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#100K Challenge and our community

Tank is a member of the Quimby crew and an alumni of Talbot Humane. He really wishes he could vote...

This contest has been fascinating.  We started by entering in the 11th hour in hopes to even be chosen to vie for funds for the animals.  After some paperwork, faxes, emails and a phone interview (all within about 48 hours) we were in the running!  The next step was to engage our community.  I have to say, it has been exciting to see so many people getting the vote out for Talbot Humane!  We have people voting in California, Washington State, Texas, Florida, Canada, China and Japan to name just a few areas from around the world where we have supporters!  Your Facebook and Twitter messages have kept us all smiling.  All because you believe in our mission, have witnessed the dedication of our staff and volunteers and know we truly care about the animals.   It is inspiring to all of us at Talbot Humane to be “hanging with the big boys” in the top 50!  The fact we are competing against MANY shelters which are larger and in more metropolitan areas, yet still in the running totally rocks.

We are in the last leg of the qualifying heat and really need everyone to vote everyday through Monday at midnight.  We so hope we make it into the final competition where we will be in the running for cash for the critters.   From August 1- October 31, 2012 we will be competing with our numbers from last year to save more lives.  If you are asking yourself  “don’t you do this everyday?” It’s true!  We are always striving to do better than we did yesterday, last week, last month or last year.  The benefit of this contest, we may just win funds by doing so!

I thank everyone who has been supporting our efforts in this contest, and for bringing the community together to support Talbot Humane- it’s been fun!  If we don’t win, we will be a little sad, but, you know what?  We are a lucky organization to have friends like you supporting us everyday.  Your support makes it possible for Talbot Humane to do great things for the animals.

Now, Get to voting friends! 

 

Until there are none, adopt one~

Patty Crankshaw-Quimby

 

UPDATE TUESDAY APRIL 17TH!

 

We qualified for competition FOR THE BIG BUCKS! YOUR votes made a difference and your help is going to SAVE LIVES!  More info to come as we receive it on how our community can get involved in our efforts to win funds for our area pets!

For the animals,

Patty

 

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Sophie’s Story

Sophie came to Talbot Humane on May 18, 2011- scuffy, aged (we estimated between 13 and 14 years) and rather persnickety.  She was brought to us because her owner had inherited her from a deceased family member, and Sophie was not adjusting to the other animals in the home.  Once she passed our initial medical exam and behavior test, our Animal Care Supervisor Dayniese  moved her into the adoption program.  Even though her sassy personality quickly grew on staff and volunteers, week after week, Sophie was passed by.  Visitors would comment on how beautiful she was, then would see her age.  You see, Sophie came at a horrible time for an old cat- kitten season.

Some time toward the end of the summer, Sophie moved from a hallway cage into my office, and quickly took over- she definitely wanted my job!  She lounged on my desk, rearranged my papers,  stole my paper clips and enjoyed snacking on my lunch on a regular basis.  She would escape my office and lounge on the front counter, or sun herself by the front door, giving us all a bit of sass when it was time for her to return to her suite.

Later in the year she began developing some medical issues.  Blood work and a trip to the vet revealed some issues we felt would not be fair to pass on to a new adopter.  We removed her from the adoption program, but, we made a commitment to keep her as an “office kitty” as long as we could maintain a quality of life with meds and care.

Last Friday when I arrived to work, it was clear something was not quite right.  More blood was drawn, and a sonogram was performed.  It was discovered she had intestinal lymphoma, a painful condition.  Yesterday she passed over the rainbow bridge.

Sophie’s story is not extraordinary.  She was one of the millions of animals entering U.S. shelters every year.  What is extraordinary is the affect one sassy, messy cat can have on your heart.  She resided in my office a little over 6 months, but when we learned of illness, it was as though she had been mine for years.  I am thankful to have known Sophie, and I can only hope she felt loved during her time with us at Talbot Humane.  I am certain of one thing, what these animals give us, is far more than we will ever be able to provide in return.

Until there are none, please, adopt one…

Patty Crankshaw-Quimby

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Bark in the Park is just around the corner!

It is hard to believe we have seen a year  pass since our first ever Bark in the Park Dog Walk and Festival. October 15th, 2011 will be here before we know it offering us the opportunity to celebrate our love of pets and our mission to help the animals in need on the Mid-Shore!

There are so many reasons to be excited for this year’s event!  We have the return of the Dog Walk through Historic Easton, the fun dog show, Corporal Lee & Flex of the EPD, Delmarva Dock Dogs and much more. This year we have invited other animal welfare organizations from across the state to share the good work of what they do and find homes for their pets in need.   Our local veterinarians will be present providing much needed information on a plethora of topics.  Included topics will be pet acupuncture, nutrition and geriatric pet care to name only a few.

Yes, there will be food, shopping, micro-chip clinics, pet portraits, Rick Kollinger and his fun caricatures,  a kids tent full of fun things to do and many other neat ways to spend the day.   The most important, and wonderful part of our event is seeing our community join together in support of our mission, rejoice in our innate love of pets, and have a day of fun, fellowship and fundraising for the animals.  Rain or Shine (let’s all pray for SHINE) we hope to see you at Idlewild Park, Saturday October 15th.  Dog walk registration at 9a, Walk at 10a, Festival to follow.

For more information on our event, or to become the leader of your own pack and raise funds for the pets, visit http://talbothumane.org/2nd-annual-bark-in-the-park

I hope to see you on October 15th, I would love to thank you in person for your continued support!

For the animals~

Patty Crankshaw-Quimby

Executive Director, Talbot Humane

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