Graduation Day Approaches for Prison Pups

Vol. 29 No. 2
Summer Issue - Published Quarterly
Graduation Day Approaches for Prison Pups
Pet Partner Nyuchi reaches out to comfort a hospice patient.
What’s Inside:
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What’s Inside:
Summer 2012
Day one - The five carefully screened
and selected offender handlers Parmelle,
Whitcomb, Mendoza, Flores, and Norman were excited to meet their dogs for
the first time. They set out right away
getting to know each other. SpokAnimal dogs Wrigley and Spencer were as
excited as children on the first day of
school. TV news crews and newspaper
reporters and photographers were on
hand to record the event.
As the weeks went by, SpokAnimal’s
prison dog program instructors Kim Imel
and Carol Byrnes, who are also trainers
at Diamonds in the Ruff, noticed that
the men were not only doing a great job
of training, but they had formed strong
attachments to their charges, and the
dogs with them. It will be bittersweet
when they say goodbye at the end of
their stay.
Each week the handlers complete
written homework assignments in
addition to their training homework.
They are also keeping personal training journals. These journals track their
experience from beginning to end; the
dog’s training as well as their personal
journeys.
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Graduation Day for Prison Pups (continued)...................2
Kids Helping Pets............................................................. 8-9
Prison Pups............................................................................3
Thank You Pet Sponsors.......................................................9
A Day the Stars Aligned.......................................................3
Volunteer Corner.................................................................10
What’s New?..........................................................................4
Annie..................................................................................... 11
From the Executive Director................................................4
K-9 Coaching Crew............................................................. 11
June is Adopt a Cat Month..................................................5
Purrs, Licks and Tailwags............................................ 12-13
Clinic Corner..........................................................................6
Local Author Donates Portion of Proceeds.....................13
Boom! Flash! Star Spangled Stress......................................6
Stanley Speaks............................................................... 14-15
How You Can Help...............................................................7
In Loving Memory and Honoring Tributes.....................15
Board of Directors
Pres: Christel Carlson
Treas: Barbara Grant
Secretary: Angela Scheres
Suzy Dix
Molly Lundberg
Mary Rush
Carmen Murphy
Cynthia Schwartz
Friends of SpokAnimal
Kim Kamel
Kathy Hull
Frank Harrison
Regina Winkler
Location:
SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.
710 N. Napa • Spokane, WA 99202
Phone:
Graduation Day Approaches
for Prison Pups (continued)
Mr. Flores writes, “I am proud of
myself for not reacting in the old standard command-based training I knew.
I went back to my cell and reread all
the material–again–more for me; Wrigley was just being Wrigley, being a...
dog.” The positive training philosophy
has also trickled into his notes about
people. He repeatedly commends staff,
other offenders and Kim and Carol for
their behavior and leaves positive comments in his journal. “Catch them doing
something good” is our motto! On day
fourteen he wrote, “I am having more
fun than humans should be allowed.”
The smiles on the handler’s faces are
reflected in their dogs’ expressions. The
feeling is mutual.
The purpose of the program is, of
course, to help dogs find homes. But
not only is the behavior of the dogs
changing, the affect of positive training and wagging tails is profound. Mr.
Mendoza writes, “Wrigley has helped
this program become successful and
since the visit to the other unit [to recruit
additional trainers for our next session
of new dogs] people have given us dog
handlers good feed back and that they
appreciate what we do for these dogs.
But in reality, the dogs are helping us.”
(509) 534-8133 • Fax: (509) 535-9630
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Website:
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Noon-4PM ~ Sat-Sun
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Sterilization by appointment.
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If you are interested in viewing the
partner organizations Community
Stats for SpokAnimal, Spokane
Humane Society, SCRAPS or Pet
Savers, please visit their websites.
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www.spokanimal.org
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www.spokanehumanesociety.org
SCRAPS:
www.spokanecounty.org/animal
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www.petsavers-spokane.org
~ OUR MISSION ~
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to the placement, protection and
health of animals through legislation, education and programs.
Dogs and handlers are both learning
from each other.
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an up-to-the-minute update, we also
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put out a regular e-letter. If you would
like to join our email list, you can submit your email address on our website,
or email outreach@spokanimal.org to
be included.
Prison Pups!
The Airway Heights Correction
Center Pawsitive Dog Training program
is well underway. “Wrigley”, a 1 year
old puggle mix and “Spencer” a 1 year
old dachshund, entered the correction
center May 10 and have made huge
progress. The dogs live in the cells with
their offender handlers and get to train
with them throughout the day, every
day. Both of the dogs are thriving with
their handlers and making huge strides
not only working with basic manners,
but their own individual needs. Trainers
Carol Byrnes and Kim Imel meet with
the offenders and dogs weekly to review
the work they have been doing and work
on the next weeks assignments. And,
for every bit as much as the dogs are
growing and improving, the offenders
are reporting positive changes they are
seeing as a direct results of having the
dogs in the prison. When asked what
was the biggest impact of the text book
they were assigned (“Don’t Shoot the
Dog” by Karen Pryor), one offender
stated that it had has a big impact, that
“if my parents had raised him the way
the book described, I wouldn’t be here
[in prison].” Others commented that
after so much taking from people which
led them to prison, this was an opportunity to give back.
Additional offenders are now ap-
plying to be a part of the program with
the hope of eventually having 12 dogs in
the correction center at any given time,
each dog working with 2 handlers. This
program is already bringing so much
hope. Hope for dogs who need just a
little more time and training to help them
be the best adoptable pets they can be,
and hope for the offenders to learn new
communication, conflict resolution, and
team work skills. But we need your help
to keep this program going.
We Need Your Help!
