Vol. 29 No. 3 Fall Issue - Published Quarterly Fall 2012

Peaches ..................................................................................2

Foster & Volunteer Corner .............................................. 3-4

From the Executive Director ...............................................4

Pawsitive Dog Prison Training Program ..........................5

Wrigley Writes ......................................................................6

More About Wrigley & the Prison Pups ...........................7

Help Sponsor a Prison Pup .................................................7

Service Dogs Are Prescibed, Right? .............................8, 12

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

Homeward Bound - Another Year of Happy Endings

Purrs, Licks and Tailwags ............................................. 9-10

Thank You Pet Sponsors ....................................................10

Helter Shelter ......................................................................11

Farewell Summer ...............................................................11

Fall SpokAnimal Events ....................................................12

In Loving Memory and Honoring Tributes ....................13

I Am a Forever Cat .............................................................14

Stanley Speaks .............................................................. 14-15

Why do we do what we do? Because homeless and lost animals need to find their way home! Huge thanks to our hard working staff and volunteers for the hours and hours that they spend working tirelessly to make matches that stick and to our officers who do their best to get lost animals home as quickly as possible.

“Thank you so much! She’s such a sweet girl and gets along great with our other pets, is such a lover, and every-thing we could have hoped for and were looking for in a new dog! “Dub” (only one letter change on the name, like U-Dub) seems to be relaxed and feel right at home. Thanks for taking such good care of her for us. We feel like she was put there just so we could find her.”- Libby Beeler

“Just wanted to thank you all again for taking care of my sweet boy before we found each other. We sure do love him.” - Kelsi Halpern

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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.

710 N. Napa • Spokane, WA 99202

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 animal lover when you have finished reading 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.

We Need Foster FamiliesVolunteer & Foster

Orientations

Meetings are held twice per month on the 2nd Saturday

at 10:30am and the 4th Wednesday at 6:00pm

at SpokAnimal, 710 N. Napa

Please give of your time to help the animals.

Peaches

It is a miracle she survived being hit on the freeway. This quiet, meek lit-tle lady has had a rough life; she is just bones and fur. Though shy and unsure, she will lay her head in your lap and look at you with her soft, brown eyes- and melt your heart. Luckily she has no broken bones, but one hip has been dislocated and she had successful surgery to fix it. She will soon be on the mend and is already on

the way to a brand new happy life. “Donations to our Saving Grace fund were used to pay for her surgery. Please consider donating to replenish this fund so we can help more pets like Peaches.”

Added note from do-nor sending a dona-tion: “Thanks for all you do. Your steward-

ship of animals in need in our commu-nity is so very much appreciated. As a lifelong “pet adopter” I understand the importance of caring for these ani-mals and seeing them through and so very much appreciate the time and efforts you and SpokAnimal and the other agencies in the area give. I hope peaches has a speedy recovery! Check is in the mail!”Jill Surby

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Foster & Volunteer CornerFostering Abandoned Kittens On Wednesday, Aug 1st, Foster Coordinator Lisa an-swered a call from a very worried woman who worked for the City Council. Jennifer Westfall had just received a phone call from a man who had found newborn baby kittens in the back yard of an abandoned house. He was very concerned because he had not seen the mom around and feared the ba-bies might be in danger. Jennifer said she was not sure if this was the place to call for this type of thing. Lisa assured her it was and that she would take care of this immediately. Jenni-fer’s heart went out to these 3 kittens she had never seen and she quickly volunteered to bottle feed the babies. She asked to be called and that she would come right down to SpokAni-mal to get them. Officer Curran was immediately dispatched on the call. About 40 minutes later, Officer Curran returned with not only the babies, but mom too! The mom was a very loving and social cat. All were healthy and perfect. When Lisa called Jennifer to give her the good news, she said she would foster everyone and would be down in a few hours to retrieve them. During this time, we had also taken in a 2 to 3 week old or-phaned kitten in need of a mom and some love. “So I thought to myself, let’s see if mom will love this one too,” said Lisa. Sure enough, the momma cat reached out and took this little guy like it was hers, cleaning and caring for it.. Lisa called Jennifer to let her know that not only did these babies have a mom but also an adopted brother. “Would you be willing to foster everyone?” Lisa said, “Before I could get the whole sentence out she said “yes!” A month has gone by and everyone is doing great. Jenni-fer and her family are just in love with the adopted baby and are thinking of adopting him. We’d like to offer a big thanks to Jennifer and her family for all their help and love with this needy kitty family.

