Fur Fun Fest wraps, Back in Black promotion continues.

Good Sunday!  Yesterday was the first Fur FunFest held by Good Shepherd Humane Society at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.  I don't have any numbers on turnout yet, but the bands were great, kids won lots of toys, and I saw lots of kids with magic wands and toys they had made.
  More important, at least for us at the shelter booth, was that TWO of our dogs got great homes!  We had a great selection of kittens, adult cats, dogs and puppies at the show, and our pets also got great exposure and lots of attention from the crowd.  I'm hoping that several of them will find forever homes in the near future.  The picture below is one of our dogs, Jake, with a member of his new family.  I don't know about you, but I think Jake has found a forever home, don't you agree?

  It's kitten (and puppy) season here at the shelter.  We have about 30 kittens under 12 weeks of age right now, and in almost any color you might like.  We also have some wonderful adult cats, too.  If you've been thinking about adding a pet to your family, the month of May is a great time!  We continue our "Back in Black" promotion, as part of the Best Friends Animal Society's No More Homeless Pets Network promotions.  Black or mostly black dogs and cats are half-price through May.
  It was pretty windy and overcast when we arrived at the parade grounds, so our cats' cages were all swaddled with blankets.  We still had lots of people in to visit them, regardless of the wind.

  The shelter staff, and our thrift store staff and volunteers, are tired from the past weeks' activities, but successful fundraising means that we can continue to provide care and shelter to the animals of Carroll County.  The shelter staff also had a couple of happy stories this week, to add to our list of accomplishments.  First, some nice people had picked up an old dog this week.  They found the dog standing in the middle of the road, looking lost.  They didn't recognize him, and we hadn't had any calls about lost dogs matching his description.  We estimated that he was about 12-14 years old, and a big, lovable fellow he was.  He was at the shelter for two days, when we received a call from some people looking for their lost dog.  Thanks to the efforts of his owners, the nice people who rescued him, and Good Shepherd staff, Snausage (that was his name) was reunited with his family!  He is 14 years old, and I know he was delighted when his family came to get him.
  The other really happy story came yesterday.  One of our staff members had lost his dogs two weeks ago.  He'd posted signs, put them Tradio, posted them on websites, etc, without any luck.  When I got to work early yesterday morning, I found a message on the phone.  We all played a hunch (no description of the dog's on the message, but the location was near where the dogs had gone missing) and, voila'!!!  He found his dogs, too.
  Good Shepherd will be hosting other adoption events and fundraisers in the near future.  We are also always looking for volunteers to work with our animals, to socialize and just have fun.  If you have a younger family member (under 12 years old)  we are going to sponsor a reading program this summer (the months of June and July) called "Reading Rangers."  This program aims to helps kids work on their reading skills by reading to the cats and dogs in their kennels.  Stay tuned for more information.
  As always, contact us at the shelter if you have any questions, need information, have an idea (!) or want to help.  We'd love to talk to you!