Due to the specific nature of the supplies needed (all items entering the
prison must be approved), financial
donations are encouraged to help
with supplies and administrative
costs. Donations of copies of “Don’t
Shoot the Dog” by Karen Pryor
(white cover) are gladly accepted.
If you would like to help support
this program, please mail or drop
off your donation to SpokAnimal at
710 N. Napa, Spokane, WA. 99202.
Or, donate online through the shelter website at www.spokanimal.
org. Just be sure to indicate your
donation as “Prison Pups”. Thank
you in advance, and stay tuned for
further updates.
Spencer
Wrigley
A Day the Stars Aligned
By Bridget Bossio
Our Executive Director Gail Mackie
takes a dog to KREM every Tuesday for
their ‘Pick of the Litter’ segment at noon.
On May 15th Gail was out of town and I
covered the show for her. I had picked
out a dog to take that morning and when
I was getting ready to go the pup I had
chosen was getting adopted, yay! At the
last minute I walked past a little Miniature Pinscher we had named Spike, and
decided to take him.
As soon as I got back from the station
LuAnn (who works in the kennels) came
to me and said that Tammie, a woman
from Worley, Idaho, called and said she
had been watching KREM and she saw
Spike on Pick of the Litter. She was sure
Spike was their dog named Malone - he
had been stolen four months before!
They had been looking for him since he
went missing- checking the shelters in
Coeur d’Alene and Bonners Ferry. They
left Worley immediately to see if our little
Spike was their long lost Malone. Tammie, her husband Willard, along with
their five children came into the shelter
and we knew right away it was their dog
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that had been missing. Malone was so
excited to see them he nearly wriggled
out of his skin!
We will do as much as we can to get
missing fur kids back home to their families, but we have to charge the reclaim
fees that are set by the City of Spokane.
We waived as much as we could, but
Tammie did not have enough to cover
the remaining fees.
Janet was in line behind Tammie
and Willard, and she heard the reclaim
fee was $73. Janet and five of her friends
celebrate their birthdays by donating
$20 each to the charity the birthday
girl chooses. SpokAnimal was Janet’s
charity and she was there to donate the
$80 she received for her birthday – she
decided to donate the money to pay the
reclaim fees to get Malone home!
It was a great ending and many tears
were shed. Thanks, Janet, for donation
and help in reuniting this family!
What’s New?
What’s Yer Sign?
If you’ve driven by SpokAnimal
in the last few weeks, you’ve probably
noticed our new sign! Our old sign that
followed us from our original location
on Park Road was failing. Our new sign
is beautiful with a full color top and a
lighted reader-board. Thanks to your
donations, shelter upgrades happen
every day.
Have You Seen Our New
Website?
The Software Development team at
Spokane Community College has been
instrumental in the design and development of our new website.
Teachers in the Software Development program, Tom Affholter and Dave
Jones had teams of students in one of
their classes come up with a design for a
new website in the Fall of 2009. The students presented their completed designs
to SpokAnimal, and we chose to combine
the basic layout of two designs that best
suited the needs of the shelter and our
community.
The students that had their designs selected are: Angela Scheres, Art
Golubenko, Brandon Asbury, Brenda
DeGroot, Dixie Saccheri, Joseph St. Laurent, Kameron Hinton, Matt Beckley and
Ronda Hutchings.
We changed a few things here and
there, and Tom is working on integrating a new licensing program into the
website. Pawsonit Media made the new
website go live on June 4th!! Though it
is still a work in progress, it is wonderful
to see all the time and hard work come
to fruition.
Thanks Tom, Dave and students- we
couldn’t have done this without you!
Adoptable Animals? There’s an
App for That!
SpokAnimal has a brand new Android App!! The SpokAnimal App lets
you see the dogs, cats and small animals
that we currently have at the shelter- pets
looking for new homes as well as pets
that are still waiting for their owner to
From the Executive Director
Dear Friends,
Our volunteers ROCK. Many years
ago I started requesting that we focus on
doing outreach adoptions. It was my goal
to do one every day of the week. This
would give our animals a showcase outside the shelter venue. Bridgette Bossio,
our Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator,
made my request a reality. Not only do we
have permanent cat caging at both PETSMART Northpointe and PETCO Lincoln
Heights, we also are at the Spokane Public
Market each Friday, and PETSMART or
PETCO every day of the week with dogs
for adoption. Additionally we have special events most weekends where even
more animals are available for adoption.
We would not be able to do this without
the dedicated volunteers who clean, talk
with prospective adopters, process paperwork, and interface with staff about
needs and insuring kennels are kept full.
When paired with the foster volunteers
who take at risk pets into their homes
until they are able to be adopted. Addi-
find them. The animals are shown in
‘real time’, so people looking for lost
pets can see what animals we have as
soon as they come in! Not only will this
App help people looking for lost pets, it
will help folks in the community looking to adopt a shelter pet by letting them
see the animals waiting for new homes
before visiting the shelter. You can add
animals to your favorites to easily come
back and find them later, and even donate to SpokAnimal through the App!
Search for SpokAnimal on the
Android Market or Google Play, and
download our App- it’s free! Are you
an iPhone user? No worries- an iPhone
App is in the works, too!
tionally, the foster parents will often take
the pets to outreach events and do the
adoptions themselves—completing the
circle for them. I am absolutely amazed
at the selfless giving and dedication to
better the lives of the animals in our care.
Those who volunteer in the clinic to assist in recovery and general care of the
animals enable us to increase our production and help even more pets and their
owners. To Kathy and Steward Robbins,
our dedicated photography team, more
and more animals are getting adopted
because they are shown in such a great
light. Kathy also leads a team of volunteers who work with special needs dogs
to help them become more adoptable. A
huge thanks to all of you unsung heroes
from me and the staff at SpokAnimal.
