Deep South Dog Advocacy Group

10/15/2026

Love to see one of our former adopters adopting from our local shelter! Birdie has hit the lottery! This girl is going to have an amazing life. ❤️

Birdie is adopted!

We are so happy that we found the perfect adopters for this sweet girl. She will have an amazing life!

10/15/2026

❗️Perm needs a ride❗️

Perm the Worm has an opportunity to join an excellent rescue, but he needs to get to Nashville, TN to his foster!

This trip can be broken into legs or a straight run if anyone is able! Gas can be paid.

10/15/2026

PLEASE READ

I was allowed and asked to share an update on this dog that went viral yesterday here in St. Mary Parish.

Before I share the update, I’d like to share how animal control in our parish works! Our partner shelter is responsible for pickup in unincorporated areas of the parish. They can NOT take calls for nor pickup in incorporated cities. Each city has their own animal warden employed by the city, and they are responsible for handling animal-related complaints. So, for example, this dog was in Franklin city limits, so Franklin PD was responsible for handling the complaints on this dog. The shelter legally cannot do anything until the city warden picks up and brings dogs/cats to the shelter and they go through the proper intake process. 🙂

The shelter is always willing to assist whenever and wherever they are needed, they show up for our parish animals DAILY and it is a thankless job. When the municipalities are called out to a complaint, if they need help, they can depend on our shelter, it just has to go through the proper channels first.

❗️❗️Now for the update:

This guy is SAFE and is currently at our parish shelter. He has seen a veterinarian and besides for a few minor issues, he is in fair shape, thankfully!! ❤️ He is currently pending adoption by an excellent adopter pending the legalities of this case.

Once he was brought into our parish shelter by the city, our shelter did their due diligence by getting him immediate veterinary care. He will be well-fed, comfortably housed and taken care of there until he is able to be adopted. I’m so elated and most of all extremely relieved to be able to share this update.

Please share this post so that we can get the word out that this boy is SAFE, FED & COMFORTABLE! Thank you to everyone who brought concern and awareness and reached out. ❤️

09/17/2026

These 11 dogs have still not had any interest. Please share, they are running out of time.

09/15/2026

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION- LUNA

Luna is an adorable girl who ended up at the shelter at absolutely no fault of her own. She is currently 45 pounds and 7 months old.

She would make an excellent family companion! We’re hoping she doesn’t have to wait long for her forever home.

Upon adoption, Luna will be spayed, vaccinated and microchipped.

We are open today if someone would like to come and do a meet and greet with this sweet girl!

Please share so that we can find Luna a home!

10905 LA-182
Franklin, LA 70538
337-828-4646

09/15/2026

Had some help making our emergency pet food kids tonight 🤣🤣.

If you’re still in need, link is in the comments!

09/14/2026

Our pet food assistance form is live! Pickup dates & times TBA. Please apply if you are in need.

✅ Available to St. Mary Parish residents

✅Available to families that are struggling to feed their cats and/or dogs.

❌Not available for feral/community animals, breeders or those fostering for rescues or other organizations.

❌We are unable to provide specific, brand name food for dogs and cats with dietary restrictions.

Please click the link to complete this form.

09/12/2026

We’re one step closer to being able to hand out emergency pet food kits!

We are just waiting on the collars + leashes that are supposed to come in early this week.

Stay tuned for the application if you are in need!

09/11/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT COMING🐾

We recently received some extra funds, and we have decided to use a portion of said funds to give back to our community that we love. This outreach effort will consist of emergency dog & cat food kits for local families who are struggling to feed their pets.

We are in the beginning stages of assembling these kits, but hope to have the first batch ready to go later next week! Each kit will include around 5 pounds of dog or cat food and a collar + leash if needed to help keep your pets safe.

An application will be posted soon with information about eligibility and how to request assistance: this is for St. Mary Parish Residents.

We’re extremely excited to be able to offer this extension of community outreach that goes beyond us helping our local shelter and into our community.

Helping animals doesn’t always mean getting them out of the shelter. Sometimes it means helping a family to keep their pets at home. ❤️🐾