#FurryFriendFriday pets

Dogs

• “Mhera” is a 3- or 4-year-old, female shepherd mix who’s not great with young children and has no interest in other dogs, but she does know how to sit and beg and walks well on a leash. If you would like an application for this lovely lady, please email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Likes: alone time, nature documentaries, when things go her way. Dislikes: goldfinches, artificial sweeteners, people on Facebook who can’t make a post without mentioning the essential oils/dietary supplements/acne creams they sell on the side.

• “Reese” is a female Lab mix, 1 year, about 45 pounds. Shelter staff say she could use some obedience training. “Instead of putting in the time and effort to help a young dog, they brought her to the shelter. Owner said she is hyper and a runner. Sweet girl. A little time and training and she will be a great dog.” Likes: room to run and play, learning new skills, antiquing. Dislikes: long lines, when couponers take all the sale items leaving none for people who only want one or two bottles of shampoo (then sell them on local for-sale Facebook pages), broccoli.

• “Rocky” is a male, boxer mix, about 1 year old, around 50 pounds right now, but needs to fill out a bit more. Likes: Really tough chew bones in red or blue, but not green, apple cores, rolling in blankets until he’s a burrito. Dislikes: caramel sauce (sticky), hip hop music, being picked up off the ground.

• "Haruki" is a female Akita mix, 2-3 years, about 55 pounds, very social. She had been hanging around a local church for a week before animal control was called. If you need a hug, she's your girl. She's also good with other dogs. Likes: snuggling, ear scritchies, watching Saturday morning cartoons. Dislikes: fireworks, bad parking, icy sidewalks.

• “Finchley” (AKA Bentley) is a red tick-heeler mix, about 50 pounds. Likes: African violets, corn chips, frolicking. Dislikes: angry parrots, carrots, shouty commercials.

• "Ellis" is a female heeler mix, 1, needs a job. She's a working breed with a lot of energy. Shelter staff say she will be great dog when she has a way to get some exercise and burn off that energy, so she's not a dog for someone who does not have an active lifestyle. Likes: bounding, doing leaf pile cannonballs, sheep. Dislikes: boredom, small spaces, Heath bars.

• "Otto" is a black and white, young adult pit mix, found chasing cars on 135. Likes: cars, trains, planes. Dislikes: buses, boats, bicycles.

• "Helle" is a black Lab mix, about a year old, around 40 pounds, submissive to other dogs and good with kids. Likes: Greek food (except olives), bounding on green, grassy hills, napping in the sun. Dislikes: stairs, social media (except Instagram), the color fuschia.

• “Astoria” is a Lab-terrier mix, about 3 years old, around 35 pounds. No dog issues. Social and quiet. Likes: pasta, foreign films, country music. Dislikes: Roombas, lint, bobby pins.

• “Miss Bear” is an Aussie mix, 5 years old, spayed. Probably best as an only child, needs physical fencing as she chases cars, door darter, but good with kids and cats. Likes: freedom, wide-open spaces, catching cars. Dislikes: the conundrum of what to do with a car once she’s caught it, lack of anyone paying attention to her for the slightest moment, the smell of fish.

• “Chance” is a male beagle mix, about 2 years old, about 35 pounds. He showed up at someone’s house, but their dogs didn’t like him, so they brought him to the shelter for a shot at a home where everyone did like him. Still, he doesn’t seem to have problems with other dogs. Likes: romping, making friends, those little pumpkins the size of baseballs. Dislike: angry, barky dogs, squirrels in his yard, the rise of social media.

• "Frank" is a male Lab mix, 45 to 50 pounds. Came in as a stray, OK with other dogs. Likes: warm soup, chese cubes, naps on the couch. Dislikes: public speaking, straw hats, soggy grilled cheese.

• "Nitro" is a female beagle mix, 4-5 yeras old, about 25 pounds. Had lost some hair due to a flea allergy, but it's coming back in. Nice, soft coat. Barks at cats, but isn't aggressive toward them, and is OK with other dogs. Likes: cats, yelling at cats, Twinkies. Dislikes: when people try to curtail her freedom of speech because she's yelling at cats, when humans aren't paying attention to what she's trying to say, when humans tell her she has to move because she's sleeping where they need to be sleeping (the couch is wide open, for crying out loud!).

