Hello White Center Blog –

I wanted to let you know about a pack of coyotes that are living in the North Shorewood park and green belt.

There are at least 3 (a mother and 2 juveniles). They have been killing pets in the neighborhood including my beloved kitty. Many signs are posted in the neighborhood for missing pets and I’m not sure if people know they are a danger. We hear them howling at dusk each night and they have also been eating possums and other wildlife and leaving the bones in my neighbors yard.

I live near 24th and 100th and we are all keeping are pets in to protect them now. We have contacted the DNR who told us there is nothing they can do to remove them and that we shoud just keep our pets in. Obviously we are doing that since I lost my cat but that is not an ideal situation.

Just wanted you to know to get the word out for others living in the area.

Thanks,
-JoAnn Whited

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UPDATE 4/5/10 5:30pm: “Cocoa,” the missing 3-year old Hounddog mix that went missing Sunday afternoon, has been found.

According to WCB Reader Regan Moffat-Marti:

“Cocoa is home & happily snoozing with her kid!

Thank you all so much for the quick response!”

PREVIOUSLY:

We got an email about a missing 3-year old Hounddox mix that went missing Sunday sometime between 3pm–7pm near Shorewood Elementary School, located at 2725 S.W. 116th in Burien.

Here’s the email, along with a pic:

OUR 3 YEAR OLD HOUND-DOG MIX IS MISSING!

WE LEFT FOR EASTER DINNER @ 3, CAME HOME @ 7 & SHE’S GONE!

HASN’T COME HOME YET, WHICH IS VERY UNLIKE HER.

SHE IS A LARGE, FRIENDLY DOG WEARING A CHAIN COLLAR, HER NICE COLLAR WAS TAKEN OFF & WASHED WHEN SHE GOT A BATH YESTERDAY!  SHE IS THE BEST FRIEND OF OUR SON & THE BEST FAMILY DOG EVER.

WE LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SHOREWOOD ELEMENTARY.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SEEN HER!

HOME:  206-767-2466

CELLS:  206-459-8979 & 206-459-9079.

THANKS,
THE MARTIS

WCB Reader Brad emailed us Saturday (Nov. 21st) to let everyone know that he found a dog recently (pictured above), so if you lost one or recognize this one, please call him ASAP; here’s his email explanation:

A Small Black Pomeranian(?) dog followed us home from White center up Roxbury to 34th Ave.

If anyone knows the owner or has any information, please call (206) 422-5093.

The White Center Blog welcomes Fetch Pet Care, our newest advertiser, owned by Deva and Hunter Samuels.

Fetch Pet Care offers in-home care for dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rodents and even fish.

Fetch Pet Care is a locally owned and operated franchise, so they are able to call on their parent company if they need any support with making sure your pets’ needs are met.

Deva has taken a nine-month Veterinary Assistant course offered by Pima Medical Institute in Renton and received her diploma so she is well qualified to care for all types of animals.

Deva offers a free in-home consultation to make sure you and your pets’ needs are a perfect match for her services.

She specializes in taking group excursions (four animals or less at a time) to off-leash dog parks, including Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island, for robust canine swimming parties.

Deva can also take care of the special needs of animals, including medical injections and special diets.

When not working, Deva volunteers her time for Bulls Eye Dog Rescue, a group that pulls dogs from local shelters and fosters them, providing medical care and placing them in loving homes.

Fetch Pet Care is located right on the West Seattle/White Center border, so its location is perfect if you work downtown and need a great place to keep your pet happy and secure while you are at work

Contact Deva for more information:

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9425 12th Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98106

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From WCB Reader Marsha Hargrave comes this email about a missing Bernese Mountain dog, lost in Boulevard Park on Wednesday May 6th:

LOST 5/6/09

MISSING FROM BOULEVARD PARK

SCARLETT IS 4 ½ YEARS OLD, 88LBS.

SHE WAS RECENTLY FROM OREGON SO SHE DOES NOT KNOW THE AREA.

PLEASE CONTACT MARSHA IMMEDIATELY IF YOU SEE HER –

CELL 206-819-5087

SHE MAY COME TO YOU BUT SHE IS PROBABLY EXTREMELY SCARED.

SHE HAS HER “HOME AGAIN” NUMBER & HER NAME AND OREGON PHONE NUMBER ON HER COLLAR.

Here’s the latest from Pasado’s Safe Haven on “Scatt,” the severely injured cat we reported on Tuesday that was the victim of a man who “gutted” it with a box cutter; the man, 47, was arrested in White Center Sunday on animal cruelty charges.

According to Pasado, “Scatt” endured surgery to close an 8” gaping wound; peritonitis (infection of the pericardial region in the gut area) could be present so blood work was sent to a lab. Scatt is eating, alert, and standing, despite being in pain – what a trooper!

Here’s more from their website, including a way you can donate to help this poor feline:

It was a call that will leave us with nightmares; but our pain is no where near to what “Scatt” endured.

The good news? We believe he will recover.

“A cat,” the sheriff’s deputy told us, panic in his voice, “has been hurt so horribly, I can’t even look at the wounds.”

The veteran deputy who had investigated murders, now faced an animal cruelty case of untold horror. “Scatt”, he told us, was a therapy cat who resided at a church, just south of Seattle, Washington. He spent the last decade helping those who were trying to turn their lives around. In the end, one of those very people turned on him.

BROKEN RIBS – 8” KNIFE WOUND – PERFORATED LUNG –

It is a story of profound sadness, but thanks to those who acted quickly, Scatt may survive.

“Scatt” was a homeless cat who found his way to the doorstep of The Cross Church in South Seattle. The people there named him Scatt, for when they first told him to find his way home, he simply wouldn’t leave. And it was a good thing – he found kindness, and a forever home in the arms of the church staff and volunteers.

