The Lewisburg Animal Shelter is full of dogs that need homes immediately. Through the efforts of networkers and marketing the dogs the Lewisburg Animal Shelter has not had to euthanize for space in almost four years. The facility's limitations always create a possibility of euthanizing dogs, especially with breeds that are harder to place with adopters or rescuers. "We are a city run facility," Susan Ragsdale, Lewisburg Animal Shelter manager said in recent correspondence with the Tribune. "We are not a no kill facility."

The shelter manager submitted that the lag time between weekly notices of available dogs and the publication in this newspaper, some listed dogs may already be adopted. New stray dogs come into the shelter daily.

You may view the current adoptable dogs in person at the shelter. The shelter is located at 300 Woodside Dr. in Lewisburg. If you've lost a dog, please check the shelter immediately. Dogs are listed as available if strays after a three-day hold with no collar, or five days with a collar.

Shelter Manager Ragsdale provided the following information on dogs available this week at the Lewisburg Animal Shelter:

O'Malley #94 - O'Malley is a male Pit Bulldog mix, black and white in color, found as a stray. He is a very high energy fun loving boy, best in a no other dog home and with someone familiar with the breed. He weighs 71 pounds. He is a WATER LOVING HOG!! Jumps right into the water spray and tries to eat it! He is adoptable now to an approved rescue only. He also loves squeaky toys. We have been working on leash training as well. He is food aggressive with strangers and will snap at you if you try to reach for his food bowl. His adoption fee is $15 as he is fully vetted now. He is heartworm positive so his rescue would need to follow up with their own vet about his treatment. He is on his 4th month of a slow kill heartworm method in the shelter.

Firework # 201 - Firework was picked up on Silver Creek Rd on 7/21/16. She appears to be a brindle Pitbull/hound mix. She gets along with other dogs but will be the alpha. She gets along better with males. She loves to have her back scratched! She weighs 58 pounds and her adoption fee is $25 as she is already fully vetted and she has a $50 adoption sponsor. She is heartworm negative and is micro-chipped. She weighs 56 pounds.

Bella #203 - Bella was picked up on 7/10/16. She is an older chow/shepherd mix female. She is rescue only as she is a previous bite case at the shelter. She also had a huge mass/tumor on her rear end. Unfortunately, she also tested positive for heartworms on 8-30-16. We took donations for her to have the tumor removed and have been treating heartworms with the slow kill method. She is super sweet and gets along with the other dogs, but not cats. She weighs 43 pounds. Her rescue fee is $70.

Delaware # 204 - Delaware was picked up on Kenny Nelson Rd on 7/21/16. He is neutered American bulldog mix. He was very underweight when he came in, but has since put on 10+lbs. He is sweet and loves attention and petting. He is doing well and is a real love bug, giving hugs when he comes out of his kennel to greet you. He weighs 44.5 pounds and is micro-chipped and heartworm negative. His adoption fee is $55 as he has a partial sponsor.

Moulin Rouge #238 -- Moulin Rouge was picked up on Franklin Pike on 8/31/16. She appears to have had puppies not long before she was picked up. She was wearing a collar but no owner came for her. She is very sweet and lovable. She was tested for heartworms back in Oct and tested negative at the facility where she was spayed, however when she started to get she was retested and came back a light positive on her heartworm and for erlichia, too. She has a road to recovery ahead of her but she is doing better now and would be a great family pet or companion for another dog. Any medications she has will go with her. She was taken to another vet for a second opinion and she has some sort of non contagious lung problem and an enlarged heart. She is doing much better now on meds and is available to an approved adopter or rescue. Her $75 adoption fee/ $70 to rescues has a sponsor. She needs to be an indoor dog only. She weighs 48 pounds and any meds and refills will go with her.

Tar Heel #243 - Tar Heel is a female lab mix found as a stray on Nashville Highway in Chapel Hill. She is friendly and has gotten better with strangers not being as afraid of them anymore. High energy and a barker! Came in with the male black lab Hawkeye so she may be related to him but not bonded. She will try another dog male or female so she is very alpha and needs to either go to a monitored no dog home or to rescue where she can be further evaluated and more slowly introduced to other dogs. A high energy environment like the shelter only aggravates her already heightened energy so she is our shelter tornado for the moment! She is very smart and will try to sit for a food bowl but her energy won't let her. She does know kennel on command and so has a high drive and is food and treat motivated. Lots of potential for this girl in the right setting! She weighs 46 pounds and is micro-chipped and heartworm negative. Her adoption fee is partially sponsored so she is $35 to an approved adopter or rescue.

