The Little Pet Store

Need pet treats?  How about dog shampoo, leashes, collars... or even rice cookers?  (Yes, we even have everyday items for pet owners too!)  Come out and visit our newly revamped pet store at the shelter to find all sorts of items for you and your pets.  Every purchase goes directly to the shelter and helps support our animals.  Please think about shopping at our shelter first and then stopping by to visit our dogs and cats looking for forever homes!

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lots of great items for sale

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Happy Endings

It has been another great week for adoptions at the Oahu SPCA.  The following dogs and cats were fortunate enough to have happy endings:

• Dogs adopted: Troy, Cyrus
• Dogs foster-to-adopted: Snickers, Coco, Andy, Kalaka, Kianna, Teddy Bear, and Wesson (who was featured at PETCO)
• Cats adopted: Louie, Dewey, Aly, Silver, Mr. Snuggles, Spooky

Thank you to everyone who played a part in helping these lucky animals find their forever homes.  We appreciate all you do, big or small, to further the mission of our organization!

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coco

cyrus

kalaka

kianna

mr. snuggles

snickers

spooky

teddy bear

troy

wesson

Update on Ryuk

At the Oahu SPCA we love to hear updates on our adopted shelter animals.  This month we were fortunate to touch bases with Francheska Tirado and Javier Martinez, who are originally from Puerto Rico.  Francheska and Javier arrived in Hawaii in January 2010 due to Javier’s service in the Navy.  However, due to the state’s quarantine requirements their gray Shih Tzu Gohan stayed in Puerto Rico at first then eventually reunited with his parents.

 

Francheska tells us she was very active with animal rights in Puerto Rico and knows how hard it is for no-kill animal shelters to find good homes for their animals.  Once in Hawaii she and Javier started to look for a new addition to their family and decided to visit the Oahu SPCA during one of its PETCO adoption days.  While there in April 2010 they fell in love with and adopted an adorable 5-month old pup named Athos.

Athos has since been renamed Ryuk, after a Japanese anime character.  (Ryuk matches with Gohan, who is also a Japanese anime character.)  When he first came home, Ryuk did well with potty training and crate training and didn’t cry as Francheska expected… even from the first night.  He later went on to puppy training classes, as well as basic and advanced obedience.  In fact, Ryuk is now in basic agility training!

Francheska says Ryuk loves to hike, go to the beach, and visit the dog park.  He also loves to cuddle and kiss you when asked.  He also know how to hug and jump, and goes crazy for peanut butter.  Ryuk has become Francheska’s constant companion and even lovingly tugs on his brother Gohan’s hair.

We are so excited to hear this happy ending for Ryuk and his family.  Thank you for sharing!!

If you and your pet would like to be featured in an update, please contact Jennifer@oahuspca.org to find out how!

Happy Endings

The shelter has been bustling with the construction and recent opening of our spay and neuter clinic, but always forefront in our mission is the placement of animals in forever homes.  Here are some of our recent happy endings:

•  Dogs adopted: Skipper, Bonnie, Oswald, Bora Bora, Princess 1, Billy, Beemer
• Dogs foster-to-adopt: Wendy, Harley
• Cats adopted: Connor, Suzy, Whisper, Daisy, Tottsie Roll, Elizabeth, Tracy, Moomuku, Joanie, Knee High

beemer

billy

bonnie

bora bora

harley

oswald

skipper

wendy

The Oahu SPCA is open Tuesdays through Sundays 10am to 3pm.  Stop by soon to find your newest family member!

Mahalo to Aloha United Way

The Oahu SPCA was recently selected as an Aloha United Way designation agency due to its continuing efforts in helping the homeless population deal with their pets while seeking temporary housing.  This falls under Aloha United Way’s requirement to have agencies have some heath and human service component in the work that they do.

According to OSPCA Executive Director, Abbey Lightning-Bingham, the shelter was selected by Aloha United Way as a result of the efforts that the no-kill animal shelter had done in the health and human service area - helping to foster and take care of the pets from the homeless while they are in transitional housing.  The shelter was actively involved with a major emergency rescue at Mai’li Point on the Waianae Coast and assisted with taking care of the animals from the homeless families while in the process of finding transitional homes. 

“We are thrilled that we have come on board as a partner with Aloha United Way and know that they are a remarkable non-profit organization that we are proud to be affiliated with,” said Lightning-Bingham.  “It is our mission to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home animals in finding their forever homes.”   

As Aloha United Way launches its Pacesetter fundraising campaign on May 31st, contributors may select OSPCA as their non-profit organization of choice by selecting designation number 75921.  This can be done online at http://www.auw.org/ or through the pledge forms in the workplace campaigns.