Vol. 29 No. 2 Summer Issue - Published Quarterly Summer 2012

Graduation Day for Prison Pups (continued) ..................2Prison Pups ...........................................................................3A Day the Stars Aligned ......................................................3What’s New? .........................................................................4From the Executive Director ...............................................4 June is Adopt a Cat Month .................................................5Clinic Corner .........................................................................6Boom! Flash! Star Spangled Stress .....................................6How You Can Help ..............................................................7

What’s Inside: Page What’s Inside: Page

Graduation Day Approaches for Prison Pups

Pet Partner Nyuchi reaches out to comfort a hospice patient. Continued on page 2

Kids Helping Pets ............................................................ 8-9Thank You Pet Sponsors ......................................................9Volunteer Corner ................................................................10Annie ....................................................................................11K-9 Coaching Crew ............................................................11Purrs, Licks and Tailwags ........................................... 12-13Local Author Donates Portion of Proceeds ....................13Stanley Speaks .............................................................. 14-15In Loving Memory and Honoring Tributes ....................15

Dayone-Thefivecarefullyscreenedand selected offender handlers Parmelle, Whitcomb, Mendoza, Flores, and Nor-man were excited to meet their dogs for thefirsttime.Theysetoutrightawaygetting to know each other. SpokAni-mal dogs Wrigley and Spencer were as excitedas childrenon thefirstdayofschool. TV news crews and newspaper reporters and photographers were on hand to record the event. As the weeks went by, SpokAnimal’s prison dog program instructors Kim Imel and Carol Byrnes, who are also trainers at Diamonds in the Ruff, noticed that the men were not only doing a great job of training, but they had formed strong attachments to their charges, and the dogs with them. It will be bittersweet when they say goodbye at the end of their stay. Each week the handlers complete written homework assignments in addition to their training homework. They are also keeping personal train-ing journals. These journals track their experience from beginning to end; the dog’s training as well as their personal journeys.

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~ OUR MISSION ~ SpokAnimal C.A.R.E. is dedicated to the placement, protection and health of animals through legisla-tion, education and programs.

Board of DirectorsPres: Christel Carlson Treas: Barbara Grant

Secretary: Angela Scheres Suzy Dix Molly Lundberg Mary Rush Carmen Murphy

Cynthia Schwartz

Friends of SpokAnimalKim Kamel Frank HarrisonKathy Hull Regina Winkler

Location:SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.

710N.Napa•Spokane,WA99202

Phone:(509)534-8133•Fax:(509)535-9630

Clinic: (509) 534-4253

Website:http://www.spokanimal.org

Shelter Hours: Adoption Center:

10AM-6:30PM ~ Mon-FriNoon-4PM ~ Sat-Sun

Licensing / Front Desk:10:00AM-6:30PM - Monday - Friday

24-hour Lost Pet Hotline:232-2230

Veterinary Clinic Drop-in Hours: Vaccinations, microchips and

well-care exams. Sterilization by appointment.

2:30-4:30PM ~ Monday1:30-6:00PM ~ Tuesday

10:00AM-6:00PM ~ Wed. & Thurs.2:30-4:30PM ~ Friday

Noon-3:30PM ~ Saturday

If you are interested in viewing the partner organizations Community Stats for SpokAnimal, Spokane Humane Society, SCRAPS or Pet Savers, please visit their websites.SpokAnimal: www.spokanimal.orgSpokane Humane Society: www.spokanehumanesociety.orgSCRAPS: www.spokanecounty.org/animalPet Savers: www.petsavers-spokane.org

SpokAnimal & Partners’ Stats

We’re on Facebook! Stay up to date with all things SpokAnimal and talk to us! Our Companion Animal News quarterly newsletter is available for download on our website at www.spokanimal.org. We hope you will share your paper copy with another animalloverwhenyouhavefinishedreading it - reduce, re-use, recycle! For an up-to-the-minute update, we also

Come See Us Online! put out a regular e-letter. If you would like to join our email list, you can sub-mit your email address on our website, or email outreach@spokanimal.org to be included.

Graduation Day Approaches for Prison Pups (continued) Mr. Flores writes, “I am proud of myself for not reacting in the old stan-dard command-based training I knew. I went back to my cell and reread all the material–again–more for me; Wrig-ley was just being Wrigley, being a...dog.” The positive training philosophy has also trickled into his notes about people. He repeatedly commends staff, other offenders and Kim and Carol for their behavior and leaves positive com-ments in his journal. “Catch them doing something good” is our motto! On day fourteen he wrote, “I am having more fun than humans should be allowed.” The smiles on the handler’s faces are

reflectedintheirdogs’expressions.Thefeeling is mutual. The purpose of the program is, of course, tohelpdogsfindhomes. Butnot only is the behavior of the dogs changing, the affect of positive train-ing and wagging tails is profound. Mr. Mendoza writes, “Wrigley has helped this program become successful and since the visit to the other unit [to recruit additional trainers for our next session of new dogs] people have given us dog handlers good feed back and that they appreciate what we do for these dogs. But in reality, the dogs are helping us.”

Dogs and handlers are both learning from each other.

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The Airway Heights Correction Center Pawsitive Dog Training program is well underway. “Wrigley”, a 1 year old puggle mix and “Spencer” a 1 year old dachshund, entered the correction center May 10 and have made huge progress. The dogs live in the cells with their offender handlers and get to train with them throughout the day, every day. Both of the dogs are thriving with their handlers and making huge strides not only working with basic manners, but their own individual needs. Trainers Carol Byrnes and Kim Imel meet with the offenders and dogs weekly to review the work they have been doing and work on the next weeks assignments. And, for every bit as much as the dogs are growing and improving, the offenders are reporting positive changes they are seeing as a direct results of having the dogs in the prison. When asked what was the biggest impact of the text book they were assigned (“Don’t Shoot the Dog” by Karen Pryor), one offender stated that it had has a big impact, that “if my parents had raised him the way the book described, I wouldn’t be here [in prison].” Others commented that after so much taking from people which led them to prison, this was an opportu-nity to give back. Additional offenders are now ap-

plying to be a part of the program with the hope of eventually having 12 dogs in the correction center at any given time, each dog working with 2 handlers. This program is already bringing so much hope. Hope for dogs who need just a little more time and training to help them be the best adoptable pets they can be, and hope for the offenders to learn new communication,conflictresolution,andteam work skills. But we need your help to keep this program going.

