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The following animals are available for adoption at the Summit County Animal Shelter. Call the shelter at 970-668-3230 with questions. The most recent list of animals available for adoption can be found via their website..
The following animals are available for adoption at the Summit County Animal Shelter. Call the shelter at 970-668-3230 with questions. The most recent list of animals available for adoption can be found via their website..
Photo from Melissa Davis / Summit Lost Pet Rescue
When the Schlehr family lost their dog, Piper, while on vacation in Summit County, Summit Lost Pet Rescue stepped in to help.
The search started with the pet-finding nonprofit’s standard procedures including posting signs and leaving out items that smell like the dog’s owners but a windstorm chased Piper away. Then it was all hands on deck for midnight searches and a “Team Piper” text thread before she was found in a shed 27 days after she went missing.
Piper’s owner, Erin Schlehr, said her family rescued 2-year-old Piper in May near their home in California and decided to travel to Colorado in January. The family planned to ski at Beaver Creek Resort for a few days, so they hired a dog-sitter in Silverthorne.
Photo by Brandon Ciullo / Summit Lost Pet Rescue
Jade, a yellow Labrador retriever, was found in Fairplay on Tuesday, Jan. 19, after surviving 35 days in the windy winter elements.
Lesley Hall, director of Summit County Animal Control and Shelter, called the rescue a “huge team effort” between the shelter, local pet-finding nonprofit Summit Lost Pet Rescue and Dwight Winter, who had recently adopted Jade.
Jade had been transferred to the Summit County shelter from New Mexico before she was adopted by Winter, who had recently lost his 14-year-old dog. He said he planned to foster a dog before getting a puppy in the summer, but he fell in love with Jade after stopping by the shelter.