Shelter News
Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter
360 Haywood Road
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609) 978-0127
http://fosocaf.blogspot.com/
http://fosocaf.blogspot.com/
Pfinn was adopted today!
Mutt the cat and a black and white kitten were adopted.
Einstein was renamed Frisky by Mercedes when she picked him up to be rescued!
New on B:
Boxer mix
Beau, Australian Shepherd/Lab mix, walkable
Reminder: I might head down to the shelter in the morning for photos, which I will upload as a blog post if time allows. Otherwise, there will probably be no newsletter until Saturday!
From Erma:
This is Beau, the new lab on the B side. He was frightened to death. Nancy and I had to drag him out of his pen and out for a walk. Poor thing pooped 4 times and is starting to come around.
By the time we put him back his was walking and no more crouching, took treats from
us thru the pen and ate dinner!!!
Go very slowly with him; he's very very frightened wasn't treated too well from what we
could see, but he's a 2 1/2 year old beauty.
From Erma:
This is Beau, the new lab on the B side. He was frightened to death. Nancy and I had to drag him out of his pen and out for a walk. Poor thing pooped 4 times and is starting to come around.
By the time we put him back his was walking and no more crouching, took treats from
us thru the pen and ate dinner!!!
Go very slowly with him; he's very very frightened wasn't treated too well from what we
could see, but he's a 2 1/2 year old beauty.
Carolyn spent some time outside with Tinkerbell this morning after she got the rest of the crew out for their morning walks:
Dog walkers should not enter the building prior to 8:30 a.m.
Tank cannot be left alone in the outdoor pens. He can be walked only, unless you plan to stay out there with him.
Thank you.
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New date for volunteer meeting: Saturday, April 28th, 12 noon to 2pm at the Millcreek Community Center in Beach Haven West.
Second Chance Pet Adoption Day - May 5
Anyone who could help please sign up at sign up desk. I will have the flyer and sign up sheet there by Friday. Anyone who would like to take charge of event to call Fran bat 609-660-0110.
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All new walkers may walk green dogs on their own once they have gone through orientation. New walkers may walk yellow dogs once they have been with a red walker and told by the red walker they are okay to move on.
Green walkers please look for volunteers with the red dot on their badge. They will help you with anything you need. You may always call me if you run into a problem or have any concerns. Fran - 609-660-0110
From Connie:
It has been asked of us volunteers to not come to the shelter during Rabies clinic. They are always so busy during one of these events, and since we cant walk dogs during this time it would be great if we were just there from 8:30 to 10:30 and then again after at 1:00. I know I was there one day and saw the madness and well I couldn't get out the door fast enough!!!! CRAZY BUSY!!!
And the SPRING FLING at the shelter is the 21st of April!! We will be doing a bake sale again, selling some t-shirts and I will be ordering some WONDERFUL magnets for us to sell!! They go for $5.00, and we will have all sorts of sayings on them and even one with a saying from Chris at the shelter!!! These are big money makers for the group at the North shelter!! So we will have the big paw, don't shop adopt and all kinds of sayings!!! Ya hoo...!!
Also please go to the Amazon.com page, click on wish list, and type in Friends of Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter and you can post it on your facebook page!! There are a lot of great things on there and people are sending it to the Shelter!!! We have received a Karunda bed, toys and dog and cat food already!! Thanks everyone for all the fund raising support!! You are all so wonderful!!!
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From SOCAF Management:
All dogs need to be walked with two leashes at all times, whether they are being walked from the pen to their runs, or just a few feet. No excuses, please!
The dogs must be on county property at all times when being walked. They cannot be walked across the street or at the recycling plant.
Smoking is not allowed while walking dogs.
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TO ALL VOLUNTEERS:
If you see a dog limping, notice a lump, blood in the stool, etc., anything out of the ordinary, or if there is an incident with the dog, be sure to notify the supervisors, document the incident, and put it into the dog's file, keeping a copy for yourself.
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Dog Walking Schedule:
Please check the dog-walking schedule below.
There are many days and time slots with little or no coverage.
Please e-mail me with the days and times you are able to cover.
If no one can cover, the dogs will either not get out in the morning or have to go back inside early on those days.
The minimum number of walkers needed by 8:30 a.m. is two in order to handle the task of getting dogs out for their first morning walk.
Volunteers are really needed early in the morning, 8:30 a.m. every day! Even if you can only help for a half hour or an hour, it would help.
The dogs are color coded. New volunteers may NOT walk Red dogs. Please pay attention to the color coding and the cage cards. Red walkers' names in red type.
