Shurcanpurr

Hi,
Just wanted to let you have an update. Shurcanpur has really adapted to our home! He loves all the room to run. He runs up and down the stairs (and I thought that I would need to carry him!) He hasn't fallen at all.
He wants to eat ALL the time - you can hardly walk into the kitchen without him racing in ahead of you. He runs everywhere! His 'kitty frenzies' are often and amusing. He has selected a favorite couch and naps after eating and 'frenzying'. He is one sweet baby boy.
We are starting to call him Bogie (Bogart)- Bogiebaby, mostly, but that may change. He seems interested in that name, for now anyway!
Our other family members, black lab and three other cats are a little reluctant (read: really mad) about this change - but change has never been easy for them. For now hissing and growling - no huge altercations - so we think it is going as well as can be expected with them. (Better than I expected!)
We will keep you up to date - he seems to be feeling excellent and is very happy. He's talkative (such a tiny baby voice!) and purrs a great deal. Thanks for your part in saving a very nice guy!

Patty Reinert

THIS IS THE LITTLE DOG WE ADOPTED FROM SIREN HUMANE SOCIETY.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW HE IS VERY HAPPY AND HAS A FRIEND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE.

HE HAS HIS OWN BED AND LOVES TO EAT.

CHASES SQUIRRELS AND ENJOYS THE FREEDOM.

WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOVE HIM SO0000 Much.


Pat Alderson Sandy Hoernke

Gordon, Wisconsin

Hi all! Just wanted to share some pictures with you from Victor's first day and some of today! (Told you I was a picture freak!) I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy him! He is doing really well; eating good, napping good (with Dottie), and is very interested in the kitties and the baby! Take care :)

Sarah, Dan, Emma and Gabby, Dottie and Victor Romanowski

Good morning to all -

My wife and I have a follow-up report for you on the dog you allowed us to adopt almost 1 year ago, (my new best friend). She was and still is named Ginger, about 16 months young now. I sent you the photo you had posted last year and also her current photo as of this morning. If you recall Ginger had a brother in your shelter also, his name was Rocky. How is Rocky doing? I would love to reunite those two if possible.

Ginger has been AWESOME in everyway. She eats IAMs dog food now and was on IAMs puppy chow. She eats morning and night (3 - 3 & 1/2) cups a day. She is not allowed any human food.

Ginger may not be overeating (about 65 pounds now) but she is constantly being overdosed with love and affection. She gets three walks a day plus she stays outside in our entire yard which is enclosed via an underground electric fence. I try to keep the collar off her as much as possible for I wonder if throat cancer could be caused by these devices. She is currently on Frontline Plus for ticks and fleas. She had a couple of ticks this year, even with the Frontline.

Ginger is very energetic and loves to play, unfortunately the other dogs get kind of tired with her after about 10-15 minutes. She loves playing with them but they get tired out of playing so much at one time. Ginger is very mildly mannered and well behaved. She was getting sick on car rides but appears to be slowly getting over that. Ginger loves boat and Jet-Ski rides as well as pontoon rides but she refuses to get on a snowmobile with me. I hope this coming winter (2010) she will try the snowmobile.

Her personality has turned out to be very submissive, she will never growl at any dog or person but she will put her front legs up on your shoulder and lick you to death. She will bark once and a while when she sees other wildlife If other dogs come to us with a dominant personality she just lays down and rolls over so they don't start anything. If I'm around she will bark like crazy if someone comes in our yard but then she backs up to the house door and keeps barking. The UPS driver thought she was a different dog for when were not around he said that she just lays on her elevated stretch bed and allows him to step right over her and her bed and lay the package on the porch. When she was a puppy she used to chew a lot, but seems to have gotten over that.

I hope you will share this with Lucas for I know he and Ginger were getting attached to each other. I could tell Ginger missed him when we took her away from your shelter. I have gotten so attached to her, I would not part with her for a million dollars, NO KIDDING! Ginger sleeps with us every night, as the temperature gets warmer she will sometimes go down on the floor in the middle of the night, off of the king sized bed.

Ginger did get mad at me and didn't want anything to do with me for about three days. This happened when I cut her rear leg inner toe nails (side ones, up high) I never caused her any pain (she never yelped or licked them afterwards), nor did I cut them too short, I just wouldn't allow her to get away without getting them cut. They were so long they were starting to curl around and back into her leg. I had to raise my voice at her when i commanded her to stay and sit.

As I said in my previous e-mail - to all who played a part in the adoption process, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for allowing us to give Ginger a loving and caring home.

Dwight and Barb Langfeld

To my friends at Burnett County Humane Society,

My name is Kodiak, AKA Gate Keeper, I am writing to see how you are all doing? Also to let you all know how my family has been working out. I have been here for a year now!!! WOW!! Everything is great here, I’m spoiled like crazy!! I am getting to be a big boy, though, I just went to the vet for shots and I weigh a whooping 74 lbs!! It’s mostly being big boned and lots of muscle. I love to run and play. I am very active. I love being outside, playing fetch or chasing my tail, it doesn’t really matter to me. Sticks are one of my favorite toys, I like to chew them up and make messes with them. If we are outside, I have to go find the biggest, longest stick I can and whack my parents on the back of the legs when I come running by, not on purpose mind you; Even the kids too, although I tend to knock them over in the process. They just end up laughing about it anyways.
I just wanted to write to you and thank you for letting this family adopt me. They are wonderful! In October I got 2 brothers!! They are WAY bigger than me. Their names are Roscoe and Jake, they are horses. Actually Jake is just a miniature, but he scares me the most. He likes to chase and try and play with me. I don’t care for that very much. I did have one other brother, Hemi, he was a cat but my parents gave him to another family because he was peeing and pooping outside his litter box. It’s kind of lonely without him.
I’ve said enough, I could go on and on but I mainly wrote to tell you I love it here. Also wanted to send some pictures of me to let you know how big I am.

