CARE Adoption Days

PETCO San Juan Capistrano
  Dogs - Every Sunday when available -   
  Noon to 3 PM

PETsMART San Juan Capistrano
  Cats - Every Saturday (see them there everyday)
  Dogs - Every Saturday when available -   
  Noon to 4 PM
Come help spread the word about CARE's plans while helping find homes for the animals. It's a great way to meet other nice people and help find homes for the animals.

Visit the L'Hirondelle web site

April 23rd 12 to 3PM Click chef's image to visit the web slide show to see images of all the fun at the Paws on the Patio event. More Information

Visit the new web site for:
C.A.R.E. for the 
Gardens of San Juan Capistrano 

• Preview the five gardens on the tour

• "Dogs in the Garden" Cute images and article links

• Links to lists of pet toxic plants, like lilies, azaleas and oleanders.

• Map for the Garden Tour

Board Member Updates

Presidents Message: Phillip R. Schwartze Plans for our next major fundraising event continue.  The first annual Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, June 4th as a self directed tour of five gardens.  The Capistrano Garden Club worked with CARE to select five gardens that provide a wide variety of garden styles an features. From gentle paths, strolling by  water elements, through small vineyards,  to peaceful garden vignettes, the variety will catch your interest at every one of these homes. We are progressing with the interim plans for the Adoption Center site. For additional information, you can download a copy of the CARE Quarterly in Adobe PDF format.  Thanks to everyone who brought their wheeled treasures to the Second Annual CARe SHOW. The variety of vehicles you bring make this show such a fun event. The CARE SHOW committee met to start planning next years event, to make it both bigger and better.  We expected almost 300 custom cars and trucks and our visitors enjoyed than 336 entries.  Radio Station KLAC and George Fryer rocked us on, while the CARe SHOW major sponsor Ruby’s Restaurants served warm food and had the cutest outside both. Visit the CARe SHOW web site to see all who helped us and to see images of the show  Volunteers.....You did great. Your smiles and warmth helped make everyone's day. Everyone should plan on attending next year so you can see all of the beautiful cars and special displays.  Spectator admission will be $5 and kids under 12 are free. We want to thank one of our ongoing CARE Sponsors, William Lyon Homes, for generously donating a Hydro-seeding of our Camino Capistrano construction site. Lyon Homes also provided construction of a chain link fence to eliminate any illegal dumping before we begin construction. All of the CARE volunteers have done fantastic jobs with all of the adoptions in the last few months. But we have the highest number of pets ever on our roster and we need your help during this peak season more than any other time. We would not be successful if it were not for the volunteers who work at the Cattery at Petsmart and the many fine people who assist in our construction fundraising efforts. Thank you one and all for allowing me to be President of this great organization and I am excited about our future. Lesley Manent: Technology Committee  Do you enjoy playing on the web? We could use a volunteer to help keep our information current and post the pets on Pets911 and Petfinder websites. A Request from Jean Janicki: Publicity Adoption and happy ending stories are always needed for our publications.  Please email digital pictures and your stories to info@capoanimalrescue.com.   Editor's Note: Please join CARE in congratulating Dr. Joe Cortese on joining the Wall of Recognition for the City of San Juan Capistrano 17 May at City Hall.  Joe Cortese, DVM ~ Animal Welfare Chairman       Vets on a Mission - Lets continue to encourage friends and neighbors to spay neuter at an early age. Cats can become pregnant at five to six months of age. Aside from the large number of kittens that are put down each year, having a litter at such a young age is not the easiest way into adulthood for these young mommas. If puppies or kittens outside of shelters and rescue groups find homes at your workplace, encourage the new owners to discuss the benefits of early spay/neuter on their first vet visit.  ADOPTIONS: Marsha Schwartze Kitten Season Lasts All Year but April and May CARE is in Kitten Over Load Thanks to all fosters who helped take care of kittens during 2004.  It was a tough year for upper respiratory infections, and your willingness to provide parts of your homes as isolation wards helped contain any potential outbreaks. Kittens are coming at too fast a rate. It seems like we are just now adopting the last of our 2004 kitties, yet both CARE and Animal Control are receiving far too many unwanted moms and kittens. Temporary Foster Homes are needed.  Join CARE in encouraging early spay and neuter of pets to help reduce the pet overpopulation problems and for their pet's health. Thanks to all of the CARE volunteers who make this happen.  Without them we couldn't do it.

