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now them a little better before adopting this used to be a storage room full of cabinets to store food and things for the cats and rabbits and sinks to clean the litter boxes said gretchen feiser director of pr and business relationships for wphs who took the time to give me a tour we had only one room for meeting cats and on a busy saturday people get frustrated with waiting and we certainly don t want that if they ve come here to adopt kittens wake up ready for play they made a decision in spring to create a second feline meeting room room in time for the dreaded kitten season to help with housing the overflow of kittens and the occasional backup of adopters these kittens have come back from foster homes gretchen continued explaining that they try to get litters of kittens brought in for surrender into foster homes until they are a good age and good weight for spay or neuter normally there are many more kittens in the cat colony room but this morning there were four all girls all spayed and ready for homes the brown tabby who greeted us at the door and had a thing for my shoes was zipper at 11 weeks the three orange kittens were all 12 weeks and all from one litter ringo the orange and white girl lala the orange tabby and sasha fierce the cream tabby now there s a name to tell you about a kitty gretchen with zipper the importance of foster homes the kittens chewed on our shoes and pulled on our earrings and climbed all over us apparently secure in the knowledge that humans are just big cat toys as gretchen explained the importance of foster homes for kittens and all other animals in the shelter kittens often come into the shelter too young to adopt even needing to be bottle fed they may have illnesses common to young kittens may have been found orphaned and need nurturing or they may have been born outdoors and never been socialized with people kittens do much better in a home situation in the hands of people who are willing to feed and cuddle and play with kittens to socialize them and introduce them to children and other pets and a true home situation so that when they are adopted they know how to behave we have a great group of foster homes gretchen said adding that they numbered over 100 at the moment ready to take pets of any age for wellness socialization and cage breaks but we need more especially at this time of year she continued we took in 48 cats on tuesday august 23 and we adopted out 11 those foster homes help take care of the overflow of animals especially cats during the summer a typical foster session may be only days to give an cat a break from being in the shelter or it may be a week or two if they are being treated for an illness such as an upper respiratory infection and need medication or it may be a month or two in the case of young kittens in all cases wphs covers the cost of medication and veterinary care in their own shelter clinic and then they come here like this friendly healthy and ready to play said gretchen as she cuddled an orange kitten if you want to adopt but can t or you want to help out but can t come here to volunteer you can always foster she added volunteer cat cuddlers volunteers while we were there two volunteer cat cuddlers siobhan and sean came in to play with the kittens we come in about twice a week said siobhan and we really do hug kitties sean with kittens we take them out of the cages and visit with them too sean added as a kitten was hanging off his glasses and another was climbing up his back we continued playing with the kittens until they started piling up for a nap the wonderful adult cats next we visited the cages in the main cat room and played with as many kitties as we could yoshi and miko yoshi a long haired tortoiseshell 8 months and miko a long haired tabby 2 years had come from a home where there were too many cats they were a beautiful pair of kitties playful gregarious curious anyone who adopted these two would have a home instantly full of the loving and playful companionship of two cats who were best buddies ready to be best buddies with you peaches peaches white with a few orange spots looked cool and distant at first until she fell down on her side and began begging for pets nearly falling out of her cage gizmo gizmo is a big and quiet kitty long haired tabby with white but i could tell he had a lot of mischief in him and the way he made direct eye contact told me he s ready to be best friend with a human i could hear ursula purring all the way down the row of cages and while she appeared to be a plushy gray kitty rubbing back and forth and being as cute as possible on closer inspection i could see she was a dilute tortoiseshell unfortunately her photo didn t come out well it s a shame i can t sometimes be lakshmi with several extra hands to hold kitties and take photos at the same time of course there were other kitties and i visited last thursday so there may be new kittens and adult cats for adoption but i can assure you that any of the cats i met would make a wonderful companion stop over at the shelter to visit adopt if you can or consider being one of the humane society s wonderful foster homes the 2012 best friends calendar each year the wphs creates a wall calendar featuring photos of wonderful pets as a fundraiser for the shelter through sponsorships and sales the preview event on september 13 2011 will be at the fox chapel yacht club from 6 30 to 8 30 p m and will feature hors d oeuvres and a cash bar calendars for sale and an auction of donated items such as my portrait certificate to benefit the shelter for all this tickets are only 25 00 each visit www wpahumane org or call 412 321 4625 ext 248 open door shelters being an open door shelter means we never turn away an animal in need we currently take in over 14 000 animals each year and have been helping people and pets since 1874 visit the open door shelters website sample commissioned portrait certificate donation of commissioned portrait certificates as my way of giving to shelters i donate a limited number of commissioned portrait certificates to shelters and rescue groups every year to sell or auction in their fundraisers the certificates are worth 125 the minimum cost of a portrait and typically auction for well more than that the winner receives a presentation folder with the signed certificate a thank you letter from me for supporting the organization one of my brochures and the invitation to begin the process of a portrait of their design i have to limit the number of certificates i donate because of the amount of time i put into each portrait but i also offer commissioned portrait certificates at a reduced cost to other shelters and rescues when my yearly quota is reached i like to help as many