Here’s What's Goin' On at Mounds

EVERY DAY AT: All Mounds Stores - Humane Society Satellite Adoption Centers. See cats and/or small animals daily in their living quarters at these Mounds locations. Volunteers needed! Call the Dane County Humane Society at 838-0413 or the Rock County Humane Society at 608-752-5622. SATURDAYS Country Animal Haven - Noon-4pm Adoption Opportunity, Main Shelter 1755 Williams Dr. Stoughton, call R 608-877-9630 for more information or visit http://countryanimalhaven.org to find out more. SATURDAYS Noon-4pm Angel’s Wish Center - Angel’s Wish Center - Adoption Opportunity, 161 Horizon Dr. #106, Verona. For more information on Angel’s Wish Center call 608-848-4174, email [email protected] or visit their website at www.angelwish.org. Pet Resource and Adoption March 2008 Center Hours: Sunday 1pm - 4pm, Saturdays 10am - 4pm. SUNDAYS 1pm-4pm Angel’s Wish Pet Adoption and Resource Center - Pet Microchipping Clinic, $20/pet, including registration (These will be the first Sunday of every month.) Call 848-4174 for more information. Mar 1 All Dane County Mounds House Rabbit Society with adoptable Rabbits Easter is Coming…Please Think Twice About Mar 2 Mounds Fitchburg Animal Rescue and Veterinary Support Services will be doing micro-chipping for $15.00 per dog or cat. Mar 8 All Dane County Mounds House Rabbit Society with adoptable Rabbits Mar 15 All Dane County Mounds House Rabbit Society with adoptable Rabbits Buying a Bunny… Consider Adopting One Instead! Mar 16 Mounds Fitchburg GRRoW – Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin is a statewide, non-profit organization, dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of golden retrievers. Mar 29 Mounds Sun Prairie Columbia County Humane Society Mar 29 Mounds janesville Friends of Paw print Park and the City will be at Mounds Janesville offering people the opportunity to get their dogs licensed and get their annual dog park tags for Rock County. Mar 29 Dog Park Clean-Up day. See the Mounds website www.moundspet.com or any Mounds location for more information. Sign up for Licenses and Paw Park Permits at Mounds Janesville for Rock Co.

April 18th -April 20th, 2008

Volunteers with adoptable rabbits from the House Rabbit Society will be on hand on the following Saturdays at all Dane County Mounds Locations to answer all of your rabbit adoption and care questions.

