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8th Annual Golf
Tournament
Breezy, cool
temperatures didn't
deter the many
golfers who enjoyed
a day at
the beautiful
Proctor Pittsford
Country Club to
support the homeless
animals in Rutland
County! Thanks
to everyone who
supported us!
Tournament
Sponsor
Jesser Vermont Gold
Corporate
Sponsors
Alderman's Toyota
B&C Cattle Company
Thomas Boswell, CLU,
LTD
Light House
Electrical
Construction Corp.
The Pet Cage
Poulos Insurance
Rutland Regional
Medical Center
Rutland Vet Clinic
and Surgical Center
Rutland Vet Clinic
at Castleton Corners
Stifel Nicolaus
Table 24
Vermont Store
Fixtures
Hole Sponsors
AboutFACE
Orthodontics
Allison Booth,
Realtor at Lang,
McLaughry, Spera
Atomic Professional
Audio
Brown's Auto Salvage
Casella Waste
Management
Central VT
Veterinary
Diagnostic Imaging
PC
Century 21 Premiere
Properties
Dick & DuBoff
Dentistry
Feed 'N Seed Pet
Food Outlet
Gilmore Home Center
Heritage Family
Credit Union
Iacono Dental
Associates
KeyBank
Limping Dog Farm
Little Harry's
New England Air
Systems
Mac Equipment &
Steel Co., Inc.
OMYA, Inc.
Nicole Peck-McPhee,
Attorney at Law
Pittsford Auto Sales
Rademacher Family
Sofas 'N More
Cart Sponsor
Law Office of
Phyllis McCoy-Jacien
Wilcox Pharmacy
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Blessing of the
Animals!
Dogs and cats of all
shapes and sizes
joined Father Donald
Morris of Trinity
Episcopal Church at
RCHS on October 5
for a special
blessing for their
animals. The
celebration was held
in honor of the
Feast Day of St.
Francis of Assisi,
the patron saint of
animals.
Thanks to everyone
who attended.
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Hi there!
I'm Lily!
Click
here to see a video
of me!
I'm happy to report
that my friend,
Bumble, who had been
at RCHS for a while
looking for a new
home, was adopted!
I'm so happy for
him. Now it's
time for me to get
some of the
spotlight! I'm
a really friendly
lady who knows all
kinds of tricks.
I can sit, shake,
sit pretty, lie down
and catch! And
my tail just wags
and wags! I'm
looking for a home
where I can be with
people and not be
left alone very
often. Oh, and
I don't like cats!
If you'd like to
learn more about me,
please call the
shelter at 483.6700
or
click here.
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Kittens!
Cute, cuddly and
fun! We
currently have many,
many kittens
available for
adoption. All
of our kittens have
been
spayed/neutered,
checked by the vet
and
are up to date on
their shots! Please contact the
shelter at 483.6700
for more details!
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Redeemable Bottles
and Cans Update!
Thanks to many
people who have been
donating their
redeemable bottles
and cans to help the
animals! We
are fortunate that
Green Mountain
Bottle Redemption in
Rutland has agreed
to pick up our
redeemables for us,
which is a huge time
saver! If you
would like to bring
your redeemables
directly to Green
Mountain Bottle
Redemption in
Rutland, they will
make sure the funds
go to RCHS.
Also, please note,
cans cannot be
crushed. Also,
we cannot accept
plastic milk jugs,
water bottles and
other non-redeemable
items. Please
make sure redeemable
bottles are not
broken and all redeemables should
be free of liquid.
Thanks for helping
the animals and
for making the
process as smooth as
possible!
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The animals need
supplies!
The animals at the
shelter are in need
of a variety of
supplies at this
time. They would love canned
cat and dog food,
small cat food and
water bowls, chewy dog
treats, paper towels,
large rawhide bones
and pig ears! Thanks
for your continued
support!
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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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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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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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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:
12-5 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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Shelter Closed October 24
The
shelter will be closed on Friday, October 24 for staff
training. Thanks for your understanding.
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October is Adopt-A-Shelter Dog Month!
Extra Perks if You Adopt an RCHS Dog in October!
October
is the month to put the spotlight on the many terrific
canines that are in shelters looking for homes. RCHS
has lots of wonderful dogs looking for homes so if you're
thinking of adding a dog to your family, consider a shelter
dog! If you adopt a dog from RCHS in October you'll
take home a free toy and you'll be entered into a drawing to
win a basket of "doggie goodies"! To learn more about the dogs at RCHS available
for adoption click
here or call the shelter at 483.6700.
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RCHS Partners with VT-CAN to get Rutland County Cats Spayed
& Neutered!
Vermont
Companion Animal Neutering (VT-CAN),
a low cost spay/neuter clinic located in Middlesex,
VT, is a long drive from Rutland County. To help out,
RCHS and VT-CAN are working together to make it easier for
you. By dropping your cat at RCHS, volunteers will
transport your cat to VT-CAN where he or she will be spayed
or neutered and given a rabies shot and returned to RCHS
later that day. Choose from Wed, Nov. 5, Tues. Dec. 9
or Wed. Jan. 7. To learn more
click here. To
register call the shelter at 483.6700.
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Thanks Carris Reels!
Carris Reels' Charitable Giving Committee recently donated $9500 to
RCHS! Accepting the check are RCHS Board Members Mei Mei Brown and
Amanda Gearwar. Thanks Carris Reels for your continued support!
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New Donation Guidelines at RCHS
RCHS is appreciative to the community for its continued support of
donations for our animals. While we often receive donations we can
use, we also receive donations which we are unable to use. As a
result, we have to pay to dispose of the items we cannot use. And
these costs are rising, as are many of the costs associated with
running the shelter. As a result we have made a few changes to our
donation guidelines. RCHS volunteers will be accepting donations on
Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM - 2 PM at the shelter to ensure
the donations are items we can use. Donations we can no longer
accept include: open bags of food, open boxes of treats, heavily
used toys/food dishes, used litter boxes, pillow cases, electric
blankets, pillows, fitted sheets, sleeping bags, small linens,
heavily used cat furniture, small animal cages and wire dog crates.
We use a lot of newspapers but please call first as we have a
constant need but no room to store large amounts. Thank you for your
continued support and if you have any questions please call the
shelter at 483.6700.
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We're ready to get adopted!
Hi! We're Lamborghini
and Sea! We've enjoyed our time here at
RCHS but we're ready to fall in love and get adopted! You see, it's
almost been a year since we went up for adoption. We're so lucky
because we can take as long as we need to get adopted but we're
ready now! We're sweet and fun and will make your day if you come
and visit us! To learn more, click
here or call the shelter at
483.6700. Meow Meow!
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Transport Volunteers Needed!
We have many different volunteer opportunities but right now we have
a pressing need for volunteers to help transport animals to and from
their veterinarian appointments to get spayed and neutered. If
you're interested in helping out or learning more please contact Sue
at 483.6700 or e-mail her. Click
here to learn more about our
volunteer opportunities.
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RCHS has been around for almost 50 years!
In April, 2009, RCHS will be celebrating our 50 year anniversary! We
are currently going through old documents, pictures etc. to help put
our story together. If you have stories, newsletters, pictures or
other information you'd like to share with us, please do! You can
call Beth at 483.9171 or
e-mail her. Stay tuned for details on our
celebration!
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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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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!
Click
here to
see video of Lily!
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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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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