Gail B. Mackie, Executive Director
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Who Are We?
SpokAnimal hosts the city’s first
official off leash dog park, has domestic
violence sheltering programs, foster
programs, feral cat and barn cat programs, a prison dog training program,
daily outreach programs and amazing
adoption programs for dogs and cats,
and even a transport program. We also
have a wonderful veterinary clinic for
vaccines and spay/neuter at low cost
with great service.
Call SpokAnimal director Gail
Mackie directly at 509-534-8133 extension 202 if you would like to be part of
our ongoing mission to help homeless
animals find homes and lost animals find
their way back home.
June Is Adopt a Cat Month
by Darlene Arden
We’re in the middle of Adopt a Cat
month and I hope those of you who can
afford the commitment will seriously
consider adding a rescue cat to your family. Whether you go to your local shelter
or a breed rescue group, giving a new
home to a kitty will also add happiness
to your life.
If you opt for a shelter kitty you can
be sure that you’re saving a life. Many
cats and kittens are on “death row” every
single day. You can’t save them all but
you can save one or two. If you work
outside the home, consider adopting two
cats, perhaps a bonded pair or two kittens
to keep each other company.
I hope you’ll give serious consider-
Petco Kitty Crew
Since receiving the “cat condo” from
the Petco Foundation in November 2011
we have had over 100 kitty adoptions.
This has only been possible because of
a tremendous group of very dedicated
VOLUNTEERS! The kitties that “move
in” to Petco are very lucky to have the
kitty cleaning crew take care of them every morning. This great group of people
is made up of Kris, Amy, Bernice, Mary,
Fran, Dominic, Taylor and Kay! We have
Adoption Counselors with the kitties
at Petco every day of the week, helping
them find forever homes. Our weekday
Adoptions Counselors are Pat, Katie, Cali,
Bernice, Debbie and John! Please help
me in giving them a HUGE thank you!!!!
Because of these caring folks we have
ation to adopting an older kitty. Cats can
live up to 20 years or more and you don’t
need a kitten - a cat will bond to you and
you’ll have many happy years together.
Kittens grow up fast and get into all sorts
of mischief, some of which might not be
appreciated by the owner. An adult cat is
a known quantity; size, temperament and
activity level are already established.
Cats lose their homes for a variety
of reasons and, in today’s economy, too
many are losing their homes because their
owners can no longer afford to keep them.
There’s no reason for cats to die if they
can get a new, loving forever home.
Go to your local shelter and look
around, get acquainted. There’s someone
waiting there for you....
SpokAnimal’s Cruisin’
Critters Transfer Program Saving Lives Mile by Mile
saved over 100 lives! Next time you’re
in Petco stop by and say Hi to one of our
fabulous volunteers!!!
What Is My Cat Saying?
Each month as part of their orientation, new SpokAnimal volunteers who
wish to work in the adoption kennels
and training program attend “What is My
Dog Saying?” a Canine Communication
workshop given by SpokAnimal’s education director Carol Byrnes at her training
school, Diamonds in the Ruff. The lecture
is provided free of charge to SpokAnimal
staff and volunteers. Carol also created
“What is My Dog Saying at the Dog Park”
a dog park safety and etiquette class
which is held twice per year at REI. We
are excited to announce that Carol is currently in the production phase of a new
body language presentation, this time for
cats! Our staff and Kitty City volunteers
will be able to learn all about Feline Com-
The Cat’s Meow!
munication and body language! Dates to
be announced. Contact Bridgette Bossio
at outreach@spokanimal.org, 534-8133 x
209 if you would like to be notified when
a date and time is set to find out about all
things cat!
Spring is in full swing at SpokAnimal, and we are bursting at the
seams with cats and kittens. Our
foster homes filled up fast, and we
had to find a way to save the babies
that are too young to be adopted,
save the cats who catch a cold or
need extra care and love. All they
need is time and a place to stay
until they find their new homes. We started SpokAnimal’s Cruisin’
Critter Transfer Program, using the
Subaru, volunteers, cash donations
and gas cards, to drive as many
kitties as we can over the pass and
through the woods to our fantastic
guaranteed placement partners on
the West side. It is a long road trip
for our cats and kittens, but they
have as long as they need to find
new homes!
If you’d like to help
transport our critters or
to donate to the program,
please contact Alicia at
afinch@spokanimal.org,
534-8133 x 205
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Clinic Corner
Vet Assistants Class Tour
Vet Assistant students from
Spokane’s New Tech Skills Center
will take a field trip to attend the
“What Is My Dog (& Cat) Saying?”
Canine Communication 101 lecture
at Diamonds in the Ruff and then
back on the bus to come tour SpokAnimal’s shelter and our Dorothy
Clark Animal Center veterinary
clinic in July as part of their class
studies. We are proud to be part
of these future veterinary staff’s
education.
Summer Time
Don’t forget the pet! As we
come into the summer months and
begin to make travel and vacation
plans, don’t forget your pets. Make
sure they are current on all of their
vaccination and protected against
fleas and ticks. Not current? Not to
worry! The Dorothy Clark Animal
Center at SpokAnimal can take
care of that for you. Also, you can
pick up the best flea and tick product on the market, Vectra. Simply
stop by the clinic to pick up your
summer supply.
Walk-in clinic hours:
Monday........................2:30-4:30PM
Tuesday...................... 1:30-6:00-PM
Wednesday................10:00-6:00PM
Thursday...................10:00-6:00PM
Friday...........................2:30-4:30PM
Call 534-4253 to schedule spay/
neuter surgery appointments
BOOM! FLASH! Star Spangled Stress
by Kim Imel, LVT
Fireworks, thunder, and all things
that go boom often bring squeals of
delight to us humans, but to our canine
friends they can cause shrieks of terror.