We Need Your Help!Duetothespecificnatureofthesup-plies needed (all items entering the prisonmustbeapproved),financialdonations are encouraged to help with supplies and administrative costs. Donations of copies of “Don’t Shoot the Dog” by Karen Pryor (white cover) are gladly accepted. If you would like to help support this program, please mail or drop off your donation to SpokAnimal at 710 N. Napa, Spokane, WA. 99202. Or, donate online through the shel-ter website at www.spokanimal.org. Just be sure to indicate your donation as “Prison Pups”. Thank you in advance, and stay tuned for further updates.

Prison Pups!

Spencer

Wrigley

By Bridget Bossio Our Executive Director Gail Mackie takes a dog to KREM every Tuesday for their ‘Pick of the Litter’ segment at noon. On May 15th Gail was out of town and I

covered the show for her. I had picked out a dog to take that morning and when I was getting ready to go the pup I had chosen was getting adopted, yay! At the last minute I walked past a little Minia-ture Pinscher we had named Spike, and decided to take him. As soon as I got back from the station LuAnn (who works in the kennels) came to me and said that Tammie, a woman from Worley, Idaho, called and said she had been watching KREM and she saw Spike on Pick of the Litter. She was sure Spike was their dog named Malone - he had been stolen four months before! They had been looking for him since he went missing- checking the shelters in Coeur d’Alene and Bonners Ferry. They left Worley immediately to see if our little Spike was their long lost Malone. Tam-mie, her husband Willard, along with theirfivechildrencameintotheshelterand we knew right away it was their dog

that had been missing. Malone was so excited to see them he nearly wriggled out of his skin! We will do as much as we can to get missing fur kids back home to their fami-lies, but we have to charge the reclaim fees that are set by the City of Spokane. We waived as much as we could, but Tammie did not have enough to cover the remaining fees. Janet was in line behind Tammie and Willard, and she heard the reclaim feewas$73.Janetandfiveofherfriendscelebrate their birthdays by donating $20 each to the charity the birthday girl chooses. SpokAnimal was Janet’s charity and she was there to donate the $80 she received for her birthday – she decided to donate the money to pay the reclaim fees to get Malone home! It was a great ending and many tears were shed. Thanks, Janet, for donation and help in reuniting this family!

A Day the Stars Aligned

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Dear Friends, Our volunteers ROCK. Many years ago I started requesting that we focus on doing outreach adoptions. It was my goal to do one every day of the week. This would give our animals a showcase out-side the shelter venue. Bridgette Bossio, our Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator, made my request a reality. Not only do we have permanent cat caging at both PETS-MART Northpointe and PETCO Lincoln Heights, we also are at the Spokane Public Market each Friday, and PETSMART or PETCO every day of the week with dogs for adoption. Additionally we have spe-cial events most weekends where even more animals are available for adoption. We would not be able to do this without the dedicated volunteers who clean, talk with prospective adopters, process pa-perwork, and interface with staff about needs and insuring kennels are kept full. When paired with the foster volunteers who take at risk pets into their homes until they are able to be adopted. Addi-

tionally, the foster parents will often take the pets to outreach events and do the adoptions themselves—completing the circle for them. I am absolutely amazed at theselflessgivinganddedication tobetter the lives of the animals in our care. Those who volunteer in the clinic to as-sist in recovery and general care of the animals enable us to increase our produc-tion and help even more pets and their owners. To Kathy and Steward Robbins, our dedicated photography team, more and more animals are getting adopted because they are shown in such a great light. Kathy also leads a team of volun-teers who work with special needs dogs to help them become more adoptable. A huge thanks to all of you unsung heroes from me and the staff at SpokAnimal.

Gail B. Mackie, Executive Director

From the Executive Director

What’s Yer Sign? If you’ve driven by SpokAnimal in the last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed our new sign! Our old sign that followed us from our original location on Park Road was failing. Our new sign is beautiful with a full color top and a lighted reader-board. Thanks to your donations, shelter upgrades happen every day.

Have You Seen Our New Website? The Software Development team at Spokane Community College has been instrumental in the design and develop-ment of our new website. Teachers in the Software Develop-ment program, Tom Affholter and Dave Jones had teams of students in one of

What’s New? their classes come up with a design for a new website in the Fall of 2009. The stu-dents presented their completed designs to SpokAnimal, and we chose to combine the basic layout of two designs that best suited the needs of the shelter and our community. The students that had their de-signs selected are: Angela Scheres, Art Golubenko, Brandon Asbury, Brenda DeGroot, Dixie Saccheri, Joseph St. Lau-rent, Kameron Hinton, Matt Beckley and Ronda Hutchings. We changed a few things here and there, and Tom is working on integrat-ing a new licensing program into the website. Pawsonit Media made the new website go live on June 4th!! Though it is still a work in progress, it is wonderful to see all the time and hard work come to fruition. Thanks Tom, Dave and students- we couldn’t have done this without you!