Debbie Walker, Foster Mom Extraordinaire I’ve been fostering kittens for the past two years. Usually I have a litter of babies without a mother, but sometimes a mother cat comes along to make life easier for me and for the kittens. This time there was an extra special mother called Dorothy. She is a beautiful gray and white medium haired cat with huge golden eyes and a sweet disposition. She came with three kittens I named Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cuddly Lion. She did a wonderful job of raising them to be healthy, well-behaved kittens who were soon adopted. Then Dorothy went to a foster home where she was going to stay until her milk dried up so she could be spayed and adopted. But that didn’t happen because three days later a litter of six motherless kittens was brought to the shelter. They were only a week old and needed to have mother’s milk. Dorothy was brought back to see if she would accept another litter. She took one look at the orphans, scooped them up and began nursing them as if they were her own. I brought her home again, where she’s now patiently raising her foster children - I call them The Munchkins. She is a wonderful cat and when these kittens are weaned she deserves a very special home and a long rest from the joys of motherhood.

Here is Dorothy nursing Cuddly Lion.

Momma and baby.

Cat naps.

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Dear Friends,I have had several donors ask what they could do to ensure loving care for their pets when they could no longer be the care giver. I applauded them for think-ing ahead so that their wishes and the best interests of their pets could be met. There are a couple of options we offer at SpokAnimal to assist you in making those decisions. 1. Pre-planning. If you move to a facil-

ity that does not allow pets, we can work together to find a new home that meets your standards. Often those relinquishing their pets would like to have further contact with them; this can usually be arranged with the new adopter.

2. Funds may be provided for the feed-ing/care/licensing requirements of the pets as long as the pet lives. Instructions are also listed for emer-gency medical conditions as well.

In the event of your passing, have

you thought about what will happen to your pet? Do you have a friend or fam-ily member who will accept the pet into their family? Do you want us to find a guaranteed new home? Leave your wishes in writing. We highly recom-mend keeping a photo album or scrap book. Place all info on the animals—what they eat, who the vet is, what specific medical conditions, whatever else that might be of assistance in place-ment. If you have any concerns or ques-tions about how SpokAnimal can help you with these issues, please call me directly and we can put a plan together for you. 509-534-8133 ext 202 Thanks for all you do for the animals.

Gail B. Mackie, Executive Director

From the Executive Director

Please help us congratulate our Vol-unteer of the Quarter Jessica Moody! Jessica is from Grand Forks, North Da-kota and moved to Spokane in 2001. She is a huge animal lover and is the proud mother of two dogs, Camber & Dako-ta and sibling kitty Kane. Jessica has

been volunteering with SpokAnimal for about three years now and jumped in with both feet. Jessica helped at one of our first Subaru adoption events in 2010 and saved the day by corralling and caring for a scared kitty. For the past year Jessica has volunteered on a regular basis at PetSmart and recently joined our “A Team” training group working with shelter dogs. Jessica is al-ways willing to lend a hand to help in any and all aspects of the shelter!!!Thanks Jessie for all you do!

Our Appreciation and Farewell to a Special VolunteerMy Friends and Pet Lovers, Sadly, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need an official ‘hiatus’ from my volunteering at SpokAnimal. Though I’ve hardly been around the kennels this season anyway, I need to let you know I’m stepping away until such a time as I’m more available in Spokane to sup-port your efforts more fully. I seem to have many conflicting events and fam-ily issues, mostly not in Spokane. After retiring from teaching, I looked for an

Volunteer of the Quarter Jessica Moody

Foster & Volunteer Corner (continued)

activity to keep me busy and help focus some of my energies. SpokAnimal has been a special place for me since mid 2008. You are the best! I love SpokAnimal and the team efforts that create positive action on behalf of dogs and cats in our community. They are so lucky when they find you! I have learned a great deal from each of you: my own rescue dogs are lucky recipients of my training! Please know I do this with great reluctance. If/when I’m more reliably available for volunteering in Spokane, SpokAnimal is the first place I’ll return. I’m still licensing my pets via SpokAni-mal, will continue to donate here, and read each newsletter with joy and ap-preciation. Thank you so much, Mary DriscollP.S. Can someone please give LuAnn a hug and tell her how much I’ve appre-ciated her during my time in the ken-nels? She’s been so welcoming, even as I’ve had such sporadic attendance this past year.

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• Petsmart North - At the last minute they came through with six crates!

• DogTagArt.com - donated beautiful tags for our adopted pups

• Diamonds in the Ruff - training & supplies

• Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile - always comes through with food, toys and supplies

• Harvard Park Children’s Center North - the kids had a penny drive!

• Shear Heaven Grooming Salon - grooming class for the offenders

• Kritter Kookies - locally made organ-ic treats!

• CEVA Animal Health - DAP collars/Vectra

Pawsitive Dog Prison Training ProgramHuge Thanks to Our Donors!

• Soft Touch Concepts - harnesses• AHCC Staff, offenders and offender

families personal donations• Nature’s Pet Market - wonderful do-

nations of food, toys and supplies

• Gayle Kiser - Don’t Shoot the Dog books

• Debbie Walker - resting mats for all the dogs

• Kim Imel - books for prison library, misc needs and many extra hours

• All of our members and friends who have donated to the program

• Our FABULOUS Half Way Hounds foster families

Thank you to all who have donated to the prison training program and

thank you to our corporate sponsors.

Prison dog Millie begs for a treat. Prison dog Maverick gets a nice rub.

