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Giles County Animal Shelter The Giles County Animal Shelter houses stray dogs from Giles County, TN & promotes adoption Please LIKE and SHARE our page to see incoming dogs!

We proudly serve the residents of Giles County, as well as the City of Pulaski, Lynnville, Elkton and Minor Hill. Our Animal Control Officers respond to complaints regarding dogs that are running at large and handles neglect and animal cruelty cases for dogs, cats and livestock. It is our mission to inform our community of the state laws and city ordinances in place for vaccinations, tethering/chaining, and sheltering needs. Any dog impounded by our shelter can be reclaimed by his rightful owner during a 72 hour hold period. If the dog brought in has any type of identification we will make reasonable effort to contact the owner and the hold period will be 5 business days. Once the hold period is up, all healthy/adoptable dogs will be put up for adoption or sent to a registered 501(c)3 rescue. We are OPEN by APPOINTMENT !

WE HAVE A SERIOUS POE-BLEM. We started making Poe puns.We should have stopped, We did not.Meet Poe, our 7-month-old Lab/...
09/27/2026

WE HAVE A SERIOUS POE-BLEM. We started making Poe puns.
We should have stopped, We did not.

Meet Poe, our 7-month-old Lab/Hound mix who arrived just in time for us to realize it’s almost Howl-o-ween.

And that was the beginning of the end.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

Poe is currently in foster care, where he is minding his Poe-siness, practicing his Poe-lite manners, and making a series of Poe decisions that his foster family did not approve in advance.

He is reportedly making excellent Poe-gress. He has a Poe-werful personality.
Tremendous Poe-tential.

And he is currently interviewing for the Poe-sition of Full-Time Best Friend.

His qualifications include being cute, being ridiculous, and possessing absolutely no relevant work experience. References available upon request.

Poe can go from LET’S DO SOMETHING to complete couch Poe-tato with impressive efficiency.
He also takes a lovely Poe-trait, although getting one may require 47 pictures, three treats, a squeaky toy and one staff member making noises that no adult should make in public.

We are very Poe-tective of him.

We would like him to find his Poe-ple.
Preferably before Halloween.

Because the Poe-ssibilities here are becoming dangerous.

Poe is currently available for Foster-to-Adopt until he is neutered. That means his future family can bring him home now while we finish his remaining shelter Poe-cedures.
Interested? Please submit an adoption application so we can begin the Poe-cess.

We're sorry. Actually, no. We're Poe-sitive we're not.
Yep. We just spent an entire Facebook post doing Poe Puns.🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

And if you didn't at least chuckle once, that's okay. You may simply be Poe-ly equipped to appreciate fine literature.

We'll see ourselves out.
Poe-bably.

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW 🐾Sometimes the best thing we can do for the animals in our care is step away ...
09/26/2026

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW 🐾

Sometimes the best thing we can do for the animals in our care is step away for a couple of days and learn.

GCAS will be CLOSED tomorrow and Monday while our Director and Lead Animal Care Technician attend the Animal Care and Control Association of Tennessee (ACCAT) Conference.

And don’t worry, the shelter may be closed to the public, but the dogs still have our kennel technicians here making sure everyone is fed, cleaned, exercised, medicated, loved on, and appropriately unimpressed that we went somewhere without them.

Animal sheltering continues to change. Best practices improve, new resources become available, and there is always more to learn about disease prevention, animal behavior and handling, shelter medicine, enrichment, population management, shelter operations, and improving outcomes.

We’ll also get to learn alongside shelter professionals from across Tennessee, sharing ideas, experiences, challenges, and solutions we can bring right back home to Giles County.

Continuing education happens outside the shelter so we can keep improving what happens inside it.

🐾 We’ll reopen Wednesday during normal hours.

Chitlin is leaving.At least Chitlin thinks Chitlin is leaving. Every day, he carries his stuffies to the kennel door lik...
09/26/2026

Chitlin is leaving.

At least Chitlin thinks Chitlin is leaving. Every day, he carries his stuffies to the kennel door like somebody finally said: “Get your stuff, buddy. You’re going home.”

Nobody said that. But Chitlin stays ready.

Stuffies packed.
Positioned by the door.
Transportation: nonexistent.
Optimism: frankly becoming uncomfortable for the rest of us.

And yeah. We know. Sad, right?

Sorry. Not sorry. Because we've watched him do this every day since April.

Every. Day. He gathers his little belongings, brings them to the door and waits.

Then eventually, they go back to his cot with him.

We could've left that part out. But y'all know us by now. We're going to make you laugh about shelter life, and we're also going to show you what shelter life actually looks like, even when it hurts.

Chitlin is one of our three heartworm-positive dogs. His heartworm treatment is covered after adoption. Heartworms do not have to keep him here.

He is ready to leave.

Actually, according to Chitlin, he's been ready for months.
So who's finally going to be the reason we don't have to put those stuffies back tonight?

Come get Chitlin. Seriously. He's already packed.

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW MICROCHIPS ARE GREAT. UPDATED MICROCHIPS ARE BETTER.“We found a microchip!” S...
09/25/2026

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW
MICROCHIPS ARE GREAT. UPDATED MICROCHIPS ARE BETTER.

“We found a microchip!” Shelter staff: 🎉🎉🎉

“The phone number hasn't been updated since 2019.”
Shelter staff: 😐
A microchip is one of the best ways to get a lost dog home, but it only works if the information connected to it is current.

Moved? Update it.

Changed your phone number? Update it.

Changed your email? Update it.

Your dog cannot update it himself.
He doesn't know your new ZIP code.
He barely knows why he walked into the Dollar General parking lot.

