Two projects that go hand

in hand are the Pet Portraits

and the Animal Services

Supporters Club.

Ms. Linda Brodowsky has

prior training at the Ringling

School of Art and special-

izes in still life's, sea-scapes

and animals. She will paint a

portrait of your pet when a

donations is made to animal

services.

A portrait of a pet will be

painted as a 8X10 or 12 X

16 dependant on the dona-

tion made.

Donations of $100 will war-

rant an 8X10 & donations

of $150 or more will war-

rant a 12 X 16. A photo

must be provided to work from.

Desoto County Animal Services Sup-

porters Club are persons who have do-

nated $100 or more to Animal Services.

The club has 3 categories. Silver ($100 to

$249), Gold ($250 to $499) and Dia-

mond ($500 and over). New members

are listed in the month in which they

join.

Purina Pro-Plan (a pet food

brand owned by Nestle Pu-

rina U.S. of St. Louis) and

Dogs in Review (a show dog

magazine published by I-5

Publishing) sponsored the

59th go-around for Show

Dogs on February 8 in New

York at the Show Dogs of

the Year Awards. This is a

ceremony held each year in

the run up to the Westmin-

ster Kennel Club Dog Show.

A veterinarian, a groomer, a

shelter and a trainer all took

awards this year.

Veterinarian of the Year

was Will Draper DVM of

Atlanta, Georgia.

Groomer of the Year was

Lindsey Dicken of Long-

wood, Florida.

Shelter of the Year went to

Delaware Vallet Golden Re-

triever rescue of Reinholds,

Penn.

Trainer of the Year was

awarded to Mathilde de

Cagny of Venice California.

Awards also went to the

winningest dog in eight

groups; sporting, hound,

working, terrier, toy, non-

sporting, herding & obedi-

ence.

PET PORTRAITS

SHOW DOGS AWARDS RECOGNIZES PEOPLE & CANINES

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FUNNY FACTS 2

PUZZLE PAGE 2 BIO-FUEL, BIO-CAT LITTER 2

11 PETS 3

FELIX SAYS 3

BEST IN SHOW 3

PANDAS

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Inside this issue:

ANIMAL PEOPLE

SUPERVISOR’S

CORNER

LOW COST

VACCINA-

TIONS

FOR YOUR IN-

FORMATION

LOW COST

CONT.

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March 2014

Gold– Moose

Riders Lodge

1327.

1. Knock, knock. Who’s there?

Cows go. Cows go who?

No silly, cows go moo!

2. What did one flea say to the other? Shall we walk or take a dog?

3. What do donkeys send out at Christmas time? Mule-tide greetings.

4. 3 Vampire bats live in a cave surrounded by 3 castles and they made a bet to see who could drink the most blood. The first bat came back from the first cas-tle and said he had drank the blood of 3 people. The 2nd bat came back from the next castle and said he had drank the blood of 5 people. The 3rd bat came back covered in blood and asked the other 2, “See that castle over there?” They nod and he says,

“Well, I didn’t”

5. A little girl asks a lady, “Why does your son say cluck, cluck? He thinks he’s a chicken.” she answered. The girl asks, “why don’t you tell him, he’s not a chicken? Because we need the eggs,” she answered.

6. Why do blonde dogs have lumps on their heads? From chasing parked cars.

7. What are the 2 main political parties in Canada? Moose & squirrel.

8. What did the bird say after his new cage fell apart? Cheap, cheap!

9. How do we know carrots are good for your eyesight? Have you even seen a rabbit wearing glasses

10. A boy asks the farmer why his chicken was making sounds like all the other animals on the farm, meow, oink-oink, bow-wow and moo? The farmer says, “He’s studying foreign lan-guages.”

11. What do you get when you cross a bear with a deer? Beer.

12. An art connoisseur passed a small shop in New York and noticed a cat in the doorway drinking milk from a bowl which was antique and worth thousands of dollars. The man went in & offered to buy the cat for $20 & the store owner says the cat isn’t for sale, which the art dealer couldn’t understand as it was one of the ugliest cats ever, missing an ear and covered in mange. Make it $100. Sold said the store owner. I’ll pour out his milk so I can carry his bowl with him, he says. Oh no says the store owner, that’s my lucky bowl. From that bowl I’ve sold 26 cats this week.

