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 (JULY) Adopt-A-Kennel is in memory of Kathy Haas. Everyone who knew her, loved her and is missing this kind and generous lady, who went out of her way to help everyone (furry and non-furry alike). 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.
Shelter Wish: Do you have a rubbermaid storage cabinet that you don’t need anymore? The McCook Humane Society needs to replace the metal storage cabinets with ones that we don’t have to keep sanding, scraping and painting over. The ones that we need to replace are 77inches high, 3ft wide with a depth of 20inches. If you’ve got anything like this around that you’re not using, we sure would love to “adopt” it and give them a good home! Thank you to all who help us out in every way that you do. We can’t do what we do without you.
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.
We are very thankful to the generous folks who come in and donate the adoption fees for some of our available furry family members. At the moment, “Baxter”, “Vader” and “Hall”, all are sponsored! What does that mean exactly? It means that these three are absolutely no charge to an approved applicant, thanks to the generosity of the kind souls that made the donation.
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Did you know… How can I teach my puppy not to bite? Several times daily for a few weeks, let your pup mouth/play bite until he exerts more pressure than usual. Then say, “Ouch!” loud enough that he’s surprised and stops biting. At the same time, you should stop playing for a few seconds so he associates the end of play with exerting too much pressure. Repeat until he plays with only soft mouthing. If he doesn’t get the idea, just stop playing or move away whenever he bites too hard. He’ll learn soon enough that mouthing too hard ends play.