Adoptable Animals? There’s an App for That! SpokAnimal has a brand new An-droid App!! The SpokAnimal App lets you see the dogs, cats and small animals that we currently have at the shelter- pets looking for new homes as well as pets that are still waiting for their owner to

find them.The animals are shown in‘real time’, so people looking for lost pets can see what animals we have as soon as they come in! Not only will this App help people looking for lost pets, it will help folks in the community look-ing to adopt a shelter pet by letting them see the animals waiting for new homes before visiting the shelter. You can add animals to your favorites to easily come backandfindthemlater,andevendo-nate to SpokAnimal through the App! Search for SpokAnimal on the Android Market or Google Play, and download our App- it’s free! Are you an iPhone user? No worries- an iPhone App is in the works, too!

Who Are We? SpokAnimal hosts the city’s first officialoffleashdogpark,hasdomesticviolence sheltering programs, foster programs, feral cat and barn cat pro-grams, a prison dog training program, daily outreach programs and amazing adoption programs for dogs and cats, and even a transport program. We also have a wonderful veterinary clinic for vaccines and spay/neuter at low cost with great service. Call SpokAnimal director Gail Mackie directly at 509-534-8133 exten-sion 202 if you would like to be part of our ongoing mission to help homeless animalsfindhomesandlostanimalsfindtheir way back home.

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by Darlene Arden We’re in the middle of Adopt a Cat month and I hope those of you who can afford the commitment will seriously consider adding a rescue cat to your fam-ily. Whether you go to your local shelter or a breed rescue group, giving a new home to a kitty will also add happiness to your life. If you opt for a shelter kitty you can be sure that you’re saving a life. Many cats and kittens are on “death row” every single day. You can’t save them all but you can save one or two. If you work outside the home, consider adopting two cats, perhaps a bonded pair or two kittens to keep each other company. I hope you’ll give serious consider-

June Is Adopt a Cat Monthation to adopting an older kitty. Cats can live up to 20 years or more and you don’t need a kitten - a cat will bond to you and you’ll have many happy years together. Kittens grow up fast and get into all sorts of mischief, some of which might not be appreciated by the owner. An adult cat is a known quantity; size, temperament and activity level are already established. Cats lose their homes for a variety of reasons and, in today’s economy, too many are losing their homes because their owners can no longer afford to keep them. There’s no reason for cats to die if they can get a new, loving forever home. Go to your local shelter and look around, get acquainted. There’s someone waiting there for you....

Spring is in full swing at Spok-Animal, and we are bursting at the seams with cats and kittens. Our fosterhomesfilledupfast,andwehadtofindawaytosavethebabiesthat are too young to be adopted, save the cats who catch a cold or need extra care and love. All they need is time and a place to stay until theyfind their newhomes.We started SpokAnimal’s Cruisin’ Critter Transfer Program, using the Subaru, volunteers, cash donations and gas cards, to drive as many kitties as we can over the pass and through the woods to our fantastic guaranteed placement partners on the West side. It is a long road trip for our cats and kittens, but they haveas longastheyneedtofindnew homes!

If you’d like to help transport our critters or

to donate to the program, please contact Alicia at afinch@spokanimal.org,

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The Cat’s Meow!

Petco Kitty Crew Since receiving the “cat condo” from the Petco Foundation in November 2011 we have had over 100 kitty adoptions. This has only been possible because of a tremendous group of very dedicated VOLUNTEERS! The kitties that “move in” to Petco are very lucky to have the kitty cleaning crew take care of them ev-ery morning. This great group of people is made up of Kris, Amy, Bernice, Mary, Fran, Dominic, Taylor and Kay! We have Adoption Counselors with the kitties at Petco every day of the week, helping themfindforeverhomes.OurweekdayAdoptions Counselors are Pat, Katie, Cali, Bernice, Debbie and John! Please help me in giving them a HUGE thank you!!!! Because of these caring folks we have

Each month as part of their orienta-tion, new SpokAnimal volunteers who wish to work in the adoption kennels and training program attend “What is My Dog Saying?” a Canine Communication workshop given by SpokAnimal’s educa-tion director Carol Byrnes at her training school, Diamonds in the Ruff. The lecture is provided free of charge to SpokAnimal staff and volunteers. Carol also created “What is My Dog Saying at the Dog Park” a dog park safety and etiquette class which is held twice per year at REI. We are excited to announce that Carol is cur-rently in the production phase of a new body language presentation, this time for cats! Our staff and Kitty City volunteers will be able to learn all about Feline Com-

What Is My Cat Saying?munication and body language! Dates to be announced. Contact Bridgette Bossio at outreach@spokanimal.org, 534-8133 x 209ifyouwouldliketobenotifiedwhenadateandtimeissettofindoutaboutallthings cat!

SpokAnimal’s Cruisin’ Critters Transfer Program - Saving Lives Mile by Mile

saved over 100 lives! Next time you’re in Petco stop by and say Hi to one of our fabulous volunteers!!!

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Vet Assistants Class Tour Vet Assistant students from Spokane’s New Tech Skills Center willtakeafieldtriptoattendthe“What Is My Dog (& Cat) Saying?” Canine Communication 101 lecture at Diamonds in the Ruff and then back on the bus to come tour Spo-kAnimal’s shelter and our Dorothy Clark Animal Center veterinary clinic in July as part of their class studies. We are proud to be part of these future veterinary staff’s education.

Summer Time Don’t forget the pet! As we come into the summer months and begin to make travel and vacation plans, don’t forget your pets. Make sure they are current on all of their vaccination and protected against fleasandticks.Notcurrent?Nottoworry! The Dorothy Clark Animal Center at SpokAnimal can take care of that for you. Also, you can pickupthebestfleaandtickprod-uct on the market, Vectra. Simply stop by the clinic to pick up your summer supply.

