Whatever Happened to Baby Girl?

Meet Baby Girl. She was found on the streets of Ark City and brought in as a stray. This 2-year old Great Pyrenees mix was not only skinny, but also had a broken hind leg and a major infection. Despite her ordeal, Baby Girl was nothing but sweet and loving. Thanks to our supporters, we were able to take this precious girl to Ark Vet Associates to give her the care she needed. Her broken leg was amputated and a foster home was found where Baby Girl was given a chance to heal. Being a tripod didn't slow this sweetheart down, and she was recently adopted!

Each year we take in many animals who need special care, but we only have limited resources. Next year, we are facing a $7,500 budget cut by the County. We need members and sponsors now more than ever! Please consider becoming a member for $20 a year, so we can help more animals like Baby Girl. You can become a member through our website www.cowleycountyhumanesociety.org (click on "membership") or by sending a payment directly to the shelter. You will receive a membership magnet as a small thank you from us, but the animals, whose lives will be saved, will thank you forever!

 CCHS is 501c3 non-profit organization, meaning donations are tax-deductible. 

Baby Girl, when she first came in

       

Going home with foster mom, Sue Boyd, after the surgery

                           

Looking much better and getting along well on three legs

                                       
                

Our membership magnet

                                                           
         

Two Girls With a Plan

Alyssa and Sadie Cohrs are Individual Girl Members of the Girl Scouts--due to their busy schedules they are not able to be part of a troop, but can do the same activities that girls in troops do. 

One of these activities is community service. Alyssa and Sadie both want to be veterinarians and they love animals, so they decided to organize a dog wash to benefit dogs, their owners and the animals at the shelter. 

Alyssa and Sadie were not able to do the dog wash at home, so they approached Two Rivers Co-op in Ark City to ask if they could use the store's dog washing station. Not only did the owners say "yes", but also donated all supplies! 

 

On a Saturday morning, the girls and their family bathed, blow-dried and beautified numerous dogs in exchange for a donation. Their hard work paid off and they donated $182 to the shelter! Thank you,

Alyssa, Sadie, their family, and Two Rivers Co-op!

Lana, who was adopted from CCHS, gets her pedicure

Ty, a schipperke, receives a blow-dry after his bath.

Rudi loves the attention!

Ms. Lana is all done, painted nails and bow included!

Ten Dogs Get the Ride of Their Life

October 21st, 4:30 a.m.: It was still dark when the shelter director, Teresa Harden, and several board members gathered at the shelter to walk some lucky dogs and get them ready to board PetSmart's Rescue Waggin'. Six adult dogs and four puppies boarded the van; some went to Chicago, others to Wisconsin with an overnight stay in Missouri. These dogs will have a great chance of finding new homes quickly! 

                                                        Teresa Cox with her foster dog Bella
                                     

                                                       Kathy Wohlgemuth walking Buddy

Jessica Leeper and Kindred

Shelter director Teresa Harden attaching ID to Kindle

Lori Land gives Tabitha a pep talk before the trip

     Pluto!

Alice Shaffer and Pluto

Hennessy is a big pup!

Scooby Do is one of the lucky pups

So is Fred

Final exam by van driver Jesse before boarding

Little Daphne is going too!

The crew this morning: driver Jesse, board member Teresa Cox, board secretary Kathy Wohlgemuth, board member Lori Land, shelter director Teresa Harden, driver Matt. Taking the photo: board president Alice Shaffer

                                    Same picture with Alice; Teresa Cox is the photographer

Garage Sale/Monster Dash

Two CCHS benefit events in one day! Our second garage sale for this year took place on Saturday, Oct 11th at the Winfield Fairgrounds. Donors of items were numerous and sales went great! Thanks to the donors, buyers, and board members who set up and worked the sale, we were able to make $1,900 for the shelter!

A huge thank you to all of our donors and buyers!

Opening the garage sale: Board member Julie DeGarmo, Board President Alice Shaffer, and VP Jessi Leeper

Frankie, Julie DeGarmo's dog, was the official greeter

Later that evening, adoptable dogs, shelter staff and volunteers attended the Monster Dash in Udall. The organizers of the Dash and Forest of Fear are long-time shelter supporters and donate a portion of the event income to the shelter. Thank you so much!

My name is Domino and I'm up for adoption!

I am up for adoption!

Adoptable animals and volunteers/shelter staff at the Monster Dash

Update--River

River, the pit bull girl with the deformed leg, had finally found a home with an older couple during an adoption event at Petsense in Ponca City.

Sadly, because of circumstances beyond anyone's control, River had to be returned to the shelter just two weeks after what we had hoped would be her forever home.

Shelter staff was working on finding a rescue to take River in, because she had been at the shelter three times now. Off-site adoption coordinator, Dovie Browning, tried one last time to find a home for this girl at an adoption event in Wichita, but no luck. 

One of the volunteers, Tim, offered to foster River until a rescue could be found. This resolution lasted only one car ride home. That car ride was enough for River to steal Tim's heart, and upon arrival at the shelter, he decided to give our sweet girl a forever home!  

Petpalooza!

1-Mile Fun Walk Participants

CCHS celebrated its first annual Petpalooza on Saturday, September 27th at Black Creek Park. It was a success! Several walkers with their dogs came early to participate in the 1-Mile Fun Walk. Many others came to let their dogs run and play in the two off-leash dog parks and enjoy the vendors, live music, raffles, cake walk, doggie art, demonstrations and contests

An adoption event was also held and seven (!) dogs found new homes that day!

Thank you to all who made this event such a success! We made $1,000 to benefit the shelter!

                          The Guests Are Arriving

  
Dog Park                



 

               Live Music with Ish and Rod

Mary and Sarah Painted Many Faces

Real Men Have Their Face Painted!

Cake Walk

Best Dressed Dog Contest:

                               

                                                                                           

Dog's Most Mysterious Heritage Contest:

Doggie Art:

Demonstrations:

Tricks by Tru

Obedience by Complete K9, Wichita

Vendors:

College Hill Coffee, Happy Hounds Creations, Kathy's Hypertufa, Deni's Doghouse, MatsuFoto, CCHS

Adoptions:

Adoptable Dogs and Volunteers

RJ (left) went home with his new mom and big brother Duke (previously adopted from CCHS).

Salem with his new family.

Cutie Pie with her new mom.

Bugs is going home!

Bubbie was adopted!

Pru found a new home!

A family came to take Gretal into their home to Foster to Adopt. 

Patches was adopted when the adoption event crew arrived back at the shelter. 

Photos by Diana Russell and Kay Martinez.