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More about Wrigley on page 7

Wrigley Writes Hey folks! Wrigley here. I am a recent graduate of the Pawsitive Dog prison dog training program at Airway Heights Correction Center. A while back I came to stay at SpokAnimal, I was a troubled dog running the streets and getting into all kinds of mischief, but that all changed a few months ago. I went to prison. One morning I, along with another little dog named Spencer, left SpokAni-mal and went on a short car ride out to Airway Heights Corrections Center where we lived for a couple months. It was awesome! We got to run and play in a huge yard, learned new tricks, and learned some manners. The guys I stayed with took very good care of me and helped me to learn some patience and the polite way to ask for what I needed. I did not realize how fun it was to learn to be a good dog. It made the humans so happy and that is the best feeling in the world! We were visited by our teachers ev-ery week, Kim and Carol, and by the end of my time in prison, they were so impressed with how good I was, that Kim gave me a job! I now get to be the ‘spokes-dog’ for the prison dog program and go and visit people and show off what I have learned to get help to keep the program going so more of my dog friends get to have the fun and learn the things I did. I also get to write this arti-cle to keep you all up to date about how things are going ‘on the inside’. Right now, six of my friends are in the prison and will soon be ready for parole, into their forever homes. Appli-cations have been rolling in from people who want to adopt them! Let me intro-duce you to my friends: Emma is a sweet 9 month old, or so, Lab/Heeler mix. She is so very smart, loves to play fetch and is a very sweet girl. Jasper is a fun, active dude. They say he is about a year or so old and is probably a Jack Russell Terrier/Doxie/Beagle mix. He gets along with pretty much everyone in sight and loves to learn new things. Maverick is an Aussie/Heeler mix and is pretty laid back, until it comes to playing with his toys. He loves toys even more than food! He is so friendly and is learning new things very fast. He may even try a paw at catching a frisbee. Sidney is a sensitive and smart little

boy with a discriminating palate and a primary desire to simply snuggle and be your lap buddy. He is about a year or so old and is a Dachshund/Chihuahua mix so he looks kind of like a Doxie with long legs. Sidney is spoken for! Herbert is a Black and Tan hound mix and has the voice to go along with it. He is a silly guy, who loves learning as much as he loves all the belly rubs he is getting. The best thing, his Half Way Hound foster mom has decided that he gets to come back and live forever with her! Millie is a sweet loving Puggle girl who is very smart and some say looks just like me. If she is anything like me at home, all she will want to do is be your best friend and will aim to please you every day. All of my friends are good dogs who, like me, have simply not taken ad-vantage of the opportunity to be a good, well-mannered dog in their former life, but through the help of their offender handlers they are learning some basic manners to help them be the best friend

you can ever have. So stay tuned to learn more about their adventure. We are thrilled to have many adop-tion applications on this session’s prison pups. Six more dogs will be selected for our next session, starting in mid-Octo-ber. If you are interested in adopting a dog from the program, you can go to the SpokAnimal website and fill out an adoption application. Or if you have any questions about the program, you can email my human, Kim, at prison-dogs@spokanimal.org. If you think this is a worthwhile program – and let me just say it is, I would not be the dog I am today without it – you can make a do-nation to help keep it going. Please be sure to indicate the donation as “prison dog.”

Thanks everyone! See you in the next edition.

Wrigley

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More About Wrigley & The Prison PupsImportant links to find out more about the dogs in the Pawsitive Dog Prison Training Program:www.spokanimal.org/prisonpups.php

www.facebook.com/PawitiveDogPris-onProgram (‘like’ us and be able to stay up to date on all the happenings of the prison program)

www.diamondsintheruff.com/prison-program.html

Coming Soon - Meet Wrigley At Bark-for-Life our Wrigley will be at the “meet the heroes booth” along with Mako (arson), Lori (explosives), Stryder (police), and Tanner (NW Pe-diatrics therapy dog). People will be able to visit with the handlers and pet the dogs (except Stryder). ALL of these dogs have their own trading cards, in-cluding Wrigley!

Wrigley at the Rotary! SpokAnimal & Diamonds in the Ruff prison trainers Kim Imel and Car-ol Byrnes were joined by program head Rich Hewson from AHCC to speak about the Pawsitive Dog prison train-ing program in August for the Rotary Club South members at the Spokane

Club downtown. There were lots of great questions and comments from the audience. It is so nice to see such won-derful community support. Thank you, Stan Paluch, for inviting us. It was also great to get to visit with Jocelyn Paluch over lunch and brainstorm ideas with long-time SpokAnimal supporters and animal lovers! Jocelyn also invited Wrigley and Kim to represent the pris-

on program at Bark for Life in October. Come meet Wrigley and talk to Kim about the program!

Pawsitive Dogs Prison Dog TrainersKim Imel, LVT, Program Director, Instructor Kim has been an instructor for Dia-monds in the Ruff since 2000 and also works full-time as a Licensed Vet Tech in SpokAnimal’s Dorothy Clark Animal Center and works part-time at Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile in addition to her dedication to the Pawsitive Prison Dog Training Program.

