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I'm a "special
needs" kitty
looking for a home!
Hi! I'm
Olivia! I'm an
extra special cat
with an extra
special condition.
Unfortunately my
front legs don't
work properly.
I was either born
this way or I fell
and damaged my front
legs. As far
as the vet can tell,
I'm not in any pain
right now and I seem
to get along just
fine! I'm an 8
month old female who
is super sweet and
I'm looking for a
family who will love
me as I am! To
learn more about me
please call the
shelter at 483.6700.
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New Shelter
Hours!
Starting Wednesday,
April 16 the shelter
will be open
Wednesday - Sunday
from 12-4.
Please make a note!
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A New Home for
Redeemable Bottles
and Cans!
Thanks to generous
folks in our
community, we now
have a new, dry and
secure location for
supporters to drop
off redeemable
bottles and cans!
GE
Volunteers
and 4
handy RCHS volunteers
made it a reality for us.
So drop off your
redeemable bottles
and cans and help
the animals!
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We're running out
of space!
People have been so
generous we've
currently run out of
space to store
donated newspapers
and bedding!
As a result, we're
not able to accept
any at this time.
Thanks for your
understanding!
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And then there
was one!
Hello! I'm Trinity.
I'm happy to report
that my friend,
Alice, who was at
RCHS almost as long
as I have been, was
adopted! I'm
so happy for her!
But now I hope it's
my turn. I've
been at
RCHS looking for new
home for almost a
year now!
That's a really long
time for a terrific
feline like me!
I'm lucky because I can stay as long
as I want but I'm ready to get
adopted! So if
you're looking for
a super duper feline
please stop by and
meet me. I'm
all packed and ready
to be adopted!
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Kitten Supplies
We are expecting
over 400 kittens to
arrive at our
shelter this Spring
and Summer! Thanks
to so many of you
who dropped off
supplies for our
incoming bundles of
joy!
Throughout the
Spring and Summer we
will happily accept
donations. Your gifts
will help us provide
around-the-clock
care that will be
needed not only in
our shelter, but
while the kittens
are in foster care.
Your generosity will
allow these little
ones to grow strong
and healthy so they
can be placed in
forever homes.
Items our kittens
need include:
formula (KMR, new
born), nursing
bottles, heating
pads or rice pads,
kitten food, litter
pans, food
dishes, cat
toys, baby blankets and
flea shampoo for
kittens.
If
you have any
questions please
contact the shelter
at 483.6700.
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Do you want to
adopt a puppy?
RCHS recently added
puppies to our "Spay
the Mom" program
which should
increase the number
of puppies available
for adoption this
Spring and Summer. If
you're interested in
adopting a puppy,
please
click here to
fill out our
matchmaking form.
It will help us find
homes for our
puppies quicker!
If you have any
questions, please
contact the shelter
at 483.6700.
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The 2009 Pet
Calendar is Now in
Progress!
Would you like to
include your pet in
the 2009 Pet
Calendar? We're
starting to collect
pictures and quotes
so now's a great
time to make your
pet a star!
Click
here to get a
copy of the
contract. Contact us for more
details at
802.483.9171 or
e-mail Beth.
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It’s “Spay the Mom” Season
at RCHS!
There’s nothing cuter than kittens or puppies. . . . until
it’s time to find homes for them. Let the Rutland County Humane
Society help! Our program is simple and free: If you’re a
Rutland County resident, you can bring your mom cat or dog and her
kittens or puppies to us at no charge. In exchange, the Humane Society
will “Spay the Mom” and return her to you at no cost. The
kittens and puppies will be adopted into loving new homes after being spayed
and neutered. Please help spread the word if you know of a
female cat or dog with kittens or puppies! For more information, please call the
shelter at 802.483.6700.
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RCHS Offers Dog
Obedience Classes
Would you like your
dog to sit and walk
nicely on a leash?
Does your dog jump
on you and your
friends? If you'd
like to work with
your dog to make him
a well behaved
member of the family
please consider
bringing him to
obedience class. We
use dog-friendly
methods relying on
positive
reinforcement and
management to
achieve our training
goals. Click
here for more
details.
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Keep your pets safe
in an emergency!
Letting fire and
other rescue people
know that you've got
animals in your home
could be the
difference between
life and death.
RCHS has just
introduced
"Firefighter...please
save our pets!"
stickers for use in
your home. For just
$2 each, you can
help ensure the
safety of your pets
in an emergency at
your home. Stickers
can be purchased at
the shelter.
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Search and
shop on your computer and
help the animals!
Every time you search or
shop using Good
Search, RCHS gets money! It's that easy. If you make it
your homepage and you search or shop from there, RCHS will receive funds.
To learn more, click
here. The animals say "thanks!"
Rutland County
Humane Society
765 Stevens Road,
Pittsford, VT
05763
Shelter: (802)
483.6700 Business
Office: (802)
483.9171
Shelter Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday:
12-4 pm,
Monday & Tuesday:
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Advertise
your
business
here!
