Humane Society Adoption Center - Monroe

🧠🐾 Fun Fact Friday: The Science of Manipulation!

Happy Friday, everyone! Today we’re diving into a very important piece of canine biology.

Did you know that dogs literally evolved a specific muscle just to manipulate your emotions?

It’s completely true. It's called the levator anguli oculi medialis—but we just call it the "Puppy Dog Eyes" muscle.

Unlike wolves, our domesticated best friends developed this special muscle above their eyes that allows them to raise their inner eyebrows. Why? Because it makes their eyes look bigger, sadder, and infinitely more pathetic. It instantly triggers a nurturing response in human brains.

Translation: They are biologically hardwired to make you feel guilty for not sharing your cheese, and to trick you into falling completely in love with them.
And honestly? It works every single time. 🧀🥺

Come down to the shelter this weekend and let some of our master manipulators use their evolutionary superpowers on you. We promise you won't stand a chance!

👇 Who in your house is the absolute master of the Puppy Dog Eyes? Drop a picture in the comments to prove it! 👇

🚐🐾 Rescue Dog Van Contest: Upload issues and fix! 🐾🚐

We are so incredibly excited about our Rescue Dog Van Fundraiser Contest! We already have the wheels, and the wrap is going to look absolutely amazing—now we just need to find the 4 local rescue dogs who will be featured as the stars of the show!

We do want to give a quick heads-up about a rare technical hiccup some folks are running into. Occasionally, the "metadata" (the hidden digital background info attached to a picture) triggers a security block on our upload page, preventing the photo from going through.

If this happens to you, there is a super easy fix!

Simply open your photo in any basic picture editor on your phone or computer and save/export it as a standard .jpg image. This resets that hidden metadata and should allow your photo to upload smoothly.

Still having trouble? Don't stress!

We want to make absolutely sure your furry best friend gets their chance to shine on our van. If the trick above doesn't work, just email your photo to us at [email protected]. Our team will be more than happy to assist in getting the picture formatted correctly and ready for the contest!

📣 Please SHARE this post to help get the word out so everyone gets a fair chance to enter! Get your entries in and let's find our 4 van stars! 👇 🔗

https://humanesocietyofmonroe.org/rescue-dog-van-fundraiser-contest/

☕️ Good morning, and welcome to Friday at HSAC!

This image basically captures the entire range of human and canine emotion in the animal care world before 9:00 AM. 😂

[LEFT IMAGE] Raider is what pure, unadulterated, coffee-free morning energy looks like. He has been awake since exactly 5:30 AM, has already completed his morning synchronized zoomies, barked at a leaf that blew threateningly past his kennel, and is currently operating at 150% battery capacity. He is a beautiful blur of chaos.

[RIGHT IMAGE] John is one of our our wonderful kennel techs. He’s smiling and relaxed in a rare moment of coffee-induced zen. He is currently powered by precisely one (1) cup of his favorite dark roast and the deep, profound knowledge that he just needs to make it to the weekend. He’s savoring this quiet moment before the next wave of energy hits.

Send caffeine, send donuts, and most importantly... come adopt some of these high-energy puppers so Raider can wake you up at 5:30 AM tomorrow! 🍩

Check out our current list of available dogs (including this chaotic blur) at:

https://humanesocietyofmonroe.org/adoptable-pets/

👇 Who else’s pet woke up choosing chaos this morning? Drop a picture below! 👇