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We have provided this page for you to tell everyone about your Cecil County SPCA pet! The "Your Pet Tails" section has pictures, stories, and even web-movies of many of our adoptees that have attained celebrity status with their new families. The "Rainbow Bridge" section is set aside for pet memorials and tributes for those that wait for us on the other side of the Bridge. Many of you have asked where you can find many of the animal and pet stories, poems, and anecdotes that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, or even at the shelter, well our "Favorite Stories" area is where you will find many of them!
If you have a favorite pet from the CCSPCA tell everyone about him/her here! To have your pet listed send us a short writeup and pictures by mail or email. We will also very soon be able to include web-movies of your pet as well, check back soon for format details.
Click here to visit our Memorial Page
3-1-2007
5-5-06
Hello everyone. I wanted to give you a quick update on how Paris did her first night in her new home. It would appear she is not used to being walked to do her business as we have now walked her last night and this morning and there is no action on her part. But that certainly is something to work on and the only negative about her! She was perfect when applying the DMSO to her belly, we gave her the heartworm monthly pill and she ate it without any hesitation...well she spit it out but quickly picked it up and chewed. We introduced her to a pig's ear treat and she proudly walked around with it until she realized she could chew it. Ah youth, so much to learn! She is incredibly sweet, followed us around the house with quiet enthusiasm, and knew all about sleeping in a bed but being very calm and quiet about it. My husband would always walk our first lab, Bailey, to the elementary school in the morning to say hi to the custodian, teachers and any children that may already be on site. Paris ( we may be calling her Gilda as we are both professional, classical singers and both have performed "Rigoletto") was perfect and enthusiastic about meeting everyone including the kids. The custodian and one of the teachers got teary-eyed as they miss our Bailey but were so happy to see us with another beautiful blonde lab to keep the a.m. tradition going. Thank you for posting her picture on the web and making it possible for us to adopt her after the sudden loss on April 24 of our beloved 11.5 year old lab Bailey. We will take great care of Paris and keep you updated on her progress with us. Candace
4-4-06
We would just like to let you know that we are very happy with Bradley, which we adopted on 2/25/06. He is so much more then we had expected. We knew he was gently and wanted to be loved, but we didn’t expect him to be house broken and he listens very well and learns things easily. We did change his name to REDZ because of his beautiful color. We just wanted to say
Thank you.
Diana and Tom
Hello, my name is Renee Cannon. It's coming up on our one year anniversary of my adopting a little Chihuahua mix pup named Elinor. She is doing very well and has successfully completed her first basic obedience class and is loving her 2 sisters...Emma (IG) and Lucy (B. Collie). I've attached a picture of her with Emma Lu. This is what they do in the evening after dinner...nap and cuddle together!! Lucy's finishing her dinner in peace!! I'm so glad that I treated all of us to Elli (her nickname) and I couldn't imagine our home without her. I just wanted to let you know that she is doing exceptionally well and we all love her and hope to be with her for many, many years!! Thanks for taking care of her and her brothers and sisters before I found her. Happy Holidays to all, Renee Cannon
7-13-05
Dear Ms Deamming:
We are thrilled to be contacting you about Chewie that we adopted from you in Feb. 2004 . Chewie has been placed as our first diabetic alert/service dog. this is new territory for us, but we are very excited that chewie alerts accurately 100 % of the time to blood sugar drops. His person has type 1 diabetes and has an internal insulin pump. He feels that Chewie has saved him from passing out at least 2-3 times each day.He graduated July 10, 2005 and two more dogs adopted from the Cecil County SPCA are due to graduate in the fall class.