Carol A. Byrnes, CPDT, Instructor Carol and her husband Dana opened Diamonds in the Ruff dog training school in 1996. Carol is thrilled to partner with AHCC and Kim in the creation of the prison training program. She is SpokAnimal’s education director and newsletter editor .

Stacy Hebert - Assistant Stacy is a talented clicker trainer and an avid dog lover who also works at Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile. Stacy is a terrific class assistant at Diamonds in the Ruff.

Wrigley’s trading card

There are NO tax dollars support-ing this program. It exists totally on do-nations to SpokAnimal. How are your donations used for the program? Here are the costs incurred and ways you can help:New handler team supplies - $55.00• 2 treat totes• 2 clickers• 2 copies “Don’t Shoot the Dog” book

First time cell set up for dog $145• Crate• Food and water bowls• Treat canister• Storage box with toys• Go to mat• Collars• Leash

Dogs basic medical $90.00• Additional vaccines

• Vectra• DAP Collar• Deworming

Replacement toys $40.00

Treats and food $25.00 per dog per week x 8 weeks

Training classes $200 per dog (equiva-lent to registration for “What is My Dog Saying?” lecture, beginning & inermedi-ate class, plus Canine Good Citizen test)

First dog for new handlers with dogs in facility for 8 weeks: $690.00/dog

Second dog for established handlers for 8 weeks: $ 530.00

Additional funds needed for replace-ment equipment (harnesses) and for

Help Sponsor a Prison Pup!extra medical needs

Adoption fees are $250 with $165 going to fund the program ($85 is standard adoption fee which covers spay/neu-ter, microchip, license, rabies vaccine). Donations and corporate contributions help offset the additional costs.

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By Charlie K Bales & Max (Service Dog)Service Dog Information Contact, DITR I felt my muscles tighten as the neu-rologist I was meeting peered at Max, my service dog, and asked, “Who pre-scribed the dog?” It is a common ques-tion in the medical profession and one that has recently started to bother me, since I know both the law and my rights; no doctor prescribed the dog, but my previous primary care provider had ap-proved of Max as an aid in my keeping my independence. There appears to be a wide spread belief that a service dog must be pre-scribed like some form of medication. It’s not true, but even within the medical community it is widely believed. Would the same doctor peer with such distrust at my cane and ask who prescribed it? What about a walker or wheelchair? When I saw my primary doctor a short time after starting Max’s training he looked at Max with some excitement and asked what he could do for me. I told him I was training him because my back had grown so painful that bending and picking up objects had be-come extremely difficult. He had nod-ded, understanding what I was saying, and asked, “So, he picks up things you drop?” I told him what all Max could do and what else I intended to train him for and my doctor was happy for me, say-ing that Max sounded like a wonderful support and aid for my disability. Little did I know how rare that type of meet-ing would be. My disability at the time was pro-

Service Dogs are Prescribed, Right?gressing and my ability to walk decreas-ing, so my primary doctor sent me to a neurologist to find out what was hap-pening. The moment he entered the room I was drilled on why I had a ser-vice dog, why I felt I needed such a dog and who prescribed the dog. I could not explain to him that my primary doctor supported my choice in assistive devices and that Max helped me with my daily life. In the end, defeated and disheart-ened I dispelled his concern I was cheat-ing some system by stating my primary doctor had prescribed him. He would not be the only doctor I saw that would drill me like that. I was laid off of my job due to downsizing and ended up without insurance. I went to the state for aid and was placed on the state’s Disability Life Line. Even though I requested I not change doctors in mid stream of figuring out why my disabil-ity was progressing at the rate it was, I was forced to drop my primary doctor and go to the Chas Clinic. The primary care person I saw there also drilled me about Max and insisted that Max had to be prescribed to me in order for me to have him. What was more frustrat-ing was when my disability led me to using a wheelchair part time and a cane he never asked me who prescribed those items. Today, I’ll try to explain about ser-vice dogs. A service dog is an assis-tive device, like a wheelchair, walker or cane. I have a mobility disability which affects my balance and ability to walk. I can choose to use a cane, wheelchair or walker to improve my mobility. I can choose to use a grab stick or ask some-one for assistance to pick up items I have dropped. I can choose to also have a ser-vice dog help me with those things. I chose the latter. I do not use Max as a cane, but as counter balance when I walk. I found, due to my foot drop, that I over compen-sate when bringing my leg around and lean far to one side, which throws my balance off. Max wears a harness with a bridge handle that helps me keep my balance and bring my foot around. If I lose my balance, Max braces or steps out from me to help me keep my balance.Though a cane does help, I have had it slip on slick floors and when my balance goes backwards instead of sideways I tend to fall. Max is able to make the ad-