As we approach Independence Day and
experience summer thunderstorms, we
must give thought to our dogs who may
not appreciate the celebration and the
summer storms.
Many dogs suffer from various
noise phobias with varying degrees of
severity. And, for their owner, life with
a noise phobic dog can be challenging to
say the least. How do they help the dog
through the stress and keep him, and the
home, safe. For years, that meant taking
their canine friend to their veterinarian
for a prescription of acepromazine, a
tranquilizer frequently prescribed for
thunderstorms and fireworks. What we
know now is that while acepromazine
does have some anti-anxiety properties
with anesthesia related anxiety, it is not
a drug of choice for noise anxiety. Ace
simply sedates the dog, but does not
address the anxiety associated with the
noises in question. So what happens is
the dog is still every bit as worried, but
cannot do anything to relieve the stress.
Often it is seen that after repeated uses
of acepromazine the noise phobia worsens in many dogs. So, what can a dog
owner do?
There are many options available.
For some dogs, simply keeping them
indoors with a fan, television, or white
noise machine running is enough.
Other dogs will benefit from an environmental treatment such as Adaptil
(DAP). Adaptil is a synthetic version
of a dog appeasing pheromone that
is produced by a momma dog as she
is nursing her puppies and causes a
calming effect. Another option is the
Thundershirt; a specially designed
wrap for dogs with anxiety. Often a
combination of all of these treatments
helps the majority of dogs with thun6
derstorm/noise phobia. For dogs who
have sever issues, medication may still
be needed, and there are many actual
anxiety medications that can be used.
Dog owners are encouraged to talk to
their veterinarians about this option.
Most veterinarians will consult with a
veterinary behaviorist to ensure proper
drug choice and dosage is used.
The key to working with a dog with
these types of phobias is to start treatment before the storm hits or before that
big firework show. So, set yourself and
your dog up for a fun, safe, and stressless summer.
Adaptil (DAP) can be purchased
at the Dorothy Clark Animal Center at
SpokAnimal or most veterinary offices. Thundershirts can be purchased at most
pet supply stores or at www.thundershirt.com.
Kim is a staff veterinary technician
at SpokAnimal. She has a special interest in behavior and is an instructor at
Diamonds in the Ruff as well as the lead
trainer for the Pawsitive Dog Training
program at Airway Heights Correction
Center. Additionally Kim writes pet
care and behavior articles. Copyrighted
material used by permission.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
SpokAnimal is a non-profit and tax-exempt organization.
All contributions, donations and gifts are tax-deductible.
Help SpokAnimal by Attending or Volunteering
Your Time at an Upcoming Event
Monterrey Café
Plan on having lunch/dinner with your
favorite SpokAnimal staff members
on July 11 at the Monterrey Café, 9 N
Washington. Misty and her great crew
have designated Give Back Wednesdays.
A percentage of the revenues for the day
will be donated back to SpokAnimal. LT
raves about their lasagna and Gail can’t
get past the home cooked ribs. They
have a great selection of salads and the
always popular adult beverages. Our
last lunch at the Monterrey brought us
around $850—all for just having lunch
and dinner at a great venue. Call Gail
for more details 534-8133 ext 202.
Roller Derby Fans?
We are working on a car/dog wash with
the “Spocannibals” roller derby team.
Sound like fun? Contact Gail if you’d
like to be part of a fun day raising money
for the shelter.
July 20th - Join us for the 16th Annual Helter Shelter Supply Drive
and Adoption Event!
The fun runs from Noon to 2:00 with
KKZX broadcasting live!
July 21st - Come see us at the South
Perry Street Fair!
dirty car or both to Car Wash Plaza
(Lyons & Nevada or 4th & Thor) and
our volunteers will make them squeaky
clean!
August 18th – Unity in the
Community (Riverfront Park)
Join us in the park for a celebration of
community and diversity and maybe
you’ll find your new best friend!
August 25th – Macy’s Shop for the
Cause
Like to save money and help shelter
critters at the same time? Then just us
at Macy’s Shop for a Cause. You can
purchase a “shopping passport” anytime from now to the 25th at our clinic
or front desk. Passes are $5.00 and can
save you up to 20% on all purchases
made on the 25th!
August 26th & 27th – 2nd Annual
Doggie Dips
Bring Rover for a swim at Comstock
Pool on Sunday the 26th (2 to 5) and then
again on Monday the 27th from 5 to 8pm!
Ten bucks per dog and all proceeds help
bring water to the SpokAnimal Dog Park
at High Bridge!
Volunteers are always needed!
July 28th – Car Wash Plaza Car/
Dog Wash Fundraiser
From 9:00 to noon bring your dirty dog,
We need you!
Contact Bridgette Bossio
if you can help outreach@spokanimal.org
534-8133 x 209
Please Donate to the Dog Park Fund!
There are no City funds dedicated for
upgrading the Dog Park at High Bridge.
Private contributions are the only way we
can get water, new shade trees and other
ammenities. Please write DOG PARK on
your check or you can donate via PayPal
from our website.
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Sit Up & Beg
WE NEED OFFICE SUPPLIES:
• Black medium point pens
• Colored copy paper
• Regular Copy paper
• Card Stock paper
• Printer Cartridges - 12A, 36A,
HP 74-75, HP 901
• Yellow highlighters
• Post it notes
• File folders
• Legal pads
• Paper shredder
• Paper cutter
• Bulletin board
• Flash drives
• Portable hard drive
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Wet floor signs
• Nails, screws, etc
FOR THE ANIMALS:
• Purina dog and cat food
• Treats
• Toys – kongs
• Non-clumping cat litter
• Powdered kitten and puppy
formula: 28oz Esbilac Powder
for nursing puppies $21.88 each
12 oz KMR powder for nursing kittens $11.88 each
For our foster care team
CLEANING SUPPLIES:
• Bleach
• Gallon Rubbermaid garbage cans
• 32 gallon bags
• Laundry detergent
• Paper towels
• Tall kitchen bags
• Window cleaner
• Hand soap scrub
• Brushes
• Toilet paper
• Simple green
• Swiffer wet cloths
Kids Helping Pets
Yay For School
a row Megan has celebrated her birthday
by donating to the critters. Thanks Megan
for being so caring and HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all of us at SpokAnimal!
