Zoey, Aug. 22nd Pet of the Week

How’d you like to spend over 500 days shut up in an enclosure, with a couple of breaks for recreation and maybe a furlough for a day on the town or a few weeks of couch surfing with a foster? Yeah, thought not. Lovely Zoey has been at Long Beach Animal Care Services for nearly a year and a half now, and while she’s made lasting friends of the volunteers and resident dogs, she misses the days of her youth when she was in an actual home. Now 6 years old, Zoey was brought to the shelter in good condition — a little hefty, even — but likely abandoned because her person never came looking for her. Zoey loves the play yard, she nuzzles affectionately with her human friends, but what she really needs is a family with a couch that she can sleep on whenever she likes for the rest of her life. The shelter’s over capacity with dogs, so speed the process to adopt or foster Zoey 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#A717007.