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January 7 Janesville 10-2 Rock County Humane Society – With
adoptable animal and information on helping out the RCHS.
January 21 Middleton 11-1 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.
January 7 Fitchburg 11-1 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.
January 21 Janesville 10-12 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.
January 7 Sun Prairie 10-12 Volunteers from the St. Mary’s Pet
Therapy Program to discuss the program and how to get involved.
January 8 Fitchburg 10-1 Animal Rescue and Veterinary
Support Services will be doing micro-chipping for $15.00 per dog or
cat.
January 21 Sun Prairie 10-1 Animal Rescue and Veterinary
Support Services will be doing micro-chipping for $15.00 per dog or
cat.
January 14 Sun Prairie 11-1 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.
January 21 East 12-2 Columbia County Humane Society – With
adoptable animal and information on helping out the CCHS.
January 28 Janesville 11-3 Good Shepherd Animal Sanctuary
with information on how to donate or get involved.
January 14 East 11-1 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.
January 29 East 11-2 Shelter From the Storm will be on hand to
discuss adopting and how to get involved.
January 29 Middleton 12-2 Great Pyrenees Rescue will be on
hand to discuss adopting and how to get involved.
January 15 Fitchburg 11-1 Three Gaits Therapeutic
Horsemanship Center – With information on donating and
volunteering.
New Year’s Resolution:
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ounds has sponsored my team since 2005. When sled dogs
are working really hard they can lose their appetite. They’d
rather sleep and rest than eat after a hard run. It’s vital that
the competing musher present his team with food they’ll eat even
when they’re tired. It doesn’t matter
how great the dog food is if the dogs
won’t eat it. I feed Dog Power Growth
Extra exclusively in the off season.
During heavy training I supplement
Dog Power with a variety of meat and
egg by products and other premium
dog food brands carried at Mounds.
The dogs really prefer the Dog Power
formula. It has good palatability and
the high protein, high fat formulation
provides a good profile for active dogs.
It’s early December as I write this and
the dogs are getting fed twice a day.
They get approximately twice the
amount of Dog Power as the daily recommendation found on the bag.
To train by pulling me on ATV for 6 miles twice a day the dogs need
a 2500 calorie diet. Some need even more. That’s about the same
amount of calories a 200 pound man needs doing modest work.
My son Brian got me interested in sled dogs. As luck would have
it he had just read his first chapter book, “The Bravest Dog Ever:
The True Story of Balto” by Natalie Standiford. In January 1925
Nome, Alaska was threatened by a potentially
deadly diphtheria epidemic. The only serum that
could stop the outbreak was a thousand miles away
in Anchorage, Alaska. There wasn’t an airplane
available that could make the flight so officials hit
upon an elaborate scheme to transport the serum
using sled dogs in a Pony Express-type relay, using
the almost forgotten Iditarod Trail. The Iditarod
Trail was one of many winter trails around Alaska
that had been winter lifelines before airplanes
and modern communications. The serum was
transported by train to Nenana from where the first
mushing team embarked as part of a 20 mushing
team relay to deliver the serum to Nome. Every
village along the Iditarod Trail is reported to have
offered their best mushing teams for what came
to be known as the Great Race of Mercy. These
mushing teams braved blizzard whiteout conditions, 80 mph winds
and −23 °F temperatures. Balto was the Siberian Husky sled dog
who led his team 53 miles, almost entirely in the dark, to complete
the final leg of the serum run to Nome. The annual Iditarod Trail
Sled Dog Race commemorates the use of sled dogs as working
animals, the Iditarod Trail and the importance they played in Alaska’s
history. So naturally, Brian wanted a Husky.
Amber was a trouble maker. She was always digging up the
back yard and would escape any enclosure. We decided that a male
companion might keep her out of mischief while we were not around
to supervise, so we naively bought Coco. Sixty-five days later our
family included seven additional huskies.
Send your nominations to:
Warm Fuzzy
Mounds Pet Food Warehouse
2422 Montana Ave.
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
E-mail: mounds@moundspet.com
Fax: (608) 825-4800
Selected Nominees receive:
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• Profile and Picture in Mounds Newsletter
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Taylor Parent as Mounds January
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Middleton location. Taylor has been with Mounds
less than a year but she has
already impressed many
co-workers with her hard
work and dedication. She is
great with customers and their animals.
Taylor is described by her co-workers
as reliable, enthusiastic, conscientious
and hardworking. She is always willing
to lend a hand or work an extra shift
when the store is short staffed. Taylor’s
pets include rats, dogs and horses. She
attends Middleton High School and is
active in 4H. Mounds is proud to have
Taylor & Spike
such great employees like Taylor.
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Top Dog Mushing
Exercise is very important to the mental state of dogs and it’s
critical for getting along with young Siberians. We set up a large
fenced area for the dogs with a kennel in the middle to keep them out
of trouble when nobody was home. Still, it was difficult to give the
3 puppies we couldn’t find good homes for the exercise they needed.