justments I need to stay on my feet that a cane simply cannot. I have tried using a grab stick, but many times the item I want to pick up is too difficult to get the grab stick on and hold it. Max can easily and quickly pick up the item and hand it to me. Does this mean that Max is the only assistive device I use? No, Max is one of several. There are times I use a grab stick or a cane or a wheelchair to aid in my mobility issues. Max is just part of an overall plan to keep my independence and keep me safe from a serious fall; he just happens to come with four feet and a wagging tail. Why do doctors believe a service dog must be prescribed? I don’t really have an answer for that, but I do have an idea. I have read articles about service dogs and access denials on the internet. A lot of the comments to those articles have given me an idea of the myths the public believes about service dogs:• All service dogs have vests that state

they are a service dog• All service dogs have certification or

paperwork that can be shown• All service dogs are prescribed by

doctors• All service dogs come from a training

agency Some people believe all service dogs are paid for by insurance and must cost thousands of dollars to get.The truth is:• Not all service dogs have a vest, har-

ness, special collar or special lead.• Service dogs do not have certification

or paperwork, though a handler who received a service dog from a training program may have gotten paperwork stating they trained the dog and what their rights are in regards to the dog.

• Service dogs are not prescribed by a doctor, but a doctor can agree that a service dog will benefit the ADA rec-ognized and diagnosed disabled per-son.

• Not all service dogs come from an agency; many are trained by their handlers.

• Many programs donate service dogs to the disabled handler at no cost to the handler.

I suspect the doctors who are pre-scribing service dogs are being asked by the person for the prescription, which

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Kudos to KREM!! We are celebrating 25 years of KREM featuring our Pick of the Litter on the Tuesday noon show. Due to the fact that we advertise more than one pet usually, the success rate is greater than 100 pets per year. Their sponsorship of the Mega Match Pick of the Litter at Subaru of Spokane found homes for nearly 200 area pets. Thanks to the staff and management of KREM and Belo for continuing this life saving feature.

Purina & Shelter-Me Photography Class

Big, big thanks to Purina and Na-nette Martin of Shelter-Me Photography for teaching staff and volunteers how to take the best pictures of our shelter pets!! The class was wonderful!!!

Donations of Food, $ and Supplies! Thank you to State Park Employ-ees and Shakey’s Pizza for their gener-ous donations for pet food, $ and much needed supplies! As we head into win-ter, we open our pet food bank to those who are out of work or elderly and need help feeding their animals. The goal is to keep these animals in their homes until their owners’ lives improve.

Pawsitively Primped Prison Pups Airway Heights Correctional Cen-ter dog handlers got a professional grooming lesson, thanks to Shear Heav-en Dog Salon owner Jamie Wilke and

Purrs, Licks & TailwagsThank you!Ecova Helpers!

Monday August 20th was a great day for SpokAnimal and volunteers from Ecova, an off shoot of Avista. Eight Ecova employees spend the day doing lots of projects around the shel-ter from weeding to cleaning our event center. A few lucky individuals also got to help with some tiny kittens. Thanks so much for choosing SpokAnimal for your volunteer day and we hope to see you all again next year!

her wonderful groomer Nicole! AHCC has provided a grooming room with raised stainless tub, grooming table and supplies. We were privileged to have Jamie and her crew on board as regular volunteers to give grooming lessons. Ja-mie posted on the Pawsitive Dogs Face-book page: “You are so welcome, Carol Byrnes. I stand in awe of your work and all you have done. You can see the love and the joy in both the guys’ and the dogs’ faces. I thoroughly enjoyed being there and seeing first hand the hard work and dedication shown by all. :) Let me know if I can be of any as-sistance in the future.” Jamie and crew will be back for future lessons and she has offered to transport curly-coated program dogs who need clipping and scissoring to their shop when needed, free of charge! This program not only gives the dogs a new leash on life, it can have a profound effect on the offenders’ out-look and futures, too. Shear Heaven’s gift might be more than just a shiny prison pup, it could give our handlers future career goals. Who knows, may-be when paroled, some will decide “go to the dogs” and pursue a career in grooming or training when they com-plete their time. Shear Heaven is also donating shampoo for the program and Jamie is looking for a pro-quality dryer to do-nate to the grooming room. This is an essential piece of equipment as we head into the cold winter months. Huge thanks to Jamie and her staff for shar-ing their time and dedication to helping dogs and people!

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Kids Helping Animals

Thanks to 9-year-old Abby for her donation of supplies, treats and $51.00 that she received in lieu of gifts for her birthday. Abby has two dogs Labrador

Purrs, Licks & Tailwags (continued)mix, Dipper and Spaniel mix, Pixie. Thanks Abby for thinking of the shelter animals and being so generous and caring!

Harvard Park Children’s Center North

A large group of kids of all ages gathered in a big circle at the Harvard Park Children’s Center to meet Stanley and Carol Byrnes and learn about ani-mals and training. At the end, Stanley fetched a fat envelope containing a gen-erous donation from their penny drive designated to go to the Pawsitive Dog Prison Training Program.

