Animal Talk/News

I’ve noticed over the past year that the supporters of your Humane Society really get started early. As a recent example, Allie Shelton, whose parents are Randy and Julie Shelton, celebrated her 4^th birthday by instead of presents for herself, putting together a big pile of food and treats for our animals. Now just how wonderful is that?

One of the duties our beloved Adoption Center Manager, Amy Bowman, has so willingly taken upon herself and to which she truly looks forward, is accepting invitations from our schools to make presentations to the students relative to everything from how to approach an animal to how best to treat and nurture them. Following these presentations is an always lively question/answer session. These efforts are reinforced year after year throughout the elementary grades.

Just recently Amy met with the Hal Henard 4^th Graders. Amy was so proud when the students correctly answered her questions as to how best to approach a strange dog and the necessity for the spaying and neutering of pets with information they had learned from her the year before. What came next was unbelievably kind. As a show of their support, these 4^th graders not only donated food and other items to our animals but also presented Amy with a whopping $156.00 they had collected for our animals. Thank you so very much Hal Henard 4^th graders and a great big “Woof-Meow” to each of you!

Deanna Norton, proprietress of The Dawg Haus Pet Grooming Salon, continues to be so very supportive of our efforts. A Certified Master Groomer, Deanna is one of the only handful of groomers that I have ever found who will also groom cats. Deanna frequently transforms animals that are in truly horrific shape when they enter our facility, into dogs and cats ready for a runway at a pet show. Not only that but she immediately takes what we consider our Emergency cases and even often devotes the extra time to pick them up and drop them back off at our facility on Hal Henard Road. All of this I want you to know, is done as a contribution! A short while back we got in an adorable Maltese but one which was just covered in painful knots embedded in her curly hair. But as is always the case, the unfortunate little dog returned to us bedecked in bows and a bandana, simply beaming and looking absolutely beautiful.

Would you believe (and I’m not kidding, folks), that even our own Feline Sumo Wrestler Extraordinaire, Big Winston, actually purrs when getting a bath at the Dawg Haus??!!!! How Deanna does it, I’ll never know! We urge all of our supporters with pets, to avail themselves of Deanna’s magnificent service by calling The Dawg Haus (located in the Eastgate Shopping Center on Tusculum Blvd.) at 638-3669.

We also receive a lot of assistance from area businesses that help us by providing significantly reduced prices and rates. Among these are, as always, long time supporter Tractor Supply over on the By-Pass, just one of the many local businesses that so support our efforts. Also I wish to mention Rusty Edwards over at Major Appliance Headquarters at 8245 East Andrew Johnson Highway. Not only does Rusty offer excellent and prompt repair service at very reasonable prices, but he also has unbelievable deals on brandy new scratch and dent Frigidaire appliances. For more information, just call 257-3100.

As always, we urge you to support whenever possible, those who support your Humane Society. Fran and I certainly do.