Research Service have dis-

covered a process in which

a nearly bio-degradable cat

litter is made by combining

dried distillers grain (corn)

with glycerol, guar gum and

copper sulfate.

The corn left-overs from

the production of ethanol

Ethanol is a bio-fuel that

is derived from corn. It’s

draw back is that it takes

more energy to produce it

than the energy it delivers.

Researcher Steven

Vaughn along with others

who are with the U.S. De-

partment of Agriculture’s

could be used in the pro-

duction of the litter, taking

some of the edge off the

cost of its production.

Clay based cat litters are

not bio-degradable and usu-

ally end up in landfills.

FUNNY FACTS (this is more of a joke page this month-enjoy)

PUZZLE PAGE

BIO-DEGRADEABLE CAT LITTER FROM BIO-FUEL BY PROD-UCTS.

Put on you thinking

caps and see mow

many answers you

can get before

checking out the

answers on page 5.

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An air purifier manufacturer, Kaz Inc of Southbrough, Mass

which makes the Doctor’s Choice True HEPA Air Purifier,

a Honeywell trademark, and The Asthma and Allergy Foun-

dation of America have released their list of top allergen

friendly pets.

Making the grade for the Allergen All-Star Pet Awards were

the Bedlington Terrier, the Devon Rex cat, the Irish Water

Spaniel, the Italian Greyhound, the Javanese cat, The Labra-

doodle, Labrador Retriever, the Maltese, the Schnauzer, the

Yorkshire Terrier and the Iguana.

In a study by the Asthma & Allergy Foundation it was de-

termined that between 15 to 30% of Americans are allergic

to cats and/or dogs. Senior scientist Ted Myatt at Environ-

mental Health & Engineering in Needham, Mass said “Its

important to note that no breed of dog or cat has been

proven to be truly hypo-allergenic but studies do suggest

that some breeds may be more allergin-friendly than oth-

ers.” The pets who made the list tend to be smaller and are

known to be low shed or non-shed and posses shorter coats

or fur that produces less dander.

Reptiles are suggested as an alternative for people allergic to

dander, saliva or dog or cat urine.

Sky ( short for Afterall Painting the Sky) a 5 year old female Wire Fox

Terrier has taken the honors as Best in Show at the Westminster Ken-

nel Club Dog Show 2014 in New York. She beat out 2800 other dogs

in an 187 breed range. This is only the 14th time a Wire Fox Terrier has

won this honor in the Club’s 138 year history.

Sky hails from breeder A.J. Pertuitt Jr. & Betty Seton, and is owner by

Victor Malzoni, Torie Steele, S&M Olund and D. Ryan. Sire was Ch

Fyrewyre Fast & Furious, Dam was Fyrewyre Forget Me Not.

She was taken through her paces at Madison Square Gardens by her

handler Gabriel Rangel from Rialto, California.

cost vaccination day scheduled

and as you can tell by the pic-

tures, we were very busy! (I may

need a Hawaiian vacation to get

over all this.)

In amongst all this controlled

chaos we added a new member

to the team. Welcome Candelario

Morales. We are fast passed here

so I hope your running shoes are

comfortable.

This place has been so busy

lately my fur is standing on end!

To start with we finally have an

animal shelter based soft-ware

that has already proven its worth

in accuracy and time saved alone.

While all this installation and

training is going on, we get

started on the re-model of the

front lobby, and mom was suc-

cessful in getting another low

In a few weeks maybe we will

settle down for a while. (I’m not

holding my breath because mom

has been bouncing ideas off me

for an adopt-a-thon in the sum-

mer. I swear I think she’s a glut-

ton for punishment.)

We are in hopes of covers for

the outside dog kennels and

other improvements that will

make all us pets happier during

our stay here. I am very happy

that we have had new rescue

groups sign up to work with us in

getting my fellow furry friends

11 Pets Suggested for Alergy

Sufferers

FELIX SAYS

All pets adopted

from Desoto

County Animal

Services are

micro-chipped

free of charge .

