February 2008 - Mounds Pet Food Warehouse

Here’s What's Goin' On at Mounds
EVERY DAY AT:
All Mounds Stores - Humane Society Satellite Adoption Centers. See cats and/or small animals
daily in their living quarters at these Mounds locations. Volunteers needed! Call the Dane County
Humane Society at 838-0413 or the Rock County Humane Society at 608-752-5622.
SATURDAYS
Noon-4pm
Country Animal Haven - Adoption Opportunity, Main Shelter 1755 Williams Dr. Stoughton, call
608-877-9630 for more information or visit http://countryanimalhaven.org to find out more.
SATURDAYS
Noon-4pm
Angel’s Wish Center - Angel’s Wish Center - Adoption Opportunity, 161 Horizon Dr. #106,
Verona. For more information on Angel’s Wish Center call 608-848-4174, email
info@angelswish.org or visit their website at www.angelwish.org. Pet Resource and Adoption
Center Hours: Sunday 1pm - 4pm, Wednesdays 4pm - 8pm, Saturdays 10am - 4pm.
SUNDAYS
1pm-4pm
Angel’s Wish Pet Adoption and Resource Center - Pet Microchipping Clinic, $20/pet, including
registration (These will be the first Sunday of every month.) Call 848-4174 for more information.
Feb 2 Mounds Fitchburg 11am-2pm WIBA and Vicki McKenna broadcasting live. People for Pets Humane Society Fundraiser.
10% of all pet food sales goes to the Humane Society and Satellite Adoption Centers.
Feb 2 Mounds Fitchburg
Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out
an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound.
For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online.
Feb 2 Mounds Sun Prairie
GRRoW – Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin is a statewide, non-profit organization,
dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of golden retrievers.
Feb 2 Mounds Janesville
Rock County Humane Society has adoptable pets in store as well as information about the
humane society and how to get involved.
Feb 3 Mounds Fitchburg
Animal Rescue and Veterinary Support Services will be doing micro-chipping for $15.00 per
dog or cat.
Feb 9 Mounds Janesville 10am-1pm WJVL/WCLO broadcasting live. People for Pets Humane Society Fundraiser.
Feb 9 Mounds Middleton 11am-1pm WOLX’s Fletch and Dana broadcasting live. People for Pets Humane Society Fundraiser.
Feb 9 Mound East
Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out
an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound.
For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online.
Feb 9 Sun Prairie
Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out
an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound.
For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online.
Feb 16 Mounds Sun Prairie 11am-1pm WMGN (Magic 98) broadcasting live. People for Pets Humane Society Fundraiser.
Feb 16 Mounds Middleton
Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out
an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound.
For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online.
Feb 16 Mounds Sun Prairie
Animal Rescue and Veterinary Support Services will be doing micro-chipping for $15.00 per
dog or cat.
Feb 16 Mounds Fitchburg
Labrador Education and Rescue Network (LEARN), will be in-store with information about
their rescue group. Meet adoptable dogs and find out more information about their mission.
Feb 17 Mounds Sun Prairie
GRRoW – Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin is a statewide, non-profit organization,
dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of golden retrievers.
Feb 23 Mounds East
11am-1pm WWQM (Q-106) broadcasting live. People for Pets Humane Society Fundraiser.
Mar 29
Dog Park Clean Up Day
FITCHBURG
5350 King James Way
608.271.1800
JANESVILLE
1725 Lodge Dr.
608.758.9998
MIDDLETON
8311 University Ave.
608.831.3000
MADISON EAST
2110 S. Stoughton Rd.
608.221.0210
SUN PRAIRIE
2422 Montana Ave.
608.825.9800
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February 2008
THE PEOPLE FOR PETS
HUMANE SOCIETY FUNDRAISER
10% of all pet food purchases will be donated to the
Rock County and Dane County Humane Society!
Watch “Meet the Pets”
on Charter Cable 18
Monday - Sunday
12:15 am & pm
3:15 am & pm
7:00 am
11:15 am & pm
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www.moundspet.com
www.moundspet.com
DOG POWER
SUCCESS STORY
Dear Mounds,
I got my little Devito, a Rat/Jack Russell
Terrier mix, from the Dane County
Humane Society approximately 5 years
ago. He was 10 weeks old at the time.
Since that time I have raised him on Dog
Power dog food. For the first year or so
I fed him Mounds' Dog Power Growth
Extra and he now eats Dog Power
Maintenance. He is a happy, healthy dog
with a very nice coat of hair.
Devito
Devito loves his trips to Mounds when it's time to buy more food
from him. I let him sniff around your bins of dog treats and pick
out a treat for himself. We both enjoy our treat at the check-out, a
dog biscuit for him and a little Mounds candy bar for me. Thanks
Mounds for your wonderful prod- If you have a Dog Power, Horse
ucts and a wonderful store where Power, or PurrFect Cat succuess
story, please let us know! If we use it
Devito is welcome too.
in future newsletters, you will receive
Laura M.
Employee
of the Month
Kathy Moe is our February employee of
the month. Kathy is a part time sales associate at our Mounds Janesville location.
