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Be Pup-ared – For many families, the spring and summer months equals vacation and travel. But before you head out on your spring break, take a moment  to review your pet first aid kit, which you should always pack when you travel. A basic pet first aid kit should contain gauze, nonstick bandages, towels, adhesive tape, milk of magnesia, activated charcoal, hydrogen peroxide, a digital thermometer and a medicine dropper. A pre-made first aid kit for pets is definitely handy, but in an emergency you’ll also want to make sure you have all your pet’s essential information at hand. Make copies of your pet’s vaccination and medical history and keep a set in the kit, along with contact numbers for your regular vet and an after-hours emergency vet clinic. It’s also helpful if you learn some basic first aid skills, so head over to redcross.org, and type in your ZIP code to find some classes in your local area.

Sick As a Dog? – Does puppy act funny in the car? She may be suffering from motion sickness. Dogs and cats can get motion sickness just like we can, and may become dizzy, nauseated, or even sick during trips. Conditioning your pet to travel with short, frequent trips may help; if not, talk to your vet about other options, such as medication.

The Lyme is Now – May is the peak month for ticks.To stay ahead of trouble, protect your pets with a preventative such as Frontline Plus or K9 Advantix II now – if you aren’t already – and be diligent about checking your pet after trips to the park or walks around the block.

 

Adoptions: Cajun

Cajun — 2 y/o male
Adopted by The Lewis Family

Homecoming

Roxy, Kodi, Riley, Copper, and Max enjoy their weekly get together. All have found their forever homes.
— Sumner fosters

Remembering Bailey Jane Hunter

Bailey Jane Hunter 6/10/00-3/3/13 On last Sunday, we lost the sweetest, most beautiful, loyal, intelligent and kind soul I have ever known.  She changed my life forever.  I can’t really write more right now but I needed to let everyone know.  She was sick for a long time and she is at peace now.  I am choosing to remember her like this – last summer when Ryan carried her to the beach.  She was so full of joy.  I Love you always Bailey.

Featuring New Calendar Sponsors

The SEVA GRREAT Calendar Committee is actively seeking 2014 Calendar sponsors. We felt that it is only appropriate to shine the spotlight on a couple of our business friends who have already confirmed their willingness to purchase an ad for our next year’s calendar. Off we went to this year’s Mechanicsville Pet Expo, where many of our supporters were present, for some picture taking time to share with you. It really is rewarding to work closely and get to know these folks. This feature is our way of letting them know how much we appreciate their willingness to be a part of our Adopt a Golden endeavors. Many of these friends welcome your business and look forward to having you visit them for their services or products. Included for recognition are: 2SpeakDog, Holiday Barn, Ginger’s, and the Dude Ranch. We did not get a picture for Ensminger Architecture of Richmond, but Dan Ensminger should also be recognized for being the very first sponsor to support the upcoming calendar. These sponsorships go toward the cost of producint the calendar, helping to keep our prices low.

If any of our readership has their own business and are interested in advertising in the calendar, please go to www.adoptagolden.com for more details.

“Maddie On Things” will put a smile on your face

Now here is a cute story …

Greater Birmingham Humane Society

If you haven’t heard of Maddie the Coonhound yet, you are missing out.

Theron Humphrey rescued her from an animal shelter in Atlanta, GA, and discovered that Maddie had an awesome talent. Now, her owner has published a book, titled Maddie On Things.

Watch the video below to hear her impressive story.

Unfortunately, Maddie on Tour is not coming to Alabama, but you can see the map here.

Your furry friend doesn’t have to know how to balance on a basketball goal to be amazing.  Every animal has its own story and we want to hear how that has become your story.

If you’ve adopted a pet from the GBHS, please consider sending us an e-mail to let us know how you are doing! Feel free to give an update in the comments section of this post. We love receiving photos and stories from you!

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Bonnie

Found this beautiful girl’s story and thought I’d share it.

Bonnie – Adopted!.

Fostering is fun!