Take care,

With love,


Kodiak
AKA Gate Keeper

Dear Woof Report,
Hi. You probably don't remember me. I was the cutest female out of a litter of nine back in 2002. My mom was pregnant and homeless...someone found her and brought her to your shelter. It was either there or in a foster home where I was born. I only remember the pen we all were kept in at the farm. It was crazy, but we were all together, mom and us pups. We were fed, and had shelter. Then one day these nice people from White Bear Lake, Minnesota came up and played with us. It was around June 15th, '02. Anyways, they paid special attention to me of course and before I knew it I was in a car, sitting on a blanket on a nice young ladies lap. They were adopting me! Apparently their dog went to dog heaven and they needed another pup to fill in the void. Me! I missed my siblings and cried for about 3 or 4 nights, but they seemed pretty nice all in all. (Actually they were the best!)
Pretty soon they had me potty training and running around in a huge wooded yard. I gave 'em a run for their money back in those days...man I used to be fast!
Anyhoo, I'm livin' the life of Riley here...thought you'd like to know. I often wonder how my siblings are doing, where they are...There was a family reunion that we couldn't go to, back a few years ago. I wish I could've made it. Maybe there'll be another one someday. I hope to go to the next one if someone organizes it. I don't even know how to get in touch with any of them. If you published this maybe someone will see it and get something cooking...
Yeah life is good here. I love going to the cabin, laying in the sand, and wading in the lake. (It's a little embarrassing but, I don't swim very well...so I chase ducks that are close to the shoreline and I terrorize the minnows.) I love chasing squirrels and chipmunks...that never gets old, you know what I mean? Let's see, what else? Oh yeah, dog treats are the best! I'm a huge mooch, and my owners are such suckers for a cute face. Oh by the way, if they gave dogs degrees, I'd have a PHD. I do many different tricks and the woman who adopted me makes me actually say "Ma-ma", she's weird but she's fun. She laughs histerically every time I do it! (She's a product of the 60's...)
Yeah, life is awesome. So, I guess I just wanted to tell you thanks for taking me in when I was a little squirt. I'm about 65 lbs...a lot bigger than when you last saw me! (I need to go on a diet...this winter was a killer.)
Take care and I hope you enjoy the photos. You guys do wonderful things...I just thought you outta know. I've wanted to tell you that for a long time. I finally got around to it.
Yours truly,
Tally and (Peg Selander...owner, typing this letter for me...opposable thumbs...no paws.)

Tally

Dear Woof Report,
Hi. You probably don't remember me. I was the cutest female out of a litter of nine back in 2002. My mom was pregnant and homeless...someone found her and brought her to your shelter. It was either there or in a foster home where I was born. I only remember the pen we all were kept in at the farm. It was crazy, but we were all together, mom and us pups. We were fed, and had shelter. Then one day these nice people from White Bear Lake, Minnesota came up and played with us. It was around June 15th, '02. Anyways, they paid special attention to me of course and before I knew it I was in a car, sitting on a blanket on a nice young ladies lap. They were adopting me! Apparently their dog went to dog heaven and they needed another pup to fill in the void. Me! I missed my siblings and cried for about 3 or 4 nights, but they seemed pretty nice all in all. (Actually they were the best!)
Pretty soon they had me potty training and running around in a huge wooded yard. I gave 'em a run for their money back in those days...man I used to be fast!
Anyhoo, I'm livin' the life of Riley here...thought you'd like to know. I often wonder how my siblings are doing, where they are...There was a family reunion that we couldn't go to, back a few years ago. I wish I could've made it. Maybe there'll be another one someday. I hope to go to the next one if someone organizes it. I don't even know how to get in touch with any of them. If you published this maybe someone will see it and get something cooking...
Yeah life is good here. I love going to the cabin, laying in the sand, and wading in the lake. (It's a little embarrassing but, I don't swim very well...so I chase ducks that are close to the shoreline and I terrorize the minnows.) I love chasing squirrels and chipmunks...that never gets old, you know what I mean? Let's see, what else? Oh yeah, dog treats are the best! I'm a huge mooch, and my owners are such suckers for a cute face. Oh by the way, if they gave dogs degrees, I'd have a PHD. I do many different tricks and the woman who adopted me makes me actually say "Ma-ma", she's weird but she's fun. She laughs histerically every time I do it! (She's a product of the 60's...)
Yeah, life is awesome. So, I guess I just wanted to tell you thanks for taking me in when I was a little squirt. I'm about 65 lbs...a lot bigger than when you last saw me! (I need to go on a diet...this winter was a killer.)
Take care and I hope you enjoy the photos. You guys do wonderful things...I just thought you outta know. I've wanted to tell you that for a long time. I finally got around to it.
Yours truly,
Tally and (Peg Selander...owner, typing this letter for me...opposable thumbs...no paws.)