Vroman Boys Donate Supplies to BCHS

Recently Bradley, Brayden and Sawyer Vroman donated pet food, toys, treats and supplies to the Bradford County Humane Society for Christmas. The pets will love to play with the toys and will enjoy the treats. Thank you!

Sheshequinn-Ulster Students Help BCHS

The Sheshequin-Ulster Elementary School in Ulster recently held a fundraiser for the Bradford County Humane Society. Instead of doing gift exchanges at school, they collected donations of pet food, cat litter, toys, and supplies for the animal shelter. Monetary donations were also collected.

On Wednesday, December 21st BCHS Community Coordinator Jennifer L. Spencer, Humane Office Hawbaker and Kennel Attendant Katherine Baker brought two shelter dogs, JJ and Judd to visit the students and talk about the importance of caring for your pets and a day in the life of a shelter animal. The students enjoyed petting the dogs and learning more about the shelter.

BCHS would like to thank these students and teachers for their generosity during the holiday season.

Photo: Students look on to see Katherine Baker (left) with Judd, a Greyhound Yellow Lab mix available for adoption, and Humane Officer Hawbaker (right) with JJ, a lab mix available for adoption.

BCHS Launches Updated Website and Blog

Readers here already know about the blog, but here is the whole press release:

Photo: Kelly Pakes (left) with her dogs Bailey and Jake. Jennifer Spencer (right) with her dog Rudy. All three dogs were adopted from BCHS this year.

For over 5 months, Bradford County Humane Society Community Coordinator Jennifer L. Spencer and volunteer webmaster Kelly Pakes have been working to improve and revamp the website for the Bradford County Humane Society.

“One of my personal main goals since working at the shelter was to improve our website, making it more user-friendly and just easier on the eyes. Kelly Pakes has been instrumental with modifying the site, updating all of the individual pages and making all of the revisions. Without her patience and skills we wouldn’t have been able to do this,” says Spencer.

One of the biggest improvements to the site is a blog page. All of the news articles, event photos, happy endings, and interesting stories are placed on this page. Blog posts are archived so the community can view past articles easily.

Also redesigned is the background layout of the site and the way available pets are viewed. “I really think this makes it easier for people to see all of our available pets up for adoption,” says Spencer. A link on the main page takes you directly to the pet list.

Those wishing to donate to BCHS via Paypal can easily click on the icon on the main page. “We get quite a few donations via paypal, especially during the holiday season. We are lucky to have such a compassionate community that is willing to share their support with our shelter,” states Spencer.

Pakes has been updating the website and taking weekly photos for over 12 years and has been the only webmaster since BCHS joined Petfinder in 1999. Petfinder hosts the BCHS website and provides the pet list for free. “We usually do a major overhaul of the website every two years. This time we added a slide show and news scroller on the home page and simplified the layout. We replaced news, happy endings, and event listings with a blog which is helpful to supporters because they can subscribe to receive new posts via email or a blog reader rather than remembering to check the website to see what's new,” states Pakes.

Take the time to look at the new website, view our adoptable pets, and if you can, donate to BCHS this holiday season.

Remember your new best friend might be waiting for you at BCHS!

Happy Ending - Sasha

"My family and I adopted Sasha on 12/5/11, she is a wonderful, fun loving and energetic dog. She is doing great and has become a part of our family. We love her and we are so happy to have found such a great companion. Thanks for doing what you do I
am sure you dont here this enough. Merry Christmas and happy new year."

From Nickey Dillman on Facebook

Local Family Enjoys Dollar Bingo and Bradford County Humane Society Benefits

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Front - left to right: Reese Chilson, Jace Gunther, Aiden Chilson, Jared Gunther, Justin Shoemaker. Back - left to right: Zayne Wickwire, Kara Chapman, Mitchell Shoemaker, Jesse Shoemaker and Mason Pruyne)

Some family members from Mercur Hill held a dollar Bingo event on Saturday, November 26th, to benefit the Bradford County Humane Society. Each individual brought a pet item to donate as their general admission to the event. Some of the items collected included, dog/cat food and treats, dog feeding bowls, paper towels, and pet toys. The family enjoyed a luncheon and then played Bingo with prizes galore being awarded. Fun was had by all!

Chihuahuas Seized by Humane Officer

As part of a recent humane investigation, six Chihuahuas, varying in age from young to 12-13 years old, male and female, were seized and signed over to the Bradford County Humane Society in Ulster. These six dogs are in very poor shape, needing immediate vet care especially for their teeth as shown in the photos. The teeth were neglected to the point that they grew out in a deformed way, making eating difficult and creating sores in their mouths that are painful. One of the dogs has a heart issue that will need to be addressed.

These Chihuahuas do not have any training, are not familiar with leashes and do not know any commands. They are however, lovable animals, but are confused about where they are and leery of new people.

They are scheduled for emergency surgery on their teeth this week at the Milan Vet Clinic. Their vet bills will be extensive and BCHS is asking for assistance for their care.
For questions on these dogs, please call BCHS at 570-888-2114.

Blogger Features BCHS

A recent visitor to BCHS wrote about us in her blog:
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Open House to be held December 10th

The elves at BCHS are making their plans and checking them twice because on Saturday, December 10th, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. we are inviting our pet-loving public and their four-footed companions to stop by and say “Merry Christmas.”

While here be sure to visit all of our pets available for adoption. You can munch on a buffet of refreshments and share pet-lover stories with the staff and board. Raffles, free door prizes, pet photography from Ruback's Photography and more! All this and furry friends too at the Bradford County Humane Society shelter on route 220, north of Ulster. We look forward to meeting you. Happy Holidays!

Photo: Speck would enjoy sitting on the windowsill at your house this Christmas!

Welcome to our new blog!

We are updating our website and one of the changes is that news, event information, happy endings, and announcements will now be posted here instead of on our webpage. We hope that this will help you stay up to date with BCHS happenings because you can subscribe to updates by email or using a blog reader. We are new to blogging, so we may have some kinks to work out over the next few weeks. We hope that you subscribe as blog followers and enjoy this new format.

The photo above is Zip, a young adult male Hound mix who is a mellow and sweet dog with nice manners. Zip is very affectionate and likes to give hugs. He behaves well on a leash and tries to keep his cage clean. Zip is a nice gentle dog who is all ready to fit into a new home.