FITCHBURG JANESVILLE MADISON EAST Watch “Meet the Pets” 5350 King James Way 1725 Lodge Dr. 2110 S. Stoughton Rd. on Charter Cable 18 Monday - Sunday 608.271.1800 608.758.9998 608.221.0210 12:15 am & pm • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Saturday, March 1st 3:15 am & pm MIDDLETON SUN PRAIRIE 7:00 am 8311 University Ave. 2422 Montana Ave. 11:15 am & pm • Saturday, March 8th • Saturday, March 15th 608.831.3000 608.825.9800 R www.moundspet.com www.moundspet.com DOG POWER TE! Employee U Ask the Vet AL SUCCESS STORY E S WAR ZZI Most people don't think of black labs as of the Month M FU Eating Poop!(eeu!) Mounds is proud to have an association with the picky eaters, but our Abby was. I don't Mounds employee of the month is Sean On average I see about 300 dogs each week. Between our daycare, Columbia County Humane Society. We thought you remember how many different foods that Atkins a sales associate at our Mounds group training classes, puppy playgroups and private lessons. That’s would be interested in learning more about this very I offered her only to have her stare at the Middleton location. Sean is a great a lot of dogs. That’s also a lot of poop! salesman and eager to help out. Recently food and maybe take a nibble of it. After worthwhile organization. My guess is that about 15-20% of dogs eat poop. Rabbit poop, other the Sun Prairie Mounds store location Sean came to the rescue of his store when The Columbia County Humane Society was dog’s poop, their own poop, frozen poop, cat poop – They love it! We opened up near my work, I decided to due to illness and bad weather the store on the other hand, do not (personally, one of my dogs likes to eat give the Mounds Dog Power a try. was short staffed; Sean stepped up and incorporated March 12, 1925, and became a frozen poop - poopsicles!) If your dog falls into one of these Success! Abby loves her food. She eats worked extra shifts to make sure the store private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization on each time that I feed her and sometimes was manned. He is June 5, 1975. categories don’t worry, you are not alone! Columbia County The behavior is known medically as Coprophagia. There are many even asks to be fed. Dog Power is well described by his peers as Our purpose is to care for abandoned, stray and HUMANE SOCIETY priced and the one free bag with the pur- Abby enthusiastic, cheerful, ideas on the underlying issues of this behavior, here are the most unwanted animals. We house stray animals in our care for 7 days common: chase of ten is a nice incentive as well. friendly, before being offered to the public for adoption. With Abby's success I have also Sean Atkins consciences and 1. They can smell the food in the feces. switched our four cats' diet to the If you have a Dog Power, Horse accommodating. As a model employee he is Not only does CCHS help the animals in our area but we have 2. They are bored or anxious. Power, or PurrFect Cat succuess 3. Dogs are curious and put things in their mouths. They use their Cat Power as well. story, please let us know! If we use it always ready to work hard and help out fellow also been pioneers in helping high-kill shelters with their in future newsletters, you will receive employees. He has good general knowledge of overflow of dogs. sense of taste and smell much more than we do. Thank you, a $20 gift card! Submit your story to the entire store but not an expert in any one 4. They learn from watching other dogs do it. Dogs that are adopted from CCHS are temperament tested, Stacy Loomis, CVT [email protected] area. Thanks for all your hard work Sean it 5. They learn from watching people pick it up and put it in bags. great having you as a Mounds team member! spayed/neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested and microchipped. 6. If you punish your dog for going to the bathroom inside they may Cats that are adopted from CCHS are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, be trying to hide the evidence (even if they are outside). microchipped and tested for FeLV/FIV. We also spay/neuter our 7. They may be on a low-quality food and it may be lacking key rabbits and ferrets. nutrients that they need. Bowling for Rescue Thinking about volunteering? 8. If your dog has puppies, she might eat puppy poop. This is an CCHS relies heavily on its volunteer base. Our vol- instinct to hide the poop from predators and keep her puppies unteers help us with everything from animal care safe. and cleaning to helping the society at Great. Now, how can you get him to stop? Once again, there special events or fundraisers. are many different ideas, here are a few: 1. Add two to four tablespoons of canned pumpkin to the The Columbia County Humane Society is a food bowl each day. Pumpkin apparently tastes good in Annual Dog Park donation-based business. Donations from the food, but repugnant when expelled in excrement. public, whether the donations are 2. Add a spoon (teaspoon or tablespoon depend- monetary or supplies for the ing on the dog's size) of canned pineapple, or Clean Up Day animals, go directly to providing pineapple juice to your dog's food. shelter to the animals we serve. 3. There are remedies on the market that claim to help stop, such as DETER and SEP. Our website is www.cchswi.org Team Sun Prairie - Big Fluffy Dogs Just like with the above, if you have multiple dogs, As part of the Mounds Annual Holiday Party We are also available by phone at you will need to apply this to everyone’s food. we hosted our 2nd Annual Bowling For Rescue 608-742-3666. 4. Teach your dog a “Leave It” command and donate $0.10 a pin to 4 area rescues. Due to The shelter enjoys having visitors! Please and be sure to be consistent. All of these are great ideas, but if your dog does bad weather we were unable to bowl - but we still stop by and see us today! this on a regular basis, there is only proven way to get him to stop – donated $500 to each of the following rescues: Go outside with your dog each time and be sure to pick up after him Send your nominations to: Selected Nominees receive: Warm Fuzzy •$100 Mounds gift certificate immediately! I know it’s not what you wanted to hear, but it may be Touched By a Paw, Inc. is a non-profit rescue for their organization the only true way to stop this behavior… Saturday March 29th 2008 Mounds Pet Food Warehouse • Profile and Picture in Mounds dedicated to the care and shelter of stray, 2422 Montana Ave. Newsletter and Website If your dog is allowed to go outside alone, he is going to be tempted neglected or abused cats. Sun Prairie,[email protected] WI 53590 (www.moundspet.com) and there will be no one there to show him otherwise. Go outside 8 a.m. - Noon E-mail: • Profile featured on 105.5 MMM (unless there is heavy snowfall) Fax: (608) 825-4800 with your dog. When he looks at, goes toward, or smells the feces Country Animal Haven is a non-profit, no-kill What can YOU do? say a command like “Leave It” and help him move on. When he animal rescue and shelter that provides a safe Come to one of the parks listed below. Cleanup crew leaders starts understanding your command you can start rewarding him for haven for animals while they await permanent will meet you at the park entrance and provide directions doing well by taking treats outside with you. When you can catch for pitching in! loving homes. your dog being good treat him right away! If he looks at the poop What should you bring? but doesn’t go near it tell him how good he is and give him a treat! Gloves, 5 - gallon pail (if possible), trowel or scooper tool At that point you can start becoming further and further away from Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin, Inc. Parks included in the cleanup: your dog (start with baby steps – only a couple feet at a time!). mission is to reduce the abuse and neglect of all When dogs are left outside with no supervision, they often tend to Golden Retrievers through rehabilitation and Warner Park Brittingham Park Quann Park Sycamore Park Badger Prairie Indian Lake make their own decisions – and they are not usually the decisions we adoption. Token Creek Yahara Heights Prairie Moraine would like! Barking, digging, eating poop… Viking Park Sun Prairie Pet Exercise Area Middleton Dog Park on HWY Q Tail Wags and fresh breath! Fellow Mortals, Inc. is one of the largest wildlife For more information or to volunteer as a crew leader, rehabilitation facilities in Wisconsin. They are please call: Pete at 244-2484 Giene Wicker, OwnerThe Dog Den, LLCPhone: dedicated to the rescue/rehabilitation/release of 608-278-PLAY (7529)Email: [email protected] Sponsored by Mounds Pet Food Warehouse Web Site: www.thedogden.com injured wildlife. ®