Batten down the hatches and be ready to evacuate you and your pets if necessary!  The 2011 hurricane season began June 1st and ends officially November 30th.  With a bit of  luck from Mother Nature perhaps we can put one past her this year.  Just in case be sure to have an advance plan of action to move you and your pets to safety.  Don’t forget that Carteret County has a “Companion” (pet-friendly) hurricane shelter located at the Newport Middle School, 500 E. Chatham St.  Be sure to take a look at our “Hurricane Shelter” page for useful information about how to utilize this shelter if needed.  It’s helpful but not required to pre- register you and your pets.  As always, volunteers staff all of the PAWS projects so please step up and help if possible.  Your help is needed and appreciated so very much by the community and the critters.

 

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The PAWS Bark Park opened in May 2011 and has quickly made some great new canine pals! The park features ample parking within a close proximity to the entry, extra safe double gated entry, small and large dog park areas, restroom, water stations, waste stations, seating, shade, and plenty of room to run!  Contact us for more information at 252.808.1729 to leave a message and we’ll call you back!

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PAWS Bark Park Is Open Now!

Cindy shows off her bounty of pet food

Title: PAWS Share the Love Free Pet Food Distribution Day Carteret County
Location: PAWS Pet Adoption Center 5042 Mattie Street Morehead City
Description: PAWS Share the Love Free Pet Food Distribution Day.  Saturday, July 9th.   Hours of distribution will be 1pm – 5pm. Must meet HHS Low Income Guideline and be a Carteret County resident. Pay stub or 1040, & ID required along with form to be completed the day of food pick up. Questions call 252.808.1729 & leave message for a return call please indicating “pet food”.  We get calls daily from folks that need just a bit of  temporary help and are so pleased to be able to offer this food. 

Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2011-07-09
End Time: 17:00

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Family Event

OktoberPets Pet Expo 2010 will happen October 31st at the Crystal Coast Civic Center. This is such a fun family event. Plenty of contests for everyone to enter. One of our favorites is “Best Kisser” of course! This year’s event falls on Halloween so we’re really encouraging folks and their canines to dress it up a bit! Yes, there will be a costume contest too!  Other than the one dollar admission probably the best deal will be the Microchip Clinic where canines can be chipped for only $35 which includes registration! Instead of a “fund” raising event we prefer to call it a “fun” raising event! Over 200 dogs plus a couple of small furries came last year so will there be even more this year? The Classic Car Cruise In is a non-show event open to all vehicles of interest and also sports a 50/50 drawing!  Lots of food & fun, give-aways, and also a live radio remote broadcast with “The Bear”.   A huge thank you to Realty World First Coast Realty for being our “Top Dog” event sponsor!

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It’s been a very busy summer and anyone involved with animal rescue will attest, it’s always too busy.

PAWS has many events coming up this fall.  “Parking With PAWS” is a great fund raising event during the “North Carolina Seafood Festival ” October 1st -3rd.  We offer parking in the 700 block of Bridges Street all 3 days of the Festival thanks to Neil Whitford who donates his business parking lot to PAWS for this event.

October 14th is the “PAWS Annual Membership Meeting” and we’re lucky to have Terry Murphy from “Sound Dog Training” will be with us along with her really cool (and very smart) canine companion Grace.  If you haven’t seen Grace (and Terry) before you’re in for a treat!

Up next on the PAWS calendar will be the 2010 “PAWS OktoberPets/Pet” at the Crystal Coast Civic Center . This year it’s on October 31st which is Halloween and should really be fun.   Hundreds of folks with their (mostly) canine companions make their way into the Civic Center to see vendors, compete in fun contests like “best kisser and best costume” and also participate in our microchip clinic.  One favorite of everyone at this event is the “Blessing of the Pets”.  Also during this event is our Classic Car Cruise In.  Everyone is welcome to this non-show event so cruise in with your classic, muscle, car of interest, or motorcycle.  All well behaved dogs on leashes (with owners) are welcome to this one day-all day family event!

On Saturday, November 6th get your walking shoes on and head out with “PAWS Pets For Vets” as we walk with our canine companions during the “Morehead City Veterans Day Parade“.  If you prefer not to walk the parade route you are very welcome to ride on the PAWS float.  Start practicing your parade waves!

Work continues on the PAWS Bark Park.  We are currently coordinating with everyone involved with the key-card gate entry.  The unit is here and we’re preparing for installation.  Trust me about this, it truly sounds so much easier than it really is!  Once the unit is operational we’ll get the Bark Park Volunteers and Bark Rangers together for some training.

A few eager potential Bark Park Members have stopped by to check out the grounds and from what I see it’s all paws up from the canines and they seem very happy to be there!  One thing I noticed was the dogs seemed to wait until out of the park and onto our sod before “taking care of business”.  Ok, so this might be part of Murphy’s Law but a serious reminder to owners, curb your dog!  The landscaping was donated and it’s not likely we’ll be able to afford to replace it.  Use the designated waste areas (inside park) and you must clean up behind your pet.  This will be very important to the success of your park and is the very first dog park rule of etiquette.

October is Membership Month.  Annual PAWS membership dues for you and your pets are due this month.  Lifetime memberships are a deal at $250!

Folks, as always, the animals depend on you.  Visit the PAWS  “pet friendly”  Thrift Store often at 1211  Bridges Street.  All proceeds go directly towards helping less fortunate animals right here in Carteret County.

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