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into new homes. Mom

says the longest journey

starts with the first step.

I don’t know if this a

first step or not but the

road ahead looks very

promising.

A film looking at the endangered Giant

Pandas living in China’s Wolong Na-

tional Nature Reserve produced by Ox-

ford Scientific Films on behalf of Na-

tional Geographic Entertainment and

Sky 3D will be shown at IMAX, giant

screen, dome & digital movie theaters in

North American this spring.

Dr. Pamela Wright DVM and

Tracy Sprunger are two of our

most staunch Desoto County

Animal People. For the past 2

year they have served as our

Vet and Tech for Desoto

County Animal Services yearly

low cost pet vaccinations. Al-

though 4 hours may not sound

like a long time, it can be so

when you will see between 100

to 150 pets and their families

during those few hours.

Both ladies work at the Arca-

dia Animal Ark 109 S. Desoto

Ave. and are well acquainted

with many area residents and

their pets.

Dr. Pam as she is known to

most of us completed her vet-

erinary schooling at Auburn

University and has been practic-

ing since graduation in 2001.

Ms. Tracy has worked as a vet

tech since 1988. In her many

years she has been witness to

many heartbreaks and numer-

ous success stories.

Both ladies work at the Ani-

mal Ark which is a veterinary

practice owned by Dr. Adam

Sorrell located at 109 S. Desoto

Ave.

Animals Services is very

happy to have these Animal

People come on board and

work with us to provide a ser-

vice to the pets of our commu-

nity and in the forming of a

service that we foresee becom-

ing a regular event (if the past 2

years are any indication).

serve as the medical team once

again for the 3rd year in a row .

Pets and their families started

lining up early for a deal that

could not be beat.

Saturday

March 29

was the

spring

low cost

vaccina-

tion clinic hosted by Desoto

County Animal Services. Dr.

Pam Wright and Vet Tech

Tracy Sprunger of Arcadia Ani-

mal Ark were kind enough to

It was all hands on deck when

the doors opened at 10 am.

The process was made easier

this year with the option to

obtain the application ahead of

ANIMAL PEOPLE

more as soon as I get a few

more things accomplished. I am

sure it will be a busy event with

something for almost everyone

young and old with many of

our pets finding their fur-ever

homes. The best pets truly are

adopted pets. I know because I

have a few myself.

Our front lobby has been

remodeled and we have finally

installed Chameleon into our

system providing for faster and

more accurate records keeping.

We are currently in the process of

re-vamping our volunteer system

and as soon as new procedures

are in place, we will get the info

out.

Busy busy busy is all I can say

and we hope all this improvement

and frenzied activity will enhance

our department and its operation

so that we can better serve the

pets and residents of Desoto

County.

SUPERVISOR’S CORNER

ANIMAL SERVICES OF-FERS LOW COST PET VACCINATIONS

Looking forward to

the coming summer

months.

DESOTO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES IS PROUD TO RECOG-NIZE OUR COMMU-NITY ANIMAL PEOPLE

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My mind has been exploding

lately with all kinds of things

going on and things I would

love to be able to accomplish in

the coming months. The low

cost vaccinations were great and

the turn out was as expected—

busy.

Looking forward to the com-

ing summer months we are hop-

ing to once again have our adopt

–a-thon which is always a big

event in itself. I’ll let you know

CHAPTER 119 PUBLIC RE-

CORDS. 119.071 General exemp-

tions from inspection or coping of

public records.

(4) Agency Personnel Informa-

tion.

(d) 1.g. The home addresses,

phone numbers and photographs

of current or former code enforce-

ment officers; the names, home

addresses, phone numbers and

places of employment of the

spouses and children of such per-

sonnel; and the names and loca-

tions of schools and day care facili-

ties attended by the children of

such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Article I of

the State Constitution.

CHAPTER 162 County or Municipal

Code Enforcement

162.21 Enforcement of county or

municipal codes or ordinances; pen-

alties.

(1) As used in this section, "code

enforcement officer means any

designated employee or agent of

a county or municipality whose

duty it is to enforce codes and

ordinances enacted by the

county or municipality.”

