Seattle City Buzz

Over 60 kittens and cats will be available at the July Fabulous Feline cat adoption event this Saturday, July 14th. Fabulous Felines is the primary off-site cat adoption event for the Seattle Animal Shelter.

This month’s event will be held at the Garfield Community Center at 2323 E. Cherry Street (map) from noon to 3:00 PM.

Adoption prices range from $82 to $87 and include:

• Initial vaccinations
• Deworming
• Feline Leukemia testing
• Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians
• Spay or neuter
• Microchip (About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is injected under the cat’s skin, providing an identification number associated with that animal. Animal shelters can then scan a lost animal and retrieve its records from the microchip.)
• Seattle Pet License (if applicable)

Cat & kitten season is now upon us and the Seattle Animal Shelter is looking for cat foster parents. The next cat foster orientation will be on Saturday, June 2nd at noon at the Seattle Animal Shelter. The address is 2061 15th Ave W (corner of 15th and W. Armory Way).

If you can’t make that one, the next orientation will be on June 12th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Shelter.

Click here for more info.

The Seattle Animal Shelter’s Furry 5K Fun Walk and Run is scheduled for June 10th at Seward Park. This is a great event as furry four-legged friends can join in the fun.

The walk and run starts at 10 AM and benefits the Help The Animal Fund, the shelter’s primary source of funds to cover veterinary care for sick, injured and abused animals that come to the shelter. Over the past 12 months, the fund paid over $300,000 in veterinary care.

You can register online at www.Furry5K.com with a $25 registration fee.

The WE (Womens Entertainment) channel is premiering a new pet reality show shot right here in the Emerald City. The show is called “Adventures in Doggie Daycare” that takes place at the Downtown Dog Lounge.

From the WE’s website:

Dog lovers know that only the best will do for their best friend! Welcome to the Downtown Dog Lounge…a daycare center like no other. Dog owners pay upwards of $12,000 a year while their pooches are pampered in ways most PEOPLE aren’t used to!

The show premieres Saturday, April 7th at 9:30 PM. And, as it turns out, one of the doggie stars, Molly, is a friend of a friend’s dog. Just want to get as close to stardom as I can. Here’s the PI’s write up about the show.

Seattle Animal Shelter’s April Fabulous Feline cat adoption event will be held in North Seattle at the Northgate Community Center across from Northgate Mall.

When: April 7th, Noon to 3:00 PM
Where: Northgate Community Center - 10510 5th Avenue NE (map)

Adoption prices range from $82 to $87 and include:

• Initial vaccinations
• Deworming
• Feline Leukemia testing
• Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians
• Spay or neuter
• Microchip (About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is injected under the cat’s skin, providing an identification number associated with that animal. Animal shelters can then scan a lost animal and retrieve its records from the microchip.)
• Seattle Pet License (if applicable)

Though the Seattle Animal Shelter is a city-run facility, the funds for necessary veterinarian care for homeless and uncared for pets brought to the shelter are provided through Help The Animal Fund (HTAF). Supported by donations, HTAF holds fundraising events throughout the year from bake sales to the Furry 5K Run at Seward Park.

A unique opportunity has become available through the Cash for Critters program. Cash for Critters takes in empty ink jet & laser cartridges and digital phones, and in turn, provides cash for non-profit animal organizations. The good folks at Metro Dog will be facilitating the program on behalf of the Seattle Animal Shelter. Please see the Cash for Critters website for acceptable cartridges and drop them off at Metro Dog.

Fabulous Feline a monthly cat adoption event sponsored by the Seattle Animal Shelter. Many of the cats up for adoption are currently being cared for in foster homes. One of the greatest advantage of adopting a foster cat is that these cats have been socialized and the foster parents are able to provide background information about them.

Adoption prices range from $82 to $87 and include:

• Initial vaccinations
• Deworming
• Feline Leukemia testing
• Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians
• Spay or neuter
• Microchip (About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is injected under the cat’s skin, providing an identification number associated with that animal. Animal shelters can then scan a lost animal and retrieve its records from the microchip.)
• Seattle Pet License (if applicable)

Where & When:

Saturday March 10, 2007 from Noon to 3:00 PM
Alki Community Center
5817 SW Stevens St.,
Seattle WA 98136
DIRECTIONS:
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/centers/Alki/directions.htm

Have you found your furry, four-legged soul mate? Was it love at first sight? Or, do you simply love dogs? CityDog Magazine, the magazine about life and living with dog in the West, invites you to join us for a cocktail paw-tay to celebrate what else, but the love of dog!

When: Tuesday, February 13, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Visions Room at the top of the Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle
Valet and parking garage available at the hotel (enter garage on Madison St).

• No-host bar and light hors d’oeuvres.
• Gift bags filled with goodies for you and your furry friend.
• Gourmet treats for the pooches.
• Mingling and more
• Enjoy incredible views from the Renaissance Hotel’s Visions Room, while sipping Dunham Cellars’s delicious Three Legged Red and Four Legged White wines.

CityDog Magazine welcomes ALL dog lovers with and without dogs. This is not a singles event, but a fun way to enjoy a night out on the town with your two- and/or four-legged friends, mix and mingle with fellow dog lovers and enjoy tasty treats and fine wines (however, if you ARE single, who knows with all that puppy love in the air)!

The event is FREE, but please RSVP by February 9th with your name and
number of people and/or dogs in your paw-tay to rsvp (at) citydogmagazine.com.

Any questions? Email us or call 206.762.0643.

One more good thing about living in the Emerald City -

“I’ve been to enough house fires where people are crying for us to save their pets,” Seattle firefighter Jennifer Bessler said. “This just gives us one more tool to help out a pet that’s maybe been in too long.”

Read full article

As a volunteer & foster parent with the Seattle Animal Shelter at Interbay (between Queen Anne & Magnolia), I wanted to take this opportunity to get the word out about an upcoming dog adoption event.

The Adopt-A-Dog month event will take place on October 22nd at Wags Belltown (113-A Bell Street) from 11 am to 3 pm. Folks from Wellness Food and the Belltown Feed & Seed will be on hand. There will be a raffle too.

The adoption fee range between $125 to $165 and include a fabulous dog companion, plus:

• Initial vaccinations
• Microchip
• An exam at a local Vet’s office
• Spay or Neutering
• De-worming
• Two-Year pet license

Wags Belltown will be hosting a Halloween Costume Party on Sunday, October 29th from 2 to 5 pm. There will be food, games and prizes for best costume. So, bring your urbanite pooch and enjoy the fun.