Say hello to Lula! She is a 10 month old

border collie mix female. Lula is a high

energy girl that would do best in an ac-

tive home. She would make a great run-

ning partner or agility dog! Border collie’s

are very smart dogs and need a lot of

mental stimulation to keep them occu-

pied. Lula already knows some basic dog-

gie manners like sit and she learns

quickly so her training should be a

breeze. She is good with other dogs and

would do best with older children be-

cause of her high energy level. Lula has

been available for adoption for about 5

months now and she is just waiting for

the perfect family that can keep up with

her! Lula is up to date on shots, heart-

worm negative, microchipped and spayed.

If Lula sounds like the perfect dog for

you email adoptions@spspca.org.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if

Lubbock was a more dog

friendly city? For this to hap-

pen we want to help teach the

public some more about respon-

sible pet ownership. It's not

that people are disrespectful,

but most of the time it's just

because they don't know what is

acceptable in public.

Did you know that if you have a

dog that is leash reactive (shy,

fearful, or aggressive) that it does-

n't mean you shouldn't walk your

dog? Just be picky on where you walk

them. Don't take them to busy

places like Petsmart, but take them

on a leisurely walk down a neighbor-

hood. Tie a yellow ribbon midway

down your leash (this tells other dog

walkers to NOT approach your dog).

If you need to, cross the street if

someone is not yielding to your rib-

bon.

A Dog Friendly Lubbock

Featured Pet: Lula

January 20, 2013

Volume 2, Issue 2

South Plains SPCA

The Paw Print

Inside this issue:

Found a Pet? 2

Microchipping 101 2

Pododermatitis 3

Training Seminars 3

Bone Appétit! 4

Happy Tails 4

South Plains SPCA

Remember, it is important to al-

ways have your dog on a leash

when taking your dog for a walk if

you do not have complete control

of them. Just because your dog is

friendly, it doesn't mean that

THEIR dog is friendly.

Respect everyone's space and

right to take a walk in public!

Lets make Lubbock a more dog

friendly city together!

Jolynn Payne– President

News to Wag at

Found a pet?

First get it to an animal clinic and get

it scanned for a microchip. If the pet

has a microchip it will be easier to

reconnect it to its people. Post ads

with photos to craigslist, local news-

papers, and social media sites. Send

messages to local rescues and visit

your local animal shelter to see if

there is a lost pet matching the de-

scription. The animal shelter should

have a found pet form for you to

complete – if at all possible include a

photo of the pet you found. Be sure

to look at the lost ads to see if

there’s a posting for the animal you

found. Once the calls or emails start

coming in about the animal you found

be sure to have them properly iden-

tify the animal. If they are chipped

they must give you the chip number,

rabies tag number, identifying marks,

and any

charac-

teristics

like pulls

when on

leash, or

sits and

shakes on

command.

If you

have lost or found a pet send a de-

scriptive email with pictures to

lostandfound@spspca.org I will make

sure it gets posted to the SP SPCA

facebook page. The more eyes that

see the ad, increases the chances of

finding this pets’ home.

Carrie Wright – Lost and Found Coor-

dinator

Page 2 South Plains SPCA

Found a Pet?

barcode, that is programmed

on the microchip. It is unique

to that particular chip, and all

of your contact information is

registered to that number. If

your pet is lost or stolen, you

can contact the microchip

company and they can flag

that chip number as lost or

stolen. Every vet clinic, shel-

ter, or rescue organization

has a microchip scanner, and

when a pet is found, the very first thing

they do is scan for a chip.

The city of Lubbock has two

animal shelters. The old shelter (401 N.

Ash Ave.) is a cesspool of life threaten-

ing pathogens, and if your pet is not cur-

rent on vaccinations, it will most cer-

tainly get sick if taken there. The new

multi-million dollar shelter (3323 SE

Loop 289) is much cleaner, and not used

to house animals that could possibly be

sick. When an animal is picked up by Lub-

bock Animal Services, it is immediately

scanned for a microchip. If the animal

has tags OR a microchip, it is taken to

the new shelter and the owners are con-

tacted. If the animal has no tags or mi-

crochip, it is taken to the old animal

shelter and put in population with all of

the stray/sick animals.