Walk-in clinic hours:Monday .......................2:30-4:30PMTuesday ..................... 1:30-6:00-PMWednesday ...............10:00-6:00PMThursday ..................10:00-6:00PMFriday ..........................2:30-4:30PM

Call 534-4253 to schedule spay/neuter surgery appointments

by Kim Imel, LVT

Fireworks, thunder, and all things that go boom often bring squeals of delight to us humans, but to our canine friends they can cause shrieks of terror. As we approach Independence Day and experience summer thunderstorms, we must give thought to our dogs who may not appreciate the celebration and the summer storms. Many dogs suffer from various noise phobias with varying degrees of severity. And, for their owner, life with a noise phobic dog can be challenging to say the least. How do they help the dog through the stress and keep him, and the home, safe. For years, that meant taking their canine friend to their veterinarian for a prescription of acepromazine, a tranquilizer frequently prescribed for thunderstormsandfireworks.Whatweknow now is that while acepromazine does have some anti-anxiety properties with anesthesia related anxiety, it is not a drug of choice for noise anxiety. Ace simply sedates the dog, but does not address the anxiety associated with the noises in question. So what happens is the dog is still every bit as worried, but cannot do anything to relieve the stress. Often it is seen that after repeated uses of acepromazine the noise phobia wors-ens in many dogs. So, what can a dog owner do? There are many options available. For some dogs, simply keeping them indoors with a fan, television, or white noise machine running is enough. Otherdogswillbenefit fromanenvi-ronmental treatment such as Adaptil (DAP). Adaptil is a synthetic version of a dog appeasing pheromone that is produced by a momma dog as she is nursing her puppies and causes a calming effect. Another option is the Thundershirt; a specially designed wrap for dogs with anxiety. Often a combination of all of these treatments helps the majority of dogs with thun-

BOOM! FLASH! Star Spangled Stressderstorm/noise phobia. For dogs who have sever issues, medication may still be needed, and there are many actual anxiety medications that can be used. Dog owners are encouraged to talk to their veterinarians about this option. Most veterinarians will consult with a veterinary behaviorist to ensure proper drug choice and dosage is used. The key to working with a dog with these types of phobias is to start treat-ment before the storm hits or before that bigfireworkshow.So,setyourselfandyour dog up for a fun, safe, and stress-less summer. Adaptil (DAP) can be purchased at the Dorothy Clark Animal Center at SpokAnimalormostveterinaryoffices.Thundershirts can be purchased at most pet supply stores or at www.thunder-shirt.com. Kim is a staff veterinary technician at SpokAnimal. She has a special inter-est in behavior and is an instructor at Diamonds in the Ruff as well as the lead trainer for the Pawsitive Dog Training program at Airway Heights Correction Center. Additionally Kim writes pet care and behavior articles. Copyrighted material used by permission.

Clinic Corner

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Help SpokAnimal by Attending or Volunteering Your Time at an Upcoming Event

HOW YOU CAN HELPSpokAnimal is a non-profit and tax-exempt organization. All contributions, donations and gifts are tax-deductible.

WE NEED - OFFICE SUPPLIES:•Blackmediumpointpens•Coloredcopypaper•RegularCopypaper•CardStockpaper•PrinterCartridges-12A,36A, HP 74-75, HP 901•Yellowhighlighters•Postitnotes•Filefolders•Legalpads•Papershredder•Papercutter•Bulletinboard•Flashdrives•Portableharddrive MISCELLANEOUS:• Wetfloorsigns•Nails,screws,etc FOR THE ANIMALS:•Purinadogandcatfood•Treats•Toys–kongs•Non-clumpingcatlitter•Powderedkittenandpuppy formula: 28oz Esbilac Powder for nursing puppies $21.88 each 12 oz KMR powder for nursing kittens $11.88 each FOR OUR FOSTER CARE TEAMCLEANING SUPPLIES:•Bleach•GallonRubbermaidgarbagecans•32gallonbags•Laundrydetergent•Papertowels•Tallkitchenbags•Windowcleaner•Handsoapscrub•Brushes•Toiletpaper•Simplegreen•Swifferwetcloths

Sit Up & BegMonterrey CaféPlan on having lunch/dinner with your favorite SpokAnimal staff members on July 11 at the Monterrey Café, 9 N Washington. Misty and her great crew have designated Give Back Wednesdays. A percentage of the revenues for the day will be donated back to SpokAnimal. LT raves about their lasagna and Gail can’t get past the home cooked ribs. They have a great selection of salads and the always popular adult beverages. Our last lunch at the Monterrey brought us around $850—all for just having lunch and dinner at a great venue. Call Gail for more details 534-8133 ext 202. Roller Derby Fans? We are working on a car/dog wash with the “Spocannibals” roller derby team. Sound like fun? Contact Gail if you’d like to be part of a fun day raising money for the shelter.

July 20th - Join us for the 16th An-nual Helter Shelter Supply Drive and Adoption Event! The fun runs from Noon to 2:00 with KKZX broadcasting live!

July 21st - Come see us at the South Perry Street Fair! Volunteers are always needed!

July 28th – Car Wash Plaza Car/Dog Wash FundraiserFrom 9:00 to noon bring your dirty dog,

dirty car or both to Car Wash Plaza (Lyons & Nevada or 4th & Thor) and our volunteers will make them squeaky clean!

August 18th – Unity in the Community (Riverfront Park)Join us in the park for a celebration of community and diversity and maybe you’llfindyournewbestfriend!

August 25th – Macy’s Shop for the CauseLike to save money and help shelter critters at the same time? Then just us at Macy’s Shop for a Cause. You can purchase a “shopping passport” any-time from now to the 25th at our clinic or front desk. Passes are $5.00 and can save you up to 20% on all purchases made on the 25th!

August 26th & 27th – 2nd Annual Doggie DipsBring Rover for a swim at Comstock Pool on Sunday the 26th (2 to 5) and then again on Monday the 27th from 5 to 8pm! Ten bucks per dog and all proceeds help bring water to the SpokAnimal Dog Park at High Bridge!

We need you!Contact Bridgette Bossio

if you can help - outreach@spokanimal.org

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Please Donate to the Dog Park Fund! There are no City funds dedicated for upgrading the Dog Park at High Bridge. Private contributions are the only way we can get water, new shade trees and other ammenities. Please write DOG PARK on your check or you can donate via PayPal from our website.

