I'm going to start off by saying I watch a lot of YouTube videos and most of them have
dogs in them because I love the dog videos and I love when all you do is see like six dogs
staring at the camera and the woman says, I called you here today because I heard a necessary
barking this afternoon and I want to know what's going on and I'm just staring at it one time
she's got this pit bull and he's sitting there looking at her and he says, I will have to tell you
something something happened here in the dog. She goes, we let me finish and then I'll explain
I just love when they do the dog, the dog YouTube and we're also when the cats are sleeping
with the dogs they crawl up and they cuddle with the dogs. I found that amazing because I had a cat
in the dog at one time and they had an understanding from day one when the dog went behind the
couch to see the cat when we first got the cat and he got swatted on the nose for the next 10 or 12
years they never were in the same room together by choice when the dog was in the cat just left
when the cat was a dog left. They just didn't want to deal with each other after that one
that opening session. So I mean, it was okay, you know, they lived together but they didn't live
in the same room together by choice. All right, let's talk about what's going on that was
constant. You made society got a lot of promotions going on. Dogs, cats, they have to be adopted.
This is not a place where you want them to live their entire life. You wanted to find it forever
home. I love that phrase forever home and I on one of the videos I saw the guy walked in and
said, give me the dog that's been here the longest. I want that dog. And or another person
say, give me the dog that's got the most medical problems and is unhappy here. And I'll take that
dog and I did that. We took a few dogs that were, you know, had health problems and you're,
you know, that's going to be expensive sometimes, but I want them, I didn't want them dying in a
shelter. I wanted them home and that's what we did. Let's talk about the dog promotion you've got
that it's running now through the end of the month. Yes. So we are in the middle of our peak
summer season. We have so many animals coming through the doors every day and we recently launched
a dog promotion, but it ends this month, $75 adoption fees for all of our adult dogs and just
$25 for our bench warmers who are dogs who have been available for more than seven days.
And of course, all of the dogs are later neutered, vaccinated, microchips,
and they go home with a certificate for a free vet exam, a starter bag of food, dirty days of
pet insurance. It's a fantastic deal. And of course, you have a new family member. And so our
counselors are really eager to work with people interested in adopting. You can just stop by any of
our campuses. We're seeing, especially, have quite a few kids right now too. And we are happy to
working with your family and ensure a great match. You know, and talking to the guy,
when I was a year and a half, we got our first dog. And I've had dogs for about 60 years or more,
in about 60 years. So I've always had dogs in my life. And now we, I told you we have our neighbor's
pit bull come over. And he spends a day with us every Friday. And I just can't beat having a dog,
especially at like 12, 30 at night or one o'clock in the morning, when they scratch at the
side of your bed, I want to go out. We had three dogs at one time, three beagles. And when one
wanted to go out in the middle of the night, I woke them all up. Everybody's going out because they're
not going to wake up every hour on the hour. Everybody out. So whoever got up first, we woke them up.
Come on, going out, come on, outside, outside. And then they all came in. At least you got, you
know, some sleep. But you can't, I have this. You can't put a price on all that. It's just I miss it.
I miss waking up in the middle of the night, looking at their faces. And once I made eye contact
with them, that was it. I had to get up. I mean, once they knew I saw them, then they didn't stop.
But I just love dogs had cats, hamsters, pigeons. You name it. I used to have fish. We had everything
on our heads. It was a menagerie growing up. But yeah, if you've never had a dog before,
not every dog is right for the family. Go to the shelter and, you know, you'll see which dog is
right for you. And do you ever have any mastiffs in those giant dogs? Absolutely. Really. We see
pretty much every kind of dog and they range from, you know, little tiny, fancy dogs to
mastiffs and safer nards and, you know, bigger, bigger dogs. Of course, we never, we seldom know
what breed they are. But with DNA testing now, people can find out what, what breed their dog is.
But we see a huge range of ages and breed types and coats and personalities, of course,
from couch potatoes to the dog who wants to go for a 5K run every day. So there's pretty much
a great fit for just about everybody out there if you are looking for a dog.
