Wish Upon a Starburst

10/09/2023

Starbie went to the shelter for her 4 week heartworm check. Technically, she is a few days early, because her 30 day mark is the 13th. Scheduling conflicts prevented that from happening, so we went in today.

Starbie got to see her favorite volunteer Angie and staff member Britton. She got her nails trimmed. Most importantly, she got great news: “Lungs and heart sound healthy” from the vet. We celebrated with a bath and drove home. Have I mentioned that Starbie is excellent in the car? (See pic)

Congratulations to Starbie! Huge barrier removed. She has a clean bill of health!

Starbie is available for adoption through Animal Care & Protective Services. She’ll remain in foster care until her furever home is found.

10/07/2023

Starbie is 3 weeks and two days into her forced relaxation, post heartworm treatment. She can’t wait to resume taking neighborhood walks. Thanks to my mom and Duke, who share their home with Starbie and provide her a quiet place to recover.

09/28/2023

STARBURST wants you to know that she’s hit her two weeks post heartworm treatment injections. Other than being very bored to prevent a clot breaking off as the heartworms dissolve, she’s doing great. She likes hanging out in her crate, sniffing the outdoors, rolling in the grass and requesting tummy rubs.

**What she misses most during her recovery:
Daily walks

**Newest discovery:
She loves watermelon and carrots.

Starbie is my foster girl and is available through Animal Care & Protective Services.
Her heartworm treatment was provided through generous donations made to Friends of Jacksonville Animals, Inc.

09/13/2023

Starbie was so happy to see me tonight and she enjoyed her car ride home from the shelter. She’s looking great! Now that we’re home, she’s sound asleep and resting. Let the recovery begin! ❤️‍🩹

09/13/2023

Got a great call last night from the vet tech at ACPS: Starburst got through Round 1 of her heartworm injections and did well. She required sedation, but was up and eating by 6:30 last night. Starburst hates cats (and squirrels), and was feeling well enough to bark at the cats stuck in the vet area with her. 😆 Round 2 is today, and she can be picked up to go home at 6:00 pm.

09/03/2023

Curled up so tight dreaming of finding my forever home

08/12/2023

I really am a star 🌟🌠🥲!!

Check out AdoptableJax's video.

08/11/2023

I recently went with one of my Foster mommas to work and did great 😊. The more experiences I have the closer I get to finding my furever family. I hope they find me soon 🙏. 🐾🌟❤️.

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08/06/2023

Had a great time meeting friends at Wicked Barley last night. Momma Lynda made me feel safe with all the new sounds of these crazy green beings 🐸 around us. I love exploring new things and getting out into the world.

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08/02/2023

🚨SOS🚨 Sicky Pup Alert 🚑

I had to be brought back to the shelter and then I started coughing a bunch and throwing up. I definitely was feeling icky 🤢🤮.

They thought it could be my ❤️‍🩹 heartworms 🦠 giving me issues, so they did a chest xray 🩻 and it's not advanced, so it wasn't that. We aren't sure if I picked up a bug 😷 from my outings or the shelter, but I'm being treated now just in case it's a bug.

Momma Lynda Leffler Gridley offered to foster me so I could rest up throughout the week in a home thankfully. Thank you so much 😭🥲. These soft fluffy beds are so much more comfy 🤤 when I'm not feeling good than the cement floors at the shelter 🥹.

In case you didn't know, 💡a large majority of dogs enter the shelter with heartworms🦠. This is easily preventable with monthly prevention, but I never got any before coming to the shelter 😭. We get monthly prevention now 💊, but because controlling a calm environment is necessary for full treatment and recovery we don't get fully treated unless we are in a foster home 🏡. I'd really love to get treated, but need a dedicated foster to do so since the treatment will be stressful on my body and the shelter is too stressful of an environment. Thanks to Friends of Jacksonville Animals, Inc. ❤️ They will be covering the expenses for my heartworm treatment 🧑‍⚕️. They have fun fundraiser events all the time to help me and my buddies that live at ACPS. Please check them out 🙏!