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Yay For School

by Kaitlynn My name is Kaitlynn and I am a 5th Grader in the Central Valley School District. I have been working on a school project to earn the Zenith Award. This award is the most prestigious award a student can earn and it is open to stu-dents that are in the 5th to 8th grade at my school. My project required 15+ hours of community service in those hours I had come to SpokAnimal and walked Dogs. I also did a food drive and raised over 130lbs of dog food, 25lbs of treats and 15 gallons of bleach. I also made gift bags filledwithhomemadedogtreatsandahomemadefleecepulltoyforthedogsto take to their new home. Thank you SpokAnimal and Bridgette for letting me volunteer my time in hopes for earning this award.

Happy Birthday, Megan J.!

Megan Jurasin just celebrated her 12th birthday and asked her friends and to donate items to the shelter in lieu of gifts. Lots of donations this year were made online! This is the seventh year in

Kids Helping Pets a row Megan has celebrated her birthday by donating to the critters. Thanks Megan for being so caring and HAPPY BIRTH-DAY from all of us at SpokAnimal!

Happy Birthday, Megan C.!

All of us at SpokAnimal want to thank Megan for her generous dona-tion of $50.00 to help care for the stray critters. Megan is an animal lover and decided that for Lent this year she would raise money to donate to the shelter. During the 40 days of Lent, Megan raised the money doing chores for friends and family and walking dogs! Megan has a 9 year old Greyhound named Tessa that she said is very lazy and loves to go for walks and lay on her bed. She also said that she is very hard to catch if she gets out!

Happy Birthday, Kyle!

This is Kyle and he just turned 8. He asked his friends and family to being pet items in lieu of presents. Kyle is a great kid. Even though he is severely allergic to animals with hair, he still wants to make sure they are taken care of!

Three Boys + Lemonade = $ For the Animals!

These three young men, (Jack, Declan and Gavin) decided to have a lemonade stand and raise money for SpokAnimal. They raised $54.00, and bought some toys and supplies. They wanted to “give back for what we gave them”. They thanked us for their dog Sadie a six year old black lab mix who they said is “ the best dog on earth”.

Church Project

This great group of kids from First Presbyterian church spent the morning of June 20th with us at SpokAnimal doing projects! They then surprised us with donations of food! Great job kids! Thanks for your help and generosity!

5th and 6th Graders Make Pet Beds Special thanks to Maddie, Sierra, Katherine and the over 100 5th and 6th graderswhomadeanddonatedfleecebeds to SpokAnimal’s stray pups and kitties. These fabulous animal lovers , who are part of the Neighborhood and Apple Program at Franklin elementary, decided that they wanted to do some kind of community project. Maddie came up with the idea of blankets and they hit the ground running. Every Thursday for two months the group would meet over their lunch time and make the beds!

More Kids Helping Pets Stories on page 9

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Happy Birthday Nicolas and Joshua!

Brothers Nicolas (pictured) and Joshua (too tired for pictures) were very excited to bring in the items they had received for their birthday to donate to the dogs and cats. Nicolas who turned four and Joshua who turned two share a birthday one month apart and on May 12, 2012 had a combined birthday celebra-tion. Instead of gifts they asked their

Happy Birthday Zoe!

Zoe Kerr - Age 8 raised donations for her eighth Birthday party.

Kids Helping Pets (continued)

friends and family to bring donations that they could give to the SpokAnimal strays. They chose SpokAnimal with encourage-ment from their mother Diana because they had adopted their very precious cat Priestly from here years ago!

Thanks to All the Kids for Caring For the Animals

Thank You, Pet Sponsors!The following animal lovers donated $25 or more to sponsor animals in our adoption center.

Alice Cross x 1Amy Wood x 2Barrick Ryan x 1Constance Harper x 1Ruby McNeill x 6Shirley Alexander x 12Pam Whitcomb x 2Robert & Micaela Sutphin x 5Mary Elaine Penton x 1Anna Whitney x 2Tina McClain x 1Laura Psarudakis x 1Harry Hansen x 1Sheila Woodruff x 1Dolores Finan x 1Donnetta Havens x 1Truella Stone x 4James & Lois Weinstock x 1Nancy Bookamer x 1Sharell & Chuck Horwath x 1

Shari Hemmerling x 1Ken Adams x 1Jane Anderson x 1Shane & Kathy Sweeney x 1Mary Lou & Allen Wolter x 1Jan & Johnny Humphreys x 4Jason & Jennifer Friederichs x 1Holly Renga x 4Gordon Litzenberger x 1Viola Torpen x 1Michael Morphy x 1Fran Watson & Mary Rush x 2Phillip Martin x 1Pam Whitcomb x 1Pamela Hemingway x 1Sue Coley x 1Angela Pratt x 1, in memory of ‘Chizzer-Bunny’Lisa Kalua x 1Debbie Walker x 2

Nanette Blackaby x 1Ellen Tanaka x 1Faye Marie Inge x 1Will Parks x 4Kevin Isherwood x 1Viola Martin x 1

We love our Pet Sponsors!

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Volunteer Corner

Gail Mackie presents Julie with her certifi-cate, signed by all the staff.

