Sometimes when you are angry with someone,

It helps to sit down,  take a moment to cool off, and think about the problem.

I’m Ronnie, the guy that drove over from Seattle to pick up the beagle/chow puppy last week.  I just wanted to give you a quick update on Baxter (that’s his name now) – It’s been a week and he’s doing really well. He seems very happy. Here are a couple of pics of him,  in his new home. I have a blanket over my couch (in case the little guy has an accident) but he loves playing on the couch when I’m sitting there, with his toys. He’s doing really well. He stays by my side and is pretty much already potty trained! I couldn’t be prouder of the little guy. I’m enjoying having him around –

I also wanted to mention, that one of my coworkers found out that I got him at the Long Beach shelter, and she said that her mom, and her mom’s best friend, are in your shelter a lot, walking dogs and such.  Small world!

Thanks again for your help and holding him for me. The little guy’s doing really well.

Have a good weekend,

Ronnie

It bears repeating, so bear with us;  these ‘people foods’ are DANGEROUS, even deadly, for pets:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Avocado (why)
• Chocolate (all forms) (chocolate toxicity)
• Coffee (all forms)
• Caffeine (tea, coffee, pills, drinks, candies)
• Macadamia nuts (why)
• Raw Anadramous Fish (fish that swim upstream to breed, such as salmon) more inf0 and even more info
• Onions & Garlic (all forms) (onion/garlic toxicity)
• Raisins and grapes (click for sad stories)
• Pear pips, the kernels of plums, peaches and apricots, apple core pips  (why)
• Potato peelings and green looking potatoes
• Rhubarb leaves
• Salt
• Yeast dough
• Cigarettes and other nicotine products
• Products sweetened with xylitol (such as chewing gum, breath mints, and even some “sugar free” baked goods)
• High fat foods (turkey or chicken skin, steak fat, butter, cream, etc.)
• Cooked Poultry or Pork Bones
• Moldy or spoiled foods

If you suspect that your dog may have ingested one of these foods or another harmful substance, call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center National Hotline: 888-426-4435.

Please also read:

• Animal Poison Center
• Top 10 Animal Poisons of 2009

This week, we got in a darling litter of puppies with a very interesting “gene pool.” These guys are chow/beagle mixes – not a combo seen every day, but really cute – with little “blocky” chow-like heads and reddish brown trim bodies.

OK, you just need to come and see them for yourself. … They are about eight weeks old, have had their first shots, and there are both boys and girls available.

Sometimes Mother Nature does indeed fool us – but often, it turns out to be a delightful surprise. In this case, it’s darling cinnamon-colored, people-pleasing puppies just ready to start their new lives in loving homes.

Soon it will be time to “Fix Your Cat Free”

Again this year, we are pleased to be able to sponsor our annual spay and neuter program to help local low income folks get their cats altered – absolutely free!

We will have the wonderful assistance of the staff of Oceanside Animal Clinic in Seaview, who will provide the spaying and neutering services.

Vouchers for the program will soon be available at the Humane Society shelter, located at 330 2nd St. NE in Long Beach. Call the shelter at 642-1180 for more information.

We truly want folks to take advantage of this program, but we stress that it is available only for low-income, local residents. Funding for the program comes from the Pacific County Humane Society budget, and is limited.

I  THOUGHT I COULD TALK MY WAY
OUT OF IT  UNTIL THE OFFICER LOOKED AT
MY DOG IN THE BACK SEAT

Dennis Company has long been a supporter of SPCHS, even hosting our Pet Photos with Santa for the past several years.  Most recently, the Long Beach store provided puppy food for some of the dogs we took in from Harney County Save A Stray, who is working to save dogs from what seems to be the worst hoarding case in Oregon history.  Thanks, Dennis Company!

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Newts and Mobey play all the time and rough-house, and they sleep together too. So here is a pic of them doing each together.

Very fun critters. We just cannot tell you how much we are enjoying them.

Laurie