Just a quick update to let everyone know that due to emergencies and other urgent matters this week, our volunteers are behind on checking the main email accounts. Also, due to these same issues, no volunteers have been available to answer the office phone most of the week. Our phone also doubles as our fax machine, to allow those who do not have email to be able to fax in applications. If you have emailed in an application this week, one of our volunteers will get back to you as soon as possible. Completed applications that were faxed in have been responded to via returned phone calls. However, faxed messages just asking us to call you, have not yet been tended to. We are a small non-profit rescue and do the best we can we the volunteers that we have. All volunteers have families and full time jobs outside of our animal rescue.
We will still be having our adoption event this Saturday, March 4th from 12Noon until 4PM at the Lafayette Petco on Louisiana Avenue. If you sent in an application this week, and do not get a call or email back before Saturday, please feel free to stop by Petco during our adoption event if you would like to talk to one of our volunteers about the pet you are interested in. Thank you for understanding.
Also, if anyone is interested in volunteering, we can certainly use your help! Thank you!
Please vote for Victor, an Acadiana Humane Society recently adopted rescue cat, in the Spay Day 2010 Pet Photo Contest. This picture was taken by Victor’s foster family just a few weeks before he went to his forever home. Victor was adopted on February 20, 2010. Every dollar raised by voting for Victor goes to Acadiana Humane Society’s Spay/Neuter Fund!
You can also enter your own pet photo and choose Acadiana Humane Society in Sunset, Louisiana as the charity for your pet’s votes to support. Contest rules for entering your own photo can be found by clicking here.
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Oscar has been with Acadiana Humane Society since May 2009. He has seen many dogs come into the animal rescue system, and leave when adopted. Oscar really wants a home of his very own. He doesn’t understand why no one wants an older dog who only wants a home with someone to hold him and love him. Won’t you be a Saint and adopt this dog? If you are interested in adopting Oscar, you can meet him at the Lafayette Petco this Saturday from 12Noon to 4PM.
Petco is located at 3215 Louisiana Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70501 Click here for directions to Petco.
Oscar is a sweet Red Doxie. The vet estimates that he is about 4 years old, based on the good condition of his teeth. However, his graying fur has us thinking he may be a few years older. Oscar is crate trained. He is mostly house trained, but has an occasional accident. Oscar loves attention. He craves the companionship of people. Oscar loves to go for car rides. He will sit on a lap in the back seat and just stare out the window wagging his tail.
He gets along great with other dogs, for the most part. But, he does have jealousy issues when it comes to sitting on laps. He either needs a home where he can be the only lap dog (other dogs need to be too big to sit on laps), or with enough laps to go around for every dog. Oscar prefers not to be left alone. But, he is learning that he can not always be with someone. Oscar will bark at cats when they are on the other side of the fence. But, living at the Cat Ranch, Oscar has learned to tolerate and coexist with cats. He should do fine in a home with cats that do not antagonize him.
Oscar has some scarring on his back and tail, that the vet says indicates he may have been run over when he was younger. He does run under cars, so he needs to go to a home with a fenced in yard. Oscar prefers to spend most of his time inside with people.
Oscar’s adoption fee is only $100.00 (reduced due to his age). If you would like to be considered to adopt him, please fill out a prescreening application. Dog adoptions do require a home visit.
To see more photos of Oscar, please check out this link on our Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mycatranch/tags/oscar/
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Acadiana Humane Society at the Krewe des Chiens Dog Parade
Saturday, Feb 6th. Parade Rolls at 2PM!
Acadiana Humane Society, a no-kill non-profit animal rescue, is in need of volunteers to offer their time and service with the Krewe des Chiens Dog Parade in Lafayette on Saturday, February 6th. The dog parade is a fundraiser to help all area animal rescues. I will outline the volunteer job openings available, and the time needed to arrive. If you can help, please email Sue Rabeaux at suerabeaux@gmail.com with your name, cell phone number, and what job you would like to commit to.The parade theme is Hawaiian “Lu Howl.” Volunteers are welcome to dress Hawaiian if they like.
Two teenagers or adults to walk the parade and Carry the Acadiana Humane Society Banner
- Arrive at 1PM and check in at the volunteer desk in front of the Federal Court Building on Lafayette Street.
- Walk together while holding up the Acadiana Humane Society banner.
- Acadiana Humane Society volunteers will be walking behind our banner.
Two adults to work Security Detail (MUST be 18 or older)
- Arrive at Noon and register at the volunteer desk in front of the Federal Court Building on Lafayette Street downtown.
- Assignment is to help keep parade watchers off of the road in your assigned area.
- As well as picking up trash in your assigned area at the end of the parade (bags will be provided).
Two or more adults to walk Acadiana Humane Society Adoptable Dogs (MUST be 18 or older)
- Arrive at 1PM and find Sue Rabeaux (If you sign up, we will exchange cell phone numbers).
- Or, make arrangements to meet Sue Rabeaux earlier to pick up and transport the foster dog you will be walking.
- Assignment will be to walk one of our adoptable dogs during the parade.
- Also, doggie bags will be provided to clean up after the dog you walk.
Other Adults, Teenagers, & Supervised Older Children to Walk the Parade with Acadiana Humane Society
- We need people to walk in the parade and pull decorated wagons. The wagons will carry the Mardi Gras beads for the volunteers to throw.
- Older children are welcome to walk and throw beads, as long as a parent is watching them.
- If you have a wagon you would like to decorate and bring, the theme is Hawaiian “Lu Howl.”
- If you have Mardi Gras beads you no longer want, please feel free to bring them to throw (We have some, but can always use more).
To view parade details and rules, please go to http://www.paradefordogs.com/Dog_Parade.html To view our rescues website, please go to http://www.acadianahumane.org Thank you!
If you can not walk or volunteer during the parade, but would like to come out and watch, please do. The parade starts rolling at 2PM from in front of the courthouse, then turn left on Vermillion Street to end at Park San Souci. See map below.
Many thanks to the Acadiana Good Times Rollers roller derby team for their generous donations of dog and cat food, cat litter, and pet supplies! Our volunteers, and our rescue animals, really appreciate the support! Thank you very much!
Please Note: Our apologies for not posting the flyer before the event. But, due to technical difficulties we were having trouble posting updates and images to our cat blogger.
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