SHADOW IS Wags and Purrs Animal Adoption Center
 Shadow was brought to us because the gentleman said he was
uncontrolable. We loved on him for a little while and then put him in a kennel
before we could get back inside the building he had escaped from the kennel and the
compound area and was sitting at the door waiting to be let in. After about 5 tries
we decided that it was no use he was not staying in the kennel for the
next few days we watched him closely to see if he was aggressive but we kept falling over
him (thus, the name) HE LOVES AND WANT TO BE LOVE BY MOST PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN A GREAT
MASCOT THAT HAS GONE TO SCHOOLS, RETIREMENT HOMES, HOSPITALS ETC TO VISIT THOSE WHO NEED
TO TOUCH AND FEEL. He has a automatic on switch. When he goes through the door
of a special visit his motor starts running and he will do everything he can to show what
a good dog is like. He doesn't bark in the buildings will heel and sit right with me
and if given a command will promptly do it (no training was ever given) All
the children in the schools know him by sight. When he and three other dogs were
swiped from our compound area, we sent word to the schools that he was missing and it was
the kids that found our dogs. We had all the law enforcement, radio, etc personnel
looking and making announcements about the missing mascot but it was the kids that found
out where the dogs were (2 separate places) and we were able to recover all four
dogs. We have people who say that when something happens to Shadow they will not
come back because Shadow is the Humane Soceity of the Ozarks. We have had him since
1989 he and Hazel came within a week of each other and are the orginial
Mascot. Two little stories: First, I was at a school talking about
taking care of animals and so on. Was talking about how we got Shadow and how good a
dog he was etc Was telling them how to stop their pets from jumping up on them and
that Shadow never did this and right on cue up he came and down we went. At
the time he out-weighed me by a few pounds. The kids thought it was part of the
speech and I thought it was funny because he never did that before or again. But, I
certainly got a bath that day lick lick lick. The second story is
special. Was visiting a school were a little boy had lost his father in a car
accident and he was in a wheelchair, probably for life, he would not talk or
communicate with anyone. They ask me if I would take Shadow in to see him after
visiting the class we were there to see. Said I would be glad to, When we came
out of the class room, Shadow broke from me, which is something he never did, he entered a
room and the next thing I heard was a squeal of delight. Shadow had found the little
boy and had his front legs on the boys lap and was licking and loving on him. We
stayed at the door and let Shadow work his magic. The little boy talked to Shadow
and loved on him and by the time Shadow was done the little boy was smiling
and started asking questions about Shadow. The first thing the teachers did was to
call the boys mother and she came over to the school and loved on Shadow and me thanking
us for giving her little boy back. She also, came to the Shelter and adopted a black
lab puppy for the boy and as far as I know, the little boy and the dog are quite a
pair. I do not know whether he was ever able to walk again but he sure was one happy
little boy. Shadow is a flat-coated retriever and is almost 15--since he has started
having health problems and is like most of us senior citizens, alittle crouchy) he has
been retired from going to school because of the amount of children at one time but he
still goes to the retirement homes. HE IS ONE OF A KIND AND WE WERE MIGHTY LUCKY
THAT HIS ORGINIAL OWNER HAD NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF DOG HE HAD.
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