They got the Roode Family Foundation for Roode lighting. And you've got a match to going on right
now, right? Yeah. So this is so exciting. And we are so grateful to the Roode Family Foundation.
They've been dead fast champions of our work and recene since we started there. And right now,
first time donors to the recene campus will have their donations doubled by the foundation.
And returning donors will receive a 50% match on their gifts. And this is through the end of
the year. And it makes such a difference. And it's so cool because not only are the Roode Family
Foundation making a gift, but they're inspiring others in the community to support work that they
really care about. How many branches do you have around the state? We have six shelter. So
Kenosha received Milwaukee Foxail door county and Green Bay. And then we have a speed meter
clinic in West Dallas that's a public low cost. And they need a clinic open to the public.
Okay, when we come back, I want to talk about fostering an animal. So you bring it home.
And then it can be adopted later on by yourself or somebody else. Angela Speed on board this morning
from the Wisconsin Humane Society talking about a bunch of programs they had will review them coming
up in a moment. Let's talk about fostering an animal. This is different than adopting a pet, right?
Yes. So foster parents provide short-term care for animals who are not yet ready for adoption.
And so that might be because they're too young or they're recovering from an illness or an injury.
Or sometimes it's actually just for shelter space. When our Kenos are full, foster families open
up their homes so that we can create more space at the shelter. And it's such a fun program.
And pretty much anybody can sign up. There's an online orientation. We have people to watch and then
fill out an application. And once you're part of the foster family, you get a listed animal
looking for foster and you can sign up for them. And it's a wonderful program. It's absolutely
like saving plus if you fall in love and it happens a lot, you do get first dibs on adopting
your foster animal. There's no way I'd give the dog back. No way. I just wouldn't do it.
Because I hate when juniper leaves on Friday night, she has to go home. I just feel terrible
after she leaves. Even though she's like, you know, powerful knocks everything down. I just don't
care. I just don't, I just feel terrible. So I look at her pictures on my cell phone. Yeah,
I just miss dogs so much. I was talking about the pet walk coming up. The routine Kenosha pet walk.
Yes, so we're really excited. Pet walk. Racine Kenosha is at Petrifying Springs Park on Saturday,
August 2nd. And last year, there were hundreds of people that turned out. It was an absolute blast.
And it's our largest fundraiser in the community to support animals in need. And this year,
we've got music vendors, a pet costume contest. I'll start the family friendly activities so
it's not just fun for dogs. It's also fun for families and kids. And of course,
leashed and well-behaved pets are welcome. If you have a cat, you can bring them in a stroller.
But it is mostly dogs and humans who attend. And of course, I'll proceed to benefit the animals
and programs at the Wisconsin Humane Society. So you can learn more on our website at
wikhumane.org. So the other day, I'm going to walk good on 16th Street and cats walking in front.
Just and squirrels run because they know the car is kept. Cats don't care. And so I stopped.
I hit at the brakes and she walks to the other side of the street slowly. And then she sits down
and stares at me. And I said, you know, what are you looking at? And just stares. I roll down the
window and I say, hi, just stares at me. And then I just go out and I can see her head turning,
following me as I go down the bus. There's they don't care. They don't run. It's like we're on
their time. I mean, this is my I'm crossing the street. You better stop or there's going to be
trouble. And she just slowly walked across the street and then sat down and stared. Okay, so the
pet walk, this is where I get my water, by the way, petrifying springs. They have an aquifer,
they have an aquifer there, right? It's right near the dog park area. But everybody coming out.
And what date is that dog walk? It's Saturday, August 2nd. Okay. Crazy that it's almost just a month away.
I know I'm looking at it. Wow, the pet walk. Vaccinations for animals, you really need them.
Animals are out there. They're doing all sorts of stuff, eating stuff that they shouldn't be eating
and sniffing places that better go on sniffed. And so you do get you should get your pets vaccinated.
