Happy Rendezvous!

Yes, it's Rendezvous again in Whitehorse complete with all the fun and crazy events. The Humane Society was involved in the Pet Parade and the Dog Howling Contest. There will be a full update of the Dog Howling results later but we did have a three dog tie for first and a two dog tie for third place.

Here are some of the entrants.

The dog in the lower right also acted as a backup singer for the rest of the dogs.

These are some of the dogs in the pet parade.

This was an ingenious costume, the peg leg is real. The dog was unfortunate enough to lose a hind leg and wore the peg leg as part of the outfit. This was the costume that won first prize.

Yes, it is a pet parade not a dog parade so we do get other pets.

Thanks to all those who took part in the parade. Thanks also to those who dropped some money in our donation can.

Enjoy the rest of Rendezvous!

Musher Donations

The Yukon Quest ended this month with Hans Gatt as the winner, arriving with some very healthy looking dogs who were ready to keep going. A musher started an initiative to raise money for the shelter and we were presented with a cheque for $1,000 this week. So, thanks (in no particular order) to Hans Gatt, Gerry Willomitzer, William Kleedehn, Michelle Phillips, Simi Morrison, Maren Bradley, Jeff Luehmann, Ryan Kinna, Darren and Leanne Kinvig, Kenny Tetlichi, Sky High Wilderness, Uncommon Journeys and Didier Moggia.

As you may have heard or seen on CBC Yukon on Wednesday, we are in need of money to help us cope with the influx of puppies and dogs in the shelter. Thanks to everyone listed above for the much needed donation.

Dogs and puppies and cats, oh my!

The shelter is completely full! As of writing we have 17 dogs, 23 puppies and 11 cats in the shelter. We are looking for help both for fostering animals and with donations of puppy food and money. We have already been forced to tell people that we cannot accept new dogs at the present time.

The major part of this problem is the lack of spaying and neutering of pets. To all those of you who have taken the time and expense to fix your pets, thank you.

These unwanted puppies and kittens become a burden on those people who care for them. Even worse, they can be abused, left to starve or freeze to death. There is no need for a dog or cat to have one litter of young to be healthy. We have had two puppies literally left outside the shelter this week, one of whom was paralysed.

The staff at the shelter do everything possible to take care of the animals here, but sometimes we are in desperate need of help. Food and money donations are always welcome, especially so given our current situation. 23 puppies need a lot of food, taking care of all the animals requires a lot of money.

Thanks to the Carcross Posties

The posties in Carcross have once again been working hard and raising money for the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter. They called by on Saturday 23rd January and donated a cheque for over $3,000.

A great job by the posties and the people of Carcross, thanks a lot. Without help like this we could not help the animals.

Moonstroke Festival

Moonstroke Music Festival was held on 22nd January and was a great success. Over $5,000 was raised for the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter. Moonstroke was held at the Mount MacIntyre Rec Centre and if this year is anything to go by then we will definitely need a larger venue for the 2011 festival.

Our musical acts this year were: Gordie Tentrees Band, Sophisticated Cavemen, Ben Mahony and friends, Ryan McNally, Alex Machidon, Sasquatch Prom Date, CHS and Nemesis. Jeff Brewster was MC for the evening.

A full list of those who volunteered time, money, silent auction items, etc. would make this post sound like a long and boring Oscar acceptance speech. But our main sponsors were Triple J's Music, Yukon Brewing, CKRW and Omni Productions. On behalf of the Humane Society and all the dogs and cats currently in the shelter, thanks for your support. If we could write and thank you all individually, we would.

Don't forget that we will be at Sunstroke again in the summer.