Three Boys + Lemonade
= $ For the Animals!
Happy Birthday, Megan C.!
by Kaitlynn
My name is Kaitlynn and I am a
5th Grader in the Central Valley School
District. I have been working on a school
project to earn the Zenith Award. This
award is the most prestigious award a
student can earn and it is open to students that are in the 5th to 8th grade at
my school.
My project required 15+ hours of
community service in those hours I had
come to SpokAnimal and walked Dogs.
I also did a food drive and raised over
130lbs of dog food, 25lbs of treats and 15
gallons of bleach. I also made gift bags
filled with homemade dog treats and a
homemade fleece pull toy for the dogs
to take to their new home.
Thank you SpokAnimal and Bridgette
for letting me volunteer my time in
hopes for earning this award.
Happy Birthday, Megan J.!
All of us at SpokAnimal want to
thank Megan for her generous donation of $50.00 to help care for the stray
critters. Megan is an animal lover and
decided that for Lent this year she would
raise money to donate to the shelter.
During the 40 days of Lent, Megan raised
the money doing chores for friends and
family and walking dogs! Megan has a
9 year old Greyhound named Tessa that
she said is very lazy and loves to go for
walks and lay on her bed. She also said
that she is very hard to catch if she gets
out!
Happy Birthday, Kyle!
These three young men, (Jack,
Declan and Gavin) decided to have a
lemonade stand and raise money for
SpokAnimal. They raised $54.00, and
bought some toys and supplies. They
wanted to “give back for what we gave
them”. They thanked us for their dog
Sadie a six year old black lab mix who
they said is “ the best dog on earth”.
Church Project
This great group of kids from First
Presbyterian church spent the morning
of June 20th with us at SpokAnimal
doing projects! They then surprised us
with donations of food! Great job kids!
Thanks for your help and generosity!
5th and 6th Graders Make
Pet Beds
Megan Jurasin just celebrated her
12th birthday and asked her friends and
to donate items to the shelter in lieu of
gifts. Lots of donations this year were
made online! This is the seventh year in
This is Kyle and he just turned 8. He
asked his friends and family to being pet
items in lieu of presents. Kyle is a great
kid. Even though he is severely allergic
to animals with hair, he still wants to
make sure they are taken care of!
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Special thanks to Maddie, Sierra,
Katherine and the over 100 5th and 6th
graders who made and donated fleece
beds to SpokAnimal’s stray pups and
kitties. These fabulous animal lovers ,
who are part of the Neighborhood and
Apple Program at Franklin elementary,
decided that they wanted to do some
kind of community project. Maddie
came up with the idea of blankets and
they hit the ground running. Every
Thursday for two months the group
would meet over their lunch time and
make the beds!
More Kids Helping Pets Stories on page 9
Kids Helping Pets (continued)
Happy Birthday Zoe!
Happy Birthday Nicolas and Joshua!
friends and family to bring donations that
they could give to the SpokAnimal strays.
They chose SpokAnimal with encouragement from their mother Diana because
they had adopted their very precious cat
Priestly from here years ago!
Thanks to All the Kids for
Caring For the Animals
Zoe Kerr - Age 8 raised donations
for her eighth Birthday party.
Brothers Nicolas (pictured) and
Joshua (too tired for pictures) were very
excited to bring in the items they had
received for their birthday to donate to
the dogs and cats. Nicolas who turned
four and Joshua who turned two share
a birthday one month apart and on May
12, 2012 had a combined birthday celebration. Instead of gifts they asked their
Thank You, Pet Sponsors!
The following animal lovers donated $25 or more to sponsor animals in our adoption center.
Alice Cross x 1
Amy Wood x 2
Barrick Ryan x 1
Constance Harper x 1
Ruby McNeill x 6
Shirley Alexander x 12
Pam Whitcomb x 2
Robert & Micaela Sutphin x 5
Mary Elaine Penton x 1
Anna Whitney x 2
Tina McClain x 1
Laura Psarudakis x 1
Harry Hansen x 1
Sheila Woodruff x 1
Dolores Finan x 1
Donnetta Havens x 1
Truella Stone x 4
James & Lois Weinstock x 1
Nancy Bookamer x 1
Sharell & Chuck Horwath x 1
Shari Hemmerling x 1
Ken Adams x 1
Jane Anderson x 1
Shane & Kathy Sweeney x 1
Mary Lou & Allen Wolter x 1
Jan & Johnny Humphreys x 4
Jason & Jennifer Friederichs x 1
Holly Renga x 4
Gordon Litzenberger x 1
Viola Torpen x 1
Michael Morphy x 1
Fran Watson & Mary Rush x 2
Phillip Martin x 1
Pam Whitcomb x 1
Pamela Hemingway x 1
Sue Coley x 1
Angela Pratt x 1,
in memory of ‘Chizzer-Bunny’
Lisa Kalua x 1
Debbie Walker x 2
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Nanette Blackaby x 1
Ellen Tanaka x 1
Faye Marie Inge x 1
Will Parks x 4
Kevin Isherwood x 1
Viola Martin x 1
We love our
Pet Sponsors!
Volunteer Corner
Volunteer of the Quarter – Summer 2012, Julie Hipp
Gail Mackie presents Julie with her certificate, signed by all the staff.
