Posted in Adoptions

The HSUS and Maddie's Fund will be teaming up this year to joing the Ad Council to present a campaign that focuses on shelter adoptions. It is the first time ever that the prestigious, 66-year-old Ad Council has focused a nationwide public service campaign on an animal welfare issue.The Ad Council has been the leading producer of public service adv… read more

Posted in Fundraising

Wow - we sure have lots of great fund raisers coming up. Our volunteers have been working their paws off collecting great gifts for the Tricky Tray on June 5. Better call for my tickets before they sell out! read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

It makes me chuckle when I read some of the journal entries where the writers talk about particular shelters being REALLY old! Our kennel building was built at the turn of the century and I don't mean 1999!! It was a dairy barn constructed in the late 1800s and added onto over the years. Mrs. Dodge created St. Hubert's Giralda in 1939 for the prot… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

How did we miss this? Apparently in a syndicated column in January, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton ugred a pregnant woman to give away her three cats because he said that "cats attach themselves to human caregivers, and felines have been known to be jealous of babies as if the new arrivals were siblings! Some cats will seek out the infants' mouths and nos… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I have to admit that I sometimes hestitate to go into the kennel or the cattery because I fear that I have a tendancy to be "collector". I think, oh just one more wouldn't be a problem. Luckily, when I return often that dog or cat has been adopted. And then there is the BBob factor and a poodle with keen prey drive. Oh well. read more