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Sure-to-be-fun “St. Pat’s Lucky Cats” party coming up!

In honor of St. Paddy’s day and to promote kitty adoptions at the shelter, we are hosting a party event this Saturday, March 13, from 11am to 3pm.
This will be a fun event for the whole family, and will feature refreshments, prizes, and great adoption incentives for adopters to bring home a new furry addition to the homestead. Wear a “bit o’ the green” and come celebrate with us.

Some new, cute, and just plain “interesting” dogs have arrived at the shelter

This past week, we have received some great new dogs for adoption- and quite a variety, indeed! Large dogs, small dogs, brown dogs, spotted dogs, and a hound dog, named, of course, Elvis…
With s several of the pooches we are just not quite sure of their heritage, including a larger than normal pug (?) mix, and others that are sweet but definitely in the “F.L.D.” (“Funny looking dog”) category.
“Banjo” is a nice young Border collie mix pup that is about 6 months old, a little shy, very smart, very affectionate, and has a great potential to be a wonderful companion dog. “Diego” is a high-octane Akita mix (?) pup that also is showing us that he can be a very good boy with just a little attention and direction.
Spring is just around the corner, and it is a great time to bring home a new walking and beach-time companion. With the wide selection of dogs we have right now, there truly is probably a dog to please just about everyone!

The three pics were taken this Sunday right before I took Maddie to play at the dog park down the street. She had tons of fun, and it was hot and sunny out to boot. She ran after ducks on the beach (Willamette river), played/wrestled other pups in the off-leash park (she wasn’t off leash though), and tried to catch bugs in the air with her teeth (she does this quite a bit).

Maddie is a great pooch and such a wonderful little “daughter” for Joel and I! We couldn’t love her more, and so happy that we found her. I’m looking into doggie daycare for Maddie, for a least once a week.

Hope you and Larry are doing well.
Angie, Joel, and Madeline

**(The spelling of the pooch’s name changed…as my original spelling was a Dutch version. I have a friend from The Netherlands named Madelon…but us American’s don’t use that version…and other’s thought I was spelling Maddie’s name incorrect)

By Cory McKeown

Sweet Elton would love to sing a duet with you

Those of us whose lives are blessed with the companionship of dogs already know how much joy they bring us and how little they ask in return. They love us when we feel unlovable, and look at us adoringly even when we are having an “extreme bad hair day”.
This young lab mix, Elton, has to have one of the sweetest dog faces around. He has soft, golden-brown eyes, and will look very intently at visitors who stop to visit him.  One does not have to be able to speak “dog” to know exactly what he is saying- he is saying he is lonely and that he dreads the thought of spending more time without someone to love.
Elton is a great mid-sized lab mix boy, with a short, easy-care coat. He adores toys and attention, and would much rather play and have the companionship of people than anything else in the world. He is gentle, knows basic commands, and is very anxious to please. If you would give him a place in your heart and home, he wouldn’t even care if you can carry a tune- a duet with you would be music to his ears!

Little Mama Suzie’s story is sadly all too familiar …

We see the scenario every kitten season, year after year. Wonderful mama cats come in, accompanied by their little families. Hopefully, we have enough foster homes available for them to stay in a home setting while they raise their kittens, and those of us who help foster the moms never cease to be amazed just how truly dedicated and loving they are.
The time always comes, though, when the kittens are old enough to adopt, and the moms and babies come to the shelter. Invariably, the kittens find homes fairly fast, but the poor moms can linger for weeks, waiting for their chances at a new life.
This is exactly Suzie’s story, in a nutshell. This pretty tuxedo girl was a wonderful mama to her five kittens, but now that they are gone, she lingers in the kitty room, waiting week after week for her special person to come. She has been waiting since October as the other cats have found homes. We are hoping a kind person will step forward and give this little mama the love she deserves. She won’t ever have kittens again, but she still has so much love to give…

Ann here with Sam (Sam was adopted Jan 3rd).  We are doing great.  Sam has a clean bill of health from my vet and is now putting on weight- he still is very small though.  He is right at home here in Bend and doing great – Sam is great off leash and we go on many runs and walks out in the “wilderness” where is exploring and hopping over sage, trees and etc.

Desperate situation: Chinook cats need barn homes or face euthanasia

For several years now, we have been helping an older man in Chinook feed a colony of outside cats. We had them all spayed and neutered, and provided necessary food. And the kitties provided expert rodent control for the neighborhood in exchange for room and board.
Now, unfortunately, the man has decided he no longer wants to feed the cats, and wants them all relocated to barn/farm homes by mid-March or he will have them euthanized.
Of course, we truly hate the thought of euthanizing healthy cats whose only crime is being raised outdoors. We are hoping the kind people of our community will step up and help us find these kitties barn/shop/farm homes where they can live out the rest of their lives.
We will assist with trapping and relocating cats to their new homes. For more information and to help these innocent cats, please call Melanie at 642-2114. Their time is running out…

Big Red is aptly named!

This young, exuberant dog is truly larger than life. “Big Red” probably weighs 90 pounds or more, and he is all big heart and handsome muscle. We think he might be a mastiff/ Great Dane mix, but his gene pool is certainly open to interpretation.
He has a very happy, people-loving disposition, and needs a kind dog-experienced owner to help him learn his manners- what we call “fine-tuning”. He is very anxious to please, and with just a little investment of someone’s time and love, will make a very good and loyal companion.
Come and see “Big Red” today- he is hard to miss!!!

Our mission advocates, champions of the feline and canine persuasion, invite you to please, Dine Out for Cory’s Cats and Melanie’s Mutts THIS Wednesday at the 42nd Street Cafe.  A portion of all sales will be donated to SPCHS.

But wait!  There’s more!

For just a buck, you can purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of two GREAT prizes:

Cutler Management has arranged a TWO-NIGHT STAY, along with some food credit, at the beautiful Lake Oswego CROWNE PLAZA (valued at $225.).  Artist Carol Thompson provided an archival limited edition Giclée print of a calico tabby cat which has been exquisitely framed by Campiche Studios (valued at $110.).

Can’t Attend? Call a fried who can and tell them! Dinner starts at 4:30 pm.

Here a two photos of Madelon…as she’s resting in all three (easier to take a photo when she’s resting).

Sitting on the couch in the first (last week when I was sick),

the 2nd was last night as we’re about to to to sleep, and

the 3rd was taken that first week we brought her home.

Angie