Please help me congratulate Julie
Hipp, our Volunteer of the Quarter for
summer 2012! Julie is originally from
Nevada but after living in the great
northwest for over 16 years she now
calls Spokane home. Jewels, as called
by her friends, is a huge dog lover. She
shares her home with her husband
Brian, daughter Marley and four dogs:
Airedales Mekare, Kaimon and Murphy,
and Rotty mix Stella. Julie and Marley
Great Outcomes
by Kimberly Runkel
Volunteering at SpokAnimal has definitely been one of the most rewarding
experiences in my life and has given me
the chance to be part of the SpokAnimal
started coming to SpokAnimal a couple
of years ago to walk dogs. In October
2011 they went through orientation
and starting officially volunteering at
SpokAnimal. This was a lucky day for
staff and critters alike. Julie jumped in
with both feet and helped out doing
anything and everything in the kennels.
Shortly after, Julie starting doing off-site
adoptions events at PetSmart at the Y
and can now be found there every other
weekend. Two months ago Julie joined
our PawSee crew and now trains new
volunteers at the shelter every Tuesday.
She always wanted to be a veterinarian
and was accepted into vet school, but at
the time her parents could not afford the
out of state tuition. As of last month our
clinic staff also benefits from her love of
animals and eagerness to help out, as
she can be found in the clinic helping on
Mondays.
Julie is a HUGE asset to SpokAnimal
and we thank her for all her hard work
and dedication!
You ROCK Jewels!!!!
team in their efforts to improve the lives
of the many animals they take in each
day. It is such a wonderful feeling knowing that an animal you have helped care
for is not only getting a second chance at
life but will also be adopted by people
who will love and care for them.
I always feel so lucky when I get to
hear the wonderful stories from people
who have adopted a shelter animal and
wanted to share a story I just heard
while volunteering at the SpokAnimal
booth for the Celebrate Life Expo. I had
the great pleasure of meeting Maggie
Haverfield who is one of the founding
members of the Hillyard Belle’s, a volunteer senior performance group that she
has been performing with for over 20
years. Though Maggie was surrounded
by fans of all ages, she graciously took
the time to sit with me and share her pet
adoption story.
Maggie told me that she had been
an animal lover since the age of 5 and
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Thanks to All Our
Volunteers Who Helped at
Our Spring Events
• June 20th – Summer Parkways
Comstock/Manito Neighborhood
Event for walkers, runners, bikers
or skaters. An evening dedicated
to human-powered transportation!
• June 23rd - Prairie Dog Mercantile Adoption Event
Become a Volunteer
Volunteer & Foster
Orientations
Meetings are held twice per month
on the 2nd Saturday at 10:30am
and the 4th Wednesday at 6:00pm
at SpokAnimal, 710 N. Napa
Please give of your time
to help the animals
really loves spaniels and poodles. While
attending the Celebrate Life Expo last
year Maggie was introduced to a shelter
dog, named Rainbow, that SpokAnimal
happened to have at the event. Maggie
told me that she fell in love with Rainbow who she adopted that day, she said
the adoption process couldn’t have been
easier, she loved that all the animals
needs were taken care of and she takes
Rainbow to the shelter clinic for check
ups and vaccinations.
The story of Maggie and Rainbow
is definitely one of success, not only has
Maggie maintained a relationship with
SpokAnimal but she has friends that volunteer there as well. The whole adoption
process was flawless and Maggie found
the perfect companion in Rainbow. Maggie also said what a wonderful job the
SpokAnimal staff and volunteers are
doing and in her own words, “everyone
needs a pet!”
Annie
Many thanks to these
individuals for their donations
and sponsorships to Annie:
Civic Theatre’s Sandy Smiles - He’s Got a Home!
• The ASPCA
• Aslin Finch
• Clark Stephens Golf
Smudge and new owner, Val Hughes
Last year SpokAnimal partnered
with Spokane Civic Theatre on a calendar, which used our adopted dogs
playing the roles from featured Civic
productions. That partnering led to SpokAnimal purchasing an evening at their
production of Annie. Val Hughes from
the Family Dog came to SpokAnimal to
select a dog to train to play the part of
Sandy. We sold tickets to the play and
nearly filled the theater. Additionally,
we held a silent auction that was very
spirited and fun while raising funds for
our injured animals. Thanks to all who
attended or purchased and donated
tickets for Ronald McDonald House and
Anna Ogden Hall residents to attend.
It’s official. SpokAnimal’s “Sandy”
who went to live with Val Hughes to
star in the Civic Theatre’s Annie for the
past several months is officially being
adopted by his trainer. If you are familiar
with the story of Annie, you know that
the Mudge family pretended to be Annie’s long lost parents in order to collect
undeserved money offered by Daddy
Warbucks. Sandy’s nickname on set
was “Sandy Mudge” now shortened to
“Smudge”!
Photo credit: photo by Chris Wooley
Sandy, Now “Smudge”!
• Chewelah Golf & Country Club
• Costco
• The Dusty Trunk Thrift Store
• Esmeralda Golf Course
• Fringe Salon
• Gail Mackie
• Golf World
• Hampton Inn & Suites
• Kathy Taylor
• Leslie Johnston
• Mary Rush
• Prairie Dog Mercantile
• Spokane Indians Baseball
• Spokane Parks Foundation
• Spokane Shock Football
• Sunny Buns Tanning & Salon
• Washington Basset rescue
• Wildhorse Resort & Casino
• The Yuppy Puppy
K-9 Coaching Crew
“A” is for ADOPTABLE!
