umbrella of WCAP and we’ve chosen to make Angelo the face.

Saving Angelo was a group effort and as it was, so it will continue to be just that - ran by teamwork.

Animals end up with us for so many reasons - maybe they’ve been seized, saved, or dumped. Some of them are loved and come to us by accident and some come to us in sad shape - the proverbial underdogs of the animal world.

While some of you may call it a pound, to us, it represents a path to a better life.

One filled with the love they all deserve.

Xoxoxo
WCAP

06/23/2025

Lucky dog obedience class! Mika stepped out of the pool to remind me to tell you there’s no class tonight!! Practice your things and I’ll see you all next week!

06/23/2025

Teach your pup some cool stuff on hot summer days with this 6-week basic obedience training opportunity! Just 4 spots left in the puppy class and 5 spots left in the adult dog class.

06/22/2025

WCAP’s favorite sled dog around! Huskies were born to run and any of you who own a Husky know that. These dogs have issues being kenneled for too long and are known for finding trouble when they get bored, so it makes sense to us that this boy was having a really tough time being kenneled. They are also extremely well known for having a lot to say, and this boy had plenty to say while he was in the pound.

As always, we are extremely thankful for our partners in rescue, a Husky Minnesota, who took on a boy we picked up last week at Casey’s… can you guess his new name?!

Casey was picked up today and brought to his new foster family where he will await to find the perfect forever home! Breed specific rescues are super wonderful because they’re great at finding homes that fit a breed’s genetic need and we have all the faith in the world that Casey will find the perfect home that fits him just right!

Special thanks to Amy who is always one text away and ready to save the next Husky!

We were told he was the perfect gentlemen the whole way there!! Have the best life, Casey!! 💙

06/22/2025

The importance of researching a breed!

06/22/2025

Did you know that trap, neuter, release can work for species other than cats? Morocco is pouring 100 million into stabilizing their stray dog population.

Increasing the health and welfare of these animals populations benefits the health of the herd and lets them live out their natural lives on the streets.

So far, we are up to 16 cats fixed and three kittens put into rescue (too young to be fixed). Note: those kittens did not go through the pound - the pound is meant for domesticated animals only!

19 cats will not be able to continue repopulating, have received basic healthcare, and are set back out at home to continue living.

Contrary to what Western media have been reporting in recent months about Morocco’s intention to eliminate stray dogs, the Ministry of Interior has revealed something completely different.

06/19/2025

This little sweetie has an announcement!

So far JRG Livestock & Pet Supply has vetted and fixed 10 (10!!!!!!) female cats for us!

Did you know unfixed females (called Queens 💁🏼‍♀️) can have anywhere from 1-5 litters a year with 4-6 kittens per litter?

That means with just ONE trap and release round, it has prevented between 200-300 kittens from being born!

If you’d like to support our effort, please donate to JRG or buy a shirt!

https://www.bonfire.com/stay-wild-105/?productType=bacf6cd6-b53d-469c-ab96-02afe5b15f71

The trapping resumes tonight! We have waaaaaay more work to do!

06/19/2025

06/19/2025

Meet Charlie!

Charlie was pulled today from a community cat colony in Pleasant Valley. I could tell he was borderline on size to neuter but I also knew I couldn’t put a visually impaired cat back onto the streets (contrary to popularar belief, I actually really love cats).

He tested FIV negative (yay Charlie!!), will get vaccinated, neutered, and the colony owner gave me permission to put him into rescue.

This is NOT a fun life for cats. Did you know house cats are not even native to America? They were brought over by European Colonies. Our summers and winters can be so harsh in Iowa and living on the streets comes with lots of difficulties.

With TnR, we trap them, fix them, and release them back. If we are trapping in a place with no owner (like the dump), we would fix them and try to find them a place to live with better food, water, and shelter.

If they are trapped from a personal colony, we would get approval from the colony owner before releasing them any different.

I’d really like the community to start giving us the benefit of the doubt. I can assure you that my entire team loves animals even more than we like people, and sometimes with the way people talk to us, it makes it a lot more difficult. Please be kind and understand we’re working to improve the lives of animals - that’s our job and that’s our focus.

Charlie will be available for adoption after his surgery! The vets said his eyes may be worthy of a recheck down the road, but he is already a sweet, cuddly eight week only little babe.

06/18/2025

We got to the trap spot early this morning and someone had opened our traps and released the cats.

One of our traps is broken - we can’t help our community if the community is working against us.

We booked another surgery day and we’re still extremely thankful to JRG Livestock & Pet Supply for stepping up and helping us.

Friendly reminder: this is healthcare for the cats and they get placed back in their colonies with vaccines and unable to continue repopulating. TNR is a proven tool to reduce a cat colony (catch and kill is not effective, btw).

Please be respectful of our efforts - we’re only trying to help our community.