I hope I find my family soon, so I can start treatment 🐾🌟❤️. Please give your furry babies monthly heartworm and flea and tick prevention💊.

08/02/2023

Got a new poster! Please 🙏print me out and hang somewhere in your neighborhood so my furever family can find me 🐾🌟❤️!

07/29/2023

My shelter Mommy Rachelle ❤️ me 🐾.

She takes me out on adventures as often as she can, but she helps care for 100s of us pups and doesn't always have time, so I sit and wait for my furever family.

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07/29/2023

The adventures 🎉 continue... My temp foster mommy Karen brought me to Panera in Mandarin at 11111 San Jose Blvd. Come say hi 👋🐾

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07/29/2023

My other mommy made me a pretty poster 🤩. Please print it and put around your neighborhood and local businesses, so my furever🐾 family can find me🙏.

07/29/2023

I'm having a great time at the park ⛲. I love this cool grass 💚 so much. I'm in heaven 😶‍🌫️.

Come say hi 👋🐾 at 📍Julington Creek Plantation Park

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07/29/2023

Some nice people have scheduled meet N greets for me TODAY. Please come say 👋 hi 🐾 and take pics 📷 of me to help me find my family 🙏. Thank you Momma Lynda Leffler Gridley for caring about me 🥲.

🌟STARBURST🌟 MEET & GREETS❤️🐾
Karen Haid is graciously fostering this 4-year-old, 60 pound female for the weekend in JCP. Starburst has been at living at ACPS since May 2022 (that’s not a typo—one year plus!) and this is her first overnight shelter break. We’ve set up Meet and Greets for this lovely girl to help her find her furever family. We really don’t want her to go back to the shelter. Help us market her:

Saturday at 9:30 am —Meet at Julington Plantation Park, 875 Davis Pond Blvd (not far from the JCP library)

Saturday at 11:30 am—Panera’s on San Jose in Mandarin, 11111 San Jose Blvd (behind Krispy Kreme)

What we know so far about Starburst:
🐾 She is quickly acclimating to living in a home.
🐾 No accidents so far; she is house trained.
🐾 She gets along well with Karen’s two dogs (slow introductions are always advised).
🐾 She enjoys chew toys and chasing a ball.
🐾 She’s happy to lounge in the sun.
🐾 She likes to be snuggly with her humans.
🐾 She likes to watch TV! (Check out the photo) 😆
🐾 She is exceeding all expectations in her foster home.

Want to meet this sweet girl who is simply overlooked in the shelter? Message Karen or me, or meet us Saturday at one of the above locations. We’d love for you to meet her, even if it’s to give her pets and attention, and to share her with your friend group online. Let’s get this queen into a loving home! Help us help her.

🐾 When not in a foster home, Starburst can be found at ACPS, located at 2020 Forest Street in Riverside.

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07/29/2023

OK, I have to be honest guys. I don't really have a home 😕. I'm just resting at my temp foster mom Karen's house for the weekend.

I really live at ACPS, which is an animal shelter in Jacksonville, FL. It's been my home for over a year (475 days 😭), which has felt like forever 😔. This is the first time I've left for an overnight sleepover in over a year! I know the staff and volunteers are doing their best to help me and make sure I'm safe. But it sucks here if I tell the truth. The floors are hard and give me sore spots on my elbows. It's so loud I can never sleep and my neighbors are all on edge, so they bark at me non stop. I also don't get to go on walks so often like I'm used to.

I don't know what happened to my original family, but I'm trying to make the best of it. I like nice calm dogs 🐶, walks 🐕, cool grass 🌱 and breezes 🌬️, treats 🥓, snuggling up to people 🫠 and taking long naps 😴.

Hoping I find a new family that I can spend the rest of my days with. Can you help me by telling my story? Please 🙏 share my page so my furever family can find me 🐾❤️🙌🌟