The Shelter Scoop • April 2015

 The Shelter Scoop
• April 2015
Welcome to The Shelter Scoop, MCPAWS monthly e-newsletter!
Adoptable Dogs: Jack Sr. A great dog who needs his forever home
Jack is a wonderful 6-year-old
Cattle Dog who would love to find
his forever family. He is a pretty
mellow fellow, and will not need
an overly active home.
Jack has been in foster care for
several months, and is doing
terrifically! We are very proud of
our main man Jack. He is back at
the shelter while his foster
parents are on vacation, so this is prime time to stop by meet this
guy!
Upcoming
Events and
More News:
Next Volunteer
Meeting: Wednesday, April 8th @
5:30pm at MCPAWS
Join us to discuss current
shelter news, upcoming
events and ideas! This is a
great way to get involved
with the shelter and get to
know other volunteers.
Learn about Jack and other adoptable MCPAWS dogs.
MCPAWS is in need of more
foster parents for puppies
and kittens! If you are
willing to give fostering a
try, or know someone who
may, please contact Amber
at MCPAWS for more
information:
208-634-3647
Adoptable Cat: Small Sade
Save the Date
Idaho Gives
Jack loves to have a comfortable place to curl up and take long
naps. Being warm and cozy is a top priority for this guy. He also
loves belly rubs and will come rest his head in your lap and look up
at you, asking for some gentle pets. He would do best in a home
without small children or cats. If you are interested in this cool
dude, give us a call to find out more!
Good things come in small packages!
Sade is a very cute 1-year-old
girl who is a light and tiny five
pounds of adorable kitty. She is
very mellow and easy going. She
would love to find a forever home
where she will get the love and
attention she deserves.
When she came to us she had an open wound on her neck, so she
is missing some fur, but it will grow back.
Adopt Sade, and you will have a cute kitten-sized cat for life! She is
adorable!
Meet Sade and other adoptable MCPAWS cats.
Happy Tail
Stories that make our tails wag!
An update on our man Opey from his wonderful forever family:
Thursday, May 7, 2015 is
Idaho's statewide 24-hour
day of giving!
Every year on one amazing
day, people across our state
come together for Idaho
nonprofits. It's a day to
celebrate the awesome
work of Idaho’s nonprofits
and benefit from the power
of many.
Idaho comes together—be a
part of it! Donate to
MCPAWS on May 7th, and
watch your donation
S T R E T C H! The more
individual donations we
receive, the more likely we
are to win prize money!
Want to donate early? You
can! Your donation will still
count: click here to
donate.
On February 4th of this year, we
adopted Opey. Our dog Deputy
passed away last September
after spending 15 years being the
fur-baby love of our lives. We
went through a period of
mourning and felt like we would
never be able to love another
dog, or be able to get over the
grief we felt in our hearts.
We learned about Opey, the big black dog with loads of energy who
had resided at MCPAWS for over a year. He had already been
adopted twice to what were supposed to be "forever homes" only to
be returned to MCPAWS within a couple days. After we learned
about Opey and his situation, my husband John turned to me and
said "You know we have to go help Opey. It seems like he needs
me."
Free Cat Fridays!
MCPAWS is the proud
recipient of a $1,000 Purina
Cat Chow grant through the
Petfinder Foundation. These
grant funds are to be used
to supplement free and
reduced cat adoption fees.
We are offering free cats
(over 6 months old) on
Fridays.
So, we went to MCPAWS. We filled out the adoption application. The
MCPAWS staff filled us in on Opey's history, and we were able to
meet him. We felt like we were up for the challenge. Eventually we
were able to bring Opey home.
Upon arriving at our home, we
discovered that Opey was like a
100 pound puppy. We spent a
many sleepless nights during
those first few days.
Opey has begun to learn about
boundaries. He has an
insatiable curiosity and a huge
desire to please. He goes for long
walks with us each day, but
always checks behind himself to be sure we are close by. He loves to
watch TV, and appears to know exactly what he is watching. His
favorite program is "The Dog Whisperer." We have been watching
since they day he came home with us. We have all learned a lot.
Opey is totally devoted to my husband and I. He sits close by and
carefully observes all of the repair work or projects my husband
does around the house.
I'd like to thank the people at
MCPAWS who give their time and
love to the animals who live
there. They are wonderful, caring
people who are angels in our
eyes.
We love our Opey. Thank you
MCPAWS!
ResQWalk
Use your paws for a cause!
Each week ResQwalk
announces a donation pool
(e.g. $2,500) and in order
for a rescue to receive
donations from the pool, its
supporters simply need to
check-in to the app when
they go for a walk. You can
select MCPAWS as your
shelter! Download the app
today and hit the streets!
Each walker's distance is
recorded in the user profile
and added to the rescue's
weekly sum. At the end of
the week donations are paid
out to the rescues
proportionally to the total
distance walked.
Join the MCPAWS Book Club
Come join the MCPAWS Book Club! We’ll meet
the first Monday of each month at 6pm in the
Idaho Room at the McCall Library. We’ll read
and discuss books about animals and animal
welfare, non-fiction and fiction. Our next
meeting is Monday, April 6th. We will be
discussing the March/April selection: Pukka's
Promise.
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The selection for May will be A Street Cat
Named Bob, and How He Saved My Life by
James Bowen, and for June, Following Atticus: Forty-eight High
Peaks, One Little Dog and An Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan.
Blue Grouse Books at McCall Drug will offer MCPAWS book club
members a 15% discount if you order or purchase the book there.
If you’d like to learn more about the book club or its upcoming
selections please send an email to director@mcpaws.org for more
info and to be added to the MCPAWS Book Club email distribution
list.
Kitten Season is Here!
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Smile :)
Shop on smile.amazon.com
after choosing MCPAWS as
your charity of choice, and
Amazon will give
MCPAWS .5% of what you
spend! What a great and
easy way to give to
MCPAWS. It works just like
Amazon, only this way they
donate back to MCPAWS!
Calling all foster parents
We are still looking for kitten foster parents to get on a list for kitten
season (which has already begun!) Can you help? Please contact
Amber to sign up or learn more about becoming a foster parent.
If you can't foster, can you help with supplies? We are registered at
McCall Pet Outfitters and Amazon.com.
Click here to view our registry. MCPAWS Wish
List
There are so many little
things that add up.
MCPAWS could use
donations of any of the
following items to help
offset shelter costs:
MCPAWS Offers Low Cost Spay and
Neuter Clinic
New Computers
New Washing Machine
8.5 x 11 Copy Paper
Kitten wet food
Paper Towels
Toilet Paper
Dog and cat food for
the community food
bank
Cat and dog toys
Towels and blankets
Foster parents for
kittens and puppies
Dog and cat beds
A message from Rebecca
As part of our dedication to reducing the
overpopulation of unwanted animals,
MCPAWS will be hosting a spay/neuter
clinic for cats and dogs during the last
week in April for low-income members of
the community in Valley County. The
clinic is subsidized by donations and
grants so that we can offer this service at
a reduced price as a public service.
MCPAWS will also accept feral cats during the clinic, regardless of
the income of the person bringing them in; no fee is charged for
these animals.
Cat scratchers for
kennels
Cash donations
Donations to the
Thrift Store.
Cash donations are
always welcome!
Help the animals at
MCPAWS by making a
tax-deductible cash
donation today:
There will be proof of low income status required to participate. If
you’re not sure if you qualify based on income, or if you'd like to
schedule an appointment, please call the shelter 208-634-3647.
(208) 634-3647 • 831 S. 3rd (Hwy 55), McCall, ID 83638
Shelter Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:30am - 6pm, Sunday 1pm - 6pm
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