How The Spaw helps the Humane Educational Society...
When you ask to have services performed by The Spaw, you are also giving back to a shelter pet. At most shelters, pets are not given the grooming that they would receive in a home. Nor do they receive the attention that house pets do. When they get groomed, they are cleaned up and made more attractive for the public, and get one-on-one time with the groomer (me!).
When you purchase treats, the left over treats from that batch go to the shelter animals. When you ask to have your pet groomed, a shelter pet is funded to be groomed for free. Lastly, when you hire The Spaw to watch your pets, a pet at the shelter gets to spend a few hours out of their kennel, in a kitchen or grass play-yard with lots of love, toys, and treats.
There are also fundraisers and donation drives going on year-round that will bring joy to the Humane Educational Society's pets.
Must I say more about the benefits of The Spaw??
When you purchase treats, the left over treats from that batch go to the shelter animals. When you ask to have your pet groomed, a shelter pet is funded to be groomed for free. Lastly, when you hire The Spaw to watch your pets, a pet at the shelter gets to spend a few hours out of their kennel, in a kitchen or grass play-yard with lots of love, toys, and treats.
There are also fundraisers and donation drives going on year-round that will bring joy to the Humane Educational Society's pets.
Must I say more about the benefits of The Spaw??
How The Spaw helps the Pet Placement Center (Tennessee Humane Animal League)...
Although the animals at most shelters are not given the love and attention they would otherwise receive in a home, this is not the case with the animals at the Pet Placement Center. The PPC can accommodate 16 dogs - comfortably - in their kennel, while the HES's kennel can accomodate over 300 dogs! Because the PPC is a no-kill, donation-run, private shelter, they can pick and choose who comes in, and when. Every dog is put 1 per kennel, with a kuranda bed (with fresh towels and blankets on top) and two or three toys. The floor is non-skid and the kennels were just recently renovated. The dogs receive lots of love and attention and plenty of outside time.
The Spaw grooms, helps the staff clean, and socializes the animals free-of-charge, with help from you!
The Spaw grooms, helps the staff clean, and socializes the animals free-of-charge, with help from you!
This Month's HES Featured Adoptable Pet
Meet Levi. He is an adorable DSH kitten with the most amazing blue eyes. Levi is a super sweet white kitty with grey legs, tail, and some on his ears and face. He is a sturdy, playful little boy who spends his days lounging around the HES's Beach House cat room. He has a couple other siblings that look almost just like him. How could you resist those big blue eyes?
Levi's adoption fee is $85 and includes: spay/neuter, UTD on shots, Rabies vaccination, health check, microchip, 30 days free SheltherCare insurance, and a free starter bag of Science Diet! What a great deal!
Come visit him today at the Humane Educational Society; open 11 AM-4 PM Monday thru Saturday, except Thursday, open until 6 PM! Closed Sundays. You are more than welcome to spend all day playing with him!
Levi's adoption fee is $85 and includes: spay/neuter, UTD on shots, Rabies vaccination, health check, microchip, 30 days free SheltherCare insurance, and a free starter bag of Science Diet! What a great deal!
Come visit him today at the Humane Educational Society; open 11 AM-4 PM Monday thru Saturday, except Thursday, open until 6 PM! Closed Sundays. You are more than welcome to spend all day playing with him!
This Month's PPC Featured Adoptable Pet
Spud is a Basset Hound mix born in 2003. He was adopted from Pet Placement Center several years ago and later returned because his guardians brought another younger male dog into their home and he and Spud did not get along. Spud is very sweet and prefers the company of female dogs to male. He also prefers women and is discerning with men. He requires a little time to trust new people, but once he knows someone is a friend, he is consistently happy to be with them.
Spud has the stout frame of a Bassett and weighs around 40 pounds. He has handsome black markings against a white coat. He enjoys opportunities to take walks and wears a big grin while doing so. He also loves to ride in the car and likes to be co-pilot in the front seat.
One of our volunteers occasionally lets Spud sleep over at her house. She reports that he is completely housetrained and does not bark while at her house. He does well with cats and even sleeps at the foot of her bed while her cats sleep at the top. He wants to be where people are and likes to lay next to you or with his head in your lap...he is very sweet and just wants to be loved.