Best Reguards
Jennifer Kriesel
Director of Developement Canine Partners For Life
( Below is a story from the Philadelphia Inquirer )
Avoiding trouble by a nose A Chesco group trains dogs to help diabetics. By Shirley Wang Inquirer Staff Writer Bob Maher's diabetes was shutting his body down. He no longer got the shakes or the sweats to warn him that his blood sugar was plummeting. Instead, he would just pass out. It made him scared to drive, to be alone, even to sleep. Chewie's going to change all that. The 2-year-old dog, an auburn Labrador mix named after the Star Wars character Chewbacca, has the ability to detect changes in Maher's blood sugar that are unrecognizable to Maher himself. Chewie then alerts Maher to correct it. To see the phenomenon "just makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up," said Jennifer Kriesel, director of development at Canine Partners for Life, a Chester County organization that trains service dogs for people with impaired mobility and medical conditions. In June 2004, Bob's wife, Jean, found him in front of the television in his recliner, unconscious. By the time the paramedics arrived, he had no pulse or heartbeat. After that, Jean Maher would wake up several times a night to check Bob's blood sugar, and when he was home she would not leave his side. Then Maher, 64, a project manager who lives in Plano, Texas, was paired with his new best friend by Canine Partners for Life. Having a 24-hour canine companion, said Maher, "will give both of us greater independence." In the long run, Chewie may also improve Maher's health. Tighter blood-sugar control lowers the chance of long-term diabetes-related complications, such as blindness or amputations. Over the last three weeks, Maher and Chewie - and six human-canine classmate pairs - have spent more than 90 hours training together at the organization's 45-acre spread in Cochranville. The dogs graduate tomorrow and will go home with their new owners. Service dogs assist recipients by helping them balance or walk, opening doors, retrieving objects - even phones - and flipping light switches. Some, like Chewie, have the additional, innate ability to sense medical episodes before they have occurred. Alert dogs were first recognized for detecting seizures, but increasing evidence suggests they can also detect other medical conditions, such as low blood sugar. Maher and Chewie are the first diabetes-alert team Canine Partners has paired up. On Wednesday, the last full training day before graduation, Maher challenged Chewie to an advanced retrieval exercise in the training barn. The two strolled around together like life partners, though they actually met just three weeks ago. Chewie's obedience is broken only when he wants to alert Maher to check his blood sugar. Each dog's alert is different, and one challenge for recipients is to recognize when their dogs are trying to warn them. Chewie stops in front of Maher and refuses to move. Since meeting, Chewie has alerted Maher seven times. Originally skeptical of Chewie's alerts because they would sometimes come right after he had eaten - when low blood sugar should not be a problem - Maher checked his level and realized Chewie was right. Every time. At Canine Partners, about three out of every 10 service dogs appear to have this ability, according to Kriesel. It's unclear exactly how the dogs sense blood-sugar problems or impending seizures. It may be changes in a person's scent or electrical activity in the body or brain, Kriesel said. Research from the University of Florida finds that some dogs indeed have the ability to alert, but how they do it is unknown. Now in its 16th year, Canine Partners is only one of about 15 organizations that train medical alert dogs, according to Assistance Dogs International, the coalition that sets the training standards. In order to be considered for a service dog, an applicant's main motivation must be to be more independent, said Darlene Sullivan, executive director of Canine Partners. "The type of disability is not important." The service dogs are carefully selected and go through a two-year training process, yielding at most 28 trained dogs each year. Canine Partners also requires extensive follow-up and recertification training on the part of the recipient. Each dog costs about $20,000 to train, although the nonprofit agency asks for a $900 donation from recipients. Its waiting list for dogs is currently 8 to 18 months. For Maher, who used to be reluctant to talk about his diabetes, Chewie is not only helping him get his life back, he is ushering Maher out of the diabetes closet. Chewie, Maher said, "will set me free."