Please help me congratulate Julie Hipp, our Volunteer of the Quarter for summer 2012! Julie is originally from Nevada but after living in the great northwest for over 16 years she now calls Spokane home. Jewels, as called by her friends, is a huge dog lover. She shares her home with her husband Brian, daughter Marley and four dogs: Airedales Mekare, Kaimon and Murphy, and Rotty mix Stella. Julie and Marley

started coming to SpokAnimal a couple of years ago to walk dogs. In October 2011 they went through orientation and startingofficially volunteering atSpokAnimal. This was a lucky day for staff and critters alike. Julie jumped in with both feet and helped out doing anything and everything in the kennels. Shortly after, Julie starting doing off-site adoptions events at PetSmart at the Y and can now be found there every other weekend. Two months ago Julie joined our PawSee crew and now trains new volunteers at the shelter every Tuesday. She always wanted to be a veterinarian and was accepted into vet school, but at the time her parents could not afford the out of state tuition. As of last month our clinicstaffalsobenefitsfromherloveofanimals and eagerness to help out, as she can be found in the clinic helping on Mondays. Julie is a HUGE asset to SpokAnimal and we thank her for all her hard work and dedication! You ROCK Jewels!!!!

Thanks to All Our Volunteers Who Helped at

Our Spring Events• June 20th –Summer Parkways

Comstock/Manito Neighborhood Event for walkers, runners, bikers or skaters. An evening dedicated to human-powered transporta-tion!

• June23rd-Prairie Dog Mercan-tile Adoption Event

Volunteer of the Quarter – Summer 2012, Julie Hipp

by Kimberly Runkel Volunteering at SpokAnimal has def-initely been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life and has given me the chance to be part of the SpokAnimal

Great Outcomesteam in their efforts to improve the lives of the many animals they take in each day. It is such a wonderful feeling know-ing that an animal you have helped care for is not only getting a second chance at life but will also be adopted by people who will love and care for them. I always feel so lucky when I get to hear the wonderful stories from people who have adopted a shelter animal and wanted to share a story I just heard while volunteering at the SpokAnimal booth for the Celebrate Life Expo. I had the great pleasure of meeting Maggie Haverfieldwhoisoneofthefoundingmembers of the Hillyard Belle’s, a volun-teer senior performance group that she has been performing with for over 20 years. Though Maggie was surrounded by fans of all ages, she graciously took the time to sit with me and share her pet adoption story. Maggie told me that she had been an animal lover since the age of 5 and

really loves spaniels and poodles. While attending the Celebrate Life Expo last year Maggie was introduced to a shelter dog, named Rainbow, that SpokAnimal happened to have at the event. Maggie told me that she fell in love with Rain-bow who she adopted that day, she said the adoption process couldn’t have been easier, she loved that all the animals needs were taken care of and she takes Rainbow to the shelter clinic for check ups and vaccinations. The story of Maggie and Rainbow isdefinitelyoneofsuccess,notonlyhasMaggie maintained a relationship with SpokAnimal but she has friends that vol-unteer there as well. The whole adoption processwasflawlessandMaggiefoundthe perfect companion in Rainbow. Mag-gie also said what a wonderful job the SpokAnimal staff and volunteers are doing and in her own words, “everyone needs a pet!”

Volunteer & Foster Orientations

Meetings are held twice per month on the 2nd Saturday at 10:30am

and the 4th Wednesday at 6:00pmat SpokAnimal, 710 N. Napa

Please give of your time to help the animals

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Last year SpokAnimal partnered with Spokane Civic Theatre on a cal-endar, which used our adopted dogs playing the roles from featured Civic productions. That partnering led to Spo-kAnimal purchasing an evening at their production of Annie. Val Hughes from the Family Dog came to SpokAnimal to select a dog to train to play the part of Sandy. We sold tickets to the play and nearlyfilled the theater. Additionally,we held a silent auction that was very spirited and fun while raising funds for our injured animals. Thanks to all who attended or purchased and donated

AnnieCivic Theatre’s Sandy Smiles - He’s Got a Home!

tickets for Ronald McDonald House and Anna Ogden Hall residents to attend. It’sofficial.SpokAnimal’s“Sandy”who went to live with Val Hughes to star in the Civic Theatre’s Annie for the past severalmonths is officiallybeingadopted by his trainer. If you are familiar with the story of Annie, you know that the Mudge family pretended to be An-nie’s long lost parents in order to collect undeserved money offered by Daddy Warbucks. Sandy’s nickname on set was “Sandy Mudge” now shortened to “Smudge”!

Photo credit: photo by Chris W

ooley

Sandy, Now “Smudge”! Smudge and new owner, Val Hughes

Many thanks to these individuals for their donations

and sponsorships to Annie:•TheASPCA•AslinFinch•ClarkStephensGolf•ChewelahGolf&CountryClub•Costco•TheDustyTrunkThriftStore•EsmeraldaGolfCourse•FringeSalon•GailMackie•GolfWorld•HamptonInn&Suites•KathyTaylor•LeslieJohnston•MaryRush•PrairieDogMercantile•SpokaneIndiansBaseball•SpokaneParksFoundation•SpokaneShockFootball•SunnyBunsTanning&Salon•WashingtonBassetrescue•WildhorseResort&Casino•TheYuppyPuppy

The volunteer training program at SpokAnimal has expanded! After sev-eral sessions with new trainers, a num-ber of volunteers proved to be highly skilled at training and handling dogs.

K-9 Coaching Crew“A” is for ADOPTABLE!

So the shelter put them to work! All the training volunteers learned to teach dogs basic manners, using Sue Sternberg’s Train To Adopt program. But sometimes a dog has a behavior issue, and that is when the skilled trainers known as “The A Team” goes to work. They work with dogs who resource guard food or toys, desensitize fearful dogs combined with training, and prepare the dog to re-take and PASS the SAFER assessment.

The A Team!By Debbie Walker On Tuesday, June 12, we were called about a cute little terrier named Gerald. He left the food bowl and bit the Assess-A-Hand during his SAFER assessment. But the assessors felt from his demeanor that he was not guarding his food, but rather was afraid of the hand. The A

Team went to work with Gerald the same day, and by Friday morning, June 15th, Gerald passed his second assessment withflyingcolors!Hewasimmediatelyput up for adoption, and someone was interested in him the same day. Prior to the current volunteer training, dogs like Gerald would have fallen through the cracks and not been deemed adoptable. We want to thank “The A Team” for their dedication and efforts on behalf of the dogs of Spokane: Carolyn Fielder, Debbie Walker, Jessica Moody, John Boyle, Julie Hipp, Patti Parker, and Wade Ramm, plus Kathy Robbins, who did the initial training. Any volunteer interested in doing more advanced training should contact Bridgette Bossio, our outstanding vol-unteer coordinator who made all this possible!

