Daunis Bradshaw, PALS Hero
In honor of the passing of PALS co-founder, Daunis Bradshaw, PALS will be closed for adoptions on Saturday, February 13.
Daunis was a hero to shelter animals and an inspiration to PALS volunteers and Board members. She worked tirelessly, sometimes at her own detriment, to clean, vaccinate, and medicate animals. She established Cassie's Garden at the Lodi Animal Shelter for adoptable cats. Her next big project was the moving of the skate park building next to the Lodi Animal Shelter. The new PALS adoption center was established. With this center, hundreds more cats and dogs were able to be adopted into loving homes.
Daunis told us a story about when she injured her leg and had to use crutches. She still went to Cassie's Garden to clean! Her husband was furious with her, but she just smiled and said that she had no choice - the animals needed her. Now that's dedication! That story showed us that if you want something badly enough and care about it, sometimes we have to make sacrifices.
Daunis can rest now; she was extremely excited about the plans for a new shelter at Sycamore Lane Kennels and that what she started will carry on with the continued support of volunteers and the community.
We will miss you Daunis.

Thanks for your support!
Our third annual Crab Feed fundraiser was a great success. Guests raved about the food, decorations, raffle and auction items. Thank you so much to the people who attended, donated to or worked at the event. We have some of the most dedicated volunteers around. We are still accepting donations for Biscuit, our little one-eyed Chihuahua who is also in need of knee surgery. So far, we have about a third of what we need, so please if you can, mail in a check to PALS, 2414 West Kettleman Lane, Suite 210-2207, Lodi, CA 95242 or come visit our adoption center and see him in person!!! He will melt your heart.

Crab Feed January 16
Thanks to everyone who made donations to PALS and the Lodi Animal Shelter this holiday season. Your generosity will improve the lives of shelter animals with warm blankets, healthy food and vet care. Donated supplies will help us keep our facilities clean and organized!
If you haven't purchased your Crab Feed Tickets yet, please call us. Tickets are selling fast and we have the best Crab Feed in town! For only $40 you will be served a delicious salad, pasta with sauce, bread and of course...yummy crab. Top it off with coffee and dessert and you have a 5 star meal. Get a gang of your coworkers, family or friends and reserve a table (or two). We are still accepting sponsors and donations of items for raffle.Please call Nancy at 327-0902. We can put your items/gift certificates etc. into a lovely gift basket. Promote your business while helping us help the animals.

Happy Holidays and Crab Feed Save the Date
Can you believe it is already December 15? We are all busy this time of year, but if you can please stop by the Lodi Animal Shelter and PALS and donate - we accept Healthwise dog and cat food, clay litter, and cleaning supplies : bleach, papertowels, HE detergent for example and of course we take cash and checks! We will provide a tax receipt. Thank you in advance.
Also, PALS awesome Crab Feed is scheduled for January 16, 2010, so please set aside some cash for tickets!!! We will have wonderful gift baskets for raffle, silent auction items, crab, salad, beer and wine, dessert, coffee and spagetti!! Tickets are only $40. If you own a business (or have connections within your business) we accept items for our raffle. Please call PALS asap. Thanks again and Happy New Year too!!

PALS Open House and Pics With Santa
You are invited to PALS Open House, Saturday Dec 5 from 10 to 3pm. Santa will be available for pictures with your dog(s)from 11 to 1pm. We will have cider and cookies to warm your tummy and dogs and cats to warm your hearts! We are having a food and blanket drive so please bring California Natural or Healthwise food and small (maximum twin size) blankets - prefer fleece type - for the dogs and cats. No quilt type with fill please. Our volunteers have worked very hard this year trying to adopt out animals in this tough economy. Please come by and show your appreciation for all their hard work with City of Lodi shelter animals.

PALS fundraiser at Chilis
PALS is having a fundraiser at the Lodi Chili's Restaurant on Dec 8 from 11am to 10pm. Please click the image to download and print out this flyer and take it with you to the restaurant. 10% of the bill will go to PALS to help shelter animals. Tell your friends, family and coworkers about this event. To go orders count too. You deserve a night off from cooking!