If you have an interest in volunteering it is likely that CARE has more than one spot for you:  The dogs and cats need your help by extending the number of hours that they can be shown to the public. CARE currently has a record number of dogs and cats on our pet roster.  Plenty of Volunteer Opportunities:     Please Volunteer to Help at the Adoption Day Events.  There are animals that still need your help. Several volunteers are needed every week of the year.  Which weeks can you help at an adoption event?  Contact CARE Volunteers Garden Tour  June 4th  11am – 4pm Do you love gardens? We need a CARE representative at each of the five gardens on the tour, volunteer@capoanimalrescue.com    Can You Help CARE's dogs? CARE's dogs primary exposure is at Weekend Adoption Events or PR events like the CARe SHOW 2005. However, without volunteers to help transport the dogs and show the dogs, they end up not being shown to the public. If you are experienced with dogs, we need your help. You can be very instrumental in helping good dogs like Shep, find their new home.   Contact CARE Volunteers

Download, print and bring the fundraising flyer on the 4th Monday of every month from 5 PM to 9 PM and Ruby's will donate 20% back to CARE, Be sure to read the flyer for more information. Ruby's Diner Menu Franciscan Plaza 31781 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano  Proud Title Sponsor of the 2005 CARe SHOW

Happy Tails: Karen and Noah Dear CARE: The following are excerpts from a nice long letter from Michelle on how Karen and Noah are doing  Noah and Karen have new names (although I loved Noah's name, I let Megan decide what to call them). Noah is now Sox since it looks like he's wearing socks and Karen is now Tara. Tara's name comes partly from her being a terror at times. They've really come a long way and are now like brother and sister. They even look out for each other. You recall we had some trouble in the beginning and how one night of steak scraps turned the situation around. They have been getting closer by the day. They are very playful with each other around 11 PM and again around 5 AM. They sleep together on the same bed and like to do lots of things together. It was kind of a mixed blessing because although we were happy that they were getting along, it loosened the bond between Noah and us. He didn't want to sit in Duncan's lap anymore, nor sleep with me. So that was kind of hard for us, but we really enjoy seeing them play together and get along. In the past week, Noah/Sox has started to bond with us again, letting us pet him and such. Duncan hopes that he'll return to being the lap cat he once was. I'm sure he will in time  Update! Megan said that last night Sox was in "his" chair in the living room and jumped off it and into Duncan's lap. Hurray! Tara has gotten out the front door a few times, but not down the steps; we've caught her each time and brought her back inside. Sox is too timid to get near a door. Sincerely, Sox, Tara, Megan, Michelle and Duncan Casper, what might they do to encourage minor changes in behavior? Answer: First it sounds like they have made good progress with Karen (Tara). But slipping out the door can be corrected. Friends tell us that noise aversion is a good technique to discourage a cat from going to the door when it is opened. One friend asks a neighbor to use a boat air horn to help. Neighbor rings bell and then have the cat accompany you to the door. Open the door just barely enough to get the cats attention to the outside, then ask neighbor to make the noise. You might also try the soda can with pennies inside to make a rattle. Leave it by the door and rattle it after opening the door just a little.  Erissa and I wait by the door when my family comes home. We insist on immediate quality time. Erissa runs away from the door before it is opened. We know she was trained with noise aversion from the crinkling sound of plastic bags. As groceries are brought in, she hates that sound. She will pull plastic bags from the trash and shred them and eat then when no one is around. We keep them locked up, because they can cause problems in the digestive system. Now about Noah on the lap. He is growing and also picking up some independence. At 10 months Erissa could not be held or placed in a lap. This technique now has her jumping in laps and staying for 15 minutes. It still needs to be on her terms. Before feeding Noah, when he is more interested in food, you might want to feed him a small amount of good quality kibble in your lap. Just give him one at a time until he gets coaxed onto your lap. Avoid the temptation to hug him tightly or pet him too much. You want him to know that he is welcome there. For good health we get wet food here for most of our meals, yet good quality kibble is used to reinforce training. Good kibble is healthier than most cat treats.  To help me get exercise, my family hides about six kibble most days. They put them high up in different places, which requires me to jump. Basically, after they leave for work, I use my hunting skills to find these goodies. They aren't always there, yet I still get the exercise. To start this practice, place the six kibble near one spot and show your cat. Then expand the area over about 6 weeks.  Thanks to Michelle, Duncan and Megan for updating the volunteers on the progress of Karen and Noah. Tara is a cute name. If "TARA"ble keeps making progress, will she become Karen again? Probable not. It sounds like Tara has made her place in your home. Thanks.

