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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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Bo was adopted!

New Strays:

Male Rottie

Pit mix

Max had interest today and might be adopted tomorrow.

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Update Snoopy, now Bailey:

Bailey is a love! He has been on walks to the baseball park, visited Sunset Park on LBI, shopped at Pet Smart, shopped at Lucky's Bed and Biscuit, went to Home Depot (later found out no dogs allowed :( ) Bailey enjoys car rides, went to Shell gas station with mommy and got a BIG dog biscuit!!! He gets a lot of exercise in his big backyard, and found a turtle in the woods in the back of the house! We are so fortunate to have him as part of our family!

Joanna and Erma will be bringing Bear to rescue on Thursday! He will have full bloodwork and be fostered by rescue president and possibly going to a lady who lives up north Jersey. She has a Scottie and 3 cats and a lot of land. She wants to give him whatever time he has left in a loving home. She said her groomer will see him for his skin not to mention second chance will be caring for that as well . Bear will be ok. We can all finally rest easy now. Our Sugar Bear is safe.................♥ We got alot of feedback for this wonderful guy as I knew we would.

Update Tank, from Facebook: "My best friend adopted Tank and I cannot wait to introduce my Layla to him. Hopefully they will love each other!! ♥"

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Sunny, Breezy Tuesday News from Dave:

I got up with the thought that it was going to be a bit rainy, but it turned into a nice cool spring day. All dogs got some serious walk time thanks to Ken, Pat, Stevie, Caroline,and Carol. Max ended up in the meet and greet and was comfy there. When I first was getting him harnessed up, he wet right there in the hall, so he's either nervous or very house trained. Keep that in mind.

Sunny, Soco and Poco had a terrific 45 minute walk, and with the help of Stevie, I was able to give Poco a nice warm water, oatmeal bath out the back where the hose hangs. She was very good about it and looks great.

Soco has a rough spot from the harness, so remove after walking. It's just some rubbed off fur, not raw skin.

Sunny was a loveylab today, finally got that cone off.

Surgery for Casper, Babygirl, and Twinkie today. Be careful tomorrow.

Dallas is a smart G. Shepherd, likes to bring you the ball time and again.

Oh, Bella and Austin were an unlikely walking duo, with Bella mama tolerating the impish Austin's nonsense. All tuckered out dogs were run back in at noon.

The first of the run covers went up on # 4 today. A professional crew, bldg and grounds, got one done. So lets hope we get those shade providers in place soon. Dave

Bella and Austin

Poco and Sunny

Coleen and Stevie spent some quality time with Casper and Bella yesterday:

From Stevie:

Pug/Chihuahua

Bella and Austin

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 14 or June 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 those dates.

May 14

Coleen

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

June 17

Sarah Swan
Linda Cook
Pat Devine
Kevin & Cassie Kelly

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).

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From Connie:

Everyone knows we have a great deaf pup by the name of Casper at the shelter that needs adoption or rescue. In his chart, I've added an article on the myths and pros of adopting a deaf animal. If anyone would like to read it and perhaps educate yourself on deaf dogs, it's a very informative read. Also, if anyone does comes in and adopts Casper, please give them the article. It has very helpful hints!!

The next FUND RAISING EVENT will be June 23rd at the shelter--JUNE JAMBOREE!! Anyone wishing to help with the event, or has some ideas for fund raising please call me, Connie at 609-698-4833!! Thanks so much!

I will also be posting some outside community outings that will need volunteers to attend and assist with. I know we have one in Viking Village, and also the Barnegat High School is doing the play 101 Dalmatians and has invited us to set up outside and promote our group.

When I get confirmation from Dottie, I will post at the shelter.

Thanks again for all you do to make these events a success!!

From Linda Bonvie:-

The Press of Atlantic City will feature our Casper as the Pet of the Week this Sunday! He will appear on the "Pet Page," which is in the A&E section. Great job, Linda!

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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.

Wed	5/9	Carolyn: 8:30-9:30		Erma: 12-?	Pat: 2-6
Thur	5/10	Dave: 8:30-12	Carol: 10:30-?	Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30	Carolyn: 8:30-9:30
Fri	5/11	Janice: 8:30-?	Carol: 9:30-11	Barry: 10-12	Erma: 11-?
Sat	5/12	Linda: 8:30-?		Kathy: 10-12:30	Erma: 11:30-?
Sun	5/13	Linda: 8:30-?	Kathy: 10-12:30	Erma: 11:30-?	Barry:10-12 Erma: 12-?
Mon	5/14	Coleen & Stevie: 8:30-?
Tue	5/15		Pat & Ken: 8:30-9:30	Erma: 12-?
Wed	5/16			Erma: 12-?	Pat: 2-6

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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