Metro Animal Shelter

**The Shelter Dog Your Family Needs -- Meet Florence!**

On a freezing cold day like today, who doesn’t need a pup like Florence in their home?!? This girl is as warm-hearted and wonderful as you can imagine, and ready to plow her pathway out of the shelter and into a loving home.

This very friendly puppy has been chillin’ with us at the shelter for a couple of weeks, after being found as a stray and scooped up off the streets. Our staff and volunteers are absolutely smitten with her playful personality, and we’d all love to see her spring out of the shelter and into a loving home before winter’s end.

Florence is an 11 month old medium-sized Staffordshire terrier mix, and currently available for adoption at the Metro Animal Shelter in Puyallup. And while she may not actually be able to shovel snow from your driveway, we do know that this dog-friendly and kid-friendly pup would be the very best companion to play with on a frosty day – her epic zoomies are the icing on the cake!

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Stray animal received 3/12/26

Puyallup- Siamese mix found near the 400 block of W Meeker, A0060617712

After a 5 day pause on cat adoptions and cat intakes, we are resuming normal operations starting at 11 a.m. today.

As you may have heard, over the weekend we had 3 stray cats display symptoms that could be indicative of a highly contagious feline virus; after a positive test for the virus, our staff implemented an immediate cat quarantine to ensure that if the virus was present anywhere in our shelter that we were taking all reasonable measures possible to prevent it from spreading. This quarantine also gave us time to closely observe, test, and treat as necessary.

We are very happy to report that the 3 symptomatic cats have been re-tested daily, and every test since the first day has been negative. No other cats in our shelter have shown symptoms or tested positive.

As an open admissions shelter that takes in stray and feral cats from 7 cities on a daily basis, we commonly have cats come into the shelter that have respiratory or digestive ailments. They have lived a tough life on the streets, and we are here to help. And with the health and safety of all of the animals in our care being of the utmost importance, that means sometimes we need to err on the side of caution. We quarantine, we observe, we test, and we treat. And then we return to normal operations.

Thank you to everyone who sent us messages and posted comments of support over the past few days. We greatly appreciate your care and concern, are glad to be back to full opurrrations!

Stray animal received 3/11/26

Sumner- Brown domestic short haired tabby cat found near the 200 block of Sumner Ave, A0060612751

**The Shelter Dog Your Family Needs -- Meet Mikah!**

If playful, healthy, and happy are on your list, then Mikah is the dog that you need in your home! This guy is ready to roll out of the shelter and into your heart, and can we guarantee that if you adopt him then you are in store for a cartload of fun!

And while Mikah can’t actually do your grocery shopping for you, he does come with a special deal that is so amazing, there is no need for you to shop around any further. Thanks to a generous donation, we are offering a true bargain buy for this priceless pup… if you adopt Mikah, you will get an entire year of dry dog food for FREE!

Mikah is a 10 month old border collie and shepherd mix, and is currently available for adoption at the Metro Animal Shelter in Puyallup. You can check out his profile by visiting our website: https://metroanimalservices.org/search-pets/