HCHS ADOPTION PROGRAM AT SPECK'S

"Keturah"

Faye Haltom sent us this picture of her special pet. She adopted Keturah several years ago from the Hendricks County Animal Shelter as a result of seeing her at our Saturday Speck's Adoption Program. Faye told us that Keturah had an unsure beginning but is now a healthy, happy, and playful little girl. We think that she is also very lucky!!!

Puppy Socialization - an Ongoing Project
Submitted by Becky Davis
Canine and Companion Training - Speck's Pet Supply

In my opinion, socialization is the most important thing, after immunizations, that you can give your puppy. Puppies go through many stages as they grow up. When very young, they are not as aware of the world around them as they are at maturity. It is important to expose dogs to a variety of sights, sounds, and people beginning at the puppy stage and continuing into adulthood.
One easy and wonderful way to socialize your dog is to enroll him/her in an obedience class. The class you choose, should include the opportunity for your dog to intermingle with other canines and humans, and to learn how to greet people. For example, when approached, your dog should always sit and wait to be petted.

In the book, Training Your Dog, the Step-by-Step Manual, by Joachim Vialhard and Gail Tomases Fisher, the critical training periods in your dog's life are defined as:

Birth to 7 weeks (0-49 days)
Socialization (7-12 weeks)
Fear Imprint (8-11 weeks)
Seniority Classification (12-16 wks.)
Flight Instinct (4-8 months)
Second Fear Imprint (6-14 months)
Maturity (1-4 years)

Note that there are two fear imprint stages. This may explain why your perfectly trained dog, who did not fear walking through an automatic door at 3 months of age, develops this fear at ten months of age. As I said earlier, socializing and training your dog is an ongoing job. Training and helping your puppy to develop mature and obedient behaviors, is a gift that will keep on giving.
So enroll in an obedience class and experience the pleasure of bonding with your pet while training him/her to truly be man's best friend! You owe it to yourself and to your dog.

SPRING BREAK at DOGTONA
A fundraiser for an Off-Leash Dog Park
Submitted by Cameron Johnson

OK, altogether now---HUGS AND PATS ON THE BACKS to the Off-Leash Dog Park Committee!!!!! Our first ever "Spring Break at Dogtona" was an awesome event!! Near as we can figure, we had about 135 paying dogs. We raised over $900 but more importantly, we gave the dogs in Hendricks County something to "bark about!" Now people and dogs are looking forward to the next Dogtonna!!!!!
Dogs had fun playing canine games such as Musical Matts, Search and RescShoe, Snoppy's Local Barr, and Treats Up, and then enjoying the ever present "treat" reward.
In between sniffing, they posed for photos. Some lucky dogs got a sample massage from Lydia Thorpe of Therapeutic Canine Massage (258-4948)! Some unlucky dogs had owners who talked to Eileen Udry, the Behaviorist from Doggone Connection (299-0226)! Oh, Oh! Let's hope that those owners don't remember a lot of what she said, and life will go on in the same blissful manner as before Dogtonna!!!

And didn't we all just love those brave, rugged, intelligent Search & Rescue Dogs...whew! They were awesome!
Special "appaws," to these additional businesses and organizations who helped support Dogtonna: When Nature Calls Pet Waste Removal (718-1800); Paws and Hooves, pet first aid (908-8127); Tom Spence at Pet Caskets by Spence Woodworking (442-9632); American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis, a great resource for emergency response training at 684-4311; Nick and Mike at Pet Supply "Plus" on U.S. 36 and Girls' School Rd.; Karen and Becky at Speck's Pet Supply on U.S. 36 in Avon; Gayle Hutchens at Paws and Think, Inc. (577-1688), an organization that trains in-service and pet-assisted therapy dogs; Beacon Signs at 272-2388; Avon High School Industrial Arts Dept; Avon Police Dept.; Brewer Furniture; Becky's Canine and Companion Training (272-7738).

