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bessie
Breed:
Cattle Dog (mix breed)
Age: Adult
Gender: Female
Size: Large
About bessie: I am a female, black and white Mixed breed. I weighed 73LBS at intake. The shelter staff thinks I am about 5 years old. I am Heartworm Positive. (Easily Treated!) I am part of Litter No K18-019171.

Intake Date: Jan 26, 2018
Available:    Jan 30, 2018
Intake Type: Stray/Field


***SPECIAL PLEA***
We need a rescue to help us by transferring mom (A301757) and her 4 puppies. The puppies are now around 5-6 weeks old. This family will be available as a group until February 7, 2018. After that if we do not have rescue assistance for the group, the puppies will be available for public adoption. Please let us know if you can help this little family! Thank you.

***Click on the picture to be taken to puppies page.***
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Bessie is a stunning dog! Bessie came in with a litter of puppies who are now old enough to wean, and they are going on the Wings of Rescue Flight. Bessie was a great mom to her puppies, and now it is her turn to find a home! Bessie was pretty protective when with her puppies, but she was really nice today visiting in the lobby. Bessie still has milk from nursing her puppies, but hopefully, she will dry up soon. Miss Bessie is about five years old, and her id number is A301757. Bessie has tested positive for heartworms so she will need to be treated by her new family. Miss Bessie weighs bout seventy-three pounds so a nice big girl! Bessie is waiting at Memphis Animal Services to meet her new forever family. Please come meet her; we do believe you will fall in love! - Friends of Memphis Animal Services

Heartworm Positive Adoption Fee $20

Breed information is not provided by this shelter. MAS hopes eliminating breed labels will increase the number of animals adopted by eliminating 'breed discrimination.' When entering information on this website the 'Breed:' field is required. All breed information I enter is an educated guess solely based on a photo of the dog.

I try to keep this information as vague as possible, usually entering by group instead of a super specific breed. Why? Almost all of the dogs at MAS are mixed breeds. Being super specific is not going to accurately represent their personality and it would be virtually impossible to do. There are 20+ specific types in the terrier breed group alone, ranging from the tiny Norfolk Terrier to the larger Staffordshire Bull Terrier (which is often lazily labeled a pit bull). Pit bull is actually the name given to types of dogs having certain similar features. See super complicated.

My advice? If you fall in love with a face, go to the shelter and visit with the dog. Ask the staff and volunteers questions. See if their personalities mesh with you and your lifestyle. If the picture you've fallen in love with doesn't fit? Ask if there is a dog whose personality does. Mixed dogs are so much more than the breed they kind of look like.

Remember that you furbaby's adoption fee includes spay/neuter, microchip, vaccines, heartworm test, collar, leash, and a customized ID tag.