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Posted 11-25-08
Towanda Couple Donates Pet Food
BCHS always welcomes donations fo pet food and supplies. The shelter photographer happened to
be on hand when John and Imalou Davey of Towanda stopped by the shelter to drop off a load of dog and cat food and say "Merry
Christmas to the shelter animals". The Daveys are shown in the photo with their donated food and shelter worker Monica
Chilson. Thanks to everyone who helps us feed the shelter animals!
Birthday Donations to BCHS
Friends and classmates, Brynn Martin and Shannon Raezer of Mrs. Saxton's 4th grade class at Ulster Elementary recently celebrated their 10th birthday together. For the 2nd year in a row, these two girls have asked friends and classmates to donate something for shelter animals in lieu of gifts. These girls are no strangers to animals, Brynn has a Golden Retriever named Molly and Shannon shares her home with a variety of pets from 4 dogs to a guinea pig.
Brynn and Shannon celebrated their birthdays together on December 20th with a movie party. What better movie to go see than a movie about the adventures of a super dog named "Bolt".
Together, Brynn, Shannon, and all of their friends, helped the animals at the Ulster animal shelter this holiday season with their generous donations of pet food, treats, and toys. While some of the animals at the shelter may not get the gift of a new home and loving family for Christmas, the generosity and kindness of Brynn, Shannon and their friends have given them a gift a love and compassion.
Photo: Left Brynn Martin, Right Shannon Raezer photographed last year on their 9th birthday.
While we would love to see all of our animals get a loving home, adopting a new pet for Christmas can be a traumatic experience for a new pet. We encourage you to visit the Bradford County Humane Society after the hustle and bustle and holiday chaos.
If you would like to help your local humane society you can now show your support, while saving gas and a stamp. Bradford County Humane Society now accepts secure online donations through PayPal. Simply click the "donate" button above and follow the instructions.
The Ulster animal shelter relies on donations and support from the community. If you are able to give this holiday season, please consider donating some
of the following needed items during the holiday season:
On behalf of all the staff at Bradford County Humane Society we wish everyone in the community a very wonderful holiday season!
Posted 12-23-08
On behalf of the staff and board of directors of Bradford County Humane Society, we would like to thank our volunteers and community for supporting our cause throughout the year and everyone who joined us at the humane society's annual Christmas Open House.
We would also like to thank all the staff at Rock n Docs Pub in Sayre for hosting their 2nd annual BCHS Christmas benefit. These two events led to the adoption of several animals. The support of the community and area businesses this holiday season has really made a big difference for the shelter animals that we have now and the ones that we will see in the months to come.
BCHS would also like to extend a special thanks to the following area businesses for supporting the shelter at the Rock n Docs benefit and BCHS Christmas Open House: Serpicos Pizza and Restaurant, Leonas Meat Plant, Rock Your Style, Candy Bouquet, Beauty Secrets Day Spa, Art Unlimited, Isabella's, Sayre Floral, Rickman's Uniform & Apparel, McNamara's, L.L Poppies, Advanced Auto Parts, Wysox Animal Clinic, Dandy Mini Marts, Dogs Gone Wild, LLC., Towanda Country Club, G.E Railcar, Skerpon's Beverage, Athens Animal Hospital, Dr. Renee Fisher and the staff at Milan Vet Clinic, Endless Mountains Dog Obedience Club, Hagan Foods and WAVR FM The Choice broadcasting and everyone who participated in "A Buck A Bone".
Thank you to everyone who helped with these events, what a wonderful Christmas gift you have given to abandoned animals of Bradford County. We truly appreciate your support for our cause.
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Posted 12-23-08
The Bradford County Humane Society's annual Christmas Open House was held Saturday, December 13th. Some special guests like Macey and Sylvester stopped by to visit with their new families. Macey, formerly known as Peaches at the shelter, was adopted this past June and Sylvester, formerly known as Bosco, was adopted from BCHS in August. Macey's wagging tail let us know she was happy to visit but even happier to be with her family.
Photo: Special guest Macey
Winnie Fairbanks with
Endless Mountains Dog Obedience Club, demonstrated dog obedience with her handsome German Shepherd, Hammer, while Sue Thompson with Dogs Gone
Wild Spoke to guests about clicker training.
Photo: Winnie and Hammer
Guests enjoyed cookies, refreshments, hot dogs and pizza donated by Leonas Meat Plant and Serpicos Pizza and Restaurant in Wysox. Board members and staff were happy to assist anyone with questions about adoption or other shelter programs. All adopters received a prize for adopting. "Five animals received an early Christmas present today. We hope many others will be able to receive the same gift this year" said a BCHS representative. "We were happy to see people come out and support the shelter animals." Guests could also purchase BCHS T-Shirts and sweatshirts, Spay & Neuter license plates, holiday Zanie dog toys and a book titled "One at a Time" A Week in an American Animal Shelter. All money raised helps to provide medical care, food and shelter for abandoned and mistreated animals of Bradford County.
