Paw PrintzVolume 12 Issue 3 September 2014

EASTERN SHORE

SPCA

Out with the old, in with the new

In the last edition of Paw Printz we asked read-ers to contact us if they would like to sponsor a page in our 2015 calendar to feature a pet that they had adopted from us. The cover from that calendar, pictured above, shows SPCA alum Maxie Mouse enjoying the pleasures of our unique Eastern Shore on the sandbar at Cherrystone. He’s joined on the inner pages by more than a dozen other shelter alumni (some of our adopters had more than one SPCA pet). The calendar went on sale Sept. 20 for a suggested donation of $10 at the Virginia Beach

Pet Expo held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, where SPCA Eastern Shore shared a booth with Petfi nder.com. The calendar is available now until sold out at the shelter and will also be sold at the annual Pet Walk in Onancock, during our Christmas photos with Santa, and at all events where SPCA Eastern Shore has a booth. You can also check with the shelter (757-787-7385) to fi nd out if there are any local outlets nearer to you. Last year’s calendar raised nearly $2000 for the shelter, and we are hoping to do even bet-ter this year. Publication costs were complete-ly covered by those adopters who purchased

See Calendar, Page 3

SPCA alumni pets featured in shelter’s 2015 calendarSee Page 5

for details.

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pages in the calendar to feature their furry family members and also through the generous support of numerous local businesses, so 100 percent of the proceeds from sales will benefi t the animals at the shelter. Our thanks go out to Bob and Lorna Shendock, William H. Turner II Family Dentistry, Brown Dog Ice Cream, Big Wood Electric, Boggs Water & Sewage, Shore Bank, Janet’s ONAN-COCK General Store & Cafe, Seaside Refrigeration, Dawn, Blue Heron Realty, Eastern Shore Animal Hospital and Pet Spa, Wil-lows, La Mer, The BANK Coffee House, SEA Consulting, Club Car Cafe, The Great Machipongo Clam Shack, and Nottingham Seafood & Produce. Also Atlantic Animal Hospital, Island House Restaurant & Marina, Tyson’s Service Inc., Lloyd’s Shore Pharmacy, Weichert Realtors™ Mason-Davis, Kool Ford, C.D. Marsh Jewelers, Crockett Gallery and Studio, WESR, Great Space Etc., and East-ern Shore Pets. You can also play a part in helping make this year’s calendar a success for the animals. Buy one for yourself. Tell your friends about it and encourage them to purchase one too. Give one as a Christmas gift to an animal loving friend or family member, or get one for your child to give to his or her teacher.

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SPCA Eastern Shore partners with the Virginia Beach SPCA to bring the Neuter Scooter, their mobile surgical unit, to the Shore twice each month for low cost spay/neuter services. The cost is just $65 for cats and $75 for dogs for the spay/neuter surgery, plus an additional $10 for a rabies vaccination if needed. There are additional charges for large dogs and for pets in-season or pregnant. Because of limited space on the mobile surgical unit, there is a 65 lb. weight limit for dogs.

Vaccinations and heartworm or FeLV/FIV tests as well as preventive treatments are also available on the Neuter Scooter for altered animals from 11 a.m. until noon. No appointment is necessary for these services, but there is a $10 exam fee plus the vaccine cost. Vaccinations vary in price. The vaccination clinic closes promptly at noon. Low income residents qualify for substantially discounted charges for the spay/neuter services: only $15 for cats and $25 for dogs, plus an additional $5 if a rabies shot is needed. The discounts are subsidized through a $25,000 grant from the Bar-bara J. Mapp Foundation and a $5,000 grant from the Two Mauds

Foundation which was secured with matching funds of $2,500 each from Accomack and Northampton Counties. Unfortunately, we have now expended the grant funds available to help provide discounted rates for spay/neuter services for feral cats. The funds we have left are restricted to assist low income pet owners. Unless caregivers of ferals qualify for the low income program, we are unable to offer these services at a discounted rate. We are trying to identify other grants and funding sources that would allow us to continue this program and hope that we will be able to resume this much needed service in the near future. Appointments are required for the 20 surgeries that the Neuter Scooter can perform each visit. Because the unit requires a bal-anced mixture of species and sexes, expect about a two month wait to get an appointment for females, both dogs and cats. Males of both species can often be worked in sooner than that. Applications for spay/neuter services are available at the shelter or online at www.shorespca.com. Proof of income or public as-sistance must be presented to qualify for the low income discount, and payment is due when the appointment is made.