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Purrs, Licks & TailwagsThank you!

Spokane was one of 13 cities lucky enough to have Navy personnel visit our great city the week of May 14th. It was Navy “hometown” week and SpokAni-malalongwithanumberofnon-profitsbenefittedfromtheirvisit.OnWednes-day June 16th 9 Navy personnel ranging from Officers to Enlisted individuals came to SpokAnimal and took on the big job of giving the Kennels a make-over with a few new coats of paint. While they were here they also helped

reorganize our Pet Food Bank and even walked a few dogs too. Many thank to Melissa, Joseph, Justin, Thomas, Greg, Wilmot, Patrick, Gloria and Jennifer from the Navy for their great paint job! Also thanks to Lowe’s on East Sprague for donating the paint and Pizza Rita for donating some pizzas for lunch!

Gonzaga Law Students at the Dog Park

On April 14th those at the Dog Park at High Bridge were lucky to have members of Alliance for Social Justice.come out and do a little sprucing of the dog park grounds. The Gonzaga law students spent the day cleaning up trash and spreading bark around the park. Yay, for us and the dog park and thanks to them for their time and dedication!

Dog Park Clean Up SpokAnimal was very lucky on June 21st when 30 members of the Community of Christ church arrived from Oregon to do some dog park clean up. The “Youth Venture Caravan”, which consisted of

Navy Week 2012

23 kids and 8 adults started out on June 16th from Eugene, OR., on a community service outreach adventure. This is the Caravan’s 48th year and SpokAnimal was one of the very lucky organizations who the kids chose to visit and help out. While they were at the shelter they visited with the cats and dogs and then share a couple songs with us! They will have visited eight cities in three states over their eight day adventure. Thanks so much for all you did and also for your monetary donations!

Pics of Pets SpokAnimal supporters on FACE-BOOK did such an awesome job on the Purina One website for Just One Bowl, that we were one of 8 shelters nation-wide that were awarded a beautiful NIKON camera. Additionally, we were chosen by Purina to be the recipient of a commercial animal photographer who will teach techniques to our volunteers/staff to make our pets more adoptable. We love our participation with Purina and thank them for supporting Spok-Animal—including Pets For Seniors.

More Purrs, Licks and Tailwags on page 13

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Purrs, Licks & TailwagsThank you! (continued)

We Won! WOO HOO! We just found out that we won $500.00 from Maurices as their “charity of choice”! They just cel-ebrated their one year anniversary and as a way to give back to the community they had their customers vote on who would receive the $500.00 donation and SpokAnimal won! Thanks so much to all who voted and to Maurices for being such a community minded orga-nization!

SpokAnimal Pet Sponsor Shirley Helps 304 Cats Find Homes! Long time SpokAnimal member Shirley Alexander has saved every single Sponsor Card as a constant visual of the lives she’s changed by sponsoring a homeless cat in our Kitty City adoption center. “As of today, I have sponsored 304 cats. I feel so good when I get the cards in the mail, and hope each one is in a forever loving home! I have never regretted helping the kitties.”

Shirley poses with her stack of pet sponsor cards while holding one of her 3 cats, SpokAnimal adoptee “Chloe” who is almost 3 years old. You, too, could find a wonderful, affectionate cat like Chloe at SpokAnimal’s Kitty City!

Spokane au-thor Will iam Malloy has of-fered to donate 20% of the pro-ceeds of the sale of his book to help SpokAni-mal’s animals. You can pur-chase copies of his book at the Spokane Public Market every

Friday and Saturday from 11:00am - 3:00pm when SpokAnimal’s Adoption Outreach is there. You might even get to meet Bill! “In the time before Noah, the holy man Enoch, in the land of Pangea, was given by God foreknowledge of the end

Local Author Donates Portion of Proceedsdays. Instructed by the Angel Gabriel, he constructed two imperishable pil-lars, each column composed of three cylinders interlocked with a mechanism designed by the Holy Ones. The columns were inscribed with the seven sciences of mankind. The pillars were then stored in a secret place known only to those who would be saved in the time of the Great Flood.” Full of spiritual power and a lyrical sense of the larger divine picture of ex-istence,WilliamMalloy’sdebutreflectsthe hope that love and redemption lie just around the corner. The mystery be-gins in the jungles of Manado, Indonesia, in the year 1938. War, pestilence, massive deforestation, and mutilation of the earth and its innocents has culminated with God’splanfortheworld,firstrevealedto the inhabitants of Noah’s Ark and now

beingrevealedtothelasttwomenfight-ing for the spiritual future of mankind intheyear2015.Thefinalquestion“Isit too late?” will have to be answered by the world itself. Culled from the history of Christian-ity, Malloy’s riveting version of man’s ultimate salvation isfilledwithvividnarrative sequences. And with an expert rhythm and ear for dialogue, lends this fast-paced mystery a compelling, unre-lenting suspense. With each chapter a visual piece of the puzzle, TALKING-PLACE engages your heart from page one and never lets go. William Malloy lives and works in Spokane, Washington. He has been mar-ried for forty two years to his best friend – his “Island Girl,” Marie – or Marietje in Dutch.

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Hope that helps!

Dear Stanley,

In the last week or two our puppy has been

becoming very aggressive especially when she is

told “no.” When playing with her she will start to

jump up on us and try to bite at us. The more we

tell her “no” the more she does it. We have tried to

walk away and ignore her for a few minutes, we have

tried to put our hand in her mouth, we have laid her

down and tried to calm her but nothing seems to be

working. She used to listen when we said “no”, now

she is completely ignoring it. When she is calm, she

is a very sweet puppy, no biting and will listen.

