Pet of the week

BASKETS OF PUPPIES! The Cortez Animal Shelter has many puppies for adoption. These puppies, five females and two males, are Malamute and lab mix. The Shelter will have a booth at the Home and Garden Show and will have the puppies as well as some very cute, colorful kittens for adoption plus another litter of puppies that are Border Collie/Australian Shepherd/Cocker mix. The adoption fee for dogs is $100, which includes altering, microchip, first vaccines except rabies, and a free health exam at local vets. Adoption fee for cats is $60. The animal shelter can use donations of supplies such as bleach, paper towels, lint rollers, lightly used leashes, Iams puppy food, Pedigree or Iams dog food, Purina kittens chow, dish soap, and liquid laundry detergent. For more information call the Cortez Animal Shelter at 565-4910. To view adoptable pets online, visit www.petango.com and enter the zip code 81321 or www.cityofcortez.com/government/animal_shelter.