Paws and Claws adoption event!
Need a new loveable friend? Check out the Paws and Claws adoption event Saturday!
Participating rescues include OK Yorkie Rescue, Rotts-N-Notts and Heartland Lab Rescue. They’ll all be accepting donations as well as finding homes for homeless pets.
So check out the adoption from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Paws and Claws Grooming, 101 NE 1 in Moore. Need more info? Call 759-2000.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Edmond Pet of the Week
Lolly is a spayed female, gold and black retriever and German shepherd mix. She is about a year old and is current on her vaccinations. She has been at the shelter since Oct. 31.
Tuxis a neutered male, black and white domestic shorthair. He is current on his vaccinations and is about a year old. He has been at the shelter since Oct. 13.
Adoption fees are $70 for cats and dogs, and $35 for kittens at Edmond Animal Welfare Shelter, 2424 Old Timbers Drive in Cross Timbers Municipal Complex, on Covell Road east of Interstate 35. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and is closed weekends.
For more information, call 216-7615.
-Staff Writer Dawn Marks
As if the zoo wasn’t cute enough …
Check out the newest arrival to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Read The Oklahoman tomorrow for all the details.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pet Travel Tips
With the holiday season upon us, this is the time of year people start loading up their families and pets and taking road trips. But not us. My George is not a good traveler. It makes him ill, so he doesn’t go in the car often except for a few trips to the vet or the dog park.
If you have a carsick puppy like I do, you might want to talk to your vet before you take your trip. They can sometimes give you tips to make things easier. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty sent us some tips for making travel with your pets easier including one that probably would have helped us when we took George on his first road trip:
- Feed your pet a light meal three to four hours prior to departure and never feed your pet in a moving car.
Oh well. Here are some additional tips for those of you heading out this holidays. Have fun with your familys and have fun with your pets!
- Keep you pets in a crate or carrier.
- Take short drives first to get pets used to the car.
- Never leave your animal alone in a parked car.
- Make sure your pet has identification, possibly a temporary tag with your cell phone number.
- Don’t allow your pet to ride with his head out the window.
- Be sure to take a travel kit and bottled water for your pet.
Like to travel with your pet? Enter our Travel Photo Contest!
Staff Writer Dawn Marks
Pets in the paper
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- - Quarter horse show heats up this weekend in Oklahoma City.
- - Cruely charges leveled in Deleware County puppy mill inquiry.
And also, check out this video fo Terry Bradshaw showing at the quarter horse show in Oklahoma City.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Oklahoma City Pet of the Week
Boomer is a handsome and friendly Labrador who is 3 years old. He has the longest tail of any dog in the adoption center. Boomer knows “sit,” and he is housebroken. Boomer is picky about his dog friends and would like a home where he is the only dog. His number at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is 5347.
The adoption fee for both cats and dogs is $25. This includes spay or neuter, shots and health check. Pictures of many of the adoption pets can be seen at www.okc.gov or www.okc.petfinder.com.
The shelter, 2811 SE 29, is open from noon to 5:45 p.m. seven days a week for adoptions, and from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. seven days a week for receiving. For more information, call 297-3100.
Pair charged with cruelty in Deleware County puppy mill case
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Travel contest deadline looms!
The holiday season looms like your cat’s next trip to the vet – you know it’s coming and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. And holidays mean holiday travel to visit loved ones near and far. So, Pet Show wants to celebrate! Send us your favorite pictures of your pet on vacation or on the road, and you’ll be entered in our Holiday Travel Contest! The prize: some super-snazzy car travel gear!The fabulous folks at CoverKing have given us this awesome Pet Protector Seat Cover. How does it work? You hang it over your back seat and not only does it keep your pet from falling into the floorboard every time you tap the breaks, but it also keeps pet hair off your upholstery! Well, in my car, that would be pet hair, pet smell, pet sneezes and other pet yuckies. Retail value: $50! Your entry: free! Here are the rules:
* Email pictures of your pets to ccoppernoll@opubco.com. The pictures can be anything related to travel – in the car, on vacation, on a hike, visiting a friend’s house, whatever! We need the pet’s name, your name, your address, your phone number and the kind of animal your loveable friend is. (And we’d also like a description of what your pet is doing, if that’s possible. )
* Every person who enters at least one photo will be put in the drawing for the rockin’ CoverKing Pet Protector Seat Cover! (Thanks to CoverKing for providing the prize!)
* Only one entry per person, but you can submit any many pictures as you want!
* The deadline for entry is noon Nov. 21.
* The Pet Show crew will draw the name of the winner at random after noon Nov. 21, just in time to get you your CoverKing before you head out for Thanksgiving vacation!
* The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. The odds of fun while traveling with your pet: 100 percent.
* What happens if you don’t win? Don’t worry! We’ll take all the photos submitted and make a slide show of everyone’s fantastic travel pics. We’ll post it right after we draw the winner.
* Good luck!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Tulsa children attacked by dogs
A 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl were attacked by dogs in Tulsa County. Both were taken to the hospital after the attack about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The dogs – both pit bull terriers - were taken into custody and will be euthanized.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Canadian woman banned for life from pet ownership
Owning a pet is a privilege, not a right. That’s what a Canadian court decided this week when Amanda Armstrong was banished from pet ownership for life. Officials think it’s the first ban of its kind.
She was convicted of starving seven dogs and keeping them in horrific conditions. Two of the dogs starved to death. This photo is of one of the poor pups. So, to make sure she wouldn’t do this again, the Ontario judge decided Armstrong isn’t fit to own a pet – now or ever again. The local humane society will check up on her to make sure she obeys the ruling.
It’s yet to be seen if the ban will be in effect in all of Canada or just Ontario. For the sake of animals worldwide, let’s hope the ban is global.
Staff Writer Carrei Coppernoll