Fellow employees describe Kathy as
knowledgeable, helpful, reliable and great
at customer service. Kathy’s area of
expertise is dogs. She has a wealth of
knowledge when it comes to nutrition,
toys, training and dog behavior. Kathy
also works with OccuPaws – an organization that raises and trains service dogs for
disabled individuals. Kathy and her family
Kathy
have been raising and training Weily, a
black lab puppy. Kathy takes Weily everywhere, including to
high school with her every day. Thank you Kathy for all of your
hard work, not only for Mounds but to the animals as well.
a $20 gift card! Submit your story to
successstory@moundspet.com
Commonly Removed Items
You may be surprised by what your pet is chewing on
when you are not looking. According to Veterinary
Pet Insurance these are the top 10 most common
household items to be surgically removed from pets’
gastrointestinal tracts:
1. Socks
6. Chew toys
2. Underwear
7. Corn cobs
3. Pantyhose
8. Bones
4. Rocks
9. Hair ties and ribbons
5. Balls
10. Sticks
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Volunteer: Susan Schneck
Organization: All Creatures Rescue &
Sanctuary (ACR&S)
www.allcreaturesrescue.org
Responsibilities:
We focus on caring for special-needs
guinea pigs and rabbits. These animals are
falsely perceived as “starter” pets: short
Susan
lived and good for kids. But in reality, they
can live 8 years or more, and their care (especially medical) is far
more involved than people realize.
Partly, I try to educate people about the reality of owning these
animals, to help reduce the number who end up homeless. But for
those animals who have already had “three strikes” against them,
I provide a retirement home. Many of my pigs have chronic illnesses that require daily medication, and most of the bunnies are
elderly (over 8 years old). These animals require more time and
financial investment than most adopters can provide, but the
Sanctuary can make sure they still enjoy a great quality of life for
their remaining years.
Why Does She Do It?
As a shelter volunteer, I saw that most pigs and rabbits had two or
three owners by the time they came to us. Most had never seen a
vet or had adequate diets. They were being euthanized just
because they were older or needed a little medical care, and that
didn’t seem fair. The Sanctuary lets me give these little guys one
more chance at having a good life.
I’m fortunate that there are two great rescues (WI Guinea Pig
Rescue and WI House Rabbit Society) who handle adoptable
guinea pigs and bunnies around here. Their work is what makes it
possible for me to spend time on the special-needs animals.
How to Get Involved?
For information on donations, volunteering, or sponsoring a
Sanctuary animal at ACR&S, email Susan at sanctuary@allcreaturesrescue.org, or check out the website at
www.allcreaturesrescue.org.
Send your nominations to:
Mounds Pet Food Warehouse
2422 Montana Ave.
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Warm Fuzzy
E-mail: mounds@moundspet.com
Fax: (608) 825-4800
Easter is Coming…Please Think Twice About
Buying a Bunny… Consider Adopting One Instead!
Volunteers with adoptable rabbits from the House Rabbit Society will be on
hand on the following Saturdays at all Dane County Mounds Locations
to answer all of your rabbit adoption and care questions.
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Saturday, March 1st
• Saturday, March 8th • Saturday, March 15th
Selected Nominees receive:
•$100 Mounds gift certificate
for their organization
• Profile and Picture in Mounds
Newsletter and Website
(www.moundspet.com)
• Profile featured on 105.5 MMM
Ask the Vet
February is Pet Dental Health Month! Every year we set aside
February as the month to remind owners that their pets have teeth
too and that they need attention and proper care. I thought I would
briefly go over what that means to those of you that share your life
with a dog, cat, ferret, rabbit, some species of rodents, and even
those who have a horse or pony.
Dogs, cats and ferrets conveniently go together because they all
have similar types of teeth. All three of them have carnivorous teeth
- canines, incisors, premolars and molars – they just have different
numbers of certain teeth. Of course, all the teeth are surrounded by
the gums (gingival tissues) and the bones of the skull. The gingival
tissue is where most problems happens in these animals and that is
when teeth can become diseased, loose and even fall out on their
own. It is important that your pet be seen at a veterinarian on a regular schedule to assess their dental health. Your veterinarian can
give you more specifics, but at home care should be aimed keeping
these teeth and gums as healthy as possible via brushing, wipes or
rinses, diets and chews, as well as regular home inspections by you.
Rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas have a slightly different take on
the whole dental issue. They have developed a strategy to deal with
the continual wear that they place on their teeth – they keep growing! While you don’t have to brush your rabbit’s teeth, every
owner should be concerned with their care nevertheless as dental
disease is probably the most common problem we see in rabbits and
some of the rodents. At home is fairly simple – keep them chewing.
Overgrowth of these teeth into the mouth as well as into their jawbone is the biggest dental problem I see with these pets. There are
genetic links to bad teeth for some animals, but often lack of
roughage in the diet is the main culprit.
Hamster, gerbils, rats and mice have a different
set-up from guinea pigs and chinchillas.
While their front teeth grow continuously,
their cheek teeth do not. Therefore, hay or
roughage is not an important part of their diet. They can have problems with their incisors overgrowing, and some animals do need
them trimmed on a regular basis if they aren’t wearing them down
themselves. When it comes to their molars, the can have fractures
and even get cavities.
On a final note is the horse. If you are new to the horse world, or
are even thinking about getting one, you should get yourself familiar with their dental care. Your veterinarian should be checking
your horse’s teeth on a regular basis to see if they need to be floated
(filed down), or if you have a younger horse, if there are teeth that
need to be extracted (wolf teeth). It’s been a while since I’ve had to
float any horse’s teeth, but there are some wonderful new products
that make it fast and easy for both the veterinarian and the horse.
As you can guess, proper diet and roughage play an important role
in equine dentistry as well.
If you happen to have a pet that I didn’t mention here, mean it
doesn’t have teeth, we just don’t have enough space to cover everyone. Please consult with your veterinarian about your individual
pets’ dental needs and concerns. Oh, and keep smiling!
Dr. Carla Christman
Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic
1440 E. Washington Ave.
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 294-9494