Humane Society H.O.P.E. committee presents a recognition award for participation in our low cost spay/neuter program to Carla Carroll, representing the office of the VCA Beech Grove Animal Hospital.
We thank the following 2003 participants in our H.O.P.E. Program:

• Hendricks County Animal Hospital
• 46th Street Pet Care Clinic
• Avon Veterinary Clinic
• VCA - W. 86th St.
• VCA - Valle Vista
• VCA - Beech Grove

THE MEANING OF "RESCUE"

Now that I'm home, bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked in my warm new bed
I'd like to open my baggage lest I forget,
There is so much to carry,
So much to regret.

Hmm...yes, there it is, right on top:
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss
And there by my leash hides Fear and Shame

I still have to unpack my baggage called Pain
I loved them, the others, the ones who left me,
But I wasn't good enough for they didn't want me

Will you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?

Or will you just look at my things----
And take me right back?

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS:

Poison Control Center for Indiana 1-800-382-9097
Injured Wildlife - D.N.R. 317-232-4080
Hendricks County Animal Shelter 317-745-9250
Low Cost Spay/Neuter F.A.C.E. 317-638-FACE
H.C.H.S. 317-745-8181

Following is a list of donors and supporters from January through the April, 2004. We appreciate all of you because your financial and in-kind support encourages us to continue our work of helping the animals in Hendricks County through our programs of education, satellite adoptions, community outreach, and low cost spay/neuter services. Please let us know if we omitted your name or misspelled it. Thank you very much!

THANK YOU! ♥ SUPPORTER RENEWALS ♥THANK YOU!

THANK YOU! ♥ NEW SUPPORTERS ♥ THANK YOU!

Phillip & Darlina Farb.....Paul & Louise Hess.. ... Dan & Cheri Braun.....Girl Scout Troop #934.....Karen Chapman.....Kathy Trent.....Mary Lou Smith.....Charles Bowman.....John Davis.....Barbara Schneider.....Norma Ebert.....Judy Oaldon.....Joan Ecoff.....Margaret McCarthy.....Stacy Oberly.....Joe Melek.....Jeffery Cottrell.....Mrs. Leroy Warriner.....Erla Williams.....Echo Veith.....Nancy Salesman

THANK YOU! ♥ DON ATIONS ♥ THANK YOU!

Carol Battistini.....David and Donna Brown.....Devon and Christine Moon.....Robert and Carol Wood

THANK YOU! ♥ IN-KIND ♥ THANK YOU!

All American Grooming….Animal Hospital of Avon....Avon Perennial Gardens.....Back in Time.....Country Harmony…..Crown Liquors/Avon.....Danville Liquor Store.....Elegance.....Hendricks County Animal Hospital.....Mayberry Café….Old Farm Restaurant….Speck’s Pet Supply…..Wild Birds Unlimited

♥♥S pecial thanks to Shirts-N-Things on 10 th and Country Club Road in Indianapolis ♥♥

♥ MEMORIALS ♥

Inman Family for “Scruffy”, “Bandit”, and “Darby Blue”…..Bill and Pam Smith for “DarbyBlue”…..Tim and Mary Unger for John and Jan Baer…..Linda Van Kirk for “Darby Blue”…..Justine Venezia for “Elvira”…..Gordon Hobbs for “Jake”.....Mary Irene Miller for Irene Fields …..Judy Nigh for Jack Weber.....Peter and Carol Battistini for “Bambi”…..Norma Ebert for Ron Moore…..Marcia Lehrman for Ruth and Ernest Eppen..…Pence Olds for Ron Moore.....Latonna Bridgewater for Ron Moore…..Mary Lou Smith for William Parks…..Sharon Wagner for Dr. and Mrs. Calhoun, wedding congratulations…..Jan Simpson for Patrick Simpson.....Lynn McBride Turner for JackieRumple Burns.....Robert & Patricia Kiefer for Janice M. Smith...Glenda M. Wallace for “PeeWee”.....Nancy Salesman for Carl Salesman, “Boo Boo”, & “Duke”