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THIS IS POO BEAR. AND LOOK AT HIS BIG OLD BELLY TO PROVE IT. NOEL PATTERSON FROM BARKS IS HERE. AND POO BEAR IS A SENIOR DOG. WHO CAME TO YOU FROM ANIMAL CONTROL? YES. HE IS 12 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING. I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT HIM, HE LOOKS WAY YOUNGER THAN THAT. HE’S IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION FOR HIS AGE. HE’S LIKE 12 GOING ON TWO. HE’S SPUNKY AND YOU CAN SEE HE WANTS TO PLAY AND HANG OUT. HE’S A LITTLE BIT SILLY. HE’S TRYING TO GET CLOSE FOR SNUGGLES. HE LOVES THOSE — SCRATCHES REALLY GREAT AND HE HAS JUST A SLIGHT SKIN IRRITATION THAT HE’S BEING TREATED FOR. BUT AS SOON AS IT’S FIXED, HE’S GOOD TO GO. YEAH, YEAH, HE’S JUST ON MEDICATIONS TEMPORARILY. HE’S MISSING SOME FUR ON HIS TAIL AND HIS BACK END. HE’S ON FISH OIL AND SOME SUPPLEMENTS LIKE THAT, BUT OTHERWISE HE’S IN PRETTY GREAT HEALTH. SO HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T GET TO SEE WHEN THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR FUR HIS TAIL BACK HERE. AND IT’S REALLY HARD TO SEE. YOU CAN SEE HIS TAIL, HIS SKIN ACTUALLY MATCHES LIKE WHAT HIS FUR LOOKS LIKE, WHICH I DON’T KNOW IF I’VE REALLY EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. YEAH, YEAH, IT TOTALLY DEPENDS ON THE DOG. A LOT OF TIMES ONES WITH A LIGHTER FUR HAVE THOSE SPOTTED SKIN, AND YOU CAN’T REALLY TELL UNLESS THEY HAVE PATCHES THAT ARE MISSING OR ON HIS EARS. YOU CAN SEE THE SPOTTED SKIN TOO. IT’S VERY CUTE. WELL, IT REALLY MADE ME HAPPY TO HEAR IS THAT POO BEAR IS IN FOSTER RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I DON’T THINK THE OLD DOGS BELONG IN SHELTERS. I DON’T THINK ANY DOGS BELONG IN SHELTERS, BUT OLD DOGS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY’VE LIVED THIS LONG LIFE AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD END TO IT. SO IF SOMEONE’S INTERESTED IN POOH BEAR OR ANY DOG IN FOSTER CARE, HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH SOMEONE SO IF THEY’RE INTERESTED IN A DOG IN FOSTER, THEY CAN EMAIL OUR FOSTER TEAM AT DOG FOSTERS AT BARKS.ORG, THEY’D BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, AND THEN THEY WOULD ARRANGE A TIME WITH THE FOSTER TO MEET THEM, OR THEY CAN ALSO ATTEND A LOT OF OUR OFF SITE ADOPTION EVENTS, LIKE WE HAVE OUR MEGA ADOPTION EVENT COMING UP THIS SATURDAY ON THE 20 THAT. WHAT IS THAT? YEAH. SO IT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OTHER AREA SHELTERS. IT’S WITH BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY, MARYLAND SPCA AND BALTIMORE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES AT PIMLICO RACE COURSE FROM 10 TO 3 ON SATURDAY. SO THERE’LL BE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS THERE. WAIT, YOU SAID MEGA? YEAH, MEGA. I WAS THINKING YOU SAID OMEGA, AND I’M LIKE, WHAT? THAT. THAT’S SO COOL. OKAY, SO MEGA IS SO IMPORTANT. WE WE COVERED THIS, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IT’S HUGE. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE VENDORS THERE THAT WILL OFTEN ALSO GIVE AWAY A SORT OF A STARTER KIT TO GET YOU GOING. YEAH, YEAH. WE HAVE GIVEAWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ADOPTING THEIR, UM, MARYLAND SPCA ALSO HAS THEIR NO FLEA FLEA MARKET THERE WHERE THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUY SECONDHAND FOR YOUR FOR STARTING OUT FOR YOUR PETS, BUT IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO MEET ANIMALS IN FOSTER CARE AND THE SHELTER. WE BRING ANIMALS FROM THE SHELTER TO. AND YOU CAN COME AND MEET SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOGS IN ONE PLACE, OR CATS OR LITTLES EVEN. WE’VE GOT RABBITS AND GUINEA PIGS GOING. EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT. GERMAN SHEPHERD. SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE LAB MIXES, YOU HAVE LITTLE DOGS, BIG DOGS, OLD DOGS, YOUNG DOGS. YOU LITERALLY HAVE EVERYTHING. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE JUST HAD PROJECT RUNWAY LAST WEEK. I MEAN, WE HAD A SAINT BERNARD. WE HAD FRENCH BULLDOGS. WE HAD ALL KINDS OF ADORABLE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS THERE FOR LIKE, UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, LIKE EVERY BREED IS THERE AND THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERY BODY THERE, WHICH IS GOOD. LISTEN, YOU GUYS HAD A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION ALONG WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES TOO, WHERE YOU WERE LITERALLY OVER CAPACITY MORE DOGS THAN YOU HAD KENNEL SPACE FOR THIS WEEK. YES. ON THURSDAY WE HAD 16 MORE DOGS THAN WE HAD KENNEL SPACES FOR. AND SO WE ALWAYS IT’S HARD. IT’S REALLY HARD. WE ALWAYS PUT OUT A PLEA TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE GET A LOT OF DOGS IN FOSTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF DOGS GO TO RESCUE PARTNERS. WE TYPICALLY WAIVE ADOPTION FEES, BUT, YOU KNOW, SPACE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. IT’S REALLY, REALLY JUST DIFFICULT. SO HEARTBREAKING. AND YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO START MAKING THOSE DECISIONS MORE AND MORE. YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, BECAUSE YOU’RE SEEING THESE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF ANIMALS COMING IN. IT’S BEEN TOUGH. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE WAIVE FEES FOR DOGS LIKE POOH BEAR THAT ARE SENIORS. AND THEN WE TYPICALLY WAIVE FEES WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE AT THE MEGA, ALL ADOPTION FEES ARE WAIVED FOR ALL ANIMALS. AND WHEN WE ARE OVER SPACE, WE WAIVE FEES TOO. SO I MEAN, ANY TIME IS A GOOD TIME TO COME DOWN TO THE SHELTER, BUT ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS THEIR VET BILLS, TOWARDS OTHER THINGS FOR THEM, WAIVED FEES IS A GOOD WAY TO START IT IS. AND SO THAT MEGA ADOPTION EVENT IS NEXT WEEKEND. YES, IT’S ON THE 20TH ON THE 23 OKAY. AND IT’S RIGHT THERE AT PIMLICO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. AND IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN POOH BEAR OR ANY ANIMAL THAT BARKS HAS TO OFFER AND THEY HAVE A TON NUMBER RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, 39