Even with adoptions continuing through the week, including a couple of lucky dogs scheduled for euthanasia, it’s still not enough to save animals from leaving the shelter in the worst possible way.

The behavior classes differ from traditional obedience training in that they focus more on teaching humans and dogs how to perform basic life tasks rather than respond to specific commands.

Have a keg of fun at these themed events! Maybe you can be the pot o’ gold at the end of some lucky little critter’s rainbow.

Shelters and rescues are crammed to the gills, and special-needs pets wait the longest to be adopted. They need special humans.

Pets with forever homes have love year-round. Those in crowded shelters and rescues could sure use some, though.

“I will cry, I will moan, I will ache. In the end, it’s worth it, knowing I’ve done my best and they were loved until the very end.”

Managing a public animal shelter is a stinker of a job. But if your heart’s in it, Staycee Dains will tell you, it can be rewarding as well.

Last year, the city-run shelter found homes for a tail-wagging, pupil-dilating 1,961 pets.