HSEC NEWSLETTER
Humane Society of Elmore County News – 16 Dec ‘24
Rea Cord
Executive Director
This last full week before Christmas is likely to be a very busy one for all of us. If you are traveling for the holidays, we hope you have already taken care of any necessary pet care arrangements as most boarding places and pet sitters could be fully booked by now. Knowing your pet(s) will be safe while you are gone will certainly help you enjoy your travels and visits a lot more. Ensure any pet sitter or boarding facility has your contact information in the event of an emergency and authorization for Veterinary care as needed.
If you are taking your pets with you or have family or friends visiting with their own pets, make plans to introduce pets who have never met to make sure everyone gets along. Take extra precautions so that a visiting pet (or your pet) does not escape since it will not know the surroundings and could easily become lost. Losing a pet at any time is heart wrenching, but losing one away from home can be devastating. Make sure you have photos of your pet on your phone or computer account you can access and if your pet is microchipped (which we highly recommend), store that chip number in your phone as well for quick reference. It is also important to know the company where your microchip is registered so you can contact them to notify them if your pet goes missing.
This time of year can exemplify the importance of crate training – parties, lots of comings and goings from the house with shopping & decorating, visitors, package deliveries, etc can put a lot of stress on your pet(s). So having some chill time in their crate (or another room with the door closed) can not only keep them safe but keep them a bit calmer during hectic holiday prep.
Just like at Thanksgiving please watch for too many treats or rich food that might make pet(s) sick. Christmas trees, presents, decorations, lots of food, family, friends & parties make for a very busy time of year so try to take a quick look from your pet’s perspective to look for dangers, so you won’t have to make any emergency Veterinary visits this holiday season.
While many adoptions are wonderful at Christmas, it can also be a super busy time so can be best to wait until after the holidays. Nothing worse than having a brand new pet come up missing right after adoption. But we do have many wonderful pets hoping for a home sooner than later so if the timing is right, please do check out our adoptable pets at www.petfinder.com or www.adoptapet.com, and just put in Wetumpka, AL for the city. All of the information about our pets and how to adopt is written in their narrative so please take a look to see if we might have the right pet for you.
Rea Cord, M.S.
Executive Director
Humane Society of Elmore County
255 Central Plank Rd
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Ph: 334/567-3377
Fax: 334/567-8774
Email: hselco@bellsouth.net
Website: https://www.elmorehumane.org
If you do need to contact our shelter you can call us at 334-567-3377, email us at hselco@bellsouth.net or message on our Shelter Facebook page.
"Each of us can only do the best we can for as many as we can and that will never be good enough for those of us who care!"
"Adoptions are about finding homes more able, more committed or simply better for the pet that came into our charge. Adoptions are not about numbers or rewards or statistics. We strive to place our pets like they are our own."
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