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Say hello to Lula! She is a 10 month old
border collie mix female. Lula is a high
energy girl that would do best in an ac-
tive home. She would make a great run-
ning partner or agility dog! Border collie’s
are very smart dogs and need a lot of
mental stimulation to keep them occu-
pied. Lula already knows some basic dog-
gie manners like sit and she learns
quickly so her training should be a
breeze. She is good with other dogs and
would do best with older children be-
cause of her high energy level. Lula has
been available for adoption for about 5
months now and she is just waiting for
the perfect family that can keep up with
her! Lula is up to date on shots, heart-
worm negative, microchipped and spayed.
If Lula sounds like the perfect dog for
you email adoptions@spspca.org.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if
Lubbock was a more dog
friendly city? For this to hap-
pen we want to help teach the
public some more about respon-
sible pet ownership. It's not
that people are disrespectful,
but most of the time it's just
because they don't know what is
acceptable in public.
Did you know that if you have a
dog that is leash reactive (shy,
fearful, or aggressive) that it does-
n't mean you shouldn't walk your
dog? Just be picky on where you walk
them. Don't take them to busy
places like Petsmart, but take them
on a leisurely walk down a neighbor-
hood. Tie a yellow ribbon midway
down your leash (this tells other dog
walkers to NOT approach your dog).
If you need to, cross the street if
someone is not yielding to your rib-
bon.
A Dog Friendly Lubbock
Featured Pet: Lula
January 20, 2013
Volume 2, Issue 2
South Plains SPCA
The Paw Print
Inside this issue:
Found a Pet? 2
Microchipping 101 2
Pododermatitis 3
Training Seminars 3
Bone Appétit! 4
Happy Tails 4
South Plains SPCA
Remember, it is important to al-
ways have your dog on a leash
when taking your dog for a walk if
you do not have complete control
of them. Just because your dog is
friendly, it doesn't mean that
THEIR dog is friendly.
Respect everyone's space and
right to take a walk in public!
Lets make Lubbock a more dog
friendly city together!
Jolynn Payne– President
News to Wag at
Found a pet?
First get it to an animal clinic and get
it scanned for a microchip. If the pet
has a microchip it will be easier to
reconnect it to its people. Post ads
with photos to craigslist, local news-
papers, and social media sites. Send
messages to local rescues and visit
your local animal shelter to see if
there is a lost pet matching the de-
scription. The animal shelter should
have a found pet form for you to
complete – if at all possible include a
photo of the pet you found. Be sure
to look at the lost ads to see if
there’s a posting for the animal you
found. Once the calls or emails start
coming in about the animal you found
be sure to have them properly iden-
tify the animal. If they are chipped
they must give you the chip number,
rabies tag number, identifying marks,
and any
charac-
teristics
like pulls
when on
leash, or
sits and
shakes on
command.
If you
have lost or found a pet send a de-
scriptive email with pictures to
lostandfound@spspca.org I will make
sure it gets posted to the SP SPCA
facebook page. The more eyes that
see the ad, increases the chances of
finding this pets’ home.
Carrie Wright – Lost and Found Coor-
dinator
Page 2 South Plains SPCA
Found a Pet?
barcode, that is programmed
on the microchip. It is unique
to that particular chip, and all
of your contact information is
registered to that number. If
your pet is lost or stolen, you
can contact the microchip
company and they can flag
that chip number as lost or
stolen. Every vet clinic, shel-
ter, or rescue organization
has a microchip scanner, and
when a pet is found, the very first thing
they do is scan for a chip.
The city of Lubbock has two
animal shelters. The old shelter (401 N.
Ash Ave.) is a cesspool of life threaten-
ing pathogens, and if your pet is not cur-
rent on vaccinations, it will most cer-
tainly get sick if taken there. The new
multi-million dollar shelter (3323 SE
Loop 289) is much cleaner, and not used
to house animals that could possibly be
sick. When an animal is picked up by Lub-
bock Animal Services, it is immediately
scanned for a microchip. If the animal
has tags OR a microchip, it is taken to
the new shelter and the owners are con-
tacted. If the animal has no tags or mi-
crochip, it is taken to the old animal
shelter and put in population with all of
the stray/sick animals.
