October  2004

 

 

 

 

Donate a Kuranda bed - a new breed of bed for every dog!

 

 

This is a healthy, support dog bed for home or kennel use.

Help Our Shelter Dogs Have a Comfy Stay at Our Shelter

DONATE a Kuranda, chew proof bed to the shelter!  The shelter is hoping to receive 20 beds of assorted medium to large sizes to accommodate large dogs and litters of puppies! Check out the variety of beds, sizes, and colors at Kuranda Dog Beds.

What makes Kuranda dog beds so special? It is like no other bed. The poly-resin bed is lightweight, non-corrosive, and ideal for outdoor or indoor use. The patented design provides firm, even support that no pillow or cushion can match AND they are:

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comfortable
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chew proof

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easy to clean

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used indoors or outside - WHEREVER your friend needs a comfortable place to rest

The ideal bed for Shelter would be the Commercial Grade. We are hoping for mostly medium and large beds to accommodate large dogs and entire litters of puppies.


Poly Resin Bed with Commercial Duty 40 oz Fabric
This bed utilizes the "chew proof" frame design of the poly resin beds with 40 oz. solid vinyl fabric to make the most durable bed that Kuranda manufactures.

The heavy duty vinyl has shown to hold up better than any fabric tested in animal shelters, boarding kennels, and in training facilities.

The 40 oz. vinyl is a smooth, non-porous, easy-to-clean material similar to what is used on truck tarps and gym mats. 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Hal·low·een n

The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people
 
Keep Your Pets Safe from those Tricks and Treats!

Halloween can be a traumatic and even dangerous time for your pet. The Animal Shelter Inc. wants to offer some common-sense tips to protect your pet on Halloween:

bullet Don't leave your pet out in the yard on Halloween. There are plenty of stories
of vicious pranksters who have teased, injured, stolen, and even killed pets on this
night.
 
bullet Trick-or-treat candies are not for pets. Chocolate is poisonous to a lot of
animals, and tin foil and cellophane candy wrappers can be hazardous if swallowed.
 
bullet Be careful of pets around a lit pumpkin. Pets may knock it over and cause a
fire. Curious kittens especially run the risk of getting burned.
 
bullet Don't dress the dog in costume unless you know he loves it. Otherwise, it
puts a lot of stress on the animal. If you do dress up your dog, make sure the
costume isn't constricting, annoying or unsafe. Be careful not to obstruct their
vision, even the sweetest dogs can get snappy when they can't see what's going
on around them.
 
bullet Keep pets in a separate room during trick-or-treat hours. Too many strangers in strange garb can be very scary for a dog. This will also prevent your cat or dog from darting out through an open door.
 
While this can be a fun time for people and pets alike, remember that your pets are depending on you to keep them safe from the more dangerous goblins and ghouls that this holiday brings.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WITH CHOCOLATE and HALLOWEEN!

Chocolate made for human consumption can cause death in dogs. Dogs are sensitive to a class of chemicals called methylxanthines. Caffeine and theobtomine are members of that family. Dogs simply cannot metabolize and excrete methylxanthines as efficiently as humans. The half life of those compounds in the human body is in the order of 2 to 3 hours, in the dog it is more like 18 hours.

In a dog, the compounds are taken up by the liver and transmitted via the bile into the intestine. They are then converted back into the original methylxanthines for another circuit through the animal. This repeats itself a number of times and instead of getting rid of the substances the dog keeps repoisoning itself.

There are many formulations of chocolate with varying amounts of caffeine and theobromine. The lethal dose of sweet milk chocolate for a dog is 2 oz per kill gram of bodyweight. For a 5 kilogram dog this would be about 280 grams. A lethal dose of milk chocolate for a 25 kilogram would be about 1.4 kilograms.

Dark chocolate is at least 10 times as lethal.

Symptoms include vomiting, hyperactivity, restlessness, hypersensitivity to touch ( a dog will jump when touched very rapid heartbeat and rapid breathing rate. A loss of control of leg muscles, muscle tremor seizures, general weakness, coma and finally death follow.
 

 

The two-level center at Solomon Pond Mall features four major department stores and more than 115 specialty shops.  

Solomon Pond Mall is located at the intersection of Routes 495 and 290 in Marlborough, MA.

(508) 303-6255
Go Shopping and Make a Difference!

The Animal Shelter, Inc. of Sterling, MA has been invited to participate in the Evening of Giving. Held on Sunday, November 21st from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Solomon Pond Mall. The mall is CLOSED on Sunday evenings EXCEPT to the SELECT group of people who purchase these tickets!

What is the Evening of Giving?

It is a special, private evening of shopping from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. for customers who have DONATED $10 per ticket. Totally tax-deductible, the
$7 will benefit our Shelter and $3 will benefit the Simon Youth Foundation.
To peruse all the shops in the mall for huge discounts JUST for this fundraising event.

Almost all the stores are offering discounts for purchases within their stores. In addition, there will be dozens of door prizes, offering entertainment, and gift cards. There will also be a Silent Auction as part of the festivities. Perfect timing for Holiday shopping! The Shelter is currently selling these tickets.

We accept CASH, checks or VISA, MasterCard, Discover or ATM cards.
Should you pay by credit or debit card, your total will be $10.30. These tickets make wonderful gifts for those who love to shop AND you will be
supporting The Shelter.

For more information, please contact Lauren Gaudet at 978-422-8585 ext 113 or by email, lauren@sterlingshelter.org.
 

 

 

 

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If you want to help the shelter but don't know how, please print our poster and hang it in your office, break room, lunch area, church, youth group, gym or wherever! You can download it from: http://www.sterlingshelter.org/news/stockimages/ShelterWeb.pdf.