Paw Prints Oct - Dec 2014

Board of Directors Jon Kroening, President Kim Gerth, Vice President Stephanie Kazmarek, Treasurer Jenny Wander, Secretary Jackie Greene Katie Larsen Nancy Dimberio Kim Craig Executive Director Josh Dalton

Kennel Manager Jamie Wagner

Community Outreach Manager Jo Hayes Animal Caregivers/ Adoption Counselors Beth Bilderback Ashley Zeitz Jenna Rudesill Ashley Anderson Katie Salmon Lisa Drenckhahn Brittney Louther Madison Suckow Amanda Weber Olivia Aarrestad Liz Houser Jim Neverdahl Becca Jenson Justine Murphy Kayla Arneson Randi Hintzman

Dunn County Humane Society

Tails of Success

...heartwarming tales of former DCHS residents in their forever homes...

Hello, we adopted Goldie a week ago. We just

wanted to let you know she has been great.

Attached is a picture of her with our other

dog. After 2 hours, they were best buddies.

We did rename her to Gracie (short for not

too graceful -LOL) she is so funny and

sweet.

She is doing really well and loved by all who

meet her.

-Wendi

Mission Statement

The Dunn County Humane Society (DCHS) is dedicated to improving the lives of companion animals in our community and finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for the animals in our care. DCHS promotes the humane treatment of animals and operates as a no-kill facility, a philosophy that has been with the or-ganization from the beginning. We do not forfeit the life of one animal to make space for another. All in-

coming animals are evaluated, medically treated and rehabilitated when possible. DCHS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that relies on the good will and generosity of individuals and corporations.

We adopted Gaven. We are changing his name to Gabe. We just love the little guy! He’s not too sure about the cat LOL! He is just a ball of fun; he has a squeaker toy and he runs around the house squeaking it. He likes DQ ice cream too as long as there’s a dog bone in it. He doesn't know what cows are so he barks at them. He greets his new mom in every morning. When she gets home from work his tail goes 100 mph while he barks because he is so excited to see her. -Dan

edited from original Facebook post

It has been 1 year

since we adopted

Sadie (formerly

Saadia). She

seems to have

adjusted pretty

well to her new

life. She has tak-

en on the im-

portant role of

yard patrol. She

dutifully ensures

that the perimeter

is secure and

there are no birds

in the yard. She has learned that she doesn't need

to bark at everything (like the ice falling from the

ice maker)! She loves to hog the bed and play

with squeaky toys. She is very efficient at remov-

ing the stuffing and squeakers. She has been on

many car rides and camping trips. We are glad to

have her as part of the family!

Thank you Dunn County Humane Society!

Fostering/Volunteering – It Does a Heart Good! (by Jackie Greene)

I became a volunteer at the Dunn County Humane Society in 2004 after our dog of 13 years passed away. My husband and I were at a time in our lives that we weren’t sure we wanted to commit to the responsibility of another dog, but I knew I still wanted the joys of an animal in my life. He suggested I volunteer at the Humane Society. At that time, I was not even aware where the Humane Society was but I called the phone number and got signed up for the volunteer class. After about six months of volunteering, mostly working with the dogs and helping out with fundraisers, I was asked by the director if we would be willing to foster a pregnant cat. Growing up with dogs in our household, having a cat in the house would be a different experience but we were willing to help out, thus Jax came into our lives.

After about a month of caring for Jax and loving her as our own, she gave birth to five beautiful kittens. We took the time to name each one of them and watching them grow and discover new things was very entertaining. The experience was very rewarding and we knew that if we could help and give love to these little animals, we could make it possible for them to be loved the way they deserve to be in a forever home. Over the years we have been foster parents to many pregnant, injured and orphaned cats and kittens for the Humane Society. I will be honest, not all of them had good outcomes. Some were just not strong enough to pull through, but each one we have brought into our home over the years has brought such love and affection. It’s overwhelming how simple it is and how fortunate we are to have been a small part of shaping their lives. All we have to do is love them, play with them, feed them and provide them temporary shelter until the DCHS finds them their forever home. When you give them back, a part of you goes with them and that time you put into them, goes with them into their new home. Not every animal gets an opportunity to be loved, and as a foster parent, you get to give that love.