Colder weather here
We are in need of warm blanets for the outside dog kennels. We prefer fleece type with no fill (no comforters or quilts) as these can choke the dogs.They can be new or gently used. We can also use elevated kuranda type beds and small dog igloos or dog houses. To save you time, you can also drop off a check payable to "PALS" at our building and we will provide you with a tax receipt. The holidays are coming soon and our goal is to find homes for as many animals as possible.

Happy Halloween!!
Halloween is this Saturday, so prepare your pets by keeping them save inside your home. Also watch out for those treats - chocolate is very toxic to dogs. If you would like to treat our dogs and cats at Lodi Animal Control and PALS Adoption Center, they would love some soft healthy treats. Email pictures of your pets in costume and the winner (voted on by PALS volunteers) will receive a prize donated by Carol Evans. Email your picture(s) to pals.lodi@yahoo.com. Be safe out there and be careful when driving around town Friday and Saturday.

Wet Weather
The Lodi Animal Shelter was very busy today with calls regarding lost and found dogs and cats. Hopefully, if you lost a pet, you were successfully reunited with him. To protect your pets in the future, make sure you have your pet microchipped, licensed,a distinctive collar, and current photos of him in different poses (frontal, side and profile).Check your fences and along the fence line for any signs of loose boards or digging behaviour. Keep your pet indoors during windy or inclement weather if you can, in the house or garage. Clear your yard of any trash or shingles or other items blown into the yard that a dog could choke on. Remember that found animals should not be left outside the shelter office. The cardboard boxes that were used to cover the kittens blew off and the kittens were soaking wet. Officers, employees and volunteers appreciate your help but animals must be relinquished or brought in during office hours to the Lodi Animal Shelter next to PALS. Thanks for keeping your and all animals in Lodi safe.

Doggie Round Up and Barkatecture Auction on September 12
Please join us with your dog for a fun family friendly event at Sycamore Lane Kennels, 5111 W. Sargent Road on Sept. 12 from 10am to 3pm.

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Chuck and Phil will be cooking Lockeford Sausage for lunch for only $15 and if you want to participate with your dog in the contests too, the admission is $20. Remember this is a fundraiser for shelter animals to help pay for medical supplies and emergency medical treatment. We are still looking for vendors, sponsors and donations of basket or raffle items. Also, we are having our Barkatecture Auction. Creatively designed dog, cat or bird houses will be silent auctioned at the event. If you have the creative touch and some spare lumber, please consider building a structure for our event (Scout, 4-H, Shop class projects). Call Nancy at 327-0902, Carol at 663-1701 or PALS Adoption Center at 224-0354 for more info. Tickets available now!!! Bring your whole family. Also, we need help with set up. If your troop, church group or family could help set up tables on Friday and Sat. morning, please contact us.
Directions to Sycamore Kennels:
From Lodi, take Hwy 12 (Kettleman) west to Ray Road.Turn right(North) onto Ray to Sargent. Go west on Sargent to Sycamore Kennels (turn right down the lane of trees).
From Stockton, take Hwy 5 to the Hwy 12 exit west towards Lodi. Turn left onto Ray Road to Sargent. Left on Sargent to Sycamore Lane Kennels.

Thanks Lodi Community!
Our Look Who's In the Dog House fundraiser was not as successful as we had hoped. We are still accepting donations which will be used for medicines and special surgeries for dogs and cats at the Lodi Animal Shelter and PALS. Thanks to all those who participated in the dog house and all the people who stopped in or donated to volunteers along Kettleman Lane. A big thanks to our dedicated volunteers who spent hours at the street, waving signs and receiving donations. One donor, about 8 years old gave his allowance of $2.50 and another donor gave up her lunch money to help the animals! Wow!

Look Who"s In The Dog House Fundraiser
June 5 will be the date for PALS and LAS fundraiser, Look Who's In The Dog House. A fake dog house will be set up along Kettleman Lane. Individuals from the community, including Mayor Larry Hansen, will take turns in the dog house, calling friends, family and coworkers to donate money to adopt them out of the dog house. Proceeds from the event will be used for medicines and special surgeries for animals at PALS and LAS.We are also having an Open House in our Adoption Center and shelter. If you would like to volunteer to be in the dog house or if you would like to donate towards the event, please call us at 224-0354 or Carol at 663-1701. Thanks!

Kitten Season
It is kitten season and PALS and the Lodi