6-24-05
I just wanted to let you know how well our new dog "Max" is doing. He is a small white Bichon Frise -- thought perhaps poodle -- that we adopted this past Monday. He is wonderful with children and has taken to his new home so well. He went to the vet yesturday and is in fine health-- just being treated for tape worms which should clear up very soon. He is about 1 year old and is a Bichon Frise that has does not have a "show Cut". All the children in the neighborhood adore Max. The vet told us that some of the best care he has seen has come from your shelter. He felt that your service to the dogs is far supperior than that of some of the Delaware shelters. We would like to thank you from the bottem of our hearts for giving us our "perfect Dog". God Bless you all! Love, Rob,Annemarie, Robert, Emily and Baby Max
6-18-05
Greetings,
Wanted to give you a Bing update; he is enjoying his new home and we are greatly enjoying his company, personality, and his "terrier" moments; if thatcan be believed. I have found that he is very intelligent and a most loving addition to my household. While my daughter and I were at the beach last week, he stayed with my sister and her husband who lives in Mercersburg, PA and they were delighted with him and stated that he was a very good house guest ; and stated that he was more than welcome to come for a visit anytime; and let it be known that if ever I wanted to part with him, they would be more than happy to take him off my hands, which I thought was a wonderful sentiment ; unfortunately for them, I would never part with him.
I wanted to let you know that I was most impressed with your facility and your staff and want to commend you and your staff for the time he was with you and the training that he received while with you....he is crate trained, rides very well in the car, either in a crate or on the passenger side front seat of the car...he loves his car rides. I have no problems with him going into the kennel during the day and as my sister and her husband stated, he is a very good house dog. The only thing I have found, he does not like shots from the Vet and especially from the male Vet. But there again, I don't really care for shots and can very well understand. We hope to go to obedience training together before the summer is over with and that should be a learning experience for us both.
Thank you for Bing,and thank you for the most excellent care that you gave to him and give to the other animals in your care. Have a wonderful summer.
With best regards,
Jerry W.
Damasscus Md.
1-19-05
Hi,
I sent you an e-mail letter awhile ago about my service dog Benny. He came from Amazing Tails and they got him from you. His name was Midnight when you had him. He is the best dog in the world. You told me to e-mail a picture to you. Here is a picture of Benny and me at Christmas.
Take care, Ronny Morrissey and Benny
A CARD FROM 9-7-04
You've all been just as thoughtful as you possibly could be- That's why it's hard to find the words to thank you properly.
Thank you for helping us get our poodle back after our car accident 6-30-04
Shannon & Bill
( Their dog was ejected from the car and it took off and was lost when the
car flipped over during an accident on Rt. 40 Near Ace Hardware. A citizen
found the dog and was brought to the SPCA and the shelter called the owners
and a relative picked the dog up while the owners were being treated at the
hospital.)
LETTER FROM 8-04
Hi everyone! I just wanted to say thanks for taking such great care of me until the Millers adopted me. Here I am in my new home and it is great. They even let me sleep on the bed!! What you do for all animals is a wonderful thing. I will visit you soon. love, Maisy (that's my new name)
Dear Sir: please accept my donation to help the black dog whose story was in the whig. I hope this will help with medical problems. P.S. I would be interested in adopting him/her . I hope the man whose beating caused the dog pain, gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Flora of Crumpton Md.
( A small blk. puppy was taken to the spca in May 2004 when the SPCA was called by the North East Police after they had arrested the suspest for animal abuse after the Police officer heard the dog yelping from alleged abuse.)
Tess
I thought you would enjoy these photos. Well its been 2 years already. Do you think they have settled in?
Cecila & Brian Rieken
Margo & Phoebe
Our lucky pair!
Margret H. Meyer
Sparky's Noodle
Adopted from the Cecil County SPCA Inc. May 2001 . Now known as Sparkys Noodle. Oct 7 2001 He has earned 196.5 points out of 200 in AKC obedience trial at Wrightstown Pa. He was the high scoring dog at this trial.
On Oct. 21, 2001 he scored 198.5 at another obedience trial in Cumberland Md. at the Upper Potomac Valley Kennel Club Trial, he was again was high score on Oct. 28 2001 earning his Companion Dog title with 198 pointsat Middleburg Kennel Club Obedience trial B Novice class.
As he has earned his title in 3 consecutive trials with a score of 195 or above , Sparkys Noodle also earned the prestigice Dog World Award.