Photo: Special guest Bosco
"Each year we hope to see more people come out and visit the animals and learn how they can help provide a second chance for many unwanted pets" said BCHS Business Manager Carmen Arey. "Our ultimate goal is to help find homes for the homeless especially with colder months approaching." In the next few months, BCHS will most likely see an increase in animals as more calls come in to humane officers r egarding animals left outside in the freezing cold without food or appropriate shelter. "It is so important that we are able to help protect these animals from the harsh winter temperatures. Adoptions and donations are just two ways the community can help during the winter months." Arey said. For information about donating to help abandoned or abused animals this winter check this website or contact Carmen at BCHS at 570-888-2114.
Posted 12-16-08
Charles and Mallory Babcock or Armenia Township recently delivered a car load of donations from their annual holiday open house. For the past 2 years Charles
and Mallory have invited friends and family to their holiday open house asking guests to bring a donation to help the shelter animals. This tradition began when guests
would bring gifts for the Babcocks. The couple decided they would rather see a local charity benefit from the kindness of their friends and family. In recent years guests
were asked to vote on what charity they could help during the holiday season. For the 2nd year guests voted to help the animals at the shelter. All of us at BCHS would
like to thank everyone who has attended the Babcocks holiday open house! The Babcocks tell us they are now planning on helping the animals by hosting a summer
barbeque open house. Thank you Charles and Mallory for thinking of the shelter animals. We appreciate all of your efforts to bring awareness to their needs.
Posted 12-16-08
Early one morning at the Bradford County Humane Society, a brown box covered with duct tape was found. It had been left at the shelter sometime during the night. Six tiny kittens were revealed when the box was opened. They were obviously cold, hungry and missing their mother very much. A warm comfortable cage was prepared for the orphans, most of whom have six toes, and staff began bottle-feeding them, with little success. Later that day a black and white cat was seen wandering the area. It was felt that this cat might be the mother, who had refused to leave her babies. Efforts to catch the cat, however, proved difficult. On the second day the staff came up with the idea of placing one of the kittens outside in a pet carrier with the door open. The kitten began mewing for momma, who was still hanging around, hoping to find her babies. Momma heard and quickly came running into the carrier. With momma and babies reunited in a safe comfortable shelter, they all began to thrive. The mother cat has been named Tess and all are now available for adoption at the shelter. The kittens have not been named and if you would like to suggest a name for any of them, email your name suggestions to bradfordchs@cqservices.com. We need 4 boy names and 2 girl names. Email your name suggestions to bradfordchs@cqservices.com by Friday Nov. 28th.
Photo: Tess and her kittens
posted 11-21-08
Yes, it's that time of year again! The nights will soon be getting cooler especially at night. "Fido" will need to have a nice warm house to sleep in this winter.
The Bradford County Humane Society is asking that if you have a dog house that you no longer use, even if it needs a little repair, please donate it to the shelter. We accept any size, and if you can’t drop it off, we have volunteers who will pick it up.
There will be some dogs this winter that would benefit from your kind donation. Maybe "Master" has fallen on hard times, can’t buy "Fido" a new house. Your donation will ensure that "Fido" will be warm and cozy anyway.
We are also accepting donations of straw and shavings to use as bedding in the dog houses.
So please talk to your friends and neighbors and let them know that we are in need. We would like to start receiving dog houses immediately, anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated!
Please contact Bradford County Humane Society for more information about donations, adopting or volunteering (570) 888-2114
posted 11-10-08
You can help dogs rest comfortably by donating a pet bed to BCHS through Kuranda.com. There are three sizes available to choose from.
Go to
www.kuranda.com, select Pennsylvania, then select
Bradford County Humane Society, and "continue". Select a bed to purchase and it will be shipped directly to the shelter
to help make homeless dogs more comfortable.
Photo: Valentino checks out one of the new beds at BCHS.
reposted 11-10-08
BCHS is celebrating National Shelter Appreciation Week with two events.
Eat for Pete, a chicken and biscuit dinner with homemade desserts, will be held on Thursday, November 6 at the Sayre Elks Club. Dinner will be served from 5-7 pm. Pete will be there to visit with diners. Take-out available.
Shop for Pete will be held Saturday, November 8, from 10 am - 4 pm at area P&C markets. Stores are located at Bradford Towne Center in Wysox and Elmira Steet and Keystone Avenue in Sayre. Shoppers will be given a shopping list of items needed at the shelter. Shoppers then buy items and deposit them in collection boxes as they leave the store.
Photo:This year's Pete, a male Beagle mix puppy who represents all of our homeless animals, waiting patiently for the Commissioners' Proclamation.
The Bradfrod County Commissioners issued a Proclamation declaring Novermber 2-8, 2008, to be National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week in Bradford County.
Photo: Bradford County Commissioners, BCHS board members Helen Stern and Barbara James, and Pete
There are now brighter days ahead for this male Rottweiler mix that was recently shot and later rescued by the Bradford County Humane Officers.
