Oh, it’s so hot, isn’t it! Thank goodness that we used our fundraising efforts to purchase retract shade awnings for our dog kennels; at least our dogs have plenty of shade. We are using our pools, hosing down the dogs (some just love to the squirted) and giving the dogs their daily ice in their water buckets (thank you to our volunteers for supplying the ice). Luckily there is light at the end of the tunnel and in another month we will be enjoying cooler weather.

Foster homes Needed

Usually when we ask for foster homes it is for cats and/or kittens. Right now we have 3 dogs that are undergoing heartworm treatment. It would be so much nicer for these dogs to be able to recuperate from the treatment in a house with air conditioning. After a dog gets their first treatment they need a quiet home for 1 month before their second treatment, and then another month of quiet before they are as good as new and can be adopted. When we say quiet home – this means no running, jumping or rough playing – the dogs need to be leash walked and then kept relatively calm. If you can help for a month or two please let us know.

Art for Animals

Our biggest fundraiser Art for Animals 2011 – A Chocolate Affair is just a little more than 2 months away (October 23rd). We still need more people to help on committees to solicit for donations for desserts and gift certificates. If interested please come to our planning meeting on August 27th @ 11am. We meet at the Parks Admin Bldg (1101 N College). And if you are an artist I hope you have started working on “the masterpiece” that you are donating to us.

Training with Tara

By popular demand we are hosting another 3 session training with Tara to teach our volunteers Tara’s “Working Mind Program”. This program will teach you how to teach our dogs kennel manners, as well as loose leash walking. The people that have already taken this training “love it”. It really is amazing how quickly and easily the dogs learn this easy program. The sessions are scheduled for:
Sept 11th, 25th and Oct 9th all @ 11am. Please email me if you would like to attend. Each session lasts about 1-1/2 hrs. Anyone that wants to walk our dogs should really consider taking this training. If anyone that has already taken it wants to attend again that is ok too.

ATTENTION GOLFERS

Sept 22nd the Friends of the Georgetown Animal Shelter and the Georgetown Rotary will be hosting a golf tournament at Cowan Creek Golf course in Sun City. For additional information go to: www.friendsofgtownshelter.org. If you are not a golfer you can come to our “drink wine and save puppies” dinner beginning at 5:30pm.

NATIONAL DOG DAY – a Benefit for the Georgetown Animal Shelter
Thank you to Hill Country Books and All Things Kids for planning a super fun day on August 27th from 10am til 2pm with so many fun things planned:
Hill Country Bookstore, 719 S Main St
10:30 – Book signing and reading by Austin children’s author, Jeff Crosby with his latest book, Wiener Wolf
Dog balloon demonstrations
1:00 – Scavenger hunt with prizes
2:00 – Raffle
All Things Kids , 703 S Main St
11:30 – Dog rescue games
Free play zone all day
Make your own Dog Tag Necklaces & Braclets
Dog face painting

Statistics for July

• Impounds: 150 animals
• Adoptions: 65 animals
• Euthanized: 15.8 %

To our volunteers and supporters thank you for all you do for our shelter and our homeless pets, our journey continues. Thank you for being on this path with us!