There are absolutely no disad-
vantages to microchipping your pet.
Every responsible pet owner should have
their pets microchipped. The South
Plains SPCA can microchip your pet for a
donation of $20. You can come by during
Saturday adoptions, or schedule an ap-
pointment by calling us or emailing at:
wellness@spspca.org
It’s about the size of a grain of rice, but
it can mean the difference between
never seeing your best friend again or
having him home by suppertime.
Many pet owners are concerned
about the pain associated with chipping,
and it is about like getting a flu shot, but
the discomfort only lasts for one second
and there is never any residual pain. The
pet microchip is inserted under the skin
with a hypodermic needle between the
shoulder blades. It is a quick, non-
invasive process that requires virtually
no extra care.
Many people argue that their
pet is always indoors when they are not
home, so they don’t need a microchip.
What if a worker comes over and acci-
dentally lets the pet out? Unfortunately
tornados, fires, and other natural disas-
ters happen. In April 2011, a home was
burglarized in San Antonio, TX. Two lit-
tle Yorkshire Terriers were home alone
and stolen during the burglary. 18
months later, the dogs were returned
when ownership was confirmed by scan-
ning the microchips.
There is a number, similar to a
Microchipping 101
Data courtesy of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical from the study "Characterization of animals with microchips entering animal shelters," published in July. A recent study found the median "return-to-owner" rate for microchipped animals across
By: Christena Stephens– Vice Presi-
dent
This fancy word describes an in-
flammatory disease caused by bac-
terial infections (fungal infections,
parasites like hookworm, mites),
immune diseases (lupus), cancer or
common environmental or food al-
lergies. A breakdown of the word:
Podo = paws and dermatitis = in-
flammation of skin.
Due to itching and pain associated
with this disease, dogs obsessively
lick their paws. Their paws can be-
come inflamed, scaly, crusty, blis-
tery or swollen. It often affects
the breeds of English bulldogs,
Great Danes, basset hounds, mas-
tiffs, bull terriers, boxers, dachs-
hunds, Dalmatians, German short-
haired pointers, Weimaraners, Ger-
man shepherds, Labrador retriev-
ers, golden retrievers, Irish set-
ters, and Pekingese.
Diagnosis is often hard when it
comes to finding the cause with its
management frustrating due to re-
lapses. Most often this disease can
only be managed and not cured.
Drug therapies include long-term
antibiotics, anti-fungals, steroids,
chemotherapeutic agents, anti-
parasitic agents and hormone re-
placement.
So if you find your dog excessively
licking their paws take them to your
vet to get them checked out.
as well as how to prevent issues from
occurring. The Potty Training semi-
nar offers a more in depth look into
the do’s and don’ts of potty training.
Here common issues encountered
during training and how to success-
fully rectify these situations will be
discussed. The Basic Manners semi-
nar will give you a deeper look into
preventing and correcting common
behavioral issues such as jumping,
barking, biting, nipping, chewing,
leash training, and training basic
commands. Seminars will be held at
the South Plains SPCA office (5724
40th) on January 23rd and January
30th. $10 donations are requested
per seminar. Humans only please.
Hands on training will be offered at
a later date. Allow us to help you
find inner puppy peace!
BJ Buffington–Education Coordinator
Did you know that behavior problems
are the leading cause of pet neglect,
abuse, surrender, and euthanasia in the
United States? It’s true! The most sur-
prising fact is that almost all behavior
problems that pet parents experience
with their pets are completely prevent-
able or trainable! In Lubbock, this is an
ongoing issue that the South Plains
SPCA deals with regularly. Now they are
doing something about it! Starting this
month, the South Plains SPCA will be
offering four, one – hour training
seminars to help new pet parents learn
to better deal with their unruly puppies.