Grant Elementary School Kaliyah Libertine, Student Council President reported that Grant Elemen-tary students sponsored a fund raiser called S.O.S. For Pets. Fleece scarves were sold with all proceeds going to sup-port SpokAnimal. The fundraiser was a huge success with students throughout the building wearing scarves with paw prints on them. With donations from the students and staff, they were able to raise $144.00 to use for the care, feed-ing and other necessary support of our animals.

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

Robert & Micaela Sutphin x 6Ruby McNeill x 6Paul Wanzenreid x 1Debbie Walker x 2Jo-Ann Gauerke x 1Donnetta Havens x 1Eugene & Barbara Osumi x 1Bernice Furukawa x 4Ellen Tanaka x 1Paul Wanzenried x 1Anna Whitney x 4Jeff Sleep x 1Pam Whitcomb x 3Sean Guindon x 1Kathy Quai x 2Shirley Alexander x 12Brooke Tangen x 1Jim & Lois Weinstock x 2Truella Stone x 4

Bette Moore x 1Mary Penton x 2Nancy Bookamer x 1Ken Adams x 1Laura Psarudakis x 1MaryEllen Wall x 1Pam Sheldon x 2Adrienne Brownlow x 2Mike Melkers & Jeanine McDonald x 2Dr. Jon & Sally Wamba x 2John & Nylene Saville x 1Patricia Clark x 1Marlys Bliesner x 2Kevin Isherwood x 1Jen & Jason Friederichs x 1Dolores Finan x 1Linda Jokinen x 1Nancy Hand x 1Art & Alma Vogt x 1

Mary Lou & Allen Wolter x 1Richard Wandrocke x 1Julidia Sanborn x 1Shannon O’Brien x 1Holly Renga x 4Ruth Dewalt x 1Kimberly Strait x 4Tammi Alabed-Evans x 1

Our Pet Sponsors Are

the Best!

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Vic from KKZX along with Woodcraft own-ers and Tom and Kim from Spikes who came by Woodcraft and made a huge donation!

Helter Shelter 16! Helter Shelter was a great success this year. Along with raising $1800.00 and filling the ASPCA Subaru with lots of much needed supplied we had over 20 adoptions and lots of fun! Thanks to our friends at Washington Bassett Res-cue, Dachshund Rescue NW and Key-stone Animal Rescue for joining the fes-tivities and for the great work you do everyday! For your sponsorship of Helter Shelter 16 we would like to thanks Ap-pleway Florists, Woodcraft, Perfection

Tire and Subaru from Spokane! Thanks also to our fabulous Spok-Animal volunteers for all your help, to Dave and Staci Vail with Nature’s Pet Market who gave ALL who attend-ed yummy treat bags for their furry friends. Huge WOOF to Victoria Fredrick and KKZX for their support of Helter Shelter over the past 16 years!See ya next year!!!Bridgette

Heidi getting puppy kisses!!!

A couple of young and upcoming supporters!

Thanks to Vic and Trucker Dave for their support!

Farewell Summer Another Doggie Dip has come and gone and we had over 180 dogs participate this year at the two loca-tions! Thanks to the City of Spokane and Parks Department for hosting this year’s event. Special thanks to Aslin Finch for their treats and Staci at Nature’s Pet North Spokane for coming out to help wrangle dogs, guard the gate and hand out goodie bags to all the four legged partici-pants. Special thanks to David Vail for all his help behind the scenes!

Thanks to all that helped make this a successful event.

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Fall SpokAnimal EventsBenefit Concert and Fundraiser at Nature’s Pet Saturday, October 6th4:00pm to 7:00pm Nature’s Pet along with an Elvis Tribute band is going to do a fundrais-er to benefit SpokAnimal. Join us for snacks and a few adult beverages. We will also have animals for adoption!

Home Idea Show (Spokane Conven-tion Center downtown) October 12th to 14thStop by our booth and maybe meet your new best friend. 2.00 off coupons are available at SpokAnimal!

Bark for Life-Spokane Saturday, October 13th Eagle Ridge Community Park Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. The opening ceremony begins at 11:00. And, our 5K “Take a Bite Out of Cancer Dog Dash” will start at 11:30. The American Cancer Society’s Bark For Life is a fund-raising event honoring the life-long contributions of our Canine Caregivers. It presents an opportunity for people to be empowered through their canine companion partnerships and to contrib-ute to cancer cures through the mission of the American Cancer Society. Canine Caregivers are Canine Com-panions, Guide Dogs, Service Dogs, Rescue Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Police Dogs, Cancer Survivor Dogs, and Di-agnostic Dogs, who with their owners, are joining the American Cancer Soci-ety as Relay teams. They participate to celebrate cancer survivorship, to honor people lost to cancer, and to fundraise in support of the American Cancer Society mission of eliminating cancer

though research, education, advocacy and service. Canine companions demonstrate unconditional love, joy, security, com-passion, and no judgments of cancer survivors abilities or appearances. The American Cancer Society Bark For Life is an irresistible way to partner with your canine best friend, smile, and make new friends – canine & human.Here’s some of the fun activities:• 5K run – Take a Bite Out of Cancer