For the second year, young Ray Ray Cossitt, with help from mom Mona, organized a Pet Parade in Onancock to benefi t the SPCA Eastern Shore. Our young supporter raised $100 in cash and a pick up truck load of pet food and supplies for the shelter. Nice job, Ray Ray.

Youthful supporter’s Pet Parade benefi ts shelter

(Left) Ray Ray was all dressed up as host of the parade. (Cen-ter) A sizable crowd attended with their pets, many of them costumed. Most of the pets were dogs, but there was also a pig and even a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Right) Ray Ray visited the shelter to donate the money and supplies he raised for the animals with his parade.

Summer project big win for our shelter animals Visitors to the Onancock Market on most Saturday mornings this summer saw local artisan Karyn Belknap busy handspin-ning yarn on a spinning wheel in the booth that she and hus-band Mark set up there for Ten Good Sheep, her artisan owned company that produces unique handcrafted woolen items. The spinning was the fi rst part of Belknap’s summer project. An animal lover who adopted a kitten from the SPCA Eastern Shore shelter last spring, she decided to use her talent to create a shawl which could be auctioned off at the end of the summer to benefi t the animals at the shelter. Once she had fi nished spinning the yarn, Belknap left her spinning wheel at home and instead took her loom to the mar-ket and began actually weaving the shawl there. The shawl and a handcarved/handpainted “Cobb Island” style yellowlegs shorebird decoy carved by Mark, an award-winning carver, were both sold in a silent auction on Sept. 13 at the Festival of the Arts at Ker Place in Onancock. Together the two items brought in $500, and 100 percent of the proceeds from the auction went to the SPCA Eastern Shore shelter. Thank you, Karyn and Mark!

(top) Award winning carver Mark Belknap displayed his yellowlegs shore-bird decoy at the Onancock Market. (bottom) Mark Belknap presented shelter manager Sheila Crockett with $500, the proceeds from the auctions for the shawl and decoy. (right) Karyn Belknap’s fi nished shawl on display with the decoy in Ten Good Sheep’s booth at the Festival of the Arts.

Neuter Scooter offers low cost spay, neuter

Remaining 2014 Neuter Scooter Visits

If you have questions or want to schedule an appointment, call the shelter at 757-787-7385.

Have you visited our redesigned website yet? Check us out at www.shorespca.com

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Our midday crew took time out for a photo at the Petfi nder-SPCA Eastern Shore booth at the Virginia Beach Pet Expo in Virginia Beach on September 20. In front (left to right) are Lynn and Helen; behind them, Carmen, Sally, and Dianne. Not pictured: Maureen and Melinda. In addition to helping spread the word about Petfi nder, we raffl ed off a 24” Vizio Smart TV (donated by a generous supporter, with 100% of the proceeds going to the shelter), opened the sales drive for our 2015 Rescue Pets calendar, and had our shirts, hats, and tote bags for sale.

Petfi nder, SPCA Eastern Shore partnered at Pet Expo Here at SPCA Eastern Shore, one of our most successful means of fi nding homes for our pets is Petfi nder, an online, searchable database of pets who need homes. All of our animals are listed there as soon as they are available for adoption, and one of the fi rst things our shelter manager does each day is respond to e-mails from people who have seen our pets on the service. So when we heard that Petfi nder was looking for a local shelter or rescue group to represent them at the Virginia Beach Pet Expo on September 20, we quickly volunteered and were delighted when they chose us to be their on-site partner. It was a perfect opportunity to let people know about our shelter as well as a fund raising oppor-tunity through a TV raffl e (a generous supporter donated a 24” Vizio Razor LED™ Smart TV, so 100% of the raffl e proceeds went to the shelter) and sales of our 2015 SPCA Eastern Shore Rescue Pets calendar as well as our t-shirts, hats, and tote bags. Raymond Fitchett of Nassawadox was win-ner of the television set. Despite the lengthy trip across the bay, seven of our enthusiastic shelter volunteers gave up their Saturday to staff our Petfi nder/SPCA Eastern Shore booth at the Expo. Two of our pups, Fancy and Dumplin, joined the volunteer crew at the event and did a wonderful job representing the shelter. Both pups impressed everyone they met with their friendliness and good behavior and helped to draw attention to all of our available adoptable pets. A steady stream of visitors throughout the day inquired about the services we offer and our adoption policies.

