MEET ROCCO! WHAT A HUNK!!! 😍
When this handsome fella came strolling through the door, we felt certain he would have an owner here frantically looking for him, but alas, no one ever came. We have found he is great with other dogs and loves making new furry friends and would thrive in a home with another playful canine companion. (However, he’s not a fan of cats, so a feline-free household is a must.) His boundless enthusiasm for life makes him the ultimate adventure buddy, whether it’s hiking, running, or just an intense game of fetch in the yard.
Despite his size (80 pounds!) and strength, Rocco is convinced he’s a lap dog! He’s incredibly cuddly and loves to snuggle up after a day of fun. Be prepared for lots of love and goofy moments with this big-hearted boy.
Rocco is extremely strong and would benefit from leash training to help him channel his energy during walks. A patient and active adopter who can provide the structure he needs will be the perfect match for him.
If you’re looking for a loyal, loving, and high-energy companion, Rocco might just be your perfect match! Come meet him and see how this sweet boy can brighten your life. Enjoy this video from his latest "Doggy Day Out"!
What Rocco wants most of all is to be adopted, but he would also really benefit from a foster home as he is getting a little sick of shelter life after a month in our care. Please come by an meet ROCCO and let's see if we can make a match just in time for Christmas!
ADOPTION APPLICATION: https://www.hsnba.org/adopt/adopt-a-dog/
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We got some great video of GRACIE during a training session this week!
Gracie has now been with us for over 2 months and it is in large part to her not showing well - she kind of spazzes out when people walk by her kennel and folks just keep on walking by, day after day, week after week....
But as you can tell from the video, Gracie is terribly smart and eager to please her handler! She is a regular on Pack Walks and Play Groups as she is terrific around other dogs and would do well with another dog in the home.
Gracie is about 2 years old, about 55 pounds and we are guessing some sort of hound/lab mix. She is spayed chipped and vaccinated AND her adoption fee has been SPONSORED so there's no fee to adopt with an approved adoption application!
While adoption is what we are hoping for - Gracie would also REALLY benefit for some time in a foster home to decompress from the shelter hustle and bustle, let's just get her from CAGE TO COUCH one way or the other!
ADOPTION APPLICATION: https://www.hsnba.org/adopt/adopt-a-dog/
FOSTER APPLICATION: https://www.hsnba.org/get-involved/foster/dog-fostering/
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📣 We are in desperate need of a foster for Miss Walnut. She is the absolute sweetest, especially considering how she came to us! She came in a couple weeks ago with a broken pelvis and a broken back leg and she ✨ HAS TO BE ON CRATE REST ✨ for another 4 to 5 weeks. She is going stir crazy here and doing flips inside of the cage 🫣. We think a change of scenery and a little more hands-on attention will help her get through this tough time while she's on crate rest. Once those 4 weeks are over and she hits her 3.5 lb mark, she can get surgery for that leg!
We would really like to find her a foster home within the next day or two, and if you're interested, please come by the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area, or email [email protected].
In the early hours of the first Sunday morning in November, an emergency call came through to New Braunfels Welfare and Rescue - a very sick puppy had been found in distress.
An officer was immediately dispatched and rushed the puppy in for emergency vet care. It was determined the puppy was not only suffering from a severe lack of food, it was riddled with intestinal parasites. The officer named her WINNIE - because he wanted her to WIN!
Luckily, parasites are pretty easy to treat but getting her back up to a good weight was going to be a painfully slow process but we had the perfect foster home step up to take Winnie into care and fatten her up!
In foster care, Winnie has been a beloved member of the family, but it's time for her to strike out on her own and find a loving home of her very own. She has been well socialized with kids and dogs and is even getting the hang of going outside to go potty and learning how to walk like the little diva she is on a leash!
Winnie will be spayed, vaccinated and microchipped this Thursday and we'd love to line up her new home NOW so she doesn't have to spend one single night in a kennel.
Winnie is probably a pit bull mix, about 4 months old and will be a medium to large sized dog when full grown. We have no idea what horrors she endured before she landed at HSNBA, but our deepest hope is that she never ever wants for anything ever again.
If you are ready, willing and able to show this puppy how amazing live can really be - now and forever - apply now and we can facilitate a meet and greet!
ADOPT WINNIE: https://www.hsnba.org/adopt/adopt-a-dog/
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Olive and Popeye entered the shelter about 3 weeks ago when they were found by a Good Samaritan and brought to HSNBA for safe keeping. They truly seemed to be beloved family members, just somehow separated from their people. But neither were microchipped and despite combing through lost and found pages for weeks, were unable to locate their owners.
We had to keep them separated at first until they were both sterilized but once that was taken care of, we took them both out for a play date and they were SO HAPPY to see one another again, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Olive saw Popeye from across the parking lot and finally realized who he was! It was an amazing reunion and now we try to let them play together as often as we can, and they even got to go to Landa Park this week together for a Doggy Day Out!