Over the last ten years, he became a “therapy cat” for humans who too were homeless, and like Scatt, down on their luck. He provided unconditional love to those who had nothing, and would curl up in the laps of complete strangers, purring.

Today, one of the very rehabilitation clients he helped, viciously attacked Scatt, nearly gutting him.

PERP ARRESTED!
According to The Cross Church’s Rehabilitation Director (who was “Scatt’s boss” during therapeutic sessions with the homeless or indigent) the perpetrator admitted to attacking Scatt. Sheriff’s deputies quickly arrested the man and booked him on First Degree Felony Animal Cruelty charges – punishable up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. The man, they learned, had multiple outstanding warrants against him.

Pasado’s Safe Haven teams up with veterinarians
It’s great news to know that the coward who allegedly attacked this innocent being, is in a jail cell. The courts will take care of him. But now, we need to take care of Scatt.

We need your help to support the life-saving care needed for Scatt, who is in the care of an excellent veterinary team at a south Seattle veterinary hospital. Scatt has already endured surgery to close the 8” “collarbone to tail” wound that was inflicted with a knife. His prognosis is “guarded”, the vets told us, and “optimistic”. We have every paw crossed that this little guy will make it.

Will you help? Any amount would be so appreciated. Please donate here.

No adoption – Scatt’s church “family” wants him back – they adore him!
In addition to paying for Scatt’s medical bills, we asked if he needed long-term care at Pasado’s Safe Haven, and even an adoptive home. “No, we love him!” we were told. His family, for the last ten years, wants him back. And although we’d love to be able to wrap our arms around him and help him into his future, we know that the church, and the humans there, are his family. We’re just glad we can make him whole by helping with the medical bills. Thanks to you.

Please check pasadosafehaven.org frequently. We’ll be posting updates and photos often. And thank you for this little being, who most likely walked up to the man who hurt him, thinking he was his friend.

PLEASE DONATE HERE, and keep hoping that that “optimistic” prognosis comes true.

If you experience any problems with our donation form please contact us at 360.793.9393.

When writing fiction, oftentimes writers resort to having to depict a bad guy as being “really bad” by showing him hurting an animal; this is often referred to as the “kicking the dog” scene, and it’s intended to make audiences hate the antagonist.

However, in this true story, the bad guy is so bad that we won’t have to resort to writing that scene – he already lived it out, and is now paying for it:

King County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 47-year old man in White Center Sunday on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly severely injured a church’s cat with a box cutter knife.

The incident occurred at Cross Church, located at 1320 SW 102nd in White Center (map below).

The church operates a live-in recovery program, and the male suspect was one of its residents.

Another resident was awakened by the suspect about 1am Sunday morning. The suspect said he had “gutted the cat.” The resident thought the suspect was intoxicated, and both men ended up going to bed.

The next morning the suspect moved out.

That afternoon the church pastor found the church’s cat, “Scat” in the parking lot. He had serious cuts and puncture wounds, including a seven-inch cut, and possibly three broken ribs as well.

Sheriff’s deputies tracked down the suspect Sunday afternoon. He was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Animal Cruelty. He told the arresting deputy the cat “attacked” him.

Scat is at a local veterinary hospital and it is unknown if he will survive his injuries. He is around 10 years old.

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UPDATE SUNDAY 4/12/09: Happy Easter news folks – WCB Reader Brian Kadish reports that his family’s lost pug has been found!

Thanks for your kindness!

she was found 11 pm pct yesterday.

keep on rock’n the white center blog.

Thanks Scott!!!!!

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WCB Reader Brian Kadish emailed us today about his missing family pug dog “Tater” (see photo below) in hopes that someone out there in White Center has seen her – if you have, call Brian at 206-286-8172:

Lost pug at 8802 16th ave sw 98106

hello, my family pug tater is missing as of 4/10/9.

if you have any information please call 206-286-8172.

she is missed and loved very much

thanks Brian Hillard Maisy and Max

Brian says he was working outside Friday when the dog escaped their yard.

“Tater” is not chipped, and apparently was not wearing a collar.

But pugs like this are hard to miss (especially if you’ve ever seen the “Men In Black” films), so please keep your eyes open folks!

We are more than happy to shout a big and loud Woof Woof! (that’s Doggie Speak for “welcome”) to our latest Advertiser: Wag the Dog Daycare!

You kind of have to look to find Wag the Dog – they’re next to Supercuts on Ambaum in Burien, just south of Martini Cleaners. There’s plenty of parking.

“Wag the Dog is committed to providing socialized fun-filled days,” owner Terri Benish says. “Our day care is filled with lots of toys for the dogs’ enjoyment, and beds for when they want to relax. We are ready and willing to cater to your pet’s needs at any time.”

At Wag the Dog, your pet will have access to an outside fenced-in play yard which allows him or her to remain on their normal potty routine.

Another unique feature are Wag the Dog’s four “Dog Cams” (check them out here) which enable you to check in on your pooch anytime of the day.

Terri offers additional features including grooming, nail trimming and teeth brushing.

“It’s been my dream all my life to work with animals,” says Terri, who for fifteen years worked as a real estate appraiser. “I love what I’m doing now. It is truly rewarding and fulfilling to work with my clients’ dogs every day.”

Terri opened her shop in March, after looking at locations all around the south Puget Sound area.

“I was delighted to find that Burien has very reasonable zoning regulations,” Terri said. “This city is quite business friendly.”

Well, as they say at Wag the Dog: “Wag On!”

Wag the Dog info:

Monday through Friday
7:00 am to 7:00 pm
15227 Ambaum Blvd. SW, Burien 98166

Phone 206-453-DOGS (3647)

info@wagthedogdaycare.net
www.wagthedogdaycare.net