Greene County Animal Welfare Coalition

02/22/2025

‼️‼️Without disclosing too much information, for the safety of this family, we at Greene County Animal Welfare Coalition, are putting out a plea for help on their behalf.
On January 6th, in northeast TN, a mother, her two small children and their little dog, were forced to flee their home from a very violent situation.
They sought refuge in a battered woman’s shelter with nothing but the clothes on their backs and their little dog. Unfortunately the woman’s shelter was unable to accommodate their little dog.
She frantically had the small dog placed in a boarding facility til she could try to put her and her children's lives back together.
“Rovers Stay Over” in Johnson City, has been the dogs safe haven ever since then. The boarding owner has generously donated a neuter, vaccinations and contributed to the dogs boarding costs.
To date the boarding balance is still $1,320.00.
The dogs family, with the help of the battered woman’s shelter, is working on a secure and safe home for her, her children and their dog.
Before the dog can join them though, the balance needs to be paid. This is where we are asking for your help. If you can find it in your hearts, in a time when we’re all hurting financially, to help this little family stay together please call “Rovers Stay Over” at
1 423 930-2155 and offer to help with costs. Any amount is so appreciated. The account is under Greene County Animal Welfare Coalition and A Voice For Pets.
With your help we can make this families very tragic start to the new year a more positive one. Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

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02/06/2025

02/02/2025

🐾 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞?🐾

If you’re going through a difficult time and need help with obtaining pet food for your pets, or need help with fixing your pets, or need help with pet supplies for your pets, we MAY be able to help! 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 is dedicated to helping Greene County pets and their owners!

If you would like to request assistance please submit an application below and let us know how we can help you! * assistance is subject to approval*

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10/30/2024

10/26/2024

A ✨FLANK SPAY✨ is when the incision is made on the left side (flank) of the body rather than on the midline of the abdomen. The spay procedure is the same as performed during the midline incision and the same reproductive organs are removed with both procedures.

Performing the flank incision is also beneficial if the cat has nursing kittens. Since the flank incision is not made near the mammary glands, the female is able to be sterilized and her kittens can continue to nurse following surgery. Using the flank incision is more comfortable for the mother during postoperative recovery, and there is a lower risk of evisceration, because the nursing kittens are not pulling at the incision site like they would be if a midline incision was performed. In addition, mother cats often have large mammary glands from nursing. During a midline incision, excessive bleeding and leakage from the mammary glands can cause infection; this is avoided with the flank incision.

*Text from saveacat.org

10/25/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:
***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

10/18/2024

Free to good home:

🔹May go to a “good” home. May not. You don’t know unless you’re asking the right questions. Handing them out to the first person who responds is not the safest way to go about rehoming.

🔹May get spayed or neutered. May not. The chances of someone following through on spay/neuter for a pet they acquired for free is not impossible, but not likely. If an adoption fee (which includes spay/neuter) is out of reach financially, the spay/neuter fee will usually be as well.

🔹Shelters and rescues typically check housing arrangements to be sure someone is allowed to have a pet. What do you think happens to your free pet when the landlord discovers it and tells them they have to get rid of it?

🔹What happens to that free kitten when they get him/her home and it doesn’t get along with the other pets?

❗️These are just a few of the risks you take when handing out free kittens. ❗️

Instead, these seven kittens will now receive medical monitoring, age-appropriate vaccines, dewormer, microchips, spay/neuter before they are rehomed. This is what the adoption fee covers (that so many people want to complain about 😢).

No system is absolutely perfect, but you can take steps to insure the safety and well-being for kittens now and in the future.
—-From STRAY CATS TNR

09/25/2024

‼️‼️PLEASE BE MINDFUL‼️‼️

Flooding all around this entire area of East TN and will continue until early next week. Make sure all outside pets are safe and dry so they do not drown.