Vonnie's Dog Daze Of Pasco County

Vonnie Mikkelsen is one woman who is making a difference for the dogs at Pasco County Animal Services Shelter. She has been volunteering at the shelter weekly for over a year now, focusing on animal socialization, exercise and training to make them more suitable for adoptions. Her favorite part of the week is Saturdays when she gets to provide adoption counseling to the public. Dog Daze "mission of the week" was a project Vonnie started as a commitment to finding best-fit matches for the animals that she works with. She sends out an e-bulletin as a rallying call to volunteers and shelter staff to focus on the shelter animals, their special attributes, and their needs; and to get the word out to the public about great animals available for adoption at the pasco county shelter. The "Dog Daze" group is a loosely organized group of Pasco County Animal Services volunteers and animal lovers that share a very simple mission - to facilitate adoption of animals at the shelter.

Vonnie is also a charter member of the Friends of Pasco County Animal Services and former board member. Her "pet project" as a board member was a fundraising campaign to build a 10,000 sq. ft outdoor dog exercise and training area. The gates opened on SPREE (Shelter Pets Run and Exercise Enclosure) in May of this year and it has been a great asset to the animal adoptions program. Volunteers regularly use this area to socialize, exercise, and train the dogs to provide quality of life and teach basic "human-friendly" manners. Below is a sample of Vonnie's weekly Dog Daze bulletin. If you'd like to help her spread the word about Pasco County's homeless dogs, email Vonnie. To see more Pasco County animals available for adoption go to their Petfinder site. To learn more about Friends Of Pasco County Animal Services go to http://www.fpcas.org/

Meet "Penney"
Our Mission of the Week
A penny saved is a penny earned...and this Penney is worth a million! A well-behaved adult lab mix, Penney is affectionate, active and loves people and other dogs. She's in her element in the great outdoors and expresses unreserved enthusiasm exploring the water pool and chasing tennis balls at the shelter's "Spree" exercise facility. Penney would love to spend her life with an active, loving family. If you're looking for a secure investment with a return of nothing less than a lifetime of unconditional love, Penney's your gal.
That's why the Dog Daze Crew names Penney our Mission of the Week.

Update on "Scarlett"
ADOPTED!
Our beautiful southern belle has found her home.

Update on "Juno" : Juno is still waiting for a family...still smiling and still sweet as can be.You may remember Juno as the beautiful Bulldog-Catahoula blend who prefers to be indoors and the princess of her people's palace. Juno has now learned to follow basic commands and loves walks and romps in the grassy fields at the shelter. She'll make a wonderful family pet but says "no thanks" to dogs or cats in her home - at least until she gets settled.
Keep smiling Juno.


Shelter Volunteers - Come Join Us!
This Week's Mission:
"Penney"
WHEN: Saturday, September 27th (and every Saturday)
TIME: 12:00 Noon - 4:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Pasco County Animal Services in Land O' Lakes
See other adoptable animals: Pasco County Animal Services

Mission Statement:
We're just a group of crazy animal lovers that get together every week to place sheltered animals with their forever families.