Hawkeye #244 - Hawkeye is a male lab mix found as a stray on Nashville Highway in Chapel Hill. He is very friendly and outgoing and has gotten much better since his neuter. He will still go at a male dog but he loves to play and romp with the females. High energy and a barker! Came in with the female black lab Tar Heel so he may be related to her but they are not bonded so can be adopted separately. He needs room to run and a family to help him spend a lot of that energy! Very smart and highly food and treat motivated, this guy has a lot of potential. He weighs 57 pounds and is heartworm negative and micro-chipped. His adoption fee is $75.

Gator #270 -- Gator was picked up on Jackson Ave on 9/29/16. He is very friendly with people and a handsome young man. He was recently neutered so as soon as his hormones settle down we will begin testing him with the other dogs. He has been really good with young smaller children when folks have stopped by with them at the shelter, not jumping on them at all so it's possible he was raised with small kids around at some time in his life prior to coming into the shelter. Like he knows they are more fragile than their larger humans! He weighs 58 pounds and is micro-chipped. He did test positive for heartworms so he has just started on his heartworm treatment. He is not good with the male dogs, trying to fight them through the kennel fencing. He will need to go to a well supervised home.

Delilah #318 - Delilah is a female lab/hound mix found as a stray on Water Street on 12-2. She is super sweet and appears to be housebroken. She has been alpha toward some of the other dogs, and it appears more she is protective of whatever human she is around. She needs to go to a no dog home or be well supervised. She was wearing a collar. She is fully vetted, micro-chipped, and heartworm negative. She weighs 60 pounds.

Elijah #326 - Elijah was found on Demastus Rd on 12/13/16. He appears to be a Walker Coon hound mix wearing an orange collar. He definitely does not like cats and was probably a hunting dog that is lost. He has now been fully vetted and is available for adoption or rescue now. He weighs 62 pounds. His adoption fee is $75. He is heartworm negative and micro-chipped.

Dinah #328 - Dinah was picked up on Thomas Street on 12/16/16. She appears to be an American Bulldog mix. She is a sweetheart with people, and is very food motivated as she wolfs it down right now. She will definitely go after a cat. She has been fully vetted and was actually already spayed but had already been sedated so her adoption fee of $60 covers all that. She is heartworm negative and micro-chipped. She weighs 53 pounds.

Duke #339 - Duke (his real name) is a male Bull terrier mix, small in size, who was found abandoned at his old owners home when they moved. After several attempts to contact them, and their failure to contact the shelter, he will be made available for adoption on Sat. Dec. 31. He appears to be housebroken as he does not mess in his kennel and goes in and out like a pro. He is super smart and really wants to please. He has now been fully vetted and is heartworm negative and micro-chipped. He weighs 35 pounds and his adoption fee is $75.

Cosmic Brownie # 1 - Brownie was picked up on Silver Creek Rd on 1/3/17. She appears to be a Catahoula/Boxer mix and is very friendly. She is wearing a collar so she will be available for adoption or rescue on 1/9/17. She weighs 36.5 pounds and has a vet appointment for Tuesday 1/10/17. Her adoption fee after that will be $75. She will be heartworm tested and micro-chipped at that time also.

Zero #2 -- Zero is a male neutered Chinese crested found as a stray on Sycamore Lane in Chapel Hill. He is micro-chipped and the owner on registry has been contacted. If the current owner does not come forward by Friday Jan. 6, that owner will come and pick him up at the shelter. He was not wearing a collar, but was micro-chipped. He is being posted simply to notify his current owner if they are looking for him.

If your dog is missing, please contact the shelter and the five county veterinarians to learn if your dog has been found or reported.

Thanks to the City of Lewisburg, all dogs at the shelter are now being given a distemper/parvo vaccine, a bordetella (Kennel Cough) vaccine, and are dewormed immediately for three days upon intake. Once available they have a vet appointment scheduled and are being spayed or neutered and given a rabies shot at the vet. Adoption fees cover a rabies vaccine, and a spay or neuter at any of five area veterinarians offices.