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Written by a cat

Question: Casper, How is David?

Answer: Terrific. He is wonderful. The CARE Times staff has had the chance to spend time with him several different days.

Casper, what is his personality like?
Answer: Playful. At six years old he is one kid of a cat. He probably will have 33% kitten in him all of his life. He is sweet and loving. He watches with great interest as the cattery gets cleaned or visitors enter.

Casper, How is his diabetes doing?
Answer: David is like another cat that CARE found a home for. You may remember our other sugar cat Maria. David and Maria, did not need insulin shots. They do need to stay on a special diet and not any other pets food or people food. Additionally they need a family that is available every 12 hours to make sure he gets fed consistently. A single workaholic would not be a good placement for David. He also needs to not be bale to get to other pet's food, or they need to be able to eat his food.  

Casper, Is David a cute cat?
Answer: Not quite like me. He is a nice fellow, yet kind of goofy looking. FurBall and Erissa both say he is gorgeous. I don't understand girls, cats or otherwise. He has a silly mustache they find fascinating, yet all cats have facial hair Here is David's image. He has white jym socks, yet they look like they just came out of the package. What's with that white triangle on his face that everyone finds so adorable?  He does have nice expressive eyes that make him very easy to carry on a conversation with you. What would you say?

David asks if you can help him control his diabetes
 

Casper, Is there a resource on cats with Diabetes?
Answer: Sure, yet keep in mind with a little patience and dedication in his new home, David should be able to keep his diabetes under control. Lots of cats live with diabetes, just like people do. They are often called Sugar Cats, because controlling the sugar in their bloodstream helps control the problem. Visit Sugar Cat Harry's web site  or the www.felinediabetes.com web sites for more information.

Casper, Can I help David?
Answer: Help David the way you help all of the cats and dogs of CARE. Support the events, volunteer and become a member. Yet you can provide extra help to David, Butch (FIV + see upper right column for Butch's story) and other special needs cats. When talking to someone looking for a cat. Ask them what personality the are seeking in their new friend. If it matches David or Butch, tell them about him. Encourage them to call their vet, or CARE may be able to arrange a call to one of those helping CARE to speak about David's extra needs. A little patience and discipline about his eating and they can end up with a terrific friend. 

I would like to remind the dogs and cats reading this that many more Kennel Sponsors are needed to move the Adoption Center closer to being completed. Please remind your families that Kennel Sponsorship makes a nice holiday gift for your family to recognize the pets who have been in their lives. Kennel Sponsorship is a wonderful gift for all of the dogs or cats that will benefit in the years to come from the gift of Kennel Sponsorship. Click to learn more about Kennel Sponsorship.

Call 949-240-1735 to sponsor a dog or cat kennel in your or your pet's name at the new adoption center for a gift that gives through the years..

Please stop by the San Juan Capistrano Luv-A-Pet center to visit the cats. Your visits help encourage them to come to the front of the cage, where they need to be when that right someone comes in for a visit. 

You can help by referring friends, coworkers and others to the cattery when they are considering adding an animal to their life. 

A special thanks to all who volunteered to work at a CARE adoption day, fostered a dog or cat or helped at the cattery this quarter. Casper the Cat.

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