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Marigold – Spring 2022

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ADOPTED!

They called her “Gorgeous Girl” at Young-Williams, (100% accurate), but with her flowery personality, we’ve decided to rename her Marigold! Today, we want everyone to meet Marigold, the third dog participating in HALT’s classes this spring!

Marigold was found as a stray and weighs in at 55lbs. She’s among the biggest dogs to participate in our program – but don’t hold it against her, there’s just more of her to love! Marigold is around 2-3 years old and a collie mix. The animal experts on our dog selection committee believe the “mix” to be Labrador or Pyrenees. What do y’all think?

Marigold comes equipped with a caramel brown and white medium-length fur coat. She’s bonkers for a squeaky toy and LOVES a good tennis ball (see photos)! While she lights up at the sound of a toy, Marigold is rather calm and sweet (dare I say, a perfect HALT dog?). Aside from being a ray of sunshine, she’s simply a happy dog radiating calm energy.

We’re now taking adoption applications for Marigold. HALT classes start April 4, and conclude April 28, and then she will be ready to go to her furever home! Apply to adopt Marigold on our website and stay tuned to our Facebook page for more details as we learn more about this fun girl.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from the shelter, our Dog Selection Committee, and Veterinarian.

Livvie – Spring 2022

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ADOPTED!

Livvie was found as a stray by Young-Williams. She’s around 1 year old, 32lbs, and a hound mix with brindled speckles (white, black & brown). Livvie is a big fan of people, and loves all the human interaction she can get.

She has a very playful and social personality, which makes us think she’s going to be a love bug looking for someone’s lap to sit in when she finds her forever family! She’s young, so she has lots of energy, but she did calm down for pets and treats quite quickly.

We’re now taking adoption applications for this sweet girl,  Livvie. HALT classes start April 4, and conclude April 28, and then she will be ready to go to her furever home! Apply to adopt Livvie on our website and stay tuned to our Facebook page for more details as we learn more about this fun girl.

 

All breeds and ages are the best guess from the shelter, our Dog Selection Committee, and Veterinarian.

Franklin – Spring 2022

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ADOPTED!

Franklin was found as stray by Young-Williams Animal Shelter. He is approx. 1 year old and a Heeler/Terrier mix. He has gorgeous short brown fur with blonde highlights (I know lots of ladies who would pay big bucks for his hair do). He’s a medium-large sized pup, weighing in at a cuddly 47lbs. Franklin has a sweet speckled face and white paws, chest and belly (belly rub anyone?).

Franklin is on the super sweet spectrum and loves his food and treats, making him a perfect candidate for HALT’s training classes. We learned about his love of head-boppin’ 90s hip-hop music in his getaway car ride. And, warning … Franklin’s expressive eyes are going to melt a few ladies’ hearts.

We’re now taking adoption applications for handsome Franklin. HALT classes start April 4, and conclude April 28, and then he will be ready to go to his furever home! Apply to adopt Franklin on our website and stay tuned to our Facebook page for more details as we learn more about this lovely boy.

All breeds and ages are the best guess from the shelter, our Dog Selection Committee, and Veterinarian.

Meet Our Spring 2022 Class!

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We are happy to share our new group of dogs participating in our fall class. Meet Franklin, Livvie, Marigold, Milly and Tino! They have their first outing at the adoption event on Sunday, April 3rd, at Meadow View Garden Center, and start classes on the 4th. As we learn more about their personalities at events and in classes, we’ll share more about them.

We are currently accepting applications on these dogs here: Adopt A HALT Dog

While the teen handlers are training their dogs, the kids too will be learning patience, respect, responsibility, and building self-esteem and self-confidence in themselves. All dogs are fully vaccinated, micro-chipped, spayed or neutered, on heartworm preventative, and are looking for their forever homes to go to once they graduate the end of April.

Gift Wrapping Fundraiser Announced!

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Don’t like wrapping presents for Christmas? Just not good at it? Or maybe you want to help a great cause? We’ve got you covered!

Our little elves will be available to wrap your presents for the holidays on December 10th, 11th, and 12th at Mast General Store. We can wrap your purchases from there, or bring in a gift from somewhere else. We’ll have a wide variety of papers that you can choose from.

Check out our Events page to learn more.

Donations are appreciated and will go towards supporting the spring 2019 HALT class.

Calling all wrappers! If you would like to help wrap, email info@haltdogs.org to learn more or sign up through the Volunteer East TN website.

Meet Our Fall 2021 Class

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We are happy to share our new group of dogs participating in our fall class. Meet Fitz Gerald, Moose, Scarlett, Jolene, and Maple! They have their first outing at the adoption event on Sunday, September 12th, at Meadow View Garden Center, and start classes on the 13th. As we learn more about their personalities at events and in classes, we’ll share more about them. We are currently accepting applications on these dogs here: Adopt A HALT Dog

While the teen handlers are training their dogs, the kids too will be learning patience, respect, responsibility, and building self-esteem and self-confidence in themselves. All dogs are fully vaccinated, micro-chipped, spayed or neutered, on heartworm preventative, and are looking for their forever homes to go to once they graduate in early October.

 

Fall 2021 Class Update

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Great news! We will be back this fall! Over the last year and a half, we’ve been missing our volunteers, kids, and pups. We have a lot of fun with everyone and love seeing the changes in both the kids and dogs that attend classes. We will start back the week after Labor Day, with graduations the first week of October.

We will be starting the dog selection process the middle of August to prepare for the start of classes.

We had another difficulty presented to us over the break. Catatoga Kennels, who has hosted us since nearly the beginning, had closed. We had lots of great suggestions from many of our volunteers. We have found a new home to board the dogs and have the classes. We are finalizing the details, then will make the official announcement.

More details coming soon!

Spring 2021 Classes

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The world is making progress, but we will not be holding our Spring 2021 class due to the COVID outbreak. We are hopeful that we will be able to start back up this fall.

 

Fall 2020 Classes

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We are sad to announce we will not be holding our Fall 2020 class due to the COVID outbreak. There are improvements, but still so many unknowns. We hope everyone stays healthy and safe.

We will see how things look in a few months to decide if we will be able to hold classes in the spring.

Spring 2020 Class

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We are sad to announce we will not be holding our Spring 2020 class due to the COVID outbreak. We hope everyone stays healthy and safe. We are donating what would have been our class expenses for this session to Young-Williams Animal Center to use for their training programs to help them get more dogs adopted.

We will see how things look in a few months to decide if we will be able to hold classes this fall.