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humane treatment of

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Members and Donors are a

Special Breed !MEMORIALS

In Memory Of

Joe Bilger Mr. and Mrs. George FosterImogene Callander Mr. and Mrs. Scott CallanderTim DeMoss Ms. Missy OrffAlice Hagerty Mr. and Mrs. Scott CallanderFrank Garner Mr. and Mrs. Christopher BottNathanial Williams and “Pretty” the Cat Ms. Pattie Turner“Frankie Dog” Dr. Elizabeth Carmichael“Martha Dog” and “Frankie” Ms. Martha Walker“Fritz” Ms. Shirley DoughertyBonnie Selby Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District Employees, Occohannock Elementary School Social Committee, Ms. Jean LeCato Agnes Killough Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Custis, Jr.; Dryden United Methodist Church; Mr. Frank DrummondBonnie Bundick New Ravenna, Inc.Linda Zawachi Ms. Deborah Belote, Ms. Virginia MorganSonya and “Ben” Ms. Deborah ToppingPhil Custis Mr. and Mrs. J. T. HollandMuriel Howard Ms. Mary Volz“Lily Pearl” Stevens “Ruby” and “Topaz” StevensRalph Woodson Jones III Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rhyne, Mr. and Mrs. James Bott, Jr.Hallie Virginia Annis Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rhyne, Ms. Brenda Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Annis

Brooks Shaw Ms. Rhonda Paluba, Ms. Nina Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Lewis“Stailey” Pearl Mr. and Mrs. George BryanEarline Coghill Ms. Gwendolyn CoghillMuriel Howard Ms. Gwendolyn Coghill, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nick“Brodie” McMath Mr. and Mrs. George Podelco, Mr. J. Kenneth Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kerns, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Evans, Ms. Ellen Papetti “Daisy” Ms. MaryAnn Ballou“Lace” Hartnett Ms. Ellen Papetti, Ms. Martha Walker, Ms. Ann HartnettJane Schwartz Eastville Home Demonstration ClubElla Mae Taylor Mr. and Mrs. C. L. BundickColleen Normand Ms. Kathee GladdenPeggy Maeser Ms. Jacqueline Evans

In Honor Of

Terry Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Patrick CoadyKim Grewe and Teresa Guy Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Span- gler, Mr. and Mrs. James Grier, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Birch, Ms. Cynthia Allen, Ms. Cheryl Powell“Abbey” Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shendock“Lily” Ms. Pamela Colmus-McGee “Polly” Mr. Jim Mosher“Mz Spuds” Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lindsey“Walter” Mr. and Mrs. David Montgomery

Support Murphy’s FundExtraordinary Medical Needs for Dogs and Cats

Murphy’s Fund was created so we would have money in place for extraordinary medi-cal needs here at the shelter. Since we never know when those needs may arise, it’s im-portant that the fund always have money available. When the fund gets low, we have to mount an emergency fund drive as we did recently to cover the cost of heart-worm treatment for Peyton, a boxer mix.

The most common need is treatment for dogs like Pey-ton who are positive for heartworms, making them more easily

adoptable. The average cost of treatment is around $500 per dog, a hit that our normal budget just can’t absorb. Murphy’s Fund covers this and other medical needs requiring vet attention, as it has done recently for Peyton and Elmo, a Rat Terrier mix who injured his leg, and Andy, one of our kitties. Vet care is expensive, and each time we need to take an animal to the vet, our funds for this kind of specialized care are depleted. It’s important to replenish them so that we have the money on hand to get animals treatment when they need it without having to wait until suffi cient funds become available through an emergency fund drive. If you’d like to make a donation and know exactly how the money will be used, consider donating to Murphy’s Fund. You’ll be helping to pay for the extraordinary medical needs of a dog or a cat for whom we otherwise wouldn’t be able to provide this exceptional level of care.

Peyton

Heritage Hall residents visit shelter

2014 SPCA Membership/Donor FormSPCA Eastern Shore, PO Box 164, Onley, VA 23418

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Visiting with the cats and kittens at the shelter brought back fond memories for Heritage Hall resident Alice Drummond, who had had many feline companions in her own home. It was a two-way street. Our kitties enjoyed her affection and at-tention every bit as much as she enjoyed being with them.

“Pets leave paw prints on our hearts.” There’s a reason why statements like that become the proverbial “old sayings.” And that reason was never more evident than when a group of residents from Heritage Hall in Nassawadox recently came to the SPCA Eastern Shore shelter on a fi eld trip. Amy Watkins, Activities Director at Heritage Hall, described it this way: “A couple residents went straight to the cat room and did not want to leave. One resident in particular, Alice Drummond, used to own many cats and when put in the cat room among the cuddly soft cats, she spoke to them in a way that we have not heard her speak to other people. It was a truly therapeutic experience!”

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