Dog Dash - please register at: relay-forlife.org/barkspokanewa

• Redgy the DJ will play music• Dance and hoola hoop contests and

bouncy castles and face painting for kids

• Concession stand• Pet blessings• Demonstrations police, arson and

explosives working dogs• Pilates for Pooch and You• Silent auction items include

2012/2013 signed Gonzaga men’s and women’s basketballs, signed Kelly Clarkson CD

• Raffles• 8 area mascots – so far• 35 vendors (so far) including Spok-

Animal with dogs for adoption• Lots of FUN with a few surprises. Please register your canine at re-layforlife.org/barkspokanewa to join in the doggie contests (musical sits, peanut butter lick, pawspaghetti eating contest) and costume and best dressed contests for dogs (and their people). Hope to see you October 13! The American Cancer Society is the official sponsor of birthdays, and at BARK FOR LIFE we’ll be Celebrating, Remember-ing, and Fighting Back!!

From one of our participants . . . Good morning, all. I’m writing on behalf of my daughter, Gina. She will be celebrating her 10th birth-day right before Bark for Life and has been collecting dog food and cat food for SpokAnimal since early this year. Her birthday wish was to forego gifts for herself and she will be asking her birthday party friends to donate cat food and dog food in lieu of presents. We will bring all the cat food and dog food she has collected to Bark for Life to turn over to SpokAnimal. If any of you all wish to help us celebrate Gina’s birthday, please consider bringing a bag of cat food or dog food as well. Thank you!

Rescues & Runways Saturday, October 27thNorthtown Mall-Food Court2:00pm to 4:00pm This is going to be a fashion show and adoptions event. We will have animals for adoption as well as shelter dogs walking the runway with models!

Canines on the CatwalkSaturday, November 24th At the Lincoln Center at 6pm to ben-efit SpokAnimal. A dog fashion show that is produced by The Fifth Element Talent Productions (producers of Divi-no Fashion Runway shows). This event will have the dog fashion show in which Couture Designers have graciously do-nated dog fashions to be showcased on the runway, along with entertainment, pet adoptions, and a gallery of busi-nesses that will be selling products or advertising their businesses.

leads them to believe a dog must be prescribed. I believe a doctor should not state a certain dog is a service dog and thus write a letter for their patient stating the dog should always be with them. The doctor doesn’t know if the dog in question is suited for the work or trained to do the work for the person.I do believe though the doctor could write a letter stating they believe a ser-vice dog would benefit the patient only if the person is in need of a letter for employment or housing. Such a letter

is not needed for public access. A format for such a letter can be found at Service Dog Central (http://servicedogcentra l .org/content/node/304), which also has some won-derful information about service dogs, the laws and answers for both renters and doctors alike regarding Emotional Support Animals (which are not ser-vice animals under the law) and service dogs. If you have an ADA recognized dis-ability and believe a service dog can ben-

efit your overall independence, please do talk with your doctor about support-ing you in your choice of assistive de-vices, but don’t ask him to prescribe a service dog to you. If you are in need of a letter for housing or employment, please use the sample letters referenced above for your doctor to fill out and complete instead. Take the time to learn the law and what a service dog is and is not; there are many resources available to learn more about service dogs both on the internet and in Spokane.

Service Dogs are Prescribed, Right? (continued from page 8)

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In Loving Memory and Honoring Tributesof Dorothy Krogh- Dolores Lewis

of Dorothy “Dollie” Krogh- Vicki Vaux

of Dorothy Krogh- Esther Schulz

of Jim Forster- Mattie Kivett

of Nena Landry & ‘Tequila’- Pam Pschirrer

of Stephanie Calvert- Elaine Giadona

of Dr. Tom B. Johnson- Beverly Honeycutt

of ‘Andy’- Katherine Young

of “Don” Harper- Cherie Pepiot

of ‘Minnie’- Cherie Pepiot

of ‘Lowel’- Cherie Pepiot

of Harold J. Hauer, Sr.- Mr. & Mrs. James Bowerman- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Casenza- Mrs. Rosemary Bowerman

of ‘Oliver’ - Patricia Holland

of Dorothy Krogh- Margaret Donham

of Solomon Gray- Anna Nordtvedt

of ‘Toots’- Cary Snyder & Denise Bartlett

of Ann Thompson- Carlene Haynes

of ‘Shana’- Aviva Suchow

of Carey Harte- Cathey Harte

of ‘Pepper Lee’- Barbara Lee

of ‘Button’- Dorothy Carpenter

of ‘Cooper’- Suzanne Williams

of “Oscar”- Charles & Kathy Watson

of June Couch- Infinetix Corp.

of Dennis Williams- Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S.

