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License Your Pets! * TuRn ThE hEaT BaCk oN! * Dixie Updates
Please License Your Pets!
Did you know that 10% of SCHS's annual budget comes from the Sheboygan County dog and cat licensing fees? So, in addition to obeying the law and safeguarding your pet, you also help the homeless animals at SCHS when you license Fido and Fluffy!
The law states that every dog kept in Sheboygan County and the City of Sheboygan must have an annual license:
- prior to April 1st,
- or by the time the dog reaches five months of age,
- or within 30 days of acquiring ownership.
Every cat kept in the City of Sheboygan must have an
annual license:
- prior to April 1st,
- or by the time the cat reaches thirteen months of age,
- or within 30 days of acquiring ownership.
A current rabies vaccination certificate IS REQUIRED to purchase a license.
License Fees until 31 March are as follows:
Neutered or spayed dog |
$10.00 |
Unneutered or unspayed dog |
$15.00 |
Neutered or spayed cat |
$ 5.25 |
Unneutered or unspayed cat |
$12.25 |
On and after 1 April, add $5.00.
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THANK YOU for helping SCHS
KEEP ThE hEaT oN!
Wouldn't you know it, during the coldest part of the year, the heating system at SCHS decided to act up -- and we had NO HEAT in our dog area!
We are SO grateful to our good friends at Aldag/ Honold Mechanical, Inc., for their prompt response to our SOS on Tuesday, BUT it was NOT an easy fix -- and they had to order parts.
With a little ingenuity, we came up with a temporary arrangement to circulate heat from areas that have it to areas that don't, so nobody was completely out in the cold -- but we were seriously "sweating" the unplanned (and unbudgeted) cost of parts and repair. It wasn't cheap -- over two thousand dollars just to get the heat back on, and, in addition, we were told that we had to replace our blower motors!
Thank you SO much for helping us TuRn ThE hEaT bAcK oN here at the shelter -- and keep it turned on! We know your budgets are as tight as ours is right now!
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DIXIE'S STORY
My name is Dixie! I'm just six months old, I had a hurt leg, and they said I need surgery! It costs a lot of money, and I was SO worried!
I'd heard that SCHS has some really generous friends out there, so I thought I'd come right out and ask on my own -- WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME???
When I came to SCHS as a stray on January 7, my new friends here noticed I was limping on my right front leg. They took me to a friendly vet to see why.
The vet told them what I couldn't -- that I had broken that leg in a fall TWO MONTHS before! Not only that, but the break was too bad for her to try to fix herself. She said maybe a Specialist could help.
When we visited the Specialist Person (who turned out to be another really nice vet!), the news was not good. The break was too bad, it was right in the joint, and treatment had waited too long. They couldn't fix it.
They said my leg would have to be am-pu-tated (my friend from SCHS later whispered in my ear that that meant taken off by a surgeon).
I overheard my SCHS friends talking about it after we got back to the shelter. They said, as awful as it sounds, there is no choice. With good care and therapy, I can learn to walk on three legs -- but the budget was tight, and it was a very expensive operation.
I was really really scared. My leg didn't work right, and it hurt me. I was afraid to lose my leg, but what would happen to me if I DIDN'T get the operation?
So, I asked for your help, and GUESS WHAT? Even though the economy is ruff, in a little over a week, you-all got together and donated enough money to cover my medical costs!
Thanks to you, I had my operation on 25 February, and thanks to my wonderful vets and foster family, I am getting along really well with my three good legs.
The best news is, I will also be going to my new Forever Home in March!
ThankyouThankYouTHANK YOU!!!! You are the GRRRRRRRRRRR-eatest friends in the world!
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