Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week

[ music ] >> we're joined by our friend, lynn from the animal sanctuary, and with her, she has a sweet, precious terrier mix, precious, and growing up i also had a dog named precious.

>> she's very well named.

And she came to us with that name and someone knew what they were doing, she's a doll.

>> i can see something with her eyes.

Is she fully blind?

>> she is.

She's absolutely fully blind.

But in certain circumstances you would never know it.

She has a condition called sub luxated lens.

When she came to us, her owner sadly passed away.

And we took her to an ophthalmologist to take a look and see if there was something we could do, and th, it's not a painful or operable condition.

>> she's 12 years old and she's a little long in the tooth but definitely has some years left in her, and she just needs a loving home.

>> absolutely, she's very healthy and she has been vetted in every way possible, and she's just such a calm dog and learns her environments very quickly and she's good off-leash, on leash, and she likes other dogs.

So she would be a really good companion for someone who didn't want a very high energy dog, wanted someone to take short walks and cuddle on the couch.

>> and you wouldn't want her around any more aggressive animals because given the fact she doesn't have her eyesight, that could be a little nerve-wracking i would imagine if you had a lot of activity running around her.

>> definitely see the other animals in the home and be sure that they were good with her as well.

And that's the joy of our adoption process, we can really take a look at the environment and be sure is that it meets the needs of the dog.

>> let's talk about her stature.

It's hard to see exactly what her build is like.

I said to you, she almost looked like a corgi in a way, but she's definitely a terrier mix.

>> she's pretty low to the ground.

>> that probably helps.

>> there you go, and she's not a tall dog at all.

Maybe 12-18 inches off the ground and she's probably a little wider than she should be right now.

We're trying to limit her food intake and she's very motivated.

When i brought her home here, she interestingly found the cat's bowls.

>> always find food.

>> she found food.

But she -- she's not -- she's chunky right now, and she probably goes about 25 or 30 pounds and she could stand to lose a couple.

>> let's talk about holly hill now, because things are starting to reopen and normalize once again, and how have things changed with the sanctuary?

>> thank goodness things are becoming a little more normal and our volunteer program has restarted and we're very happy about that, and the animals are, as are the volunteers.

And we're doing it three days a week, so a little less than before.

Starting to ease into this.

But we're happy to have everybody back.

We have been doing adoptions by appointment.

And we're doing that, and intakes by appointment as well.

So luckily, things are moving in the correct direction and animals are still coming in and finding homes.

>> that's great and halle hill has how many animals right now for adoption.

>> we have always, we're always full.

Because of us being a sanctuary and not a shelter, but we have about 150 dogs, and about 75 to 80 of write are adoptable, and we have about 50 cats at any..

Most of which are adoptable and we have a lot of kittens right now.

We just got a lot of kittens in.

>> yes, it's kitten season, but also summertime.

And pets need to be kept comfortable in the summer heat.

What issues should folks look out for when taking care of a pet in the summer months?

>> we're grateful for the opportunity to remind everyoe that heat is a four letter word in charleston sometimes, and particularly with animals involved.

We want to be so careful, particularly with the animals in our cars.

It gets so hot, so fast in our vehicles, at 90?

In 30 minutes, it could be 125?.

And that's deadly for people as well as animals.

But you would think oh, i'll park in the shade or i'll leave the windows down, and that actually has very little impact on the temperature in the car.

So pleasing cautious, and you think i'm only going to run in for a few minutes, but in this day and age, a few minutes turns into you don't know.

So please don't leave the animals in the car.

>> and please make sure that you take pets for a walk earlier in the day or later in the evening when the pavement cools down.

The animals are on their pads and they can easily burn too.

>> that's something that before i started working with halle, i didn't think about.

But at 125?, which is ease for our asphalt and cement to that, dog's pads will begin to burn in less than a minute.

So early in the morning, late at night, grass, if you can, and i know it's a great time to be out walking your dog to get out of the house, but we really have to think about that if you put your hand on the gack of the asphalt, the back of your hand and if you can leave it there for more than 7 seconds, it's okay, and if it's too hot for you at 7 seconds or less, it's too hot for the dog.

>> keep your dogs well hydrated and i would have thought that giving them frozen grapes would be a good idea.

But i found out that grapes are toxic for dogs, and boxers can't handle the heat.

So keep them in a cool and well air-conditioned space.

So we're going to direct them to your information.

Lynn, thank you for joining us and precious, we're going to share her information as well.

>> thank you, that would be great and thank you, it's great to see you all and hope everybody is well.

Thank