Shelter News: Shelter News - August 19, 2012

Shelter News

Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter

360 Haywood Road

Manahawkin, NJ 08050

(609) 978-0127

http://fosocaf.blogspot.com/

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Cash was adopted today!

Squeaky was also adopted!

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I went back to the shelter this morning to meet the charming Cash, who was promptly adopted after I left:

Cash, 14-month-old Pit mix

While I was there, I ran into Fran and Maggie soaking up some rays.

From Coleen:

Princess who had a terrible tail infection was adopted today!!

She was our English Bull Dog who flew to Vermont via ARF

with Dublin our other English Bull Dog!! Both have been adopted!!!

Princess

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Due to a new rule or enforcement of an old one, all volunteers must e-mail their intention to walk dogs or otherwise help out at the shelter to me by the evening before they go to the shelter. The Health Department must be advised of the persons at the shelter on a daily basis. If you are not on the schedule, which I will e-mail to Trish and Brian each time it changes, you could be asked to leave.

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Help Needed: Walkers are needed in the afternoon on most days.

Please check the schedule and help if you can.

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Our Food Pantry at the shelter could use a little boost!!! We need dog, puppy, cat, and kitten food!! We have five drop-off spots, too:

The shelter in Manahawkin, SBR Tire Exchange in Manahawkin, Lucky's Bed and Biscuit in Manahawkin, Uncle Wills Pancake House in Beach Haven, and Wally Mitchells Restaurant in Surf City.

From Connie:

The Bake Sale fundraiser in on the 25th from 9-2 !!

We need BAKERS!!! Who is baking ???? Let me

know!! Also solicit businesses for a Baked Item!!

A pie or cake!! Take them the page 41 HUGE ad from

the sandpaper and get them to donate!! Remember the

more we raise the more dogs and cats we can help!!!

call me if you are baking!!

Connie 609-618-0954

Thanks....also whos volunteering????

Come on out and support the Friends Group!!

Bakers needed!! Help make this the best

BAKE SALE ever!!!! email me Deerwife55@comcast.net

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From Connie:

Hi Dog Walkers, If you will, please get the days and times you will be able to walk dogs in the upcoming week to Joanne Eckert no later than Sunday night each week. I need to turn in the schedule to the HD on Monday mornings. Thanks so much for volunteering your time for the animals! It is greatly appreciated!!

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Love our dogs? Then adopt one as a Shelter Pup and FRIENDS will get a portion of the sale! Shelter Pups has turned a select group of dogs from our shelter into amazing and realistic plush pups. Check out Casper and wonderful Sherman! It's a great way to “adopt” one of our dogs and help our volunteer FRIENDS group at the same time. Shelter Pups can also make customs of your very own dog. Check it out and bring one of our dogs home as a Shelter Pup!

http://www.shelterpups.com/fosocas.php

Adorable Stuffed Pit Bulls (Pitbulls) from the FOSOCAS

www.shelterpups.com

These stuffed dogs and puppies need your help! Our stuffed dog shelter is literally stuffed with with cute and realistic plush dogs begging for a good home. Adopt a stuffed plush animal for fun, and rescue one for real.

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From Erma: Everyone can pick up their ID cards and t-shirts at the shelter. Leave a note if I'm not there, and we'll get them to you. T-shirts are $10.00 each donation; ID cards are free.

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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.

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All volunteers must wear either their ID badge or a volunteer T-shirt.

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It's mosquito season! Please be sure to empty the kiddie pools UNLESS Erma is on the afternoon schedule and bring in any blankets or towels left outside before you leave in the afternoon.

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Green walkers, please look for volunteers with the red dot on their badge. They will help you with anything you need.

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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 9:00 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, 9:00 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--9:00--to get everyone out.

*Please make sure you notify me of your walking plans by Sunday night each week!
Maximum number of walkers in the morning is 6 at one time, 4 in the afternoon.

Day

Date

AM – 6 max

PM – 4 max

Mon

8/20

Stevie: 9-12

Darlene: 9-12

Catherine: 9-10

Kathy: 9-12

Tue

8/21

Darlene: 9-12

Kathy: 9-12

Pat & Ken: 9-10

Barry: 1-3

Claire: 1-3

Wed

8/22

Darlene: 9-12

Kathy: 9-11

Catherine: 9-10

Pat: 2-5

Debbie: 2:30-4:30

Thur

8/23

Darlene: 9-12

Pat & Ken: 9-10

Carol: 9-11

Catherine: 3-4

Fri

8/24

Darlene: 9-12

Kathy: 9-11

Catherine: 9-10

Carol: 9-11

Mary Ann: 1-4

Sat

8/25

Kathy: 9-12

Barry: 10-12

Claire: 10-12

Debbie: after fundraiser

Sun

8/26

Linda: 9-12

Kathy: 9-11

Mary Ann: 1-4

Mon

8/27

Stevie: 9-12

Darlene: 9-12

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 10:30 am sharp

1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, conducted by Dave
3rd. Sunday of each month, conducted by Casey.

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Dog Walking: Volunteer hours are every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Cat volunteer hours are every day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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This blog is not an official publication of the Ocean County Health Department and the views expressed therein do not reflect in any way the official policies and/or opinion of the Ocean County Board of Health and/or the Ocean County Health Department, who are not responsible for its contents.

Meet our group!

The Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter

Click here for our website to learn more:

http://www.fosocas.org

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 need time to adjust to the shelter.

Thank You, Susan

SOCAF's Gallery of Glorious Cats

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

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