Noodle is also a utility dog. He earned his title with scores of 195, 196, & 197 out of a possible 200.
He is the top English Springer Spaniel Obedience Dog in the country based the number of dogs defeated at the show ring.
As of 10-05-04 He now has his obedience trial championship and has an Invatation to the Eukanuba National obedience championships. As the #1 Springer Spaniel in the country.
Noodle earned his Obedience Trial Championship on Feb. 14, 2004. He's the first English Springer Spaniel to earn an OTCh in over two years. He has also been invited to compete in this year's AKC/Eukanuba National Obedience Invitational as the country's top Eng. Springer Spaniel. News flash. This past weekend, Noodle earned the last leg of his Utility Dog Excellent title. He's a UDX dog at last!
Diane Sparks
Aberdeen
Md.
Alydia is our basking beauty and Oliver loves to be rocked to sleep after dinner!
Angela Teague
Buffy
After
the death of our first adopted dog Sacha, we came back to the shelter and
adopted Sally, an Akita mix female. I thought I would be getting a "small
puppy" but "Sally" and I bonded immediately and "chose"
each other as companions. I have retained the "Sally" as her middle
name. We (my family and I) call her "Buffy". She loves everyone
and won the hearts of my brother and sister immediately also. She and Sacha
are as different as day and night in their mannerisms and appearances, but
they both have added much joy to our family. Buffy prefers to be in the house
with her humans. Sacha loved the outdoors when the weather was not too hot.
Buffy is just as happy to go out simply to do her duties and come back in
and play with her humans. Buffy was quite rotund when she came to us and Sacha
was extremely thin. As is evidenced by the pictures of both dogs, we built
Sacha into a beautiful lady and have trimmed down Buffy. Buffy loves and imediately
trusts everyone she meets at our home; Sacha's trust had to be "won".
Thank you for the wonderful work you do in placing these champion animals.
I will always return to you when I'm in need of more animal companionship.
Sincerely,
Norma K.
Snelling (proud owner)
Duke
Dear Cecil County SPCA:
It has been a year since I was adopted and I am writing to tell you how things have turned out for me. You might remember me as "Ringo" but with my new life came a new name, "Duke". I am named after John Wayne. I even kind of swagger like him!
My
new owners, J.R. and Steph, have done their best to train me (we even went
to obedience school) but I have succeeded in convincing them that spoiling
and pampering is a much better way to raise a beagle!! As you can see from
my photos, I enjoy sunning on the deck and sitting (or napping) on all the
furniture. I also love going outside. I am definitely the best-walked dog
in the neighborhood. In fact, the kids on our street treat me like a celebrity!
I especially enjoy my walks in the cold and rain - all the better to sniff
out squirrels and chipmunk!
For the most part, I am pretty happy with J.R. and Steph. They haven't gotten used to me chewing on sweaty baseball hats or turning over the kitchen trashcan, but I think I am making progress. It is only a matter of time before they start sleeping on the floor and I finally get the whole bed to myself!
Thank you for taking such good care of me until they were able to adopt me. I am very happy with my new family.
Love
Duke Rigley
(with help from Stephanie Rigley)
Killian on the right, King on the Left, With Owner Lakota
Killian Adopted summer of 2002 And King adopted spring of 2000 both doing well in their new homes and Lakota now volunteers at the SPCA.
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
(Note you can also read more about the Rainbow Bridge at rainbowsbridge.com)
Sacha
I
am writing in regards to the "wonderful" dogs I have gotten from
the Cecil County SPCA. The first dog I rescued was adopted on July 28th 1990.
She was a German Shepherd mix (estimated to be 7-8 mo. old) and I named her
Sacha. She had been rescued by your organization from a 10 food deep concrete
pit in the Perryville area. She was avery wary of making friends and it was
only through the help of our Beagle dog that Sacha rallied around. She felt
safe with her: and didn't have to fear for the types of actions humans did
to her. Sacha adjusted and became a wonderful companion and guard dog over
the years. Sacha lost her battle with various health problems on April 3,
2001. I am enclosing a studio picture of Sacha with her friend Rusty our cat.
My family and I loved her and still miss her so much.