Help
build your
business for
a good
cause!
To learn
more,
click here.
For the
order form,
click here!
Questions?
Contact
Gretchen at
483.9171 or
e-mail her.
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RCHS Yard Sale!
S pring
is here and it’s time to start cleaning out those closets, basements and
attics! And just in time for the RCHS yard sale! Join us on
Saturday, May 17 from 9-2 at RCHS on Stevens Road in Pittsford.
If you’d like to
donate items, we’d be happy to accept them. Please follow the
following guidelines:
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All items
must be pre-priced (nothing less than 25 cents)
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Items should
be dropped off ONLY on Friday, May 16 from 8 AM – 6 PM or from 7
– 9 AM the morning of the yard sale at the RCHS Business Office
(the brown building next to the shelter).
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No computer
equipment, clothing, shoes, textbooks or magazines
All items
should be in working order
If you have
large items or questions please call the Business Office at
483.9171.
We know that
shopping can make you hungry so we’ll have a bake sale to give you
the energy to keep going! All proceeds support the homeless animals
at RCHS. If you have any questions
click
here or contact us at 483.9171.
See you on May 17th!
The shelter will be open extended hours that day, too! Visit
with the animals starting at 10 AM.
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Donate to RCHS
electronically!
You can now make a
donation to RCHS via
credit card or
PayPal! To
learn more,
click here!
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Fido Fest and
Duck Derby!
Dogs and dog lovers
alike - mark your
calendars!
Fido Fest (a
festival for dogs)
will be held on
Sunday, June 8 from
12-4 at the
Pittsford Recreation
Center. Enjoy
the day walking on
the trails, watching
doggie
demonstrations,
playing doggie
games. There's
fun for everyone!
The Duck Derby will
also be held on the
8th. Adopt a
duck (or a
quack-pack or
6-quack!) and cheer
them on as they make
their way
downstream!
The first ducks to
cross the finish
line - as well as
the last duck! - win
cash prizes.
To learn more or to
adopt a duck please
click here!
If you're an animal
related non-profit
organization that
serves Rutland
County and would
like to participate
in Fido Fest, please
contact us.
We look forward to
seeing you on June
8th. If you
have any questions
e-mail Beth or
call the business
office at 483.9171.
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Our resident dogs
need Kongs!
The staff loves to
give each of our
resident dogs a Kong
as a stimulating and
rewarding toy.
But we're running
out of them.
If you'd like to
make a donation for
the dogs, medium and
large Kongs would be
great. The
dogs say "woof
woof"!
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Help
Wanted at
RCHS!
RCHS is
always on
the look-out
for
competent
and
qualified
staff to
join our
dedicated
team of
animal care
and adoption
workers.
If you are
interested
in learning
more about
what it
means to
work at
RCHS, please
click
here.
If you think
you and RCHS
may make a
good match,
please
submit a
letter of
interest
explaining
your skills,
availability
to work, and
wage
requirements
to Jessica
Danyow,
Animal
Services
Director,
765 Stevens
Road,
Pittsford,
VT 05763.
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Consider
Adopting a
Senior Pet!
 
Hi!
We're senior
animals and
we're
the best!
And right
now, RCHS
has a lot of
us and we're
all looking
for new
homes! Owning an
older pet
can be much
easier than
those
younger
ones!
We are
already
housetrained,
our
personalities
are
established
and you know
what you're
getting!
If you
decide to
adopt one of
us and
you're 55
years old or
older,
there's no
adoption
fee!
It's the
RCHS
Senior-to-Senior
program and
to learn
more,
click here!
If you have
questions or
want to
learn more
about us,
please call
the shelter
at 483.6700.
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RCHS Supports
Trap-Neuter-Return
for Feral Cat
Population Control
Rutland County has a
large population of
feral cats.
Feral cats are "unsocialized
cats who may be one
or more generations
removed from a home
environment and may
live in a group, or
colony, of similar
cats. These
cats and their
offspring are
victims of
abandonment,
accidental loss, and
failure by owners to
sterilize their
pets".
For more information
on TNR, please
call our "Stray,
Barn & Feral cat
line" at
483.9171 or
send
us an e-mail.
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Do you have stray or
feral cats
on your property?
If so, RCHS has some
nuisance prevention
tips you can use.
Click
here to learn
more! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To help the animals
in our care minimize
stress-related
digestive problems,
we have partnered
with Hill's Science
Diet to feed our
dogs and cats only
Science Diet dry
food. This
will ensure a
high-quality,
consistent diet
while they are at
RCHS and we
recommend it to our
adopters. The
program provides the
food for free which
is another benefit!
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Become a Member of
RCHS
Rutland County
Humane Society urges
you to
join us
in caring for
animals in need.
Your
membership dues
will help our
shelter with food,
shelter, healthcare,
medical supplies and
population control
programs.
To learn more about
becoming a member
please contact
Gretchen at (802)
483.9171 or
e-mail her. |
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