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Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter

360 Haywood Road

Manahawkin, NJ 08050

(609) 978-0127

http://fosocaf.blogspot.com/

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Tank finally got to go home today!!!!

Greta was also adopted!

Re-Pete went home, too!!!!!!!!

A Pug and a puppy were surrendered.

Jules the stray Shiba Inu was reclaimed.

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Re-Pete on his way home!

Greta with her new family going home!

And Tank going home! What a great day this was.

Those stuffed toys were obviously attacking poor Tank yesterday.

Saturday's Sneak-in News, from Dave:

So, i was at the home depot today (code word for sneaking by the shelter) to just get a mushful of some Casper. Think we all have come down with the contagious " Casperitis", huh?? He is half cotton candy, half Marshmellow Fluff . Love him!! He is also better set up outdoors in run 7, between Bella and Greta, he enjoys being able to see and sniff his company. Better than run #2.

Sunny still is under cone confinement, so, I know this may sound silly, but take the time and a warm moist washcloth and rub/clean his ears for him; he can't itch them himself, and I'm sure he will love that you do it for him. And don't forget to wipe down the front end of the bulldozer, his cone, it's been picking up dirt when he's sniffing ground, etc. Looked like a a lot of people traffic at 1pm, so hope it was good day. Off to the home cheapo for real now!!! dave

Martha Windisch has graciously offered to hold dog-training sessions for the volunteers who walk dogs at the shelter. The sessions will be held on May 12, May 14, June 16 or 17. If you would like a little help with understanding dogs' body language, help with getting the dogs in and out of their cages, etc., let me know and I will pass your information along to Martha. These sessions would be held at 10:30 a.m. on the dates above.

May 12--Canceled. Must be rescheduled to either May 14 or June 17.

Pat Devine

May 14

Erma

Coleen

Stephanie
Nancy
Connie
Carol
Patty R.
Linda Coulter
Jesse
Jennifer Baart
Fran

June 17

Sarah Swan
Linda Cook

From Martha:

I won’t be reviewing the shelter rules since I’m not a volunteer dog walker and cannot be relied on to get them correct (however I do know that two leashes are required and no smoking while walking dogs – of course!) – what I don’t know are where people are allowed to walk and not allowed to walk (except county property is okay – but don’t know where that is – my guess is that the people who walk dogs do know this and that this is included in the volunteer training on the Thursdays). I will be covering training – 1. training to improve the dogs’ adoptability, 2. training (and management methods and tools) to help manage the dog (i.e. when getting the dog in and out of the runs and when going through doorways), 3. Some help with leash walking issues (i.e. how to encourage/teach dogs to walk on loose leash), 4. Some training/management that could help with unruly dogs – i.e. dogs that jump up, bite the leash, etc., 5. a discussion of equipment – i.e. types of leashes and collars (only a discussion – people like what they like – but, some knowledge on equipment pros and cons and safety would not hurt).

We have a lot of walkable dogs on both A and B, so the more walkers, the better! Please review the schedule below

and let me know if you can help.

The ticks and fleas are loving this weather. Contrary to what I wrote last week, Trish informed me that the dogs cannot be walked on the road, but can be walked on the path in front of the recycling center or on the path behind the shelter near the fence.

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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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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 at 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!!!

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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 IN the street or across the street.

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.

Sun	5/6	Linda: 8:30-?	Kathy: 10-12:30	Casey: 9-?
Mon	5/7	Coleen & Stevie: 8:30-?
Tue	5/8		Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30	Carol: 10:30-?
Wed	5/9			Erma: 12-?	Pat: 2-6
Thur	5/10		Carol: 10:30-?	Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30
Fri	5/11		Carol: 9:30-11
Sat	5/12	Linda: 8:30-?
Sun	5/13	Linda: 8:30-?		Erma: 11:30-?

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.

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:

http://www.fosocas.org

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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Check out our dogs and cats on Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ174.html

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 and Jennifer for taking these pics and for keeping us updated as to which cats are where.

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