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent or volunteer, please contact the shelter at 715-232-9790. If you think these options are just not right for you, but would still like to support the shelter, other options to consider are, assisting with our fundraisers, becoming a member or renewing your membership, becoming a G.E.M. or making a monetary donation. The stray, homeless animals we take in at DCHS would not survive without your help.

The Board Blog

Memberships & Renewals (7/1/14 - 9/30/14)

62 Membership Renewals

4 New members

Welcome to our new members:

Lauren Evans & Mark Spiess, Eva & Ken Heintz, Jenene Lehman, John & Teri Wagner

Your Membership is important! If you receive this newsletter, but are not currently a member, please use the membership form on page 3 to join the DCHS team.

Please pass the word on to family and friends and encourage them to become members as well.

Members please note: you will be sent a membership renewal notice in the mail to notify you when your membership is due.

Jax’s Kittens

Murphy

Cooper

Lambert

Symon

Gretta

Thanks Gary Hinrichs for mowing our lawn all season - you’re a top dog in our book!

Stuff the Truck

Walmart - 11/1

9 am to 4 pm

Thanks Dan

Drenckhahn,

Jon Houser, and

Matt Boho for your

help on special

projects lately!

Did you know?

The

Dunn County

Humane Society

is a Thrivent

Choice Enrolled

Organization!

DCHS Board Meetings are held at 6 pm on the 2nd

Tuesday of each month at the Menomonie Senior Center.

~~~ Paws for applause ~~~

This summer has been a busy one here at the DCHS. Thanks to many, many dedicated and hardworking vol-

unteers, staff, and supporters, we held many successful fundraising events. Please take a moment to “paws”

and appreciate the efforts of all of our supporters. Help by supporting the businesses who support us and let

them know you appreciate their contributions. Our sincerest THANK YOU to all of our beloved supporters!

11th Annual <<<< Scramble for the Animals Golf Outing >>>>

Thank you!

~~~ Paws for applause ~~~

Volunteers

Ashley Anderson

Ashley Zeitz

Audrey Keil

Jackie Greene

Jamie Wagner

Jan Traxler

Jayne Anderson

Jenny Wander

Jon Kroening

Katie Larsen Kim Gerth

Linda Fane

Lisa Drenckhahn

Shirley Browning

Sonya Keck

Stephanie Kazmarek

Tricia Thompson

Kendra of the Dunn County Teen Leaders

Jackie & Steve Greene Mike Kapszukiewicz Specialty Pallet & Crate Kira Blake Action City Andale RE Anshus Jewelers Arby's Ashley Furniture Store Boehringer Ingelheim Brakken Vet Clinic CEC Movie Theater Cedar Corporation Cost Cutters Denny's Appliance Dollar Tree Elk Mound Seed Family Video Fleet Farm Fleet Feet Georgette Hovind Hoof & Paw Jan Manor Jean Davis Junction Liquor Kivlin Eye Clinic

Kwik Trip (exit 45) Lammer's Food Fest Leipinitz Dental Lewis Bjork Marketplace Foods Menomonie Co-op Midwest Cremation Nick Bilderback Outerwall Petco Eau Claire Raw Deal Relco Rex's Canine Training Sears Hometown Steans Law Subway Sunshine Learning Taco Bell Taco Johns Ted's Pizza The Bissell Foundation Tim Eiden TMS Tire and Auto Tom and Jo's Vets Plus Victoria Kennels Walt Disney World Carmen Johnson Westconsin Credit Union

Donors (raffle prizes, silent auction prizes, services, misc)

Special thanks to Richie Gilgenbach and the Great

Escape for letting us borrow their PA system at the last minute!!

Pet Expo Booths Canine Comfort Inn

Caricatures by Jason Anhorn Chippewa Valley Wuff Pack

Evergreen Pet Cemetery Hillside Henna

Ask a Vet by Hoof & Paw Mouse in Your House

Pawsome Lodge Snoody Poodle Tank Goodness

Heartland Financial Associates

Walk for Paws Raffle Winners:

1st - Jay Moore (Sears Grill) 2nd - Brian Loida, Jr.

($500 Lammer’s gift card) 3rd - Dr. Amy Prochnow

(Kindle Fire HDX)

Thank you!

I’ve got a favor to ask...

Autumn is upon us and we find ourselves with two things in great abundance here at the shelter. Leaves on the lawn and, you guessed it, cats!! I wanted to share with you how many cats we have here and then ask a favor of you.