This past June the Ulster animal shelter received numerous calls about a stray dog roaming the Milan area. For days calls with the same description came
in. Each time callers were told to report it to the Pennsylvania Dog Warden, as the shelter does not pick up stray dogs. Someone didn't want to wait and
took it upon themselves to solve the problem. Their solution was to shoot the stray dog and leave for dead. Luckily for Sorry, a concerned person spotted
him bleeding and drained of energy. Sorry had lost a considerable amount of blood and could have easily been target for hungry coyotes. Phone calls
were made and Bradford County Humane Officers went to attempt to rescue the injured dog. However, rescuing Sorry wasn't easy, as he was scared,
in pain and aggressive. Drained of energy, Sorry was taken to the humane society where he could rest before undergoing numerous operations to help save
his life and leg. "It was first believed the leg would have to be amputated", says Carmen Arey of BCHS. "This dog could have easily died but someone cared
enough to make a phone call. That one phone called saved his life" Arey says. It has been a long journey for this boy, but he has seen the end of surgeries
and routine vet visits. The gun shot has left him with limited use of his front right leg, but he has been very tolerant of all he has been through. "We are
thankful to our area vets and BCHS supporters who did what they could do to help save this dogs leg" says a BCHS representative. During one of his surgeries
he was also neutered. He has been recovering and learning how to use his leg again. Sorry is now available for adoption at Bradford County Humane Society.
He needs a home without other dogs or cats. He seems to prefer to be indoors. He also seems to be housebroken. He will alert you to strangers or visitors.
"We recommend a quiet home where Sorry can enjoy being the only family pet. He is deserving of a nice home like any other dog, we hope the right person
is out there to give him that chance." Stop by and meet this handsome boy at BCHS located on Route 220 in Ulster, Monday through Friday 10:30am to 4:30pm
and Saturday 10am to 4pm. For information about Sorry please contact BCHS (570) 888-2114 and as always please report suspected animal cruelty
to Bradford County Humane Officers (570) 888-4763.
posted 9-23-08
Human Kindness is often overlooked, but not at Bradford County Humane Society. Sharing the message of human kindness is an important one to pass along, especially when it comes to kindness to a person or animal in need. Cases of animal abandonment, neglect or abuse come in daily at the Ulster animal shelter. "Gas prices, evictions, incarceration and a pet owner moving are just some of the reasons given for people abandoning their animals" says Carmen Arey of BCHS. "We are sometimes at a point where we can not admit anymore animals due to the number of owners surrendering their pets. This is an unfortunate situation, but the kindness of the community can help these victims of circumstance."
Girl Scout Cadets Chelsea Wahlig and Kaitlyn Wahlig, from Ulster Troop 827 recently presented BCHS with homemade pet blankets they made from quilting material along with homemade cat toys for their silver award. Chelsea and Kaitlyn became new BCHS volunteers over the summer and have been working on several projects aimed towards helping shelter animals. See photo under Volunteer Spotlight at left.
Chelsea Judson from LeRaysville recently celebrated her birthday with shelter animals in mind. Instead of receiving gifts Chelsea asked friends and family to donate pet food or supplies to help the animals at the shelter. For her birthday, Chelsea received blankets to be used for pet bedding, cat food, dog food, and toys. Chelsea also attended the BCHS new volunteer training to learn how she could help make a difference in the lives of unwanted pets. Chelsea and her family also have a golden retriever and 2 cats. BCHS would like to thank Chelsea and her friends and family for thinking of the needs of homeless animals at the shelter! See photo under Volunteer Spotlight at left.
Even the folks at the Bradford County Manor realize the importance of our dear pets. Staff and residents recently held a pet photo contest the animals at Bradford County Humane Society. Donations of cleaning supplies, dog food, cat food and monetary donations were presented to the shelter by Lori Foust from the Manor who said they "hope to be able to do this again next year".
Photo: Maryann Mosier BCHS Kennel Manager (left) with Lori Foust from Bradford County Manor
posted 9-21-08
BCHS is happy to tell you about Dogs Gone Wild, LLC. Dogs Gone Wild specializes in dog and handler training in a large variety of activities including Agility, Obedience, Rally, and Dock Diving. Training used by Dogs Gone Wild are positive based.
Learn more about Clicker training and other classes at
www.dogsgonewildllc.com
BCHS wishes to send a special thanks to everyone who took part in recognizing International Homeless Animals Day August 16th. Many people came out to enjoy live music while meeting shelter animals and learning about pet overpopulation and puppy mills. BCHS extends thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who helped make this day entertaining and educational for all.
Photos:
Left: Pastor Doug from Milan Church on the Hill provided a blessing for the animals.
Right: Raffle winners
posted 9-8-08
The Grand Opening of Peoples State Bank in North Towanda, by Hurleys Market, was celebrated with a ribbon cutting July 17th, 2008, followed by a reception at the Weigh Station. The ribbon was then donated to BCHS. BCHS board members Barbara James, Pat Savercool and Dr. Alice Moyer attended and accepted this generous donation. Thank you Peoples for thinking of the needs of shelter animals!
posted 8-4-08