So the shelter put them to work! All the
training volunteers learned to teach dogs
basic manners, using Sue Sternberg’s
Train To Adopt program. But sometimes
a dog has a behavior issue, and that is
when the skilled trainers known as “The
A Team” goes to work. They work with
dogs who resource guard food or toys,
desensitize fearful dogs combined with
training, and prepare the dog to re-take
and PASS the SAFER assessment.
The A Team!
The volunteer training program at
SpokAnimal has expanded! After several sessions with new trainers, a number of volunteers proved to be highly
skilled at training and handling dogs.
By Debbie Walker
On Tuesday, June 12, we were called
about a cute little terrier named Gerald.
He left the food bowl and bit the AssessA-Hand during his SAFER assessment.
But the assessors felt from his demeanor
that he was not guarding his food, but
rather was afraid of the hand. The A
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Team went to work with Gerald the same
day, and by Friday morning, June 15th,
Gerald passed his second assessment
with flying colors! He was immediately
put up for adoption, and someone was
interested in him the same day. Prior to
the current volunteer training, dogs like
Gerald would have fallen through the
cracks and not been deemed adoptable.
We want to thank “The A Team” for
their dedication and efforts on behalf of
the dogs of Spokane: Carolyn Fielder,
Debbie Walker, Jessica Moody, John
Boyle, Julie Hipp, Patti Parker, and Wade
Ramm, plus Kathy Robbins, who did the
initial training.
Any volunteer interested in doing
more advanced training should contact
Bridgette Bossio, our outstanding volunteer coordinator who made all this
possible!
Purrs, Licks & Tailwags
Thank you!
Navy Week 2012
reorganize our Pet Food Bank and even
walked a few dogs too. Many thank to
Melissa, Joseph, Justin, Thomas, Greg,
Wilmot, Patrick, Gloria and Jennifer
from the Navy for their great paint job!
Also thanks to Lowe’s on East Sprague
for donating the paint and Pizza Rita for
donating some pizzas for lunch!
23 kids and 8 adults started out on June
16th from Eugene, OR., on a community
service outreach adventure. This is the
Caravan’s 48th year and SpokAnimal
was one of the very lucky organizations
who the kids chose to visit and help
out. While they were at the shelter they
visited with the cats and dogs and then
share a couple songs with us! They will
have visited eight cities in three states
over their eight day adventure. Thanks
so much for all you did and also for your
monetary donations!
Gonzaga Law Students at the Dog
Park
Spokane was one of 13 cities lucky
enough to have Navy personnel visit our
great city the week of May 14th. It was
Navy “hometown” week and SpokAnimal along with a number of non-profits
benefitted from their visit. On Wednesday June 16th 9 Navy personnel ranging
from Officers to Enlisted individuals
came to SpokAnimal and took on the
big job of giving the Kennels a makeover with a few new coats of paint.
While they were here they also helped
On April 14th those at the Dog
Park at High Bridge were lucky to have
members of Alliance for Social Justice.
come out and do a little sprucing of the
dog park grounds. The Gonzaga law
students spent the day cleaning up trash
and spreading bark around the park.
Yay, for us and the dog park and thanks
to them for their time and dedication!
Dog Park Clean Up
SpokAnimal was very lucky on June
21st when 30 members of the Community
of Christ church arrived from Oregon to
do some dog park clean up. The “Youth
Venture Caravan”, which consisted of
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Pics of Pets
SpokAnimal supporters on FACEBOOK did such an awesome job on the
Purina One website for Just One Bowl,
that we were one of 8 shelters nationwide that were awarded a beautiful
NIKON camera. Additionally, we were
chosen by Purina to be the recipient of a
commercial animal photographer who
will teach techniques to our volunteers/
staff to make our pets more adoptable.
We love our participation with Purina
and thank them for supporting SpokAnimal—including Pets For Seniors.
More Purrs, Licks and Tailwags on page 13
Purrs, Licks & Tailwags
Thank you! (continued)
We Won!
WOO HOO! We just found out
that we won $500.00 from Maurices as
their “charity of choice”! They just celebrated their one year anniversary and
as a way to give back to the community
they had their customers vote on who
would receive the $500.00 donation
and SpokAnimal won! Thanks so much
to all who voted and to Maurices for
being such a community minded organization!
SpokAnimal Pet Sponsor Shirley Helps
304 Cats Find Homes!
Long time SpokAnimal member
Shirley Alexander has saved every single
Sponsor Card as a constant visual of
the lives she’s changed by sponsoring a
homeless cat in our Kitty City adoption
center. “As of today, I have sponsored
304 cats. I feel so good when I get the
cards in the mail, and hope each one is
in a forever loving home! I have never
regretted helping the kitties.”
Local Author Donates Portion of Proceeds
Spokane author William
Malloy has offered to donate
20% of the proceeds of the sale
of his book to
help SpokAnimal’s animals.
You can purchase copies of
his book at the
Spokane Public
Market every
Friday and Saturday from 11:00am 3:00pm when SpokAnimal’s Adoption
Outreach is there. You might even get
to meet Bill!
“In the time before Noah, the holy
man Enoch, in the land of Pangea, was
given by God foreknowledge of the end
days. Instructed by the Angel Gabriel,
he constructed two imperishable pillars, each column composed of three
cylinders interlocked with a mechanism
designed by the Holy Ones. The columns
were inscribed with the seven sciences of
mankind. The pillars were then stored in
a secret place known only to those who
would be saved in the time of the Great
Flood.”
