Comments on: Langlade County Humane Society – We want to help

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:25 +0000

So the shelter has transported a big handful of there cats to other parts of the state, and ware the adoption rate is higher, and they’re all getting adopted HOOREA ! and there @ petsmart too. I think it’s really nice when the shelters can help eachother out. I see that the mom and the 10 puppies are doing great and getting big, There are ALOT of OLDER DOGS at the shelter right now, LONGING FOR YOU an older dog is still a dog, still loving, and playful. It seams like the colder months are the hardest on everyone, Do something nice this spring for the hard working ladies over at the huname society, take them some Office Flowers, or Subs from Subway, offer to man the phones while they go grab some lunch and take a break, even a little thing like writing down messages and taking calls is Apperciated.

By: to much credit

to much credit — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:38:47 +0000

I visited the humane society just a month ago, the smell in the office and the original building was awful, deplorable in fact. The un-delightful aroma of ammonia was unlike any I have ever smelled in that building, How is it that they can conduct business with the public if they do not present them self’s as a clean, sanitary building ? I do understand they have a lot of animals to care for and I do understand the animals make messes and will and do smell quite a bit, what I do not understand is why did the shelter smell like a (uneducated breeders facility) at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, why with 4-6 persons “working” on any given day, they can’t have the place presentable by the time the public has access to view the animals. When I visited I also noticed the new building had more than 1 sick cat in it, the last time I visited the employees raved over the new cat house and told me it was to be the building in which NO sick cats were ever to go, because that building was to be, hands down as All Adoptable cats, not 50% – 70% adoptable and the rest exposed to illness. What happened to the structure and pride the shelter once possessed?

By: Deb Potschaider

Deb Potschaider — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:23:42 +0000

Look for BIG changes in the board next month!

By: Deb Potschaider

Deb Potschaider — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:22:01 +0000

I tried to create a pet food pantry about 2 years ago in Antigo and didn’t get very far. I could not find anywhere to keep it stored and accessible to the public. I thought having an area at the food pantry would work but there is a law that you can’t store human food with pet food. If anyone has any ideas and is willing to help get it organized, call me through the LCHS and we can work together. Even if its putting a empty container at the local grocery and pet food suppliers,and be willing to pick it up and find a place to store it.
The shelter workers have their hands full with direct animal care and I would want to see more put on them.

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:16:23 +0000

Well it’s the new year, and the suns getting warmer and I bet that the dogs are going stir crazy, get out there and walk a dog for the shelter, take them into that huge pen first to play and play’em down a lil’, and then go for a walk, Go Cuddle the lonely blind chi. thats there, better yet be a foster and take it home for a week or two.
Be a Better person in the eyes of others, make a difference once a week in something or someones life.

By: Vikki Carbonari

Vikki Carbonari — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:26:14 +0000

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To all who supported the LCHS Holiday tree & wreath sale as well as the ongoing food & supply drive. All of your donations were, and are greatly appreciated. We can’t THANK YOU enough for your support. I would love to see a pet food pantrie. Again on behalf of all the past, current & future reseidents of the LCHS THANK YOU! Without the continued support of the community many of these animals would at the least be homeless. Vikki Carbonari (LCHS Board of Directors Member)

By: Meezer

Meezer — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:32:45 +0000

I have donated to the Humane Society in the past and will continue to do so.

With that being said…I am wondering if anyone knows if there are any food pantries in Antigo that will also accept donations of pet food. I would hate to see someone have to give up their beloved pet just because they fell on hard times.

By: Just Chiming In

Just Chiming In — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:44:00 +0000

I think it should go without saying that if you are “volunteering” or “donating” that it shouldn’t have to be recognized by the whole community. YOU know that you did something significant, and the animals appreciate it. That is the most important part.
Frankly, adds cost money that the Humane Society does not have. When adds are run, they are paid for through donations made to the LCHS for that purpose (generally by people who are affiliated with the shelter, but are not employed there).
I know that sending thank you notes is a thoughtful gesture, but currently the HS doesn’t have the staff to do something so time consuming. Especially during the holiday season when people that do volunteer are busy with family affairs, and ALL of the work falls on the employees. If people would commit to volunteering on a regular basis, that would be a potential project to undertake. (Plus, thank you cards and postage aren’t cheap either)

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:03:16 +0000

well, the holidays are almost here, and the weather is, and has been so lovely, I hope lots of the fallowers of the LCHS have been donating time to walking dogs, those poor dogs have to stay indoors alot in the winter because of the cold weather, they get bord and develop nasty habbits, like barking and chewing, so DONATE those Rawhides and Smoked bones, Carrots and Treat balls., and don’t forget the ExLg box of Cheereos’, All of these things help keep dogs mentally sound. The stress of being and living in a stressful enviroment causes alot of mental tourment and well just STRESS ! Every one konwe what stress does to humans……… (depression, weight loss, anger, lonely-ness, mood change, and more) even 30 min. of compassion & company will make a difference in a dogs day this x- mas !

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:42:38 +0000

Well, So Irritated, Shame on that employee, maybe if this insodent bothers you so much ( and it does) you should bring it to that person on a personal level and hash it out then something could change and others won’t have to go throu what you have. It’s hard to confront problems, I know, But with the right attuide and the right words said things can be smoothed out. And maybe you’ll find your dog. and maybe it’ll shed light to why you were treated in such a mannor.
Sometimes these things are missconscruded and made worse by not being talked about.
You must care about the shelter and the pets that live there, your a sencitive and intellegent person, I can tell.
No excuses, but sometimes the stress of a job builds up and a otherwise friendly\ not rude person is devoliped, at no falt of there own, and undesired by the one it’s happing to. A detox of sorts is needed and the only way the shelter staff is gona receve this well needed break is for the Society as a hole to function like a well knitt family and for everyone to truley eknowlage how much of a work load each person takes on there, Way more than the avrage body can Phisicaly and Mentally handle.
Truly if the people make you uncomfortable or up-set you this much there are many other shelters to adopt pets and many other places to spend your time helping out in our community !