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Important: Please do not sign up for a shift if you aren't sure you can make it! Other volunteers come in if there isn't enough coverage. Some people have signed up for shifts and have been either late or not shown up at all. We really need at least two people early in the morning--8 or 8:30--to get everyone out.
Thur
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4/5
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Dave: 8:30-12:30
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Cass: 8:30-?
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Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30
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Kathy: 10-12:30
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Fri
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4/6
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Carolyn: 8:30-?
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Cass: 8:30-?
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Kathy: 10-12:30
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Carol: 10-12
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Sat
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4/7
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Linda: 8:30-?
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Jesse: 9-?
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Kathy: 10-12:30
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Erma: 11-?
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Sun
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4/8
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Linda: 8:30-?
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Barry: 10-12
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| Mon | 4/9 | Coleen & Steph: 8:30-? | ||||
Tue
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4/10
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Wed
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4/11
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Thur
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4/12
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Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30
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Fri
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4/13
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REMINDER: Every Tuesday is surgery day. Find out who is having surgery when you come to walk the dogs.
Those scheduled for surgery are to receive a short walk only in the morning and NO TREATS or food.
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New Volunteer Orientation 11 am sharp
1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, conducted by Dave
3rd. Sunday of each month, conducted by Casey.
3rd. Sunday of each month, conducted by Casey.
All interviews will be done by Fran
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Dog Walking: Volunteer hours are every day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Cat volunteer hours are every day from noon to 5 p.m.
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We appreciate all you do and have done each and every day to pave the way for our group to succeed.
Dottie Reynolds - President
Kathy Gross - Vice President
Leigh Sharpless - Recording Secretary
Merry Niewojna - Treasurer
Joan Aljoe - Trustee
Bob Aljoe - Trustee
Cricket Luker - Trustee
Jackie Ostberg - Trustee
Mary Ensminger - Trustee
Rick Ensminger - Trustee
Peggy O'Malley - Trustee - Petsmart Cat Program
Scott Sharpless - Trustee
Meet our group!
The Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter
Click here for our website to learn more:
The mission statement of our group is to offer an additional avenue of care
for the animals that the Shelter cannot cope with. These are the animals that
have catastrophic physical problems or illnesses which need special medical care.
Animals that would otherwise have died or been euthanized and would have never
known the happiness of a loving home.
We also provide much needed support to the shelter. We help take care of physical
needs such as an industrial size washing machine, blankets, food, halters,
and an outdoor cat cage. We also provided swinging "doggy doors" for all
the kennels at the shelter, thereby making it much more cost effective.
In the summer the heat stays out and in the winter the heat stays in.
These are just a small sample of the needs of the shelter we provide.
We are a local to LBI and Manahawkin organization. Our founders are
very active in the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter and decided
they needed to more. So Dottie and Eleanor got together and made a
commitment to do what they could to make the animals lives at the
shelter as good as they could be, until they found a loving home.
President and Founder Dottie Reynolds
Vice President Kathy Gross
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Friends are on Facebook.
Click here to join.
We have a Wish List on Amazon!
You can see it here: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2QHTG5OOWSDVF/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_1pRtpb03PX8NV
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FOSTER HELP NEEDED!!!
From Susan:
We are looking for volunteers to foster cats that need medical attention. Medicine is usually administered from between 10-14 days. This is not a very difficult thing to do. You need a separate room to keep the cat away from your pets.
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KITTEN FOSTERS NEEDED
If interested in helping out, please contact the shelter at socaf@ochd.org.
From Susan:
To all volunteers who wish to socialize with the cats when I am not there, PLEASE take only one cat out at a time. Cats that should not be taken out have an X with a circle around the X. These cats are not friendly.
Thank You Susan
SOCAF's Gallery of Glorious Cats
Special Thanks to Amy for taking these pics and for keeping us updated as to which cats are where.
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Available Cats
 Shea--ADOPED | |||
Joe
Mrs. Boots
Yuri
Tootsie
Butterscotch
Susie
Natalia
Sissy
Cyrus
Miss Kitty
Tristen
Toby
Amber
Sloop
Mimi
Petsmart News from Peggy O.
At Petsmart and ready for adoption:
Lady GaGa
Puzzle
Nub Nub
Phineas
Winkie
Green= Easy (walks slow, easy to handle)
Yellow= Moderate difficulty (Pulls, jumpy, active)
Red= Difficult (Strong, Pulls very hard when walking or cage fighter)
Check to see if dog is walkable before taking out.
GREEN
Two Springer Spaniel puppies, Gracie and Austin.
Cullen, 6-year-old Lab mix
Yellow
 Re-Pete, 8+-year-old American Bulldog mix Red Bruiser, Pit bull, Potential fence jumper, outside run only with supervision. |
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