Right now we have 176 cats. The shelter was designed for between 30 and 60 cats. So...we’re a just a tad over capacity. We are ahead of last year’s numbers and I suspect that October will bring us even more cats.

Unfortunately, the trend-lines show that we are likely going to see our cat numbers continue to increase (see below) at a higher rate than in years past. Now we love our feline friends and will continue to work hard to find them forever homes. This year, we’ve tried multiple adoption fee reductions, released over nearly 50 altered feral cats, and participated in multiple adoption fairs at our pet store partners in Eau Claire.

That all being said, the single most effec-tive way to keep the feline population in check is to spay and neuter cats. We’re working on grants to help provide some options for Dunn County residents, but education is the primary way we are going to help accomplish this. Here’s where the favor comes in: please help spread the word and share how important it is to spay and neuter cats. Especially if you know people who allow their cats to free roam unaltered.

Here’s some numbers to illustrate how important this is. A breeding pair of cats, can produce 2 litters per year. With a conservative 2.8 surviving kittens on average, that litter can multiply to 67 cats in 2 years...2,107 cats in 4 years…66,088 cats in 6 years...and, well I think you see where this is going. There are an estimated 60-100 million stray cats in the United States alone and there always seem to be more cats than homes willing to take them.

It’s easy to get jaded and think that people should know this and we can’t do anything about it, but even if you just convince one friend, relative, or acquaintance of the importance, you’ve helped out tremendous-ly! As a valued supporter of the DCHS, this favor will help keep our stray feline population in check here in Dunn County.

Board of Directors Openings

The DCHS is seeking members who are interested in serving

on the Board of Directors. We have members whose terms are

ending. Board members are elected for 2-year terms. Board

members must be able to attend scheduled board and commit-

tee meetings and should have a genuine commitment to the so-

ciety and its mission. Fundraising events, organizational deci-

sion-making, monitoring of finances and educational programs

are some of the functions board members actively participate in.

If you have a sincere interest in the welfare of the animals of

Dunn County, serving on the Board will be a rewarding experi-

ence. Send a letter of interest and any experience or qualifica-

tions to the DCHS president by December 15, 2014.

By Mail:

Dunn County Humane Society

302 Brickyard Road

Menomonie, WI 54751

By email:

president@dunncountyhumanesociety.org

The Director’s Desk By Josh Dalton

Paws For

Applause

Red Cedar Chiropractic’s

Patient Appreciation Day

raised $2,000 for our furry

friends this year! Thanks to

their staff & customers for

the great turn-out

and support!

Menomonie Police Dept.

raised some money for

DCHS at their National Night

Out on August 5th at the

Menomonie Middle School.

Thanks MPD for your support

and a fun night out!!

Thank you!

Menomonie Teens read 597 books for the DCHS! Fairmount Santrol pledged

$1 per book for our furry friends!

Memoria l s & Honorar iums (7/1/2014 - 9/30/2014)

Cash & Other Donat ions (7/1/2014 - 9/30/2014)

Amanda Trapp

Aneta Spielman

Ashley Zeitz

Autumn Sinclair

Barb Gort

Barbara Stange

Barry & Pat Marlett

Brandi Young

Carol Sorsoleil

Connie Thompson

Craig Scholz

David & Amy Sonnabend

David Paulson

David Weiss

Diane Wulle

Dianne Carlson

Dan & Lisa Drenckhahn

Don Snider

Ed Frawley

Emma McGovern

Fos & Pat Soper

Gene & Jeri Palmer

Georgette & Peter Hovind

Ida Sandle

Jacquelin Collins

James & Betty Hendrickson

Jan & A.R. Robinson

Jayne Helgevold

Jennifer Benzschawel

Jennifer Bjurquist

Jennifer Brenden

Barb Herman In Memory of Morgan, Molly &

Xena

Francis & Violet Eiseth In Celebration/Honor of

our families anniversaries

Rebecca Marine In Honor of my Stout Students

Alice Droske In Honor of Beauty

Judy Kernan In Honor of Tiki

Nita & Tim Fitzgerald In Honor of Vicki & Al Epensberger

Robert & Judith Jensen In Memory Ann Wagner

Mildred Timm In Memory of Betty Hagen

Cheri Odness In Memory of Betty Hagen

Barb Gort In Memory of Bridgey

Jean Davis In memory of Crystal

Patricia Chamberlain In memory of Debra Quilling

Char Avren In memory of Debra Quilling

Linda Stoffe In Memory of Dianne Kramer

Peggy Rogers Kraemer In Memory of Eileen Arnold

Lynda Paulson In Memory of Eileen Arnold

In Memory of:

Elaine Duge

1/28/32 - 8/7/14

Stanley & Carmen

Johnson

Becky, Kurt, Heather

& Jenna Rudesill

Carla & Gordy

Zimmerman

Janet Zitelman In Memory of Eva Rogers

Ken & Jean Simpson In Memory of George Kouzmanoff

Audrey Schneider In Memory of George Murphy

William & Brenda Swannack In Memory of Gert Krook

Thrivent Financial In Memory of Harold Wahl

Robert & Judith Jensen In memory of Janice Beulow

Gene & Jeri Palmer In Memory of Jeff Evan

Karl & Jennifer Palmer In Memory of Jeff Evan

Adrianne Harmston In Memory of Joe Dercks

Christara Hormann In Memory of Kathy Pecha

Scotty & Bernice Sutliff In Memory of Lucille Werner

Robert & Paulette Norby In Memory of Lynn VanOsdale

Sallie and Sarah Ward In Memory of Norm

BJ & Jen Andrande-Ward In Memory of Norm

Charlotte Kohanek In Memory of Randy Arnesen

Paul & Mary Stauffacher In Memory of Remy

Francis & Violet Eiseth In Memory of Richard Lowery

Pete Hibben & Friends In Memory of Sandie Bodsberg

Dan & Anne Heilman Congrats & Best Wishes to Sarah

Reckin & Adam Walesh

Jill Licht

Jill Menk

John & Barb Deutscher

Jon & Florence Perri

Jonas & Carmel Rediske

Joyce Muuson

Judy Evenson

Julie RObertson

Karlene Berry

Kathryn hayes

Katy Dahle

Kay & Donald Lentz

Ken Vanderwerker

& Christine Oest

Ken & Jean Simpson

Ken Heintz

Kim Novotney

Kurt & Stephanie Kazmarek

Layne Glassbrenner

Lois Oberle

Lora Oravec

Margie Zeitz

Marlann Patterson

Martha Stewart

Martha Wallen

Mary Curtin

Mary Frances Cutnaw

Mary Howard

Meridith Drzakowski

Michael & Nancy

Kapszukiewicz

Michael Walbrun

Myrna Fox

Nadine Skaare

Nancy Hayden

Richard & Rosemary

Mitchell

Riley, Prenn & Ricci

Weld

Robert & Candace

Anderson

Robert Bledsoe

Royal & Barb Bowlin

Samantha Sperl

Sandee Elkins

Sandra Meier

Sandra Miller

Sonya Keck

Stephanie Ball

Steve & Deb Bailey

Steve & Vicki Cole

Steven Haynes

Susan Abitz

Suzanne Gaines

Tammy Kaehun

Thrivent Financial

Todd & Jill Anlauf

Troy Bauer

Victoria Bloom

Any errors or omissions are completely unintentional. If we missed you or someone you know, please contact us so we can include them

in our next newsletter.

Thanks everyone for bringing us your aluminum

cans - they really add up quick! Special thanks to Cady

Township in St. Croix County for their special collections!

Non-Profit Org

U.S. Postage

PAID

Eau Claire, WI

Permit No. 1813

Dunn County Humane Soc iety

Paw Pr ints

302 Brickyard Road

Menomonie, WI 54751

Phone: (715) 232-9790

www.dunncountyhumanesociety.org

facebook.com/dunncounty.humanesociety

or Current Resident

Promot ing the Humane Treatment of Animals

www.dunncountyhumanesociety.org

facebook.com/dunncounty.humanesociety

U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

October 9 - Dollar Dazzle, Stout Ale House - 5 pm October 14 - DCHS Board Meeting, Menomonie Leisure Center - 6 pm

October 18 - Low-cost Microchip Clinic, Keyes Chevytown - 9 am to 2 pm October 25 - Pet/Family Portraits, Waggin’ Tails - 9 am to 4 pm

November 1 - Stuff the Truck, Menomonie Walmart - 9 am to 4 pm November 11 - DCHS Board Meeting, Menomonie Leisure Center - 6 pm December 9 - DCHS Board Meeting, Menomonie Leisure Center - 6 pm

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