Heed the call … there is a little something everyone can do. Support an animal rescue of your choice.

The Pawsey Piggy Troupe

One of the most important people that Animal Rescues and Shelters rely on are fosters. Just like people who foster Children, and Animal foster is there to take care of them for any number of reasons for the shelter. Dogs, Cats and Large Animals such as horses are often fostered out for behavioral reasons, such as under socialization, kennel stress or often in the case of dogs who have lost their owners, sheer loneliness.

For Small animals like Rabbits and Rodents foster homes are required for short term medical reasons, lack of space in the rescues and pregnancy.

As well as having my own Guinea Pigs (and 2 cats, hamster, 2 tanks of fish & 3 toads) I also foster Guinea Pigs on a short term basis for my Rescue. This can be anything for 2 days to 3 months. Some merely needed a place to stay, other required medical…

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Letter From the President

I am so very impressed, in awe, and totally amazed at the daily efforts and accomplishments of the SEVA GRREAT team of volunteers. As you all know, I have been in transition with Jane Frye and I could not be more thankful for her willingness to share her knowledge, patience, and time to navigate through the issues and to take the time to train me and bring me up to speed in my new position of president. Jane is the kind of lady that not only gets things done, she instantaneously becomes your friend. Thank you Jane, and one and all for helping me get my feet on the ground. I sincerely look forward to working with everyone and I actively seek your feedback and opinions on the issues and priorities that become our focus in 2013. I also want to thank each of you for your vote of confidence and giving me the privilege of working with such a professional and dedicated group of Golden volunteers. We all know that we have something very special in common and that is we have been bitten by the Golden bug.

I would like to share a wonderful training and education success story about a 5 year old golden named Chance whose situation came to us through our hotline number. Chance was adopted in January 2013 from the newly opened Chesapeake Animal Control Center and his new forever family is the Woodruff’s. Brooke Woodruff and her dad submitted a heart-warming story in this newsletter of how they found this beautiful golden only to find out before adoption that the dog was blind. From what we know, Chance came from the Harrisonburg, VA area and had at least two homes before being surrendered to the Animal Control. The Woodruff’s saw something special in this dog and the next thing you know Chance had found a new home. A special chance so to speak. But as all transitions go there were some initial ups and downs. SEVA GRREAT was contacted after Chance displayed stressful behavior when he first came home and we received a request for any help we could offer. Off we went with a team of superb volunteers ready to help. Rose Bennett knew that the Grahams had accomplished untold successes with their blind foster golden Amber. Once contacted, Bob jumped in and did an awesome job giving advice and recommendations on how to understand and care for a sight impaired golden. We also had a local Richmond dog trainer volunteer with recommendations. I asked the Woodruff’s to keep me apprised of the progress and you can only imagine how thrilling it was to get the latest update. Chance is now doing GRREAT. I know you will enjoy the enclosed story by Lester Woodruff and his 10 year old daughter, Brooke. Their family has fallen head over heels with their new Golden buddy and we delivered a solid “bulls eye” with our training and education mission.

We are already off to an amazing year with new ideas, energy and opportunities. Some examples include: SEVA GRREAT being contacted by students at William and Mary to form a possible partnership to help educate against animal neglect and abuse; our Calendar Committee is already off and running and we are optimistic that this will be an even better year for sponsorships than last year; several requests for grants and donations have already been submitted; and we came in second place with the Metro Productions Video Contest, thanks to Jim O’Connell’s efforts and your votes.

As I grow in this position, I look forward to reviewing, discussing and outlining plans for our 2013 SEVA GRREAT priorities as we assess our overall strategic objectives. Things we need to consider include where do we want to be in five years, what do we need to do to get there; what kind of a budget is needed/desired? Equally important is what do we need to do to raise the necessary funding to accomplish these goals? I am committed to this challenge and to helping the SEVA GRREAT team adopt, foster and care for virtually every Golden Retriever that comes our way if humanly possible.

Your President, Dottie Cleal