{"id":2903,"date":"2012-03-21T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T17:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2012-04-06T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T18:52:09","slug":"jax-fluffy-adorable-available-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/jax-fluffy-adorable-available-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jax: Fluffy. Adorable. Available Soon."},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone has a story. Though sometimes, they can’t tell you their story, so you make one up. And if you make up a really good one, you make it into a song, but that’s a topic for another post.<\/p>\n

This is Jax. (Yup, we named after the main character on “Sons of Anarchy”<\/a>.) Jax is a five-year old Pomeranian<\/a>. No idea how, but he recently ended up at the Stockton Animal Shelter with no collar or chip, and seriously underweight. He was literally on the list (yes, there’s a list) to be put down. His luck turned when Sue, our local pal from Animal Friends Rescue Project<\/a>, happened to be on the phone with the shelter, heard about him, and said, “we’ll find him a home”. So he’s now in our care. Our job is to fatten him up a bit, so he can be fixed (yeah, he wasn’t even fixed) and adopt him out. (Volunteers like this are so important to animal rescue; so if you have time and\/or veterinary knowledge<\/a>, maybe you can find a way to help.)<\/p>\n

We almost kept a Pomeranian named “Tink”<\/a> that we fostered last year. Poms are just great little dogs (and I don’t like little dogs, so that’s saying something.) In Tink’s case, we figured we have three dogs already, which is a bit of a push. If we’d kept a fourth, our friends would start talking. So Jax is on his way out eventually. If you’re wondering, he’s great with other dogs:<\/p>\n

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But no one knows his story. It’s possible he was the fallout from a foreclosed home, which isn’t an uncommon story in this economy. (Cats can go off and fend for themselves; dogs end up in shelters). It’s also feasible that he belong to an older owner who had to go in a home. What we do know is that he was *someone’s* house dog. He’s mellow, house-trained, and is most often laying here next to my desk. (Nope. We’re not keeping him. He’ll be available soon.)<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Okay, I lied. A good friend of mine is seriously interested in Jax, but if that falls through, this cute little guy will still need a home. Plus, there are (fortunately or unfortunately) many more where he came from<\/a>. <\/p>\n