While they obviously love each other, and we would love for them to find a new home TOGETHER, we understand that is a big ask. Olive, the female, is about 55 pounds, and around one year old. We are guessing she is a Black Mouth Cur/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix but of course we don’t know for sure as they came in as strays. Popeye is a little bigger, at 65 pounds and we are guessing he is a Shepherd/Cattle Dog mix, also around one year old. We don’t THINK they are littermates, but of course we don’t know for sure.
They are a delightful pair, but could be adopted seperately as well, they are just such a great pair, we are hoping there just may be someone out there who might bring them both into their home to give them a SECOND CHANCE at a FIRST CLASS LIFE TOGETHER!
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Thanks to our terrific Dog Behavior and Enrichment Coordinator (and his sweet wife!) all our dogs got a special treat today!
HSNBA is closed to the public today but will reopen tomorrow at 10am!
We are about to be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday, reopening at 10am on Saturday 11/30! But before we go make sure our turkey is thawed and everything is ready for tomorrow, we'd like to introduce you to SIDDA LEE!
Sidda was found as a stray, so we don't much about her life before she was rescued, but now that she has been in foster care for about a month, we've discovered she is just about the PERFECT PUPPY and she wants nothing more than a home of her very own for Christmas!
She pretty much housetrained, great with kids, cats and other dogs and is about 6 months old. We are guessing she is a lab mix of some sort and will be medium to large sized full grown. She has gotten such a terrific start in this amazing foster home, her transition into a home of her very own will be seamless!
If you think SIDDA LEE may be the pup for you, please submit an adoption application so we can facilitate a meet and greet with her foster family!
ADOPTION APPLICATION: https://www.hsnba.org/adopt/adopt-a-dog/
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Giddy came to us at the end of May as part of a heartbreaking hoarding case. She was understandably overwhelmed and wasn’t doing well at all here in a busy, over crowded shelter. She was lucky enough to find a wonderful foster home where she is thriving!
Here is what her foster home has to say about Giddy:
“Giddy is doing amazing and is such a wonderful cat. She gets along wonderfully with the resident cats, perfect in the litter box, solitary but also a love bug. She just recently started getting onto the bed and sleeping there, but she prefers the blankets that we leave for her across the floor. Her favorite one is in front of the window, of course right next to the actual cat bed. She drools and purrs while she gets pets and has even started asking for them. Ms. Giddy has come so far and I think she’d fit into a pretty wide variety of homes! We are very happy with her progress and excited to get her into a loving home for the holidays!”
Giddy is about 6 years old, around 7 pounds, spayed, vaccinated and microchipped! We'd LOVE for her to get adopted from her foster home so she doesn't get stressed out by coming back to the shelter. If you think you may be able to give Giddy the home she so very much deserves, submit an application on our website and we can facilitate a meet and greet!
ADOPTION APPLICATION: https://www.hsnba.org/adopt/adopt-a-cat/
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Here's some of our most "in need" Kittens needing out of the shelter and into a foster home until they are big enough to be spayed or neutered. Fostering is such a fulfilling way to give back to the community. Not only are these kittens great for stress and anxiety, especially around the holiday times, but you are making such a huge impact in their lives by letting them have a home to live in until they can find their forever homes. If you are already a foster, then come on by the Humane Society to pick up a kitten or two! If you are not yet a foster, then you can fill out a foster app at the link in our bio or just stop by the shelter and fill one out in person!
Have questions? Email [email protected]. We hope to see you soon!
We have GREAT NEWS about "Hansel & Gretel"- the two puppies dropped off at a local vet clinic battling parvo. They have been treated and are recovering beautifully in foster care but their VET BILL is coming due at the end of the month!
Parvo is expensive to treat but we think you will all agree, these puppies are worth every penny! They will be ready for adoption the second week of December!
Please consider donating to their GoFundMe here:
https://gofund.me/252ab876
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We Need Pro Organizing Help
👀 Can you help us organize our coordinators' office?👀
It's an extremely important space where we keep some of our most necessary items like:
⚽️ enrichment
🐈⬛ kitten bottles and formula
🍴 special diets
🐕🦺 specialty collars, and more!
We have a semi-organized space right now, but what we really need are specific organization bins and drawers sized SPECIFICALLY for the shelf we used. We have measured and researched, and we have curated these items in a wishlist on Amazon: https://a.co/0hoa04s
It may seem like a secondary way to support us, but we promise we use the shelves daily, and organizing them would not only help us save space in our office for more important items, but it also helps our volunteers and employees find everything much more quickly.
Can you help? -----> https://a.co/0hoa04s
We Need Pro Organizing Help
👀 Can you help us organize our coordinators' office?👀
It's an extremely important space where we keep some of our most necessary items like:
⚽️ enrichment
🐈⬛ kitten bottles and formula
🍴 special diets
🐕🦺 specialty collars, and more!
We have a semi-organized space right now, but what we really need are specific organization bins and drawers sized SPECIFICALLY for the shelf we used. We have measured and researched, and we have curated these items in a wishlist on Amazon: https://a.co/0hoa04s
It may seem like a secondary way to support us, but we promise we use the shelves daily, and organizing them would not only help us save space in our office for more important items, but it also helps our volunteers and employees find everything much more quickly.
Can you help? -----> https://a.co/0hoa04s