Seminar topics include Puppy 101, Potty
Training, and Basic Manners. Puppy 101
will discuss everything pertaining to the
wonderful (and sometimes stressful)
world of puppies. During this hour, the
trainer will talk about things from potty
and crate training, to puppy proofing
your house, to learning basic commands,
Volume 2, Issue 2
Pododermatitis
Introducing Training Seminars!
Page 3
January 23rd
6:00pm – Potty Training
7:15pm – Basic Manners
January 30th
6:00pm – Potty Training
7:15pm – Puppy 101
Bone Appétit!
of treatment she survived and is a
strong healthy girl. She was wel-
comed to her new family by 2 young
children and a new fur brother named
Bubba.
Happy tails Blueberry! This past
weekend Blueberry the Pitbull found
her forever home with the Crable
family at her very first adoption
event. It was love at first sight and
the Crable family have a love for the
breed. Blueberry is a lucky girl be-
cause she was saved twice. She was
rescued from being euthanized at the
Wolfforth shelter and a week later
came down with parvo. After weeks
Happy Tails
Heidi’s Ham & Cheese
Biscuits (adapted from
MacPherson’s K-9 cook-
book) These smell good enough for hu-
mans to eat…and they received 5
out of 5 paws from even the fini-
ckiest doggie gourmets. These are
named after my black lab/healer
mix, Heidi.
Equipment:
You’ll need a food processor or a
mixer. I used a bone-shaped
cookie cutter, but any shape will
do. You could even cut them into
squares.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour (you
can substitute 1 cup of
Whole Wheat flour)
1/3 cup grated cheese (I used
non-fat mozzarella, but
any low-fat cheese will
work)
1 cup diced ham (I ground mine
in the food processor)
1/3 cup olive oil
Grease two cookie sheets. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees.
In the food processor bowl, add the
flour, cheese, ham, and oil. Pulse for a
few seconds, scrape the side of the
bowl, and pulse again until the mixture
is the texture of coarse meal.
Add water and eggs and pulse until the
dough forms a ball.
Roll dough on a lightly floured surface
to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with
cookie cutters.
Bake 10-15 minutes until they begin to
brown on the bottom. Flip each biscuit
over and bake for an additional 10 min-
utes or until golden brown. Cool on
rack.
Store these biscuits in the refrigera-
tor.
Fundraising Coordinator
Needed We are looking for an outgoing
energetic person to fill our fund-
raising coordinator position!
Job duties would be to help plan
events, set up events, collect
donation jars and more!
If you are creative and this
sounds like something you would
be interested in volunteering for,
please contact info@spspca.org
We are also looking for an assis-
tant for the fundraising coordi-
nator. Same skills as above, but
would prefer to help someone
with the ideas and implementing.
Contact Information
5724 40th St. Lubbock
TX 79404
PO Box 1034 Wolfforth
TX 79382
Phone: 806-445-6317
Emails:
jolynn.p@spspca.org
info@spspca.org
adoptions@spspca.org
foster@spspca.org
wellness@spspca.org
intake@spspca.org
postadoptions@spspca.org
lostandfound@spspca.org
volunteer@spspca.org
accounting@spspca.org
Website:
Www.spspca.org
Mission Statement
The mission of the South Plains Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals is to promote the highest standards of animal welfare, educate pet
owners, and prevent animal cruelty on the South Plains.
Volunteer Opportunities
We are looking for people that are interested in being assistants to our coordi-
nators that run their departments. If you are interested in spending time with
animals and helping save and adopt animals, one of these positions might be
for you! Please Email jolynn.p@spspca.org
We are also looking for a fun, outgoing, energetic, creative person to be our
fundraising coordinator. If you are interested, please contact
jolynn.p@spspca.org
Board Members:
Jolynn Payne President
Christena Stephens Vice President
Dennis Kinman Secretary
Sandy Abbe Treasurer
Coordinators:
Wendy Florence Intake
Corrie Clark Foster
Stacy Kinman Office mngr
Adoption Cara Fetsch
Wellness Kenley Curry
Post Adoption Nancy Swinford
Education BJ Buffington
Volunteer Jennie Radulescu
Lost and found Carrie Wright
Accounting Connie Bird
Vet Tech Ashlie Steward