Microchip them.
Register it.
Keep it updated.
Future Lost Kevin appreciates your cooperation.

🎓 BAXTER HAS RETURNED FROM UNIVERSITY.He has become educated.The dog formerly known as Baxter has informed staff that, f...
09/25/2026

🎓 BAXTER HAS RETURNED FROM UNIVERSITY.

He has become educated.

The dog formerly known as Baxter has informed staff that, following his commencement from the prestigious Institute of Canine Solutions, he will now be using his full legal and academic name: Dr. Baxter Charles Montgomery III.

There is no I. There is no II. We asked. He said old money families are private.

Before pursuing higher education, Baxter was best known for three things:

Being in your face.
Being on your person.
And entering a room like he had been fired from a cannon.
Personal space was not something Baxter lacked an understanding of.
He understood it perfectly. He just felt you had too much of it.

Canine Solutions took this extremely intelligent, toy-obsessed parkour enthusiast and worked with him on obedience, focus, impulse control, leash manners, appropriate greetings, and the revolutionary concept of keeping his feet to himself.

Apparently, he was an excellent student.

This has been terrible for his ego. He came back with better manners and the confidence of a man whose family has a wing named after them at the library.

He no longer jumps on people. He makes an entrance.

He doesn't invade personal space. He joins you without waiting for unnecessary paperwork.
He doesn't steal toys. He curates a private collection.

And when he ignores you the first time, that's not disobedience. You simply haven't addressed the Doctor correctly.

We are incredibly thankful to Canine Solutions for putting so much work into Baxter. They gave him structure, helped him learn how to control all that enthusiasm, and showed him how to use that enormous brain for something besides calculating the fastest route from the floor to your face.

He really did come back with better manners. Unfortunately, he also came back as Dr. Baxter Charles Montgomery III.

So there's that.

He is now looking for a permanent estate with adequate grounds for recreation, a well-stocked toy library, comfortable furnishings, and preferably staff.

A normal house is also acceptable. He's recently graduated. His family money is apparently tied up.
Congratulations Baxter and Thank you Canine Solutions

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW.. You found a stray.He's adorable. He got in your car willingly.He has alread...
09/24/2026

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW.. You found a stray.

He's adorable. He got in your car willingly.
He has already claimed your passenger seat. You have named him Kevin.

Unfortunately, Kevin is still legally somebody's lost dog.
Stray dogs have to go through the proper stray-hold process so their owners have a chance to find them.

Because somewhere out there may be a family frantically searching for Kevin.
His name may also be Steve.
Kevin doesn't care. Kevin currently has snacks.
Moral of the story: Please report found dogs. Don't quietly acquire yourself a Kevin.

Meet Cherokee. He’s a 3-month-old, Lab-ish puppy.Look at that face.That is exactly how they get you. You see a sweet lit...
09/24/2026

Meet Cherokee. He’s a 3-month-old, Lab-ish puppy.

Look at that face.

That is exactly how they get you. You see a sweet little puppy.

You imagine cuddles. Puppy breath. Naps on the couch.

Cherokee sees your house and thinks: “Wow. Look at all this stuff you don’t need anymore.”

Shoes? Temporary. Phone charger? Bold choice leaving that out.

Clean floor? Enjoy it while it lasts. That thing you JUST picked up? He has it again.

You’ll spend $47 on puppy toys and then watch him proudly walk through the living room carrying a toilet paper roll he found somewhere.

You’ll clean up one mess, turn around, and discover he has started a completely unrelated second mess.

Diversification.

Then he’ll fall asleep looking like a tiny angel who has never done anything wrong in his entire life.

Cherokee is available for adoption at Giles County Animal Shelter.

Your house is currently way too organized anyway.

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09/24/2026

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THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW... SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS A COURT HOLD?A court-hold dog is basically a shelter d...
09/23/2026

THINGS YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER WISHES YOU KNEW... SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS A COURT HOLD?

A court-hold dog is basically a shelter dog with the pause button pressed.

They're connected to an active legal case. We provide the food, medical care, cleaning, exercise and accommodations, but we can't adopt or transfer them while the legal process plays out.

Basically: We run the hotel. The court controls checkout.

And while court holds create a HUGE challenge for a little shelter like ours, we're also incredibly grateful for what they can represent: Someone spoke up for these animals. Someone saw something that needed attention. Law enforcement responded. The legal process is doing what it needs to do, and these dogs have a safe place to land while the humans sort out the human stuff.

We'll happily deal with the shelter Tetris that comes with that. And right now, it is some advanced-level Tetris.

We have 27 kennels. 19 are currently tied up with court-hold dogs.

Normally, dogs move through the shelter reclaimed, adopted or transferred and that opens a kennel for the next stray.

Court holds hit pause on that movement.
Dog stays.
Kennel stays occupied.
Stray dogs continue ignoring our occupancy limits.

That's why transferring 34 dogs in just 24 hours was so important. Moving the dogs who legally could move gave us the space to safely bring the court-hold dogs into the shelter.

We're also thinking outside the kennel with 33 dogs in foster homes and our Foster Finder program.

And this is where you can help.

Fostering gives another dog somewhere safe to land while our kennels are tied up.

We provide the support. You provide the temporary address.

The dog contributes absolutely nothing toward the mortgage and will still somehow become head of household.

Apply to foster with GCAS and become one of our unofficial satellite locations.

No franchise fee. Just dog hair. So much dog hair.

https://new.shelterluv.com/matchme/foster/TNGC/Dog

Intake date 9/23/26Found at 1400 Diana ridge road.
09/23/2026

Intake date 9/23/26

Found at 1400 Diana ridge road.

Address

380 Bennett Drive
Pulaski, TN
38478

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

9313632300

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