Wednesday shelter update

Rescue Waggin had some problems getting to us yesterday. Seems the waggin broke down and then they had a new driver who got lost but they finally arrived at about 1:15pm. They already had some dogs on board. They were only able to take 9 of the 15 we had scheduled to go.


They did take GINGER, Chance, Vern, Staffey, Izzy, Amelia, Gilligan, Page, Rocky. Yeah!!!!





After they left we managed to clean all the cages in Rescue row and moved Blue, Lucy, Woody, Kojak, Macie into rescue row. Ruby is still in puppy cage room. My understanding is all these dogs have been transferred to PCHS. Bailey and Justin as well. We are taking applications on all these dogs. Except for Justin they are to adopted out for $85.00 and then booked for spays/neuters with local vets and if necessary on the Assisi or clinic. This will help us recover some of the expenses that we incurred for health checks, rabies and vaccines. Macie is already spayed. I will checkj but vet thought Bailey was already spayed as well.




The only dog in Rescue row that is not ours is Sarah and her puppies. The puppies can be adopted out in 3 weeks and applications are currently being accepted. There is one puppy which the vet says has a neurological problem. We are looking for a foster for that puppy should it not get adopted. We have had dogs with the same or similar problems in the shelter and with the proper care can live happy healthy lives.





We have a lady who wants to adopt Lucy she came with Laura the dark haired girl who does volunteer work. We are attempting to contact her to let her know Lucy is available. If you happen to know who the lady is please advise her.





Well Fiona got adopted as did Lady the shar-pei and Bently found a wonderful home with Barb.


We have 28 cats under our care. And we are working to get them fixed up to date vaccines, rabies and Fel/leu tested.





The new cage in the condo is great and I am glad to see we are able to save more cats. But they do all need homes.





We have some kittens in foster care with Marlena, Justin is with me and doing fine. He gets his stitches out friday and will be returning to Rescue Row. We will have to charge extra for his adoption to cover surgery and x-rays. If he does not get adopted he can go to next rescue.





The board voted to have surgery done on Robbie who had been shot 3 times and will lose a leg.
When he is released after surgery he will be coming to my home to recover. Unless some else is available to care for him.



We are currently taking applications for fostering homes. So if you know of anyone who stays at home, loves pets ad can share their home and nurse sick or injured pets please have them contact the office.





Kojak will still need to be treated so his hair will grow back and he needs brushing to get the last of the matted hair off.





Interview are being conducted for the cleaning position in the shelter. Hopefully we will have some one hired for that soon. In the meantime we only have 1 inmate and Julie has managed to get some extra inmates in later in the morning to also help.





The goats that were in the back have found homes so the exercise area is available again for the dogs to be able to get some exercise during the day.





If any committee member has planned events for future please email them to Linda ahead of time so we can get them in the events calendar.



Bill is heading the interview committee for the new LVT's and we are trying to work out a date to interview and meet them. One will be our regular LVT and the other will be a back up LVT.
We will have report at next board meeting.

Nov 6th is our next Assisi Van and if anyone is interested in helping please have them contact me. I would really appreciate any help and it is not hard training is available.

Treat trail is tonight you are welcome to come and help pass out candy to all the little ghouls and goblins from 4-7pm Becky and I are scheduled to be there.


Have a Happy Halloween.

Later Anita

Holiday shopping

I know, I know--it's not even technically Halloween yet! But why not get the jump on Christmas and do something to help animals in a county whose humane society is still up and coming?

Second Annual Christmas Auction!

To benefit Smyth County Humane Society's Spay and Neuter Program

Saturday, November 3, 2007

4:00 to 7:00 PM

The Grand Ballroom, 132 East Main Street

$5 admission at the door

Entertainment provided by the Mt. Zion Parise Team, Blue Ridge Job Corps Choir, and Jeff Campbell

Refreshments provided by a la Carte Cafe and Dark Hollow Micro Roasters

Master of Ceremonies Donnie Brooks from Z103.5

Auctioneer Curtis M. Sword

We can all go and "represent" PCHS (by wearing our lovely t-shirts, of course), support a like-minded group, and maybe get some shopping done! Please let me know if you want to carpool!