organizations as i can but the kitties need to eat too please contact me if you are interested all images used in this article are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading a taste of station square 2011 posted august 4 2011 author bernadette filed under events western pennsylvania humane society tags animal shelter benefit taste of station square western pennsylvania humane society leave a comment taste of station square despite the rain during the day the event had a good crowd of people milling around station square tasting food meeting adoptable animals and dropping tickets into bags to win their selected prize baskets all to benefit the western pennsylvania humane society my donation basket here s the basket i donated four boxes of animal sympathy cards feline art cards and notecards with cute cat and pawprint pencils all together there were well more than 50 baskets for guests to choose from both cat and dog themed as well as things just for people when you purchased your ticket you received a passport with the logo of every restaurant and exhibitor participating in the event as you visited each tent and restaurant you had this passport punched on that logo and passports that had all the logos punched were entered in a drawing for even grander prizes such as major event tickets and a vacation the event began at 5 30 and i didn t get there until 7 00 when it began to rain softly then in earnest so i didn t get to meet as many animals and people as usual but there were several friendly dogs the greeting dog another adoptable dog tops and jinks and two gray kittens tops and jinks who were a little uncertain about the rain falling outside their awning though they weren t getting wet they are brothers who had been rescued from someone s basement are six months old and ready to be adopted greyhounds from going home greyhounds there were bunnies this year as well but because of the rain many of the adoptable animals went inside or simply got ready to go back to the shelter a little early three greyhounds for adoption from going home greyhounds the dessert reception and auction took place on the dock and the duchess and princess of the gateway clipper fleet we gather for the dessert reception and the auction gretchen feiser director of pr and business relationships for the wphs pulls the tickets from each of the bags and announces the winners via microphone onto the two boats by the end of the event many people were out on the dock to socialize some more guests outside on the dock and just a nice photo of a small portion of pittsburgh at night from the water pittsburgh from the dock share this share on facebook opens in new 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custom pet cremation sponsors pet first aid classes posted june 9 2011 author bernadette filed under animal welfare cats dog events pet and animal information tags cats chartiers custom pet cremation dogs pet first aid pet health care pets 4 comments shadow casey and ralph watercolor b e kazmarski is there anything sadder than losing the companionship of your pet to death yes according to deb chebatoris owner of chartiers custom pet cremation when i need to work with a family whose young healthy pet has succumbed to an accidental death it is a double tragedy not only does the family experience the loss but there is a lingering feeling that if only they would have done this or that the death may not have occurred i have worked with families whose pet died after being caught and choked by the collar who suffocated in a potato chip bag she continued recently she had to work with a number of families who found themselves in this circumstance and wondered if there was anything that chartiers custom pet cremation could do to prevent such tragedy as providence has often revealed the answer to my problems in walks karen sable deb remarked after we talked about arrangements for her dear departed snowball our conversation revealed that she had chosen to intensify her involvement in animal welfare and became a certified pet cpr and first aid instructor through discussions the two businesses chartiers custom pet cremation and pet emergency training llc have joined forces to help families learn what to do in the case of a pet life threatening situation focusing first on helping families in the bridgeville area chartiers custom pet cremation has agreed to sponsor a four hour pet first aid certification class at the newly constructed bridgeville public library during the library s grand opening weekend following that 90 minute classes are being scheduled throughout the chartiers custom pet cremation service area including carnegie and robinson township classes in other areas are being arranged and will be posted on the chartiers custom pet cremation website although there is usually a charge for attending these classes chartiers custom pet cremation is offering these sessions free of charge in an attempt to offer families the skills that they may need to save the life of their dear pet it is difficult when we lose a pet who has lived a full and long life but it is practically impossible to say goodbye when the pet is only a few years old the grief is palpable in these situations with families saying they had such plans for the life cut drastically short the four hour class covers injury assessment rescue breathing canine and feline cpr bleeding protocols choking management heat and cold injuries bites and stings seizures poisoning fractures and limb injuries and the creation of a home pet first aid kit participants will receive lecture presentations as well as extensive demonstration on stuffed animals and hands on skills practice the class includes training materials a first aid handbook certificate of completion and wallet card the 90 minute classes will touch on some of the more common situations that might be encountered such as choking a demonstration of cpr for cats and different breeds of dogs heat stroke heat stress safety precautions about hot weather plus disaster preparedness including what you need to have on hand in case of a disaster with the number of weather related problems we have experienced during the past several years floods tornadoes and large snowfalls with power outages the western pennsylvania area has not been spared the impact these conditions can have on our beloved pets all classes will help families be prepared for such occurrences there will be no charge to participants attending the classes offered by chartiers custom pet cremation however space is limited so participants must register to attend registration is being taken by deb at 412 220 7800 additional classes are planned for other locations throughout the pittsburgh area please ch...
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