Norma K. Snelling
Percy
In loving memory of Percy. Thanks Cecil County SPCA for allowing him to be a part of my life. May 16, 1998 - July 10, 2001. Sadly missed by Mom, Bonnie Girard.
MAXINE
Just a happy note . This is maxine, AKA JESSIE, she came to the CCSPCA INC. with a fish hook in her mouth. We adopted her in 2002 and gave her lots of love and care. My daughter ased max to pose for the camera, and she gave us a big smile . Max is doing very well and we love her very much.
Sincerely, Kristine Strohmaier.
Hi everyone! Thanks to so many of you on this list in so many ways, we are now the proud parents of Bernie. We adopted him Monday from the wonderful people at Cecil County SPCA/Eastern Shore Animal Rescue League in Maryland. What an amazing adventure. Some of you know we’ve been looking at several different rescue setters these last few weeks. You’ve been such important, kind, wise and patient Setter friends in need—we couldn’t have done it without you. Now remember, this is a tale full of angels, so the first bunch of angels is YOU! We had an incredible journey down to Maryland from Massachusetts. The angel who welcomed us to Maryland was a darling, friendly, and rail-thin (but healthy-looking) starving stray tuxedo kitten who’d been hanging around the inn where we were spending the night. The innkeepers are good people but were afraid to feed him because they’re both cat-allergic and knew if they fed him he was theirs! We were quite upset by the whole situation, and smitten by the kitten, and were determined to find him a home fast, even though we were strangers in the area ourselves. Miraculously, the waitress at the seafood restaurant where we had dinner was so moved by our story that she came over to adopt him right after work. (The restaurant is the Blue Crab Grill in Newark, DEL—they’re great cooks AND they love animals! I’d be a regular if I lived there.) Just imagine being homeless and starving one minute and then being scooped up and taken to your new home with a loving waitress from a fish restaurant who knows just how to spoil a cat! So there were three more angels: the kitten (who told us when we asked him that his name is Merrr :) AND Terri the waitress AND her boss who owns the restaurant, who promised he’d take Merrr if Terri didn’t (he already had 4 cats :). The next morning we drove over to Chesapeake City to ESARL and we met sweet Cutter, the dog we’d come for, only to find that he and we just didn’t click. (He’s a winning, beautiful guy and we’d love to help him find a home—we have a hunch he needs a multi-dog family and savvier dog-parent humans than us—we’re new to this world.) Wow, that was really hard. But... Cutter proved to be the angel who got us to come to ESARL, because we met one of his shelter neighbors, who was called Harley. And Harley—whose name is now Bernie—was indeed the dog who was waiting for us. He’s 3-4 years old, 39.9 lbs of tri-color ES love! The next angel was the 67 year old gentleman who spoke to us at a rest stop on I-95 in Delaware while we were walking Bernie and getting coffee. He asked if he could greet our dog, and when he did, Bernie—who’d been pulling the Stubborn Setter Stance and not wanting to get back in the car—immediately relaxed and softened when he touched him. The gentleman told us he’d been working with rescued animals for years, and gave us some good advice about how to help Bernie adjust to his new life, and about how our patience will be rewarded. He was all warm smiles and caring encouragement. Just out of the blue. When he realized we’d only adopted Bernie literally an hour ago, he said, maybe I was supposed to talk to you! And as we were getting into our car to leave, he came trotting back with packages of snacks for us for our journey home. The next angel was whoever it was that caused there to be absolutely no traffic tie-ups on our entire 7 hour drive home including rush hour across NJ/NY and Hartford CT! But the biggest angel is Bernie, who made the journey like a trooper and has been blossoming with every hour he’s in his new forever home with us. That’s the story! Thanks for reading, all you angels! :) Setter love Jody
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