Let's talk about that. Yeah, absolutely. It's so important to get your animals vaccinated. And
especially during the summer months, we see different illnesses pop up more often like parable
virus. And a lot of these illnesses are completely preventable with vaccines and are unfortunately
often fatal. And vaccines are only $18 at our vaccine clinics. We offer them in both for
seen in Kenosha. You can find them on our calendar and sign up for an appointment. The next clinic
is coming up on Thursday, July 17th. And there's available slots if you need to get your cat or dog
vaccinated. And I know the dogs don't like it. I'm well aware of that. I've had dogs all my life.
When I used to turn the corner to go to the vet on Douglas Avenue,
and north your animal hospital. As soon as I went on Douglas Avenue, the shaking and the
quivering and the crying started in the car. I mean, and I pulled in, I had to get the dog out
of the car was like a major feat. I had like we had to push it one end because she didn't want to
get out. She gets in the room. She's trying to dig out from under the door to get in there.
And I took a picture. She crawled under one of the chairs and the vet was very good. He sat down
on the floor and let the dog stay under the chair because that's where the dog was comfortable.
And that's and I have a picture of him putting you to the stethoscope doing all the checking.
He never brought the dog out from under the chair and let that's where he did it because that's
where she was that's where he was comfortable under the chair. And you don't want a crazy animal
up there pulling and tugging. But some dogs I see in the waiting room. They love it there.
Oh my dog scratching and clawing trying to get out screaming crying and finally they get out to
the car. I was like, oh thank goodness. I mean, and how about the nail clip? How about the nail
clipping? The screaming that goes on to get to get their nails clipped. It's like, I thought the
world was coming to an end. No, no. But here's the the the day that really dogs don't get they don't
like it's the fourth of July. And I think most dogs you would agree don't like the loud noises.
They don't like the explosions. They don't like anything. They hide.
My dogs were so afraid of the noise that my that's a gimp gimp with low dose Benadryl just to calm
them down because it started with the parade. The noise of the parade. And then we started taking
it to a place, you know, in a kennel the night and but still those animals. They just don't like
the noise. Do you have any suggestions? I mean, yeah, it's a fourth of July. I'm so glad you
broke us up. It's right around the corner. And so many dogs are so stressed out. And it's not
just that the sounds like they can feel those vibrations in the ground if your near fireworks.
And it can be such a challenge to get through that night. So a couple of suggestions that we
will often provide to people is like number one white noise, you know, closing all your windows,
turning on a TV, turning on a fan, turning on the radio, hiding the bathroom or the basement.
And don't bring them to the fireworks to parade. And incredibly rare animal who actually
enjoys it. Some dogs will tolerate, you know, the big crowds in the noise, but most dogs don't
actually enjoy that experience. So you keep them at home, provide white noise. A thundershirts
are a tool that many people use to that create a calming sensation and you can get those that
just about any pet retailer. But if your dog is truly anxious and freaked out and stressed out,
you might want to consult with your vet about different medical options too. And there's also
hominopathic therapies available at retailers too that might help you get through that for the
July stretch. We can take your dog to the Bahamas for the weekend. Yeah. That's an optimal
expensive, but it's an option. Now, people want to donate and they donate money, but if they want
to donate goods like foods and blankets and everything, we're in Racine, where do they go to do that?
You can just stop by the shelter in Racine. And there's some supplies that we are especially
high need of right now. We've had so many kittens without moms coming to our doors at neonatal
kittens and they need round the clock here. They need to be fed sometimes every two to three hours
by our volunteers and they only drink KMR formula. And we are always running low on KMR formula
and then of course, bottles to feed them. And we're always in high need of dog treats as well.
So, there was seen campus. If you haven't seen it, it's an 8,916th street in Mount Scent. We've
been open there for five years now. It's a beautiful facility. There's also other wishlist
items that we're always going through, especially dog treats, canned cat food. Any of those supplies
go a long way to help animals we're caring for. And if you missed any of this, the podcast will be
up probably late today or early tomorrow morning, so you can review all the events that we just
talked about for the Wisconsin Humane Society. Angela Speed, I love that name. Angela Speed
should be driving a stock car at Daytona 500. Angela Speed with me. Thank you very much. We're
going to talk to you again in a few weeks and get the latest on all these programs going on.
But thank you very much, Angela. I appreciate it. Thanks, Dan. Bye bye now.
