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Lucky Paws- 52 Draws

An Exciting Fundraiser to Benefit the Animals at Second Chance Animal Center. Feel lucky and want to help the animals at Second Chance? Then join Lucky Paws and receive 52 chances to win $$$!

How It Works -

For a $52 donation, you will receive a chance to win a weekly drawing for 52 weeks. That’s only $1 per drawing!
Each week SCAC will hold a drawing; a $100 drawing for 51 weeks and a $1000 drawing for the final week.
SCAC will be accepting donations for Lucky Paws from April - May 31, 2012 or until we reach 300 participants, whichever happens first.
The first drawing will be held on June 1, 2012 and weekly thereafter.
This opportunity is limited to the first 300 donors. Only one donation per person.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
Weekly winners are eligible for remaining drawings.
Winner’s names will be posted weekly on our website and our Facebook page.
Donations to participate in the fundraiser can be made in person at the shelter or by mail.

To join by mail, send a $52 check or money order to SCAC ATTN: Lucky Paws, PO Box 620,

Shaftsbury, VT 05262. Make sure to include your name, address, a phone number where you can be reached, and an email address to receive your Lucky Paws number. Good Luck!

(This fundraiser requires a minimum of 150 participants. In the event that we fail to meet the required number of participants, the fundraiser will be canceled and donations returned.)

More information is available at www.2ndchanceanimalcenter.org.

Beware Those Ticks

By Dr. Peter R. Geannelis

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We’ve had a mild winter, so be prepared for a bad tick season. Tick populations have been growing steadily in southern Vermont over the last decade, with two tick-borne diseases now very prevalent in our area—Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis. Both are carried by the deer tick and the common brown dog tick, the two predominant ticks we see here.

Most of us have heard about Lyme disease. It’s true that the tick needs to be attached to your dog for at least 24-36 hours in order to transmit the bacterium, but all stages of the tick—larval, nymph and adult—can carry and transmit the disease. Known scientifically as “Borrelia burgdorferi,” the Lyme bacterium can migrate to four places in the canine body—the joints, central nervous system, kidneys and heart, all spaces where blood flow is limited. As a rule, the joint and central nervous system forms are treatable, but Lyme in the kidneys and heart is far more serious, and in fact is often fatal. Vaccines are available, but are variable in their ability to protect your dog from contracting Lyme. If your vet is using one that incorporates the C6 antigens or the whole cell wall of the bug, the vaccine will be effective. Not only are vaccines integral to preventing the Lyme infection in the first place, but are also a crucial part of the treatment protocol once the dog has contracted the disease so that it doesn’t recur….

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Denise Nack Warshauer

News & Events

The 4th Annual Yappy Birthday Party to benefit the Manchester Dog Park

Saturday, September 15th, rain or shine, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at park, located in the Dana Thompson Rec Park on Rt. 30 in Manchester Center. Watch for balloons and signs. Admission fee of $10 per adult, $5 for children under 12 includes buffet luncheon. Dogs admitted free! All dogs get festive bandanas. There will be vendors, canine demos, rescue groups, canine wellness experts, plus a costume parade and prizes.

For more information, or if you want to be a sponsor, vendor or volunteer, contact Nancy Boardman at 802-375-6138 or ngb@sover.net.

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