05/15/2026
To bring awareness to what's happening in our community:
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🚨 🚨 Over the past two weeks, we have unfortunately seen multiple cases of parvovirus enter the shelter through stray intake and owner surrender.
Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that primarily affects puppies and unvaccinated dogs. It attacks the intestinal tract and immune system, often causing severe vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, lethargy, and rapid decline. The virus is extremely durable in the environment. The virus can sometimes last up to a year in cracks of concrete, yards, etc. This makes aggressive cleaning, isolation, and monitoring critical in shelter settings.
When suspected cases enter our facility, our team immediately shifts into response mode 💪
Veterinary staff, animal care staff, foster coordinators, supervisors, and volunteers work together to implement enhanced cleaning protocols, medical isolation, PPE procedures, population monitoring, and diagnostic testing — including parvo testing and titers to help assess exposure risks and protection levels within the shelter population.
These situations also remind us how important community support and responsible rehoming resources can be. During periods of increased medical concern, we encourage pet owners who are considering surrendering healthy animals to first explore alternatives such as rehoming through friends or family, speaking with rescue organizations, utilizing community pet resources, or contacting the shelter to discuss possible support options before bringing animals onsite.
This work is exhausting, emotional, and often happens quietly behind the scenes long after the public leaves for the day. But it matters deeply 💙💚
‼️ We also want to remind the community that vaccination 💉 remains the best protection against parvo. Puppies should begin vaccines early and continue boosters as recommended by a veterinarian. Keeping young or incompletely vaccinated dogs away from high-risk exposure areas can save lives ‼️
We are currently operating with normal public access hours, but that may change as we work to protect the shelter dogs and dogs received from the public.
We are incredibly proud of the teamwork, compassion, and resilience our staff continues to show while caring for some of the community’s most vulnerable animals.