(2) A county or municipality may

designate certain of its employ-

ees or agents as code enforce-

ment officers. The training and

qualifications of the employees

or agents for such designation

shall be determined by the

county or municipality. Employees

or agents who may be designated

as code officers may include but

are not limited to, code inspectors,

law enforcement officers, animal

control officers or fire safety in-

spectors. Designation as a code

enforcement officer does not pro-

vide the code officer with the

power of arrest or subject the code

officer to the provisions of

ss.943.085-943.255. Nothing in

this section amends, alters, or con-

travenes the provisions of any

state administered retirement sys-

tem or any state supported retire-

ment system established by general

law.

(3) (a) A code enforcement officer is

authorized to issue a citation to a

person when, based upon personal

investigation, the officer has rea-

sonable cause to believe that the

person has committed a civil in-

fraction in violation of a duly en-

acted code or ordinance and that

the county court will hear the

charge.

5. PINEAPPLE

6. FRUIT SALAD

7. ORANGE MARMALADE

8. PASSION FRUIT

1. PAW PAWS

2. BLUEBERRIES

3. APPLES AND ORANGES

4. STRAWBERRIES

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Great Seal of the State of

Florida

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time by picking it up at Animal Services or downloading & printing it

from the County web site. Tents and port-a johns were provided for

client comfort and shelter as rain was predicted for later in the day.

All totaled 72 pets

were vaccinated

against rabies and

68 received

Parvo/Distemper

vaccinations. Home

Again Micro-chips

were also offered at

cost of which 30 pet owners chose to have the permanent identifica-

tion added for their pets. Animal Services hopes to be able to offer

these clinic more often in the future. Right now 2 are offered per

year, one in the spring in March and the other in the fall

in October.

All this is made possible through donations to Animal

Services as the clinic is funded solely through donations

and the cooperation and helpful support of Dr. Pam &

Ms. Tracey of whom we could not do without.

We wish to thank all who participated and helped out

and are proud to have been of service to our commu-

NEWS BITES

Hills Pet Nutrition has a mission to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships be-

tween people and their pets. Learn more about Science Diet & Prescription Diet pet foods

at

HillsPet.com.

If you are a special needs person who may need to evacuate during a disaster, Desoto

County Animal Services has a pet disaster shelter. The informational pamphlet and applica-

tion for your pre-registration can be acquired at Animal Services at 2048 N.E. McKay St.

Don’t forget the Disaster Volunteer Program. If interested, you can obtain the pamphlet

and application at Animal Services at 2048 N.E. McKay St or call 863-993-4855 for more

information. Daily volunteers are always welcome to walk dogs, play with the cats, clean

pens, bathe animals, file, sweep, dust and mop. Its never the same thing twice.

Be the first to hear about the pet of the week by tuning in to radio station 106.9 fm “The

Bull” on Wednesdays. Desoto County and Hardee County swap every other week on 106.9

fm at around 7:45 am.

Tours and activities can be scheduled at the Animal Services facility. School groups,

classes, clubs and activity centers can schedule a tour by calling 863-993-4855. Lectures

and talks can also be arranged to have an Animal Services representative come to you.

Donations of pet food and pet treats are always appreciated. Blankets, towels and small

area rugs are of great use as pet bedding. (No clothing items please) Special needs are a

chain link play area for the dogs.

Live humane traps are available for nuisance hard to capture animals. Cat, dog & chicken

traps are available for a deposit of $25. Upon return of the trap Desoto County will refund

$20 by check through the mail. The traps are available for 7 days which can be extended

for another 7 days with a simple phone call.

Desoto County Animal Services has a pet food bank to help feed pet of households that

may be struggling with hard economic times. Wet (canned) and dry cat and dog food are

available according to stocks on hand. 2 draws per year can be made per household. Sup-

plies are limited. (Donations have been extremely low recently and as a result the food

bank is depleted and closed until further notice)

Donation of a trailer to use for off-site events and for the safer and more efficient transport

of pets, cages and other equipment is needed. A tax credit can be obtained from the

County for a donation of this type.