The shelter was really busy today. We had about 12 vet students from Virginia Tech today. They toured and helped walk dogs, clean, groom cats and clip nails and other tasks. They were very helpful. We have a new volunteer bulletin board in the ed room with a task list and where you can put your name and show what you've been trainied to do. This will help us all when volunteers come in to help. We can route them more effectively to tasks that they choose and know how to do. We will have the vet students on a regular basis prescheduled two days a month after the first of the year. Many of them as well will be by the shelter on other days as well.

Rita came in and was working the vet students and training them on cleaning and handling animals. Joanne and Judith kept several students busy in the condo working and showing and grooming. We have a beautiful bunch of kitties.Joanne also spent time with some volunteers as well. We had several folks looking to adopt today. We got two appllicatoins for condo kitties and Jen, our safter trainer and foster of Fiona, adopted her today.

Keely was hard at in the office as well working on aid apps and adoption apps. Brenda was on her way in to work in the garden as I was leaving.

Don't forget that we have a complete line of designer clothing and leashes, collars and booties for sale in the Education Room. Keely had a friend that donated lots of new items for us to sell. If you need new leashes collars, raincoats, motorcycle jackets, sweat or t-shrits, booties, the Ed Room is the place to be. Prices are low and the proceeds go towards animal treatment.

We got sad news late yesterday that the Rescue Waggin may not take some of the dogs that they were slated to take. The Maryland shelter that the dogs were going to got slammed with dogs from a cruelty case and they don't have much room. I'm still working with them but they will probably cut about 5 dogs from the run. Worst of all, one of these is Ginger. Ginger, the chow mix has been in a foster home with Tammy and has learned manners and is house trained. Tammy cannot continue to foster her, as she (Tammy) is having back surgery on Tuesday and cannot care for her for awhile. We are looking for someone to foster Ginger until we can find a forever home for this beautiful girl. Contact me or the office if you are interested in fostering Ginger until the next Waggin or until adopted. The next Waggin goes out on November 20th.

Upcoming animal related event

It's not one of our events, but it never hurts to network!

Roanoke Valley SPCA is hosting the Howl-o-ween Walk for the Animals this Sunday, October 28, at Elmwood Park in Downtown Roanoke, from 2-5 PM. It looks like a lot of fun--Zack and Danny from K92's Mornin' Thang will be there!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY!!!!!

Hey guys--
Its been a crazy week (which is a good thing). Before I go any further, however, I would like to say, on behalf of all of us----HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILLY!!!!!!! I hope its a good one! And thank you FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!!

Now, moving on. I only have a few minutes to write this--however I just wanted to continue to bring those who can't live at the shelter (like some of us) some updates....

Justin- our little boxer baby is recovering from his leg amputation--he did GREAT in surgery and all the staff at the veterinary clinic have of course fallen in love with him! After he is released, he's going on vacation at Anita's house to recover. He is a VERY lucky boy!

Bailey is also recovering from her tumor removal. the LVT who I checked with last night said she also did wonderfully. She should be picked up from the vet at some point today.

Also adopted yesterday (or Saturday)---Tori, Karl, Dozer, and Shellie.

YAY!

Happy Birthday to Billy tomorrow!!! A little bird told me it was your birthday!! Have a Wonderful Day!!

Hey Folks!!

The visit from Humane Strategies went very well this morning. Rick Collard visited the shelter and met with Julie and me, talked with most of the AC folks and Judith, too. He toured the shetler and after goign through a very extensive questionaire about the shelter as a whole, noted lots that we are doing right, with suggestions for some improvements as well. Rick's job is to evaluate shetlers that participate int he Rescue Waggin and make recommendations to make our lives easier and fortunately he has funds available to assist with making those things happen. I'll be putting in a grant for a new office computer, for one thing.

Julie and I talked with Orange County AC about Rikki's Refuge as well this afternooon and all sounds good. We hope to make a visit there next week and put to rest concerns that have been brought forward.

