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Our friends at Fulcrum Acoustics have one of their products entered in a contest. They have elected Animal Shelter, Inc. of Sterling as their charity to receive $25,000 if they win.

How can you help our Shelter win $25,000? It's simple! Here's how you can vote today:

1. From your browser window, turn off your pop-up blocker.
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5. Click on the Submit Vote button.

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Dozens of animal rescue groups, pet related vendors, manufacturers, and sponsors come together for an “event not to be missed” for pet lovers.

Announcement
For all our adopters who adopted a puppy or dog from Tennessee, Virginia, or Puerto Rico, we invite you to a HUGE reunion at the 2010 Whisker Walk on Sunday, June 6th. The rescuers are flying in to meet YOU and your dog. The event will start at 12:45 p.m. next to our Shelter Pavilion (largest pole barn) at the fairground. Also, please feel free to check out the plot plan and event times and locations.

» Visit our Whisker Walk website.
 

Whisker Walk Rules and Regulations

• All pets must be kept under your direct control, at all times. If your dog begins to rough house, bully or become uncontrollable please left the festival immediately. You are responsible for any and all actions of your pet. The Whisker Walk organizers claim NO RESPONSIBILITY for any pet/s behavior. Enter at your own risk.
   
• Always clean up after your dog! Always, always scoop the poop right away! It's easy to forget, and all eyes will be on you! This is the single most important thing owners can do to insure the ongoing success of Whisker Walk. You can even “deposit” your “deposit” in one of our trash barrels and receive a raffle ticket with the opportunity to win a great prize! Poop bag raffle 2010!!!
   
• All dogs must be on-leash and under your immediate control. NO retractable leashes…they will tangle. Before entering make sure your dogs collar is tight and will not slip over his head! We recommend choke collars, Martingale collars or harnesses. We do NOT want loose dogs!!!
   
• Ask the owner's permission to approach a dog before befriending it and Use caution when permitting curious dogs to greet yours, both within and outside the festival.
   
• Do not bring dogs with known aggressive tendencies into the festival. You are risking harm to others and creating a potential liability for yourself. Supervise your dog closely at all times to help prevent aggression and other inappropriate behavior.
   
• Mounting can initiate a potentially harmful situation. The owner of any dog displaying mounting behavior must immediately remove the dog from the situation.
   
• Injury: If your dog inflicts an injury, give your name and phone number to the other owner before leaving the area. Owners are legally and financially responsible for their dogs' behavior.
   
• NO cats or other animals are allowed UNLESS attending with a signed up rescue group and they must be kept in secure cages and not taken out. Remember with many dogs – we never know which might not like cats, ferrets, rabbits.
   
• Make sure your dog is over 4 months old and is current on her shots and has a valid license. Puppies under 4 months might not have the immune system to ward off some sicknesses or diseases that older dogs can fight off. NO sick dogs or dogs with intestinal parasites.
   
• Do not bring a female dog that is in heat/season.
   
• NO FOOD OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT IN TO THE FESTIVAL - Nothing creates chaos faster than does dogs competing for food. There is a separate food area (please take extreme care when entering with your dog/s). Please keep all food in the food court.
   
• CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE MUST BE WITHIN ARM'S REACH OF A SUPERVISING ADULT - Make sure you can take care of every creature you bring into the park. Bring no more than 2 dogs per ADULT.
   
• Adults ONLY to restrain dogs. Please do not allow your young/small children to walk dogs through the festival – this is DANGEROUS! If you cannot control your dog DO NOT ENTER! You will be asked to leave.
   
• Please observe these safety precautions: Do not allow your child to wildly wave his/her arms around. Do not allow your child to run and scream. Do not allow your child to play with toys at the festival. Do not allow your child to approach or pet a dog without the owner's presence and permission. While most dogs are curious and friendly, not all dogs are child-friendly.
   
• Excessive barking WILL disturb the surrounding neighbors and might encourage other dogs to become aggressive. Quiet them or remove them from the festival.
   
• No giving away, adopting, selling or promoting the sale/adoption of pets at the event!
   
• NO Aggressive dogs to people OR other pets – aggressive pets must be removed immediately. There is NO tolerance for aggression at this event! Should an issue come about, please ask for an organizer immediately.
   
• NO ABUSE, hitting or dominance from guardian to pet will be acceptable. This event promotes LOVING your pets not dominating and abusing them. Should this come about, you face the wrath of the organizers, animal lovers and law enforcement attending this event!

» For more information, visit our website.
» Click here to read about the 2009 event.

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Want to help the Shelter? Have you considered our Recurring Giving system. This convenient system allows you to automatically make a donation to the Sterling Shelter every month via credit card or checking account. This is an extremely powerful fundraising method that can allow the Shelter to save thousands of additional animals every year with a donation as small as $2.00 per month from you. Thank you for your support!