Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

2 days ago

❤️🐾 FAMILY, FURBABIES & MAKING MEMORIES! 🐾❤️

My family never knows what kind of fun or unusual animal they’ll get to meet when they come visit me at the shelter! 😂🐷🐍🐢🐶

I spend a LOT of time at Evansville Animal Care & Control, and while I absolutely love what I do, I also treasure every minute I get to spend with my family. ❤️

It means so much to me when they stop by to visit, see what I’ve been up to, and share a little bit of my crazy animal world with me!

Life gets busy, and the days can be long, but these little visits and special moments mean more to me than they’ll ever know. 🥰

Making memories with the people I love, surrounded by the animals I love. It doesn’t get much better than that! ❤️🐾

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Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

4 days ago

When you’re absolutely TERRIFIED of snakes… 😳🐍

…but a YELLOW one slithers into the shelter, so apparently you’re HOLDING it now. 😱💛😂

I’m not sure if this is called facing your fears or temporarily losing your mind. 🤣

But hey… #ItsAYellowThang 💛🐍

Never a dull moment at Animal Control!

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Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

1 week ago

🚨 23 DOGS IN ONE DAY — WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🚨

Today alone, 23 dogs were brought through the doors of Evansville Animal Care & Control (Official).

🐾 15 dogs from ONE house
🐾 Several strays
🐾 Additional court-case animals
🐾 And tonight, an emergency call to pick up 2 more dogs

Twenty-three dogs. One day. 💔

We truly are OUT OF KENNEL SPACE, and we cannot do this without our community.

We need FOSTERS.
We need ADOPTERS.
We need DONATIONS.
We need RESCUE PARTNERS.
We need you to SHARE our posts and tell your friends, family and coworkers about the amazing animals waiting at our shelter.

Even if you can’t foster or adopt, simply sharing our posts can help one of these animals reach the person who can. ❤️

And we have some wonderful news that couldn’t have come at a better time! A HUGE thank you to Tailgate Revival for supporting our shelter and helping sponsor adoption fees. Because of their generosity, we are able to offer $5 ADOPTIONS on our long-term residents! 🐶🐱❤️

Your $5 adoption fee includes:

🐾 Spay/neuter
🐾 Microchip
🐾 Vaccinations

These animals don’t need to spend another night wondering when someone will choose them.

Please help us open a kennel. Please help us save a life.

📍 Evansville Animal Care & Control
815 Uhlhorn Street
⏰ Monday–Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM

Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE. Tonight, we truly need you. ❤️🐾

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Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

1 week ago

🐷😂 OH, THE FUN WE HAVE AT EACC! 😂🐷

Hog update- Thank you Oinking Acres, ACO Blair & Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office for rescuing Moke! He’s now safe at Evansville Animal Care & Control (Official).
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Central Dispatch called around 4:00 AM this morning reporting a hog in the middle of the road! Because apparently this little piggy decided to skip the market and take an early-morning stroll instead. 😂

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office was already on scene making sure our wandering piggy didn’t get hit, and ACO Emily Blair headed out to assist.

Here’s the fun part… this lil’ piggy likes to play possum! 🐷🤣

He’ll lay there like, “Nothing to see here…” until you get close — then he jumps up, takes off running and squeels the whole way! 😂😂

So, WESTSIDERS — check your piggies! 👀🐷

If you’re missing one, we may have found your early-morning escape artist near Harmony Way & Detroy!

Please share so we can get this little piggy all the way home! 🏠🐷❤️

Just another day — or should I say 4 AM call — at Animal Control! 😂🐾

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Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

2 weeks ago

💔 My heart shattered into a million pieces this morning when I found my sweet Baja had passed away in her kennel.

I was blessed to be her mommy for only a few short years, but I loved every single minute I had with her.

When Baja came into my life, there were so many simple things she had never experienced. She had been a breeder dog, and I never truly knew how old she was. I only knew that she had spent much of her life having puppies — including Mercedes, who was one of her babies.

So together, Baja and I learned. ❤️

I taught her how to eat out of a bowl.
How to play outside.
How to use the stairs.
How to climb onto the couch with me.
How to roll over for a tummy rub.
How to take treats from my hand.
How to trust me enough to pick her up.

But most importantly, she learned that not all humans are bad. 🥺❤️

And she learned that she could trust another dog, too.

Baja absolutely loved Thurston Howl IV. ❤️🐾 He became her comfort, her protector and, in so many ways, her guide. When she was unsure or scared, she would lean on Thurston and look to him for reassurance. He helped show her how to just be a dog and that she was finally somewhere safe.

Their bond was so incredibly special.

And today, my heart breaks for him, too. Thurston is confused. He keeps looking for Baja, not understanding why his little friend isn’t there. I wish I could explain to him where she went. 💔

There were so many everyday things that Baja got to experience for the very first time, and I feel incredibly blessed that I got to be the one beside her for them.

It took her a while to trust me, but once she did, her personality began to shine. I quickly fell completely in love with her. Watching her learn how to simply be a dog was one of the greatest gifts she could have ever given me.

I just wish we would have had more time.

Rest easy, my sweet Baja. No more fear. No more bad memories. Just endless treats, soft blankies, sunshine and all the tummy rubs you could ever want.

Thank you for trusting me enough to let me be your mommy. And thank you for loving Thurston and letting him be your safe place when you needed him. ❤️

Until I see you again at the Rainbow Bridge. 🌈🐾

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Missy Mosby - MM Lovin Local

2 weeks ago

🚨 HELP! I HAVE A STALKER! 🚨

He knows the sound of my car.
He follows me everywhere.
He watches my office to see when I’m there. 👀
He hides in my bathroom.
He constantly stares at me.
He lays on my desk all day and reaches out to touch my hand or arm just to make sure I’m still there.

Meet my stalker… Munch. 😆🐈❤️

Munch is one of our community cats at EACC, and I have to admit, I never really considered myself a “cat person.” I’ve always been the crazy dog lady. 😂🐶

But this guy has completely won over my heart.

Munch waits for me to arrive in the morning and walks me to our office—yes, I said OUR office because apparently I just work there now. 😂

We share breakfast… or sometimes he just steals mine when I walk over to the shelter. That’s okay too. 🤷‍♀️

He makes biscuits on me, and his purr is pure therapy. ❤️ He lays on my desk while I work and likes to make sure some part of him is touching my hand or arm. Sometimes he even helps me type, so I apologize in advance for any misspellings. 😆⌨️🐾

He attends meetings. He supervises my work. And sometimes he isn’t too happy when other people are taking away the attention that clearly belongs to HIM. 😂

When he wants in, he scratches on my office door. When he wants out, he scratches again. Apparently, I’m also his personal doorman.

I’m not exactly sure what Munch does all night while he’s out “catting around,” but he must have quite the nightlife because he spends most of his days sound asleep in my office. 😴🐈

Munch, thank you for giving this lifelong dog lover a whole new understanding and appreciation for cats. You have completely won over my heart, and I love you more than you’ll ever know. ❤️

And now Munch has inspired my next project…

With colder weather coming, I would LOVE to have a cattery/community cat shelter built at EACC so Munch and our other community cats have a safe, warm, protected place during cold and inclement weather. 🐈🏠❤️

If anyone has ideas, knows someone who could help with the design or materials, or would be interested in helping us raise funds and gather volunteers to build it, please reach out to me.

Our community cats are pretty amazing—and thanks to one very persistent little stalker named Munch, I may officially be becoming a cat lady too. 😆❤️🐾

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