Anita worked hard in the office this afternoon and we had several people looking at dogs. Joanne was doing meds and getting things ready for the spay clinic next week. Thanks particularly to Nicole being willing to bail me out of double scheduling, walking dogs and who helped me finally get some of the things in the Ed Room displayed for sale. Shay brought back one of the leash racks that he painted and decorated for us to display our new leashes for sale. Thanks to Keely for getting all of those, the pet clothing and of course the doggie boots donated. If you need best dressed clothing for your pet, you'll be sure to find it now, right in our own Ed Room. Remember to get your pet toy and treats there. The price is right and it benefits the animals.

Sandy stopped by the memorial garden and brought a beautiful new bench, today. The garden looks really pretty!!

Behind the scenes, Deanna was running safer testing forms for us to start testing for the Waggin tomorrow. Jen and I will be testing tomorrow afternoon. That's all folks!!!!

Check out the latest news and of course our own Justin on the Roanoke Times Happy Wag blog.
http://www.blogs.roanoke.com/the happywag.com

The Ellen Story can be viewed at: http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2007/10/iggy_update.php

It's a very interesting debate.

Wednesday Office

Hello to everyone---
Today was pretty slow--lots of people coming through, however, no adoptions to my knowledge.
Assisi is just about booked for the Nov 6th Van. The Nov. 14th clinic only has 4 more spots as well. This is GREAT news!

The little dog in the front row was once again taken home--this is the second time in a month that he's been running at large. Poor little guy. He goes by the name of "chipper".

Still no word yet on the shar-pei rescues. I'm going to email again on Friday or look for some phone numbers!!! I'm TRYING to get Lady (and now possibly Cotton) into rescue if at all possible.

Judith--have you heard back from the Brittany Spaniel Rescue about Staffy?

Both Justin and Bailey are schedule for their surgeries on Monday, the 22nd. So keep them in your prayers! Bailey's lab work came back today. The mass she's going to have removed is indeed a mass cell tumor. We are going to have a biopsy done to see what stage it was. Poor little lady! She's the perfect dog! And Justin is going in for his amputation. I can't wait to see him make a full recovery!

Billy was once again a great help today (as always). He always has the sunniest disposition and can put ANYONE in a good mood--even after a hard day. So, Billy, thanks for being so eager to help in any way we need you to! You are wonderful!

Other than that--like I said, its been pretty slow. Laura and Jenn are going to start behavior testing on Friday, so hopefully we can get another successful Waggin' full like we did earlier this month!

Have a great night everyone!
Keely

Monday Office

Hello to all. Truth be known, its Tuesday. I am however, back posting from events yesterday.

First off--Thank you to Stephen our new volunteer who is my right hand on Mondays now.He helps me so much and I truly appreciate everything he does! He zips right over after school lets out and stays till 5:30. So, Stephen, THANK YOU!!!!! I will be at Pulaski's game on Friday to watch you and the rest of the band in your halftime show!!!!!

Also great news--another new volunteer, Sarah Pratt put in an application to adopt Sue. She was approved with flying colors and took her home yesterday. Her animals go to Tipton Ridge and Ellen only had to hear her name before she sang praises about Sarah! SO YAY for Sue! Sue is still in heat, and the "mess" didn't bother Sarah at all. She left the shelter and was going to get diapers for Sue until she gets spayed on the Assisi van on Nov. 6th or goes out of heat. Sarah's 4 year old son has fondly renamed Sue "Spike." So, "Spike"- we love you and we will miss you!

Ranger our Rottie that went to Rescue continues to daily amaze his foster mom and all other humans he comes into contact with. He's doing great w/ housebreaking, is still gaining weight, and his fur is finally starting to fill in. He has become the happiest dog in the world and so eager to please--even after all that has been done to him!

I guess that's about it! Our Oct. 24th Spay Clinic is full, the Assisi Van for Nov 6th has over 20 animals booked and there are at least 14 slots filled for the Nov. 14th Spay Clinic! This is GREAT NEWS!!!!!

Well everyone--have a wonderful Tuesday. I'm going to get back to updating the master database so that we can get the appropriate mailings up and running...

Keely