Because 8 year old Spud is becoming a senior dog, everyone at PPC who loves him is making it a priority to find a wonderful home for Spud. He deserves a home of his own where he will be loved, kept safe, and know he is wanted and secure. Spud loves his caretakers at PPC, but we want him to have a home where he can sleep on a comfortable bed and enjoy his golden years.
We're open Wednesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sundays 12 - 5 pm.
The adoption fee is $40 which includes a free veterinary exam within 2 weeks of adoption, up to date vaccinations, tests for heartworms, heartworm medication, FELV/FIV test, deworming, flea treatment, microchip, and spay or neuter.
The PPC is located at 5975 Dayton Blvd. Chattanooga, TN 37415.
Phone: (423) 877-0738.
E-mail: [email protected].
Website: http://www.thalppc.com
Spud has the stout frame of a Bassett and weighs around 40 pounds. He has handsome black markings against a white coat. He enjoys opportunities to take walks and wears a big grin while doing so. He also loves to ride in the car and likes to be co-pilot in the front seat.
One of our volunteers occasionally lets Spud sleep over at her house. She reports that he is completely housetrained and does not bark while at her house. He does well with cats and even sleeps at the foot of her bed while her cats sleep at the top. He wants to be where people are and likes to lay next to you or with his head in your lap...he is very sweet and just wants to be loved.
Because 8 year old Spud is becoming a senior dog, everyone at PPC who loves him is making it a priority to find a wonderful home for Spud. He deserves a home of his own where he will be loved, kept safe, and know he is wanted and secure. Spud loves his caretakers at PPC, but we want him to have a home where he can sleep on a comfortable bed and enjoy his golden years.
We're open Wednesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sundays 12 - 5 pm.
The adoption fee is $40 which includes a free veterinary exam within 2 weeks of adoption, up to date vaccinations, tests for heartworms, heartworm medication, FELV/FIV test, deworming, flea treatment, microchip, and spay or neuter.
The PPC is located at 5975 Dayton Blvd. Chattanooga, TN 37415.
Phone: (423) 877-0738.
E-mail: [email protected].
Website: http://www.thalppc.com
How you can help...
Donating, volunteering, fostering, adopting, and spaying/neutering you own pets & encouraging neighbors and friends to do the same, all help shelter animals.
By donating money, toys, collars, leashes, food, bowls, blankets, towels & beds, kennels, Trifectant or Bleach, or any other thing on the Humane Society Wishlist or Pet Placement Center Wishlist, you are helping the shelter spend where it really needs to!
The HES and PPC rely on volunteers to do things such as dog walking, grooming, puppy socializing, cat cuddling, PetSmart cat cleaning, PetSmart store help, and helping run the Rabies Clinics. The HES has a program where you select 'packs' that you would like to help out in. Those packs consist of the above activities, as well as other things like transporting animals to and from the groomers' or organizing the lost & found files. A lot of the activity you will see going on at the HES is done by volunteers!
If you can't keep an animal for a long amount of time, why not foster? You will get the animal out of the stressful shelter environment and into a home, much like the one they will be at soon. You will tell people all about your foster pet and send out chain e-mails with a picture, information, and contact in it. Getting them into a great home, and seeing the happy face of the new adopters, are just a couple perks of being a foster parent to a homeless pet!
When you adopt an animal from the HES or PPC, you will become such a happy person. Every adoption has its ups and downs, between house-training and cuddling & vet bills and buying new things for your furry friend - but in the long run, you will be adopting a life-long friend and companion. Whether they become your Sunday night football buddy, or your early morning jogger, you are sure to enjoy your bud forever. Adoption will be one less puppy or kitten sold, one less dog in the shelter, one less cat or dog stuck rotating its life between kennels and new faces. It will bring you more rewards to know you saved that animal from tiny confines and constant boredom, then to know you bought it from someone who hardly cares who the new owner-to-be is...
Spaying and neutering. No big deal, right? I can wait until next year. I'll wait until next paycheck. I'll just get one pup out of her. Wrong. You won't wait until next year or next pay check, you'll wait until you are overwhelmed. Or maybe you'll just keep 'em coming? And its not just one pup. It is many...many pups. Let's do the math -
So that is $166,400 for ONE unaltered female. Even if you have her as an indoor dog, she could still end up pregnant by another pet in your house, at the dog park (if you aren't watching her every minute), at the boarding facility if they let animals roam together, or even in your own yard! The pups may seem cute, but they are hard to take care of and will one day grow into adults that you will no longer want. When that happens, where do they end up? The shelter of course.