There are absolutely no disad-

vantages to microchipping your pet.

Every responsible pet owner should have

their pets microchipped. The South

Plains SPCA can microchip your pet for a

donation of $20. You can come by during

Saturday adoptions, or schedule an ap-

pointment by calling us or emailing at:

wellness@spspca.org

It’s about the size of a grain of rice, but

it can mean the difference between

never seeing your best friend again or

having him home by suppertime.

Many pet owners are concerned

about the pain associated with chipping,

and it is about like getting a flu shot, but

the discomfort only lasts for one second

and there is never any residual pain. The

pet microchip is inserted under the skin

with a hypodermic needle between the

shoulder blades. It is a quick, non-

invasive process that requires virtually

no extra care.

Many people argue that their

pet is always indoors when they are not

home, so they don’t need a microchip.

What if a worker comes over and acci-

dentally lets the pet out? Unfortunately

tornados, fires, and other natural disas-

ters happen. In April 2011, a home was

burglarized in San Antonio, TX. Two lit-

tle Yorkshire Terriers were home alone

and stolen during the burglary. 18

months later, the dogs were returned

when ownership was confirmed by scan-

ning the microchips.

There is a number, similar to a

Microchipping 101

Data courtesy of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical from the study "Characterization of animals with microchips entering animal shelters," published in July. A recent study found the median "return-to-owner" rate for microchipped animals across

By: Christena Stephens– Vice Presi-

dent

This fancy word describes an in-

flammatory disease caused by bac-

terial infections (fungal infections,

parasites like hookworm, mites),

immune diseases (lupus), cancer or

common environmental or food al-

lergies. A breakdown of the word:

Podo = paws and dermatitis = in-

flammation of skin.

Due to itching and pain associated

with this disease, dogs obsessively

lick their paws. Their paws can be-

come inflamed, scaly, crusty, blis-

tery or swollen. It often affects

the breeds of English bulldogs,

Great Danes, basset hounds, mas-

tiffs, bull terriers, boxers, dachs-

hunds, Dalmatians, German short-

haired pointers, Weimaraners, Ger-

man shepherds, Labrador retriev-

ers, golden retrievers, Irish set-

ters, and Pekingese.

Diagnosis is often hard when it

comes to finding the cause with its

management frustrating due to re-

lapses. Most often this disease can

only be managed and not cured.

Drug therapies include long-term

antibiotics, anti-fungals, steroids,

chemotherapeutic agents, anti-

parasitic agents and hormone re-

placement.

So if you find your dog excessively

licking their paws take them to your

vet to get them checked out.

as well as how to prevent issues from

occurring. The Potty Training semi-

nar offers a more in depth look into

the do’s and don’ts of potty training.

Here common issues encountered

during training and how to success-

fully rectify these situations will be

discussed. The Basic Manners semi-

nar will give you a deeper look into

preventing and correcting common

behavioral issues such as jumping,

barking, biting, nipping, chewing,

leash training, and training basic

commands. Seminars will be held at

the South Plains SPCA office (5724

40th) on January 23rd and January

30th. $10 donations are requested

per seminar. Humans only please.

Hands on training will be offered at

a later date. Allow us to help you

find inner puppy peace!

BJ Buffington–Education Coordinator

Did you know that behavior problems

are the leading cause of pet neglect,

abuse, surrender, and euthanasia in the

United States? It’s true! The most sur-

prising fact is that almost all behavior

problems that pet parents experience

with their pets are completely prevent-

able or trainable! In Lubbock, this is an

ongoing issue that the South Plains

SPCA deals with regularly. Now they are

doing something about it! Starting this

month, the South Plains SPCA will be

offering four, one – hour training

seminars to help new pet parents learn

to better deal with their unruly puppies.

Seminar topics include Puppy 101, Potty

Training, and Basic Manners. Puppy 101

will discuss everything pertaining to the

wonderful (and sometimes stressful)

world of puppies. During this hour, the

trainer will talk about things from potty

and crate training, to puppy proofing

your house, to learning basic commands,

Volume 2, Issue 2

Pododermatitis

Introducing Training Seminars!

