PCF’s Deb Warner received a call from one of our fosters, Beth Steffan, that she had found a dog sitting in the middle of the road apparently hit by a car in Clarence. Cars were actually swerving around her! Arrangements were made to take the dog to Straley’s in Bellefonte. Within a few hours, her owners who had been looking for 11 year old Honey finally tracked her down and rushed in to comfort her. Honey had only been out a short time before she was hit. Beth’s quick action prevented Honey from going into shock and she is expected to recover.

An email was going around looking for someone to help with a potbelly pig. Molly and three other potbelly pigs had been bought to be slaughtered. Molly was the only one left. A neighbor bought her to save her, but had no place to keep her but a 5 x 7 foot chicken coop with various ducks, chickens and geese as company. AND he had to pay the very people he bought her from to feed her. Pets Come First contacted Terry Irwin who operates a potbelly pig rescue. Driving over an hour and a half one way in the pouring rain, Deb Warner and Terry had to load 150 pound Molly in a large dog crate and drag/push the crate 50 yards to Deb’s car. The landlord didn’t want the yard messed up! Molly was the best passenger and is staying temporarily at the PSPCA Centre Hall shelter till the weather clears and she can be moved to Terry’s farm.

PCF got a call about a potbelly pig that was living on a deck with the family dog. The owner had taken her in three months earlier from an older gentleman, but not knowing how to properly care for a pig she decided not to keep her. The little pig was eating dog food and sleeping with the family’s senior dog in his igloo. Deb Warner and Jessica Little picked “Ham” up and took her to the Centre Hall PSPCA until a potbelly pig rescue was contacted to take her. She was only 4-5 months old and very sweet. The rescue had her spayed and renamed her “Olivia”! She will stay small and is available for adoption as a house pig. Olivia is the third potbelly pig PCF has helped place at a rescue.

Ranger was a 1 year old husky who was abandoned to the back yard by his owners after being an inside dog. He had a fenced in kennel with a tarp for protection. Dogs Deserve Better found Ranger a foster home and Pets Come First arranged for Ranger to be neutered. Unfortuntaly, he had a seizure on the table, but luckily will be fine. Pets Come First also had just received a call from a gentleman looking for a husky for a companion for his German Shepherd pup. He also needed a dog that enjoyed walks during the week and hiking on the weekends. After reference checks and a home visit, Dogs Deserve Better let Ranger go for a trial period. All is going well and Ranger is home! Another great story of rescues working together for the betterment of the animals!

While PCF’s Deb Warner was delivering a cat to the new Allegheny Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic in Clearfield to be spayed, a volunteer showed her a cat in a carrier. Her neighbor was threatening to shoot all loose cats so she had caught him that morning. Unfortunately, she had no place to take him but the local shelter which meant being a feral cat he would be euthanized. When the volunteer agreed to pay for his vaccinations and neutering and the clinic offered her a special price, it was decided that he would go home to Deb’s. With his cauliflower ear, wide tomcat head and lean fighter body, the tuxedo male looked like he had seen better days! He was promptly named Rocky Balboa! After being in a large crate for a couple of days, he was released in the horse barn. AND he’s a BIG pussycat. Loves to be held and has a huge purr motor. He even gets along with all the other cats–male and female!

Rory was a boxer mix pup found as a stray in Bellefonte. Taken to Lyon’s Kennels, PCF made arrangements for a foster home. Only there two days, Rory quickly found a home and has his own little boy!

Titan FINALLY found the perfect home! In foster care for 2 years with PCF, Titan had been a very spoiled little boy by his first owners. He had bitten their grandson and was scheduled to be euthanized when PCF agreed to take him. Meg Dorbolo fostered him and though adorable, he needed an Animal Planet’s “Gloria Stilwell” home. Everyone wanted to cuddle him, but Titan wanted none of it. Adopted out once, he was returned a month later. Dad would take him out and do their “business” and he was fine, Mom (even though warned repeatedly!) wanted a cuddle dog and Titan finally bit her. The original owners missed him terribly and talked of taking him back, but only if we removed his teeth. After talking to them, PCF realized that they couldn’t follow through with the discipline that Titan needed. Just as we felt Titan would never find the right home, a retired couple wanted to try. And finally they’re the perfect home for an adorable, but spoiled little shitzu!

One of our volunteers works with a local farm where when workers moved on they often left their dogs. Torrie (originally called Tornado) was left behind with a jack russell. The jack found a home quickly and Torrie was spayed and vaccinated and went to stay with the volunteer. Always on the move (hence, the name) and very sweet, it was decided to change her name after some time had passed and no prospects. Shortly after, Torrie was adopted and is now a great house dog and a companion to the family cat!

Trixe is a 3 year lab mix whose 91 year owner died. Gerry Lyons took her in and her her spayed and vaccinated. PCF took to the Centre Hall shelter to get her better exposed. She was adopted to a great home, but when vetted it was discovered that she had very high levels of lyme disease and an old leg fracture (probably from puppyhood) that might lead to amputation later in life. PCF is helping her new family pay some of her vet bills.

Wilbur, a potbelly pig, was brought into the PSPCA Centre Hall shelter by the police. He had been found in a crate with a litter of pitbull puppies. Apparently he was supper! Small and very friendly, Wilbur was at the shelter for several months. Terry Irwin made arrangements for Wilbur to go to a vet who specializes in potbellies and had him neutered. Pets Come First paid for the procedure so that Wilbur could go to Terry’s farm and live with other pigs without the fear of producing any “little Wilburs”! That’s shelter manager, Troy Klinefelter, posing with Wilbur.