Howl-o-ween
Join the Sonoma Humane Society as it celebrates the 7th Annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Party.… Read More »
Nifty heat alert index
The Sonoma Humane Society has come up with a nifty device that allows pet owners, to see in real time, the potential in-the-car temperature on any given day.
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Animals in better hands
Sonoma County perhaps still has too many shelters and competing interests. Healdsburg’s new shelter plans have raised eyebrows by those aware of the paucity of resources for the caring of homeless animals. … Read More »
Animal shelter directors
Sonoma County’s animal sheltering community has some new folks at the top. In fact, of the half-dozen shelters and humane organizations operating in the county, most have new directors and managers.
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Lucky animals in Healdsburg
Wow! All one can say is wow, about the design for the new Healdsburg Animal Shelter unveiled Friday during a press conference. The 7,000 square-foot building replaces a very sad, very dark, cinder-block structure directly across the street from the planned building site off Westside Road. The shelter will have radiant floor heating, a sod roof plus a solar array. It will be one of the few LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) designed shelters in the country. These… Read More »
Petworthy events…..
Here are some events that allow you to help out the animals and perhaps pick up some cool cowboy boots. … Read More »
Pet photos with Santa and other events
While we dote on our pets, there are hundreds of pets in Sonoma County shelters still waiting for a home for not just the holidays, but forever.… Read More »
Neglected dogs/cats update
Quiroz says she enjoys taking the dogs out for little walks and setting up their pen in the sun so they can play on the grass and be and do dog things, like chasing potato bugs and being petted.… Read More »
Horribly neglected dogs look for new lives
There were five dogs, severely malnourished, nails so long they curved back into the pads and nearly hairless because of a severe case of mange and living outdoors in filthy conditions.
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Gran Fondo and doggie class
A series of classes wrapped up this week at the Sonoma Humane Society in Santa Rosa. After more than 12 weeks of almost weekly sessions with a dozen people and their dogs, friendships develop. People start to share more than puppy mischief stories and the dogs certainly become more familiar. (Full disclosure; I teach part time at Sonoma Humane.) So it was with great humor that at the end of the latest meeting, we spent the night teaching the dogs… Read More »