I was born in Fairbanks, Alaska when my father was in the
military. One of the local boys had a sled dog and a small sled. He
would take me for rides around the base. I was just about a year old.
I remembered the pictures of me in the sled and I began to feel that
our Amber, Coco and the pups were a link to my heritage: That’s
when I got the idea of forming a dog team. At the time I had no
idea that there were sled dog clubs and
sanctioned races in Wisconsin.
The more I learned about Huskies
and their background the more
interested I became in working them.
I started training Amber and Coco to
be lead dogs. At I bought the book
“Training Lead Dogs” by Lee Fishback.
I followed the 6 week program outlined
in the book to the letter. I began
skijoring with one, and then, several
dogs pulling me on cross country skis.
There are no reins or other signaling
devices to control the dogs when
skijoring. While the dogs do respond to
the skier’s voice for direction, they are motivated by their own desire
to run. After a few squirrel chasing adventures on skis I decided that
it was much safer to stand on a sled.
The sled I bought had a brake. This was a wonderful idea and
it worked in theory. My enthusiasm for mushing grew along with
my aspirations. I bought dogs from a musher in Michigan that was
retiring and raised some pups that were line bred. I
accumulated dogs that weren’t fast enough or smart
enough to make somebody else’s team. My team
shifted from purebred Siberian Huskies to Alaskan
Huskies, which are not a recognized breed but
rather a mutt with a pedigree. At some point I went
from declaring that there was no way I’d ever race
in the Iditarod to wondering if I could make it. My
goal became to become qualify for the Iditarod, and
if the logistics work out, make a bid for Nome.
But my wife, Brenda, wouldn’t let me spend our
retirement money on a dog race in Alaska. I bought
two houses, fixer uppers, in hopes of financing
my bid for the Iditarod in 2005. It turned out
that my journey to Alaska began with a trip to the
emergency room: I had a heart attack. The first leg
of my race was run on the rehabilitation trail. I lost
25 lbs but I was eventually cleared to continue on to Alaska. The
doctor OK’d me to race in the Iditarod. I had planned on running it
that year but knowing that my heart condition might worsen with
advancing age was compelling motivation. I might not get a second
chance. I haven’t looked back since.
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Ask The Vet
ew Year’s is a time that we often think of new beginnings
and New Year’s resolutions. For many people one of those
resolutions may be to lose weight and eat healthier. If
you are one of the many that are making that resolution, have you
thought about doing the same for your pet?
Obesity is a common problem that we see in our animal
companions as well as people. It is estimated that about forty to fifty
percent of our dog and cat populations are considered overweight
or obese. As in humans, there are many different thoughts as to
why this has come about. Some people blame the commercial diets
fed to our pets, others point to the inactivity that both us humans
and our pets fall into and yet another group will put the blame on
genetics. While all of these may play a role in each individual case,
the simple basics of more calories in and less calories burned equal
the storage of fat. I will not attempt to address diets at all, that’s just
too long of a topic to cover. I also recommend that you have your
pet get a complete physical exam before starting a new diet regimen
to make sure that there are no underlying medical conditions that
may be affected by the change in food and to rule-out disease
conditions that may be the primary cause for the weight gain.
One thing that I think most owners may forget about is what
other things their pets are eating besides their regular food. Do you
know how many calories are in your dog’s treats that you give them
every time they come in from outside? How about the amount of
calories in the peanut butter that went into the Kong toy? These
kinds of “extras” can add on another 250 or 300 calories per day
that will need to be calculated into your dog’s daily caloric needs.
For a twenty-five pound “average” dog that needs about 650 calories
to maintain its weight, those extra calories add in a lot and exceed
the recommendation that only 10% of their calories come from
treats! Overweight cats and other pets run into the same problems as
dogs do – we just don’t realize how many calories they are actually
consuming per day. Rather than feed the whole treat, break it into
pieces and offer only part of the treat. It is really more the thought
rather than the quantity that matters to your pet. Another option is
to too choose healthier treats. Baby carrots are great for dental care
and are low in calories – only about 5 calories each! Believe it or
not, many dogs will eat carrots as a treat, they are very sweet and
easily palatable…heck, my Greyhound loves ‘em!
What do we always hear from our human trainers and weight loss
specialists? Diet and EXERCISE! We can’t forget that exercise
boosts the metabolism, decreases the appetite and simply makes life
better for our pets. For our dog companions there are many outlets
for increased exercise. An extra walk, a trip to the dog park, doggy
day-care, or even specialized training classes such as agility training
can be extremely beneficial. For cats, encouraging exercise can be
a little more tricky…Every cat is an individual and what motivates
them to move around may be anything from a mouse toy, a laser
pointer, or even a crumpled up wad of paper for them to bat around
the room. There are specialized toys you can buy that exist for both
species, but with creativity you can even make toys for free!
Remember that both you and your pet can have the same New
Year’s Resolution to lead a healthier life. The benefits from
exercising together make it all that much more fun for each of you!
Happy Holidays.
Dr. Carla Christman • Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic
1440 E. Washington Ave. • Madison, WI 53703 • (608) 294-9494