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Holiday Idea: Doggie Christmas Cookies!

Make sure your dog isn’t left out when it comes to holiday festivities! Here’s a pet recipe for christmas cookies that will be perfect for celebrating this holiday season with your dogs.

Makes 25 medium sized cookiespuppy-xmas

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp molasses
  • 2 tbs peanut butter
  • 2 tbs olive oil

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix flour, molasses, peanut butter, water and olive oil in a large bowl until smooth.
  3. Knead flour and roll out to 1/4 thickness.
  4. Cut with festive holiday cookie cutters and place on non-stick baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes.
  6. Cool on wire rack.
  7. Seal treats in a container and refrigerate or freeze.

BHS wishes you a very happy holiday season with your loved ones and furry friends!

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Firework Fright: How to Keep Pets Calm

RosieThis 4th of July, make sure to keep your canine companion comfortable during the firework presentation in your community. Fireworks can cause animals to become scared, nervous and can cause the animals to run away if they have access to the outdoors. Animal Control Services across the country typically see an average increase of 30% in lost pets during the firework season.

There are a few ways to tell if your animal is stressed or scared during fireworks. Some of these signs include: panting, pinned ears, avoidance, carrying their tail low, lots of barking, pacing, refusing food and scratching or over-grooming.

To help keep your dog calm during fireworks, try taking them on a long walk that day so that they want to rest during the evening or set up a hangout area for them with familiar toys and bedding. If you can watch the fireworks from your home, it will help your furry friend stay calm if you are with them. Being left alone can increase the nervousness when the loud, unfamiliar noises of the fireworks are happening within earshot.

Along with fireworks, be sure to make sure your furry friend is comfortable, hydrated and out of harm’s way during all Independence Day festivities. It’s a busy day, and we want to make sure our pets are enjoying the holiday as much as we are!

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Sweet Success: Sunshine

sunshine1Written by Taylor Sinclair, BHS Intern

Sunshine, one of our most loving canines, was adopted on Saturday, June 25th at our Mobile Adoptions at the Chico Library! Mobile Adoptions are a great way to see the animals outside the kennel environment and to get to know their personalities.sunshine2

Sunshine had been with us for only a short month, but we had all grown to love her beaming personality so much! Erica, her new owner, was instantly drawn to Sunshine from the moment she started walking up to the library.

“One look into her eyes and I knew she was supposed to come home with us,” said Erica. The connection was instantaneous and an hour later, Erica and her partner Steve, came back with their dog Riley to have a meet and greet between the two dogs and were soon at the Adoption Center posing for an adoption photo with Sunshine.

sunshine3Sunshine is adjusting very well, enjoying her new backyard and her new friends. Sunshine, Riley and their third dog, Ares, have become best buds, roaming around the house as a happy pack. Sunshine has had no trouble making herself feel at home and we could not be more happy she has found her forever family!

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Spay & Neuter Days

February is National Spay and Neuter Month!  We are proudly partnering up with several animal-loving businesses in the community to help increase spay and neuter awareness.

Throughout the month of February, businesses Spay & Nueter cards Art Etclike Art Etc. will be collecting donations to help fill our Spay & Neuter Fund. The fund provides vouchers to help pet owners who wish to take the responsible action of spaying or neutering their pets, but need assistance.

Why is it so important to spay or neuter your pet?  It reduces the chance of your pet developing certain cancers.  It reduces roaming, aggression, messy heat cycles, marking or spraying, but most importantly, it reduces unwanted litters, thus reducing overpopulation and euthanasia.  There’s really no reason not to as long as our shelters are full.

So how can you help?  Easy!  Simply visit one of the Spay & Nueter cards countertopbusinesses listed below, look for the donation cards, donate $5, and be sure to write your name as big as you can.  You deserve this proud moment.

A big THANK YOU goes out to the following businesses for partnering up with BHS and for caring so much about such a worthy cause.  You are truly heroes in our community!

 

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Help Save Lives in Style!

Peace Love Rescue Shirt 4 350 pixelImagine a world that doesn’t euthanize millions of unwanted pets a year.  That’s what we at Butte Humane Society are trying to achieve.   The most responsible, practical, and outright obvious way to do that is by spaying and neutering your pets.Peace Love Rescue Ladies

Proceeds from shirt sales go toward our Spay & Neuter Fund which provides vouchers to help pet owners who wish to help stop pet overpopulation, but need a little help from an amazing and supportive community like ours.

Unfortunately our fund has depleted and we need your help to fill it back up.  Last year we issued 170 vouchers. This year we would like to double that number.  Help us Peace Love Rescue Mensdo that by purchasing a super awesome shirt from Booster.com.

If you’ve never made a purchase from Booster before, here’s how it works:

BHS designs a shirt and sets a goal for the number of shirts sold in a certain time frame.  If the goal is met, Booster prints the shirts and mails them directly to the customer, then forwards the proceeds to BHS.  There is no maximum.  If the goal is not met however, Booster refunds all purchases directly back to those that did make a purchase.  It’s good for the community and your wardrobe.  So get your shirt today!

 

Click here for a long list of reasons why it is better to spay or neuter your pet than to leave them intact.

 

About Butte Humane Society

Welcome to Butte Humane Society (BHS). We are one of the oldest non-profit agencies in Butte County, California, working since 1911 to bring humanitarian care to dogs, cats and other animals.

We are a Limited Admission shelter that strives to make our animals as comfortable as possible during their stay with us.

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If you have an animal emergency, please call Chico Animal Control (530) 897-4960

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