For low-cost spay and neuter, visit Wally's Friends (WallysFriends.com). Pick up and drop off services are available as well!
By donating money, toys, collars, leashes, food, bowls, blankets, towels & beds, kennels, Trifectant or Bleach, or any other thing on the Humane Society Wishlist or Pet Placement Center Wishlist, you are helping the shelter spend where it really needs to!
The HES and PPC rely on volunteers to do things such as dog walking, grooming, puppy socializing, cat cuddling, PetSmart cat cleaning, PetSmart store help, and helping run the Rabies Clinics. The HES has a program where you select 'packs' that you would like to help out in. Those packs consist of the above activities, as well as other things like transporting animals to and from the groomers' or organizing the lost & found files. A lot of the activity you will see going on at the HES is done by volunteers!
If you can't keep an animal for a long amount of time, why not foster? You will get the animal out of the stressful shelter environment and into a home, much like the one they will be at soon. You will tell people all about your foster pet and send out chain e-mails with a picture, information, and contact in it. Getting them into a great home, and seeing the happy face of the new adopters, are just a couple perks of being a foster parent to a homeless pet!
When you adopt an animal from the HES or PPC, you will become such a happy person. Every adoption has its ups and downs, between house-training and cuddling & vet bills and buying new things for your furry friend - but in the long run, you will be adopting a life-long friend and companion. Whether they become your Sunday night football buddy, or your early morning jogger, you are sure to enjoy your bud forever. Adoption will be one less puppy or kitten sold, one less dog in the shelter, one less cat or dog stuck rotating its life between kennels and new faces. It will bring you more rewards to know you saved that animal from tiny confines and constant boredom, then to know you bought it from someone who hardly cares who the new owner-to-be is...
Spaying and neutering. No big deal, right? I can wait until next year. I'll wait until next paycheck. I'll just get one pup out of her. Wrong. You won't wait until next year or next pay check, you'll wait until you are overwhelmed. Or maybe you'll just keep 'em coming? And its not just one pup. It is many...many pups. Let's do the math -
- A female dog can breed every six months. The average number of pups in a litter is 6-12 (we will go with 8 pups). So take 8 and multiply it by two - that's 16 pups per year. The average life span of a unaltered, indoor, otherwise healthy, female dog is 13 years. So multiply 16 by 13 and you get 208. The average cost of keeping ONE pup totally healthy (vet, food, bedding & collars, etc.) for about 8-12 weeks is $800 (if you are lucky). So multiply 208 by $800 and you end up with $166,400.
So that is $166,400 for ONE unaltered female. Even if you have her as an indoor dog, she could still end up pregnant by another pet in your house, at the dog park (if you aren't watching her every minute), at the boarding facility if they let animals roam together, or even in your own yard! The pups may seem cute, but they are hard to take care of and will one day grow into adults that you will no longer want. When that happens, where do they end up? The shelter of course.
For low-cost spay and neuter, visit Wally's Friends (WallysFriends.com). Pick up and drop off services are available as well!
The Humane Educational Society's mission...
Getting to Zero. Three simple words that, when put together, have helped save animals for over 100 years. When director Guy Bilyeu first became the director at the Humane Educational Society, it had the fifth highest kill rate in the country. Now, after three years, it has the fifth lowest in the south. That is something to brag about. But they haven't reached their goal yet. The Humane Educational Society hopes to reach a number that is not on the euthanasia chart - zero. They currently only euthanize animals due to disease that is too expensive to cure, severe injury, or aggression. They hope that, with generous cash donations, they will be able to treat the diseased animals, provide them with proper surgery, and work with them more to decide if they may be able to undergo rehabilitation.
With your donations and support, we can make this goal happen!
With your donations and support, we can make this goal happen!
Save the Strays
We have all done it - been driving down the street and pass up that limping dog who peeks at you out of the corner of his eye, pleading with that one glance. Or maybe it was a cat, crouched by the edge of the road, frightened to cross. And what do you do? Keep on driving. You don't even bother to pull out your phone to call animal control or a friend who might be willing to take him in.