Page 3

January 23rd

6:00pm – Potty Training

7:15pm – Basic Manners

January 30th

6:00pm – Potty Training

7:15pm – Puppy 101

Bone Appétit!

of treatment she survived and is a

strong healthy girl. She was wel-

comed to her new family by 2 young

children and a new fur brother named

Bubba.

Happy tails Blueberry! This past

weekend Blueberry the Pitbull found

her forever home with the Crable

family at her very first adoption

event. It was love at first sight and

the Crable family have a love for the

breed. Blueberry is a lucky girl be-

cause she was saved twice. She was

rescued from being euthanized at the

Wolfforth shelter and a week later

came down with parvo. After weeks

Happy Tails

Heidi’s Ham & Cheese

Biscuits (adapted from

MacPherson’s K-9 cook-

book) These smell good enough for hu-

mans to eat…and they received 5

out of 5 paws from even the fini-

ckiest doggie gourmets. These are

named after my black lab/healer

mix, Heidi.

Equipment:

You’ll need a food processor or a

mixer. I used a bone-shaped

cookie cutter, but any shape will

do. You could even cut them into

squares.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

2 cups all purpose flour (you

can substitute 1 cup of

Whole Wheat flour)

1/3 cup grated cheese (I used

non-fat mozzarella, but

any low-fat cheese will

work)

1 cup diced ham (I ground mine

in the food processor)

1/3 cup olive oil

Grease two cookie sheets. Preheat

oven to 350 degrees.

In the food processor bowl, add the

flour, cheese, ham, and oil. Pulse for a

few seconds, scrape the side of the

bowl, and pulse again until the mixture

is the texture of coarse meal.

Add water and eggs and pulse until the

dough forms a ball.

Roll dough on a lightly floured surface

to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with

cookie cutters.

Bake 10-15 minutes until they begin to

brown on the bottom. Flip each biscuit

over and bake for an additional 10 min-

utes or until golden brown. Cool on

rack.

Store these biscuits in the refrigera-

tor.

Fundraising Coordinator

Needed We are looking for an outgoing

energetic person to fill our fund-

raising coordinator position!

Job duties would be to help plan

events, set up events, collect

donation jars and more!

If you are creative and this

sounds like something you would

be interested in volunteering for,

please contact info@spspca.org

We are also looking for an assis-

tant for the fundraising coordi-

nator. Same skills as above, but

would prefer to help someone

with the ideas and implementing.

Contact Information

5724 40th St. Lubbock

TX 79404

PO Box 1034 Wolfforth

TX 79382

Phone: 806-445-6317

Emails:

jolynn.p@spspca.org

info@spspca.org

adoptions@spspca.org

foster@spspca.org

wellness@spspca.org

intake@spspca.org

postadoptions@spspca.org

lostandfound@spspca.org

volunteer@spspca.org

accounting@spspca.org

Website:

Www.spspca.org

Mission Statement

The mission of the South Plains Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-

mals is to promote the highest standards of animal welfare, educate pet

owners, and prevent animal cruelty on the South Plains.

Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for people that are interested in being assistants to our coordi-

nators that run their departments. If you are interested in spending time with

animals and helping save and adopt animals, one of these positions might be

for you! Please Email jolynn.p@spspca.org

We are also looking for a fun, outgoing, energetic, creative person to be our

fundraising coordinator. If you are interested, please contact

jolynn.p@spspca.org

Board Members:

Jolynn Payne President

Christena Stephens Vice President

Dennis Kinman Secretary

Sandy Abbe Treasurer

Coordinators:

Wendy Florence Intake

Corrie Clark Foster

Stacy Kinman Office mngr

Adoption Cara Fetsch

Wellness Kenley Curry

Post Adoption Nancy Swinford

Education BJ Buffington

Volunteer Jennie Radulescu

Lost and found Carrie Wright

Accounting Connie Bird

Vet Tech Ashlie Steward