• "Rico" is a boxer-hound mix, about 50 pounds. Outgoing personality of a hound and very social. He's OK with other dogs and his previous owner said he's been around smaller dogs in the past. Likes: bodies of water (oceans, lakes, ponds, streams, creaks, your glass of water you left out within tongue's reach), beef jerky, ska bands. Dislikes: sand, canned tuna, people who think "cups" are an instrument.

• "Nova" is a pit mix. She lost her leg either due to a trap or it being shot off, but she gets around just fine on three. She's social with people and other dogs and is currently in foster care, but just wants a forever home. For an application to adopt her, please email rockhaven83@gmail.com. Likes: scampering, long rambles through the woods, wiggling. Dislikes: inhumane traps, mint anything, mushrooms.

Cats

• “Yum Yum” is an orange male cat, 6 years old, neutered, well fed, cool with dogs. Likes: boxes, finding an extra piece of kibble behind his bowl, being adopted. Dislikes: having to actually climb into the boxes, when he can see the bottom of his bowl through the food (he’s about to starve), static electricity.

• “Fisk" is a striped kitten with a white chest and socks. Likes: riding the roomba, graham crackers, dipping her paw into her water bowl and drinking water drip by drip from her toes. Dislikes: pumpkins, when people buy them knicknacks, dry erase markers.

• "Athos, Porthos and Aramis" are three kittens — two stripey brown, one black — one of whom is very ready to get out of the shelter. Like: TV quiz shows, Dancing With the Stars, selling cheap jewelry on eBay. Dislike: envelopes that aren't self-adhesive, offensive people, duels.

• "Wanda" and "Pietro" are a pair of orange-striped kittens. Like: going really fast, warping reality, comic books. Dislike: Hollywood's take on most books, the current minimum wage, getting their feet wet.

• “Wix” is a gray tiger kitten. Not angry, just disappointed. Likes: reading classical literature, detailed embroidery, heavy metal music. Dislikes: celebrity gossip, quilts too heavy for the weather, glitter.

• "Orion" is an orange and white cat who turned up at the shelter wearing a collar with a bell. Shelter staff are sure there's an owner somewhere.

• "Yukeo" is a long-haired, white, male cat with a fluffy tail. Likes: being worshipped like felines of old, a nice swordfish steak, binge-watching sci-fi movies. Dislikes: when the delivery box isn't big enough to hide in, when his ears get itchy, when his tail gets wet.

• "Pearl" is a 3-year-old female cat, gray and white, sweet. Dropped off at the shelter after her owner was evicted. Likes: watching fish tanks at Walmart, running hard through the house at 2 a.m., attending mysterious cat meetings to which no human is invited. Dislikes: when humans try to follow her to the mysterious cat meetings, running out of nip just when life is the most stressful and no one with thumbs is willing to go to the store to get more, social media drama.

• "Jinxie" is a female Siamese cat, adopted from the shelter and then returned. Her new owner said she wasn't using the litter box; however she is a front declaw and sometimes they don't like coarse litter because it hurts their feet. She's never any litter box issues at the shelter. Likes: watching synchronized swimming, extreme dust bunny elimination, managing her own social media empire. Dislikes: getting wet, the vaccum, canned tuna (freshly grilled or baked or not at all).

• "Longfellow" is a long-haired gray kitten. Likes: pursuing their PhD in European literature, grunge music, pretzels. Dislikes: mustard, snow, reality television.

Adoption fees include rabies shot and normal cost of spay and neuter. Adoption cost for dogs is $80 and $50 for cats. The return-to-owner fee is $10, plus a $2 per-day board fee and proof of rabies shot or another $10.

Shelter hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Closed on Sunday and holidays. Contact Salem Animal Control or the Salem Shelter at 812-883-3673 or Washington County Animal Control at 812-883-5999.