Full of spiritual power and a lyrical
sense of the larger divine picture of existence, William Malloy’s debut reflects
the hope that love and redemption lie
just around the corner. The mystery begins in the jungles of Manado, Indonesia,
in the year 1938. War, pestilence, massive
deforestation, and mutilation of the earth
and its innocents has culminated with
God’s plan for the world, first revealed
to the inhabitants of Noah’s Ark and now
Shirley poses with her stack of pet sponsor
cards while holding one of her 3 cats,
SpokAnimal adoptee “Chloe” who is almost
3 years old. You, too, could find a wonderful,
affectionate cat like Chloe at SpokAnimal’s
Kitty City!
being revealed to the last two men fighting for the spiritual future of mankind
in the year 2015. The final question “Is
it too late?” will have to be answered by
the world itself.
Culled from the history of Christianity, Malloy’s riveting version of man’s
ultimate salvation is filled with vivid
narrative sequences. And with an expert
rhythm and ear for dialogue, lends this
fast-paced mystery a compelling, unrelenting suspense. With each chapter a
visual piece of the puzzle, TALKINGPLACE engages your heart from page
one and never lets go.
William Malloy lives and works in
Spokane, Washington. He has been married for forty two years to his best friend
– his “Island Girl,” Marie – or Marietje
in Dutch.
✁
Become A Sponsor - Dog or Cat Kennel = $100 for a year
Outdoor Play Enclosures = $250 Vehicles = $500
Please fill out the information below and mail along with your contribution to:
SpokAnimal C.A.R.E. • Kennel Sponsor • P.O. Box 3151 • Spokane, WA 99220
Important: kennel message must fit in the squares below:
Name________________________________________
Address______________________________________
City___________________ State_____ Zip__________
(make checks payable to SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.)
Day Phone____________________________________
If you have further questions, please contact
SpokAnimal at 534-8133.
Evening Phone_________________________________
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interaction and attention, but she only
knows how to play like a dog with dogs.
She doesn’t understand how humans
play and we seem really confusing and
unfair. She bites, you scold, she gets irritated because you’re irritated and it’s
all downhill from there. It’s worse when
puppies are overstimulated (you just
got home from work and she is beside
herself with excitement) or at the end of
the day when she’s under-exercised and
over-tired. Sometimes puppies just need
a nap.
Play games that have specific rules
that make them fun for both of you.
Games continue when she is playing
well. Games end abruptly with a gruff
“ouch!” and go STILL when she gets too
wound up or nicks you with her teeth.
Stand up, fold your arms and completely
disengage. The games resume the INSTANT she adjusts her behavior for the
better.
Watch your body language. If you
actively pull away, flash your hands or
raise your arms or try to save your pant
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become more animated and more exciting and therefore more bite-able. If you
reach for her, grab her, try to restrain her,
your perceived aggression increases her
aggression. She doesn’t know how to fix
it, she’s frustrated and pretty soon she’s
mad.
If there are times of the evening
when she is the most likely to be unbearable, leave a trailing leash on her so
you can pick it up and while remaining
calm and neutral, quietly take her to her
crate and put her in bed. No scolding
or drama. “Oops” and time-out. You’re
not mad, it’s just bed time. Use this
sparingly - it’s just for moments when
she isn’t in a state of mind to be able to
learn.
Teach her how to play with toys hands are not toys or adversaries. She
can wrestle and bite toys, she can play
tug with a special toy with rules (see the
Behavior FAQ section of the Diamonds
in the Ruff website for more ideas for
how to play with your dog) so when you
DO play with her, she knows what you
like, what works, what doesn’t. Everything isn’t just “stop it, quit it, don’t!”
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In Loving Memory and Honoring Tributes
In memory of our beloved trio Radar, 12 yrs. loyal and smart, Rudy,
10 yrs. our marshmallow sweetie
boy, and Mazey, 6 yrs. our smart,
happy clown. All missed beyond
words.
- Jamie Shanahan
- Tom Santorsola
of Glenna Huston
- Spokane Pull Tab & Bingo
Supply, Inc.
of Arlene Dearden
- Marcia Christenson, Northpoint Ventures, LLC
of ‘Toby’
- Katie Allen
of ‘Jack’
- Judith Boyer
of ‘Navarre’
- Eileen Ayersman
of June Shook
- Sharon Mather
of Bleu - loved by Ingrid Campbell
- all of us at Diamonds in the Ruff
of Mokie Smith
- Melanie Smith
of Arthur
- Sydney Chambers
of Delosia Austin
- Robert & Dolores Strain
of ‘B.B.’
- Patricia Kelly Turner
of ‘Soma’
- Bud & Pam Beasley
of ‘Schroeder’, ‘Auggie’ and ‘Ivy’
- Venice Sullivan
of ‘Jake’
- Thomas & Heather Wagner
of ‘Ebony’
- Karen Harkins
of Kathy Brown
- Mary Ann Gerling
of ‘Lucky Goins’
- Pam White
of Pat Mills
- Patricia Jessick
of Alexander & Muriel
- Dana Dalrymple
of ‘Casey’
- Don & Rosemarie Rader
of Terri Troyer
- Mary Ann Korbonen
of Daren Droppers
- Anna Nordtvedt
of ‘Lolipop’
- Pauline Bresnahan
of Neal B.
- Rebecca Laurence
of Marilyn Ferguson Justice
- Sharon Lewis
of Barbara Banik
- Emma Banik
of Everett Lohman & his beloved
Mindy
- Don & Rose Rader
of ‘Finn’
- Anne Pluth
of Dan Boone
- Area Health Education CenterWSU Extension Staff
of Curtis Buchanan
- Katherine Buchanan
of Jack
- Donna & Daniel Weidert
of Ed Hoff
- Noreen & Laurinda Bandh
Stanley Speaks!
of ‘Forest Ranger’
- Steven & Nancy Navratil
In Honor and Tribute
of Ann Thompson-Happy Birthday
- Ruth Dainty
of Chloe Peck-Happy Birthday
- Tayla Eliason
of Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Executive Women International
of Amy Baribault
- Andre-Romberg Insurance, Inc.
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