The McCook Humane Society will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, September 21st, as we will be with everyone else, out at Norris Park celebrating Heritage Days! Come visit us at our booth and don’t miss out on our 1st Weiner Dog Race!
Come check out our “Adopt-A-Kennel” program where our local individuals and businesses can show the community their support for our area’s homeless animals. This month’s (SEPTEMBER) Adopt-A-Kennel is in memory of Wayne Cook, loved and missed by so many. A very special thanks to all of our sponsors for their continuing support. It’s the perfect way to honor someone or memorialize them by adopting a kennel in their name. Call us for more information or visit our website www.mccookhumanesociety.com for more information and to fill out a form online. You can also sponsor an adoption for one of our available pets if you’d like to help out in that way.
We’ve had some very loving people come in and sponsor adoptions to help make sure that our temporarily homeless furry friends find homes for the holidays. Come on in and see who’s adoption fees have been completely paid for: Chimera. Some wonderful pets have found truly amazing forever homes because of these generous people.
Looking forward to our 1st Wiener Dog Race. It’s going to be at Norris Park on September 21st! Participants will receive a goody bag while supplies last. Come on out to Heritage Days, visit us at our booth, and cheer on those wiener dogs! Call us for more information, check out the McCook Chamber’s Facebook page, or ours!
Spay/Neuter Fees waived… A wonderfully generous anonymous donor has decided that it was time to let the dog’s at the shelter get help in finding homes also. This friend of the shelter started a spay/neuter reimbursement fund for them because, as she said, “they need help finding permanent loving homes also”. So, spay/neuter fees will be waived on all dogs who have been available for adoption for over 30 days, until this fund is depleted. At this time the spay/neuter reimbursement fees are still being waived for the felines. We will continue to waive the spay/neuter fees until the Linda Hedges/Mary Ellinger Memorial fund is depleted. We have truly seen a dramatic increase in the feline adoptions since we’ve been able to waive the spay/neuter fees for them, let’s see if it helps with their barking friends. If you’d like to make a contribution to help either of these funds continue, please make sure that you let us know that it’s for the fund. You can stop by, call us, email us, Facebook us, or reach out on the “Contact Us” form on our website for help.
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Did Ya Know: If you do decide to add a puppy to your family, one of the first things that you’ll notice is the the nipping and biting. Puppy nipping and biting is a normal behavior and is generally due to a lack of self-control or understanding. Puppies learn bite inhibition through play biting, which teaches them how much pressure they can apply with their teeth. Nipping and biting is instinctive and tends to peak during the teething stage. It is a way for puppies to establish their place in their doggy family’s ‘pecking order. Through play, interaction, socialization and training, this soon will pass.