of Shannon Flager & Billie Hauge- Jeri Mainer

of ‘Murphy’ Hansen- Kim Hansen

of Lynn Schuler- Viola & Linda Stern

of Anne Schuler- Janice Omsted

of Macey Dixon- Donald & Elizabeth Ricci

of Angela Noel (Shaw) Thomas- fellow co-workers and friends

of Janet Shaw at the City Spokane Solid Waste Management Depart-ment

of ‘Rocky’- Brad Johnson

of Scout, our sweet kittygirl- Susan & Stan Burke

of ‘Idgie’, ‘Hercules’ & ‘Scully’- Carolyn Griffin

of ‘Rosie’- Carolyn Griffin

of ‘Mina’, loved and missed by Pam Reeff - all us at Diamonds in the Ruff

of ‘Mela’ - loved and missed by Pat Moberly and George Halekas - all us at Diamonds in the Ruff

In Honor & Tributeof Megan’s birthday!- Brian Brill

of Donna & Dave McKinstry- Carole Folsom

of Judith Killin’s birthday!- Linda Peterson

of Judy Killin’s 65th birthday!!- Al Kiefer

of Colleen Sparks & Phil Lopez - congrats on your nuptials- Cherie Pepiot

of ‘Pye’- Carole Burke

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Hope that helps!

Dear Stanley,

I recently adopted a shelter

animal, and I’m wondering if I can or

should change her name? I really

don’t like the name she came with.

What are the pros and cons and how

should I go about it?

Signed,

Identity Crisis

Baffled By Behavior?

Stanley

Dear Identity, Yes, you can – and maybe should change your new pet’s name. Unless your new cat or dog was relinquished directly by an owner who gave infor-mation about the animal, no one re-ally knows the names of strays who come into animal shelters. Staff give them names so they don’t have to go by an impersonal book-in number. Staff might have donned your new pet “Lucky” but the animal has no associa-tion, good or bad, with that moniker. If the animal came in with a name, we can’t know if your pet has a good or bad association with the name their previous owner gave them. Maybe the name was only hollered when the animal was in trouble. In which case,

changing it would be a very good thing. It’s all about associations and expec-tation of good things to follow. If you call “Lucky!” in your happy voice and your dog’s eyes brighten, their ears perk and their tail wags, you have a positive as-sociation. If you call, “Lucky!” and she doesn’t seem to even notice or her ears drop and she looks away, or worse, she avoids you, her name predicts nothing or unpleasant consequences. Regard-less, you can easily change your pet’s name to something that makes you and your pet happy! Pair the word with all the things that you know your new pet loves. “Lucky!” predicts a yummy treat, a walk, dinner, an ear scratch or the ap-

pearance of a favorite toy. In no time, you will call “Lucky!” and your new pet will happily appear to see what wonderful thing you have to offer. Remember, you should not pair your pet’s name (or the word “come”) with unpleasant consequences! Like Pavlov and his bell, we are conditioning happy expectation of good things to come. And a dog who comes running happily whenever he hears his name!

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I AM A FOREVER CATnot an “until” cat.

I AM A FOREVER CATIf you cannot promise forever,

I am not your cat.

I am not an… “until you get bored” cat.… “until you get a boy or girlfriend” cat.… “until I get old” cat.… “until you have to move” cat.… “until you have a baby” cat.… “until you get a new kitten” cat.

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Stanley Speaks! (Continued)

Stanley

Dear Stanley,

Our puppy was 7 weeks old when we got him

from a breeder. He is 10 weeks old now. He

sleeps through the night like a champ. He wakes

at about 6:30 and I take him straight out for

piddle and poo. We take him out about 20 min-

utes after he eats, as soon as he wakes up from

naps and after he has been let out of his crate.

We also take him out just before bed. Most ac-

cidents happen when his routine is disrupted in

any way – when the grandchild is here, when I

am busy, he is getting tired. He doesn’t let us

know he needs out. We watch for his signals. I

am frustrated with house training. We are get-

ting well trained but he is still clueless. He is a

smart puppy who is settling into his new home

well except for this. Any suggestions?

Signed,

Puppy Puddles

Dear Puddles, It sounds like you are right where you should be for 10 weeks of age. As long as you do your part (get him out on a regular schedule and pay very close attention to his body language) he is successful in imprinting/eliminating on the right surface (dirt, grass) you will have success. When you are distracted and unable to do your part, the puppy doesn’t get what he needs from you. When you can’t watch him, put him in his crate until you can. Learning to ask takes time and consistency. Communica-tion must be learned as well as his ability to multi-task. He must hold his bladder while attempting to communicate his needs. He will eventually discover that you are able to re-spond to his needs; he doesn’t know you are trainable yet! Provide LOTS of positive reinforcement for getting it right so he loves going out with you and begins to look to you for the party when he needs to go. Avoid all corrections, as they cause the puppy to avoid you, not seek you out. If feeling a full bladder predicts you getting cranky, he’ll start looking for “safe places” where you won’t see him to avoid getting scolded. If feeling a full bladder predicts a party, he’ll come looking for you.

Keep Up the Training!

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