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Paw & Print: Looking For YOU This Summer... !
Paw & Print: Looking For YOU This Summer... !
HS of CC Fast Facts:
President: Kay Davis Vice President: Barb Lueders Treasurer: Anne Haliotis Secretary: Karen Bazilewich Board : Rita Mitchell, Erika Tubbs, Chris Davis, Web Master: Rose Kirwan Newsletter: Barb Lueders Meetings are Held the 2nd Wednesday of Each Month 7:00pm in the City Hall Building, across from the Courthouse on Clay St. in Mount Carroll Visitors are always welcome! Need assistance feeding and/or spaying / neutering your pet? We may be able to help... Voice Mail: 815-273-5331 (Checked daily M-F, & at some point weekends.) E-mail:
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Pet Hoardi ng
hscarrollcounty@yahoo.com
We need volunteers to sit at the tables and we need items for baskets!
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2. Summer Safety 3. (Safety) / Vets 4. Membership App 5. Fun / HappyTails 6. Animal Control 7. Forth of July 8. Get Involved
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C Co Animal ControlMonday, 5
(Admin Page)
October 10th
Humane Society members will be busing tables/ hostessing for a percentage of the profits that night join us or come in for dinner!
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unattended. Parked cars turn into ovens in the sun, even if the windows are left open. Symptoms of heat exhaustion in dogs and cats usually start with heavy panting, followed by huffing, puffing, or gasping for air. The animal may have difficulty walking or getting up because of dizziness, and may collapse or lose consciousness. If you observe these symptoms, you should immediately take steps to cool the animal down. Get the animal out of the heat and into an air-conditioned place, if possible. Provide a drink of cold water and rinse or spray your pet with cool water. Direct a fan toward the animal while its coat is damp. If necessary, place ice bags around the animals head. As soon as the animal has cooled off, take it to the veterinarian for medical treatment.
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The Humane Society of Carroll County helps Many in the community, please join us!
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Fun Stuff...
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Llama was found with his brother Ace wandering around. Llama is a good dog that likes treats, toys, and affection!
Belle is about 7 years old, and she still has a lot of energy. She seems to be a very good dog and she minds well. Belle seems to be house broken and gets along well with other dogs.
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Top Five Tips for Fourth of July Pet Health and Safety
By: Chryssa Rich
By following the simple tips below, you can prevent your pet from becoming what many shelters call a July 4th pet, or a pet that becomes frightened, runs away and ends up in a shelter. 1. Keep your pets in a quiet room. When fireworks start going off in your neighborhood, make sure your pets are safely confined in a quiet, escape-proof area. Drawing the blinds and turning on a radio can help muffle the noise. If youre celebrating at home, dont assume your pets will be okay outside just because youre there. The sudden pop of a firecracker could send them running. 2. Dont console a frightened pet. It sounds counterintuitive and while there is debate over the issue, consoling a frightened pet could reinforce the fearful behavior by essentially saying, You have a reason to be afraid. Instead, make sure your pet is in a safe area and go about your normal business. Your reaction to the fireworks will show your pet theres nothing to fear. You can also distract your four-pawed friend with a toy and praise him or her for non-fearful behavior, like tail-wagging. 3. Make sure your pet is properly identified. Frightened pets are much stronger than we think, and an ordinarily calm pet can bolt and break free from a leash or jump from a car with little warning. If an unexpected bang causes your pet to run, a proper collar, tags and/or microchip will give you peace of mind. 4. If you have a high-stress pet, consult your veterinarian. If your pet usually reacts fearfully to loud sounds like thunder or garbage trucks, consult your veterinarian about pet health and ask your vet how to reduce your pets anxiety. Your pets doctor should be able to provide helpful guidelines about health care. 5. On the big night, leave your pets at home, inside. Your citys fireworks display might be at Fidos favorite park, but he wont like it much when the ground shakes from explosives. Before you leave, make sure your pets are safely inside an escape-proof area. Dont underestimate the skills of a scared dog there have been accounts of dogs pushing open doors and digging under fences to get away. Most pet owners consider their pets to be part of their families, and its no fun when we have to exclude them from family events. But the 4th of July is one time pet owners really ought to put their own feelings aside and do whats best for pet health and safety. Page 7
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The Humane Society has several activities planned for this year, we can use help with them all! Please call and leave a message if you think you can help in any of the ways listed below, or maybe you have an idea? Let us know. 815-273-5331 Remember, our phone messages are only checked a few times a week, so please be patient. Which brings me to the first volunteer job! 1.Check telephone messages for us. 2. Work for a couple hours for our Tag Days, June in Mt Carroll, July in Thomson, September in Savanna. 3. We have a silent auction at Cruise Nites in Mt Carroll, you can help tie quilts, and you can take them home and do them leisurely while watching TV, or join us for a night of tying quilts or just sit and watch the booth on a cruise night. 4. We set up a booth at the Carroll County Fair in August. We have a fun time. We need donations for the baskets we have in our silent auction. Each basket has a theme, Dog, Cat, Horse, Garden, John Deere, Farm etc. Some one is doing one this year on outhouses! So come up with your own idea! We feel each basket should have a value of about $100, but we can add to it, like a spay neuter certificate or T-Shirt. You can contribute one item that we can add to a basket, or make your own basket up. Baskets can consist of items from local businesses or you can just buy all the stuff yourself. We also need helpers at the fair. (The Fair is August 9 - 13, 2011 !) 5. We are also looking for used cat, dog, horse and other pet books, we offer them at the fair for a donation. You can call Karen at 815-291-1148 with any items for the fair. 6. We did two craft shows in 2009, we would like to find some more in the area, do you know of some? We did the craft show at The Church of God and the other one at The First Methodist Church, both in Mt Carroll. We need craft items donated, like to make stuff, but dont know what do with it after its made? Relatives have enough home made pot holders? Donate them to us! Call Kay 815-244-8090 7. We have a Fall Raffle for a larger quilt, we could also use some nicer things for this, have any suggestions? Donations? 8. New idea this year, still in the idea phase is to join in our local parade. We would like to have members with their friendly dogs join in, we could wear our Humane Society T-Shirts.
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