Save these frightened strays by calling animal control. If your area's animal control is notorious for euthanizing strays, have a list of friends who live in that area that may come by to get the stray. Or, if you have got a really great vet, and the time, pick him up and bring him to your vet. If you have a good bond with your vet, you may be able to work out a deal for free. If the pet checked out okay, bring him to the shelter, your house, or leave him at the clinic if your vet says it is okay. If you bring him to the shelter, make sure to tell them he was a stray, where you found him, and how they can contact you. If your shelter has lost and found reports, look through it to see if there could be any possible matches.
If you keep him at your house or the vet's office, make sure you get real good pictures. If you have access to a lamination machine, laminate flyers that describe him, where you found him, have your first and last name, and several ways to contact you. Post these posters on stop sigh posts, in convenience stores, on gas station bulletin boards, at the nearby shelters, and on posts near sidewalks. Another great way to find the pet's possible owner is to post on CraigsList.com. Many people turn to that site for help in finding their pets. The Spaw will also post on their home page for that pet if you ask us to specifically. Make sure you include photos from all angles!
If the owner does not claim his pet, you've got a stray on your hands and you may ask yourself - what now? Should I bring him to the shelter or keep him?
Here are a few pointers:
So join together to save the strays!
Save these frightened strays by calling animal control. If your area's animal control is notorious for euthanizing strays, have a list of friends who live in that area that may come by to get the stray. Or, if you have got a really great vet, and the time, pick him up and bring him to your vet. If you have a good bond with your vet, you may be able to work out a deal for free. If the pet checked out okay, bring him to the shelter, your house, or leave him at the clinic if your vet says it is okay. If you bring him to the shelter, make sure to tell them he was a stray, where you found him, and how they can contact you. If your shelter has lost and found reports, look through it to see if there could be any possible matches.
If you keep him at your house or the vet's office, make sure you get real good pictures. If you have access to a lamination machine, laminate flyers that describe him, where you found him, have your first and last name, and several ways to contact you. Post these posters on stop sigh posts, in convenience stores, on gas station bulletin boards, at the nearby shelters, and on posts near sidewalks. Another great way to find the pet's possible owner is to post on CraigsList.com. Many people turn to that site for help in finding their pets. The Spaw will also post on their home page for that pet if you ask us to specifically. Make sure you include photos from all angles!
If the owner does not claim his pet, you've got a stray on your hands and you may ask yourself - what now? Should I bring him to the shelter or keep him?
Here are a few pointers:
- Bring him to the vet to have health tests run. Make sure they check for heartworms, parvovirus, and lyme disease, also. If all the tests come back clean, he would be okay to go to the shelter. His chance of being euthanized is lessened. But, if you have grown on him, he would make a great pet at this point. If you haven't got the funds to run these tests, look for external or behavioral symptoms that could mean trouble.
- How does he look? This is something that kennel workers look at when deciding t=who to euthanize. These are the colors and color patterns that should not go to shelters if it can be helped - black, white, blonde, orange, sandy, red, black/white bi color, dark brindle, solid, tricolor, spotted, and merle. Great colors for adoptability - light brindle, chocolate, silver, blue eyes on white or cream coat, and one blue eye and one brown eye.
- What does he act like? How the dog acts means everything. He should have that twinkle in his eye and be active but not rude. If he is very shy and shut down, he would not do well in a shelter environment. If he is overly hyper, he would jump on people and be caged, so he would have twice the energy. If he barks a lot, that is not good for shelter animals. People typically go for the active but gentle dogs who are quiet.
- How old is he? Did you know that old dogs are the last to get adopted? If the dog is old, he may be too calm for a family or not cute anymore. Maybe he is overweight. If he is an adult, he still has a fighting chance, but you should really look at his personality and coat to determine just how adoptable he is. If he is a pup (between 6 months and a year), he will get adopted, but you still have to really keep in mind his looks because shelters usually transfer animals over to the "adult" category when they reach about a year. If he is a cute puppy at about 8+ weeks, he would get gobbled up! Chances are, he would be adopted in a heart beat! However, if he is a young unweaned, or barely weaned, pup it is best that you keep him under your care until he is old enough to be safe in an environment filled with disease.
So join together to save the strays!
Just a few of the animals that The Spaw has helped, free of charge!