“Ooohhhh, take you ridin’ in the car, car!” Lucy doesn’t need to hear two notes from the beloved Woody Guthrie song before she leaps into the seat, tail a-wag and settles in to see the sights and smell the smells along the way. Lucy, a 3-year-old German shepherd, loves Fido Field Trips and doing zoomies in the grass at the park or in the play yard at Long Beach Animal Care Services. Volunteer Gusti said that Lucy loves spa days at the shelter best of all. “The tub is her absolute throne,” Gusti said. “She leans into the warm water and sudsy massage, considers towel time the main event, and happily snuggles in for simultaneous pets under the warm dryer.” Lucy didn’t always have such a gusto for life. When she came to the shelter, she had been clearly neglected in body and soul — she was terrified and in pain. She hid in her kennel, and Gusti said that the patient, whispered dog affirmations from volunteers Colleen and Gary finally coaxed her out and kept her out with love and play. The ideal home for Lucy would be a calm place, preferably without small kids and with a patient, kind human with a big bathtub! Lucy loves those baths, and she needs two a week to keep her skin healing. Speed the process to adopt Lucy or any of our other pets by emailing PetAdopt@longbeach.gov or petfoster@longbeach.gov. You can also call (562) 570-4925. Our shelter hours are Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 7700 E. Spring St. at the entrance to El Dorado Park (no parking fee for shelter visitors). Ask for ID#A717903.
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