We just do not know what to do when she

goes into these attack modes. Can you help me?

We are getting scratches and teeth marks all over

us not to mention holes in our clothes, especially

my daughter who now does not even want to play

with her anymore. Any suggestions would be ap-

preciated.

Signed, Mom to an Alligator

Baffled By Behavior?

Stanley

Dear Alligator’s Mom, This sort of escalation is usually frustration - she wants to play, she wants interaction and attention, but she only knows how to play like a dog with dogs. She doesn’t understand how humans play and we seem really confusing and unfair. She bites, you scold, she gets ir-ritated because you’re irritated and it’s all downhill from there. It’s worse when puppies are overstimulated (you just got home from work and she is beside herself with excitement) or at the end of the day when she’s under-exercised and over-tired. Sometimes puppies just need a nap. Playgamesthathavespecificrulesthat make them fun for both of you. Games continue when she is playing well. Games end abruptly with a gruff “ouch!” and go STILL when she gets too wound up or nicks you with her teeth. Stand up, fold your arms and completely disengage. The games resume the IN-STANT she adjusts her behavior for the better. Watch your body language. If you activelypullaway,flashyourhandsorraise your arms or try to save your pant legs by moving them out of reach, you

become more animated and more excit-ing and therefore more bite-able. If you reach for her, grab her, try to restrain her, your perceived aggression increases her aggression.Shedoesn’tknowhowtofixit, she’s frustrated and pretty soon she’s mad. If there are times of the evening when she is the most likely to be un-bearable, leave a trailing leash on her so you can pick it up and while remaining calm and neutral, quietly take her to her crate and put her in bed. No scolding or drama. “Oops” and time-out. You’re not mad, it’s just bed time. Use this sparingly - it’s just for moments when she isn’t in a state of mind to be able to learn. Teach her how to play with toys - hands are not toys or adversaries. She can wrestle and bite toys, she can play tug with a special toy with rules (see the Behavior FAQ section of the Diamonds in the Ruff website for more ideas for how to play with your dog) so when you DO play with her, she knows what you like, what works, what doesn’t. Every-thing isn’t just “stop it, quit it, don’t!” Focus on “do THIS instead.” Not my

pant legs - “where’s your stuffed bear?” Not leap and jump, “sit” instead. Catch her doing it right - guidance, not correc-tion, is key! I’d also recommend that you enroll the whole family and the puppy in a positive puppy training class ASAP!

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In Loving Memory and Honoring TributesIn memory of our beloved trio - Radar, 12 yrs. loyal and smart, Rudy, 10 yrs. our marshmallow sweetie boy, and Mazey, 6 yrs. our smart, happy clown. All missed beyond words. - Jamie Shanahan - Tom Santorsola

of Bleu - loved by Ingrid Campbell- all of us at Diamonds in the Ruff

of Delosia Austin- Robert & Dolores Strain

of ‘Schroeder’, ‘Auggie’ and ‘Ivy’- Venice Sullivan

of Kathy Brown - Mary Ann Gerling

of Alexander & Muriel- Dana Dalrymple

of Daren Droppers - Anna Nordtvedt

of Marilyn Ferguson Justice - Sharon Lewis

of Everett Lohman & his beloved Mindy - Don & Rose Rader

of Dan Boone- Area Health Education Center- WSU Extension Staff

of Ed Hoff - Noreen & Laurinda Bandh

of Glenna Huston - Spokane Pull Tab & Bingo Supply, Inc.

of ‘Toby’ - Katie Allen

of ‘Navarre’ - Eileen Ayersman

of Mokie Smith - Melanie Smith

of ‘B.B.’ - Patricia Kelly Turner

of ‘Jake’ - Thomas & Heather Wagner

of ‘Lucky Goins’ - Pam White

of ‘Casey’ - Don & Rosemarie Rader

of ‘Lolipop’ - Pauline Bresnahan

of Barbara Banik - Emma Banik

of ‘Finn’ - Anne Pluth

of Curtis Buchanan - Katherine Buchananof Jack - Donna & Daniel Weidertof ‘Forest Ranger’ - Steven & Nancy Navratil

of Arlene Dearden- Marcia Christenson, Northpoint Ventures, LLC

of ‘Jack’ - Judith Boyer

of June Shook - Sharon Mather

of Arthur - Sydney Chambers

of ‘Soma’ - Bud & Pam Beasley

of ‘Ebony’ - Karen Harkins

of Pat Mills - Patricia Jessick

of Terri Troyer - Mary Ann Korbonen

of Neal B.- Rebecca Laurence

In Honor and Tributeof Ann Thompson-Happy Birthday- Ruth Dainty

of Chloe Peck-Happy Birthday - Tayla Eliason

of Tony & Suzanne Bamonte - Executive Women International

of Amy Baribault - Andre-Romberg Insurance, Inc.

Stanley Speaks! (Continued)Dear Escape Artist , Here is your answer: Puppy Bum-pers!

Don’t let your dog escape through a fence or accidentally fall from a balcony! Now they can be safe and stylish at the same time with Puppy Bumpers® stuffed safety collars. Puppy Bumpers help keep your dog from squeezing through a fence or balcony railing, or under a gate. The stuffed safety collar attaches securely to your dog’s regular collar, creating a bumper that’s toowide tofit throughtight spaces. Puppy Bumpers are safe and stylish, and most dogs don’t even realize they have one on. Check out the website www.puppybumpers.net.

Dear Stanley -

I have a tiny escape artist who has

found she can squeeze through the

pickets on my brand new fence. I

really don’t want to attach ugly

wire to my pretty new fence and

I refuse to shock my dog with an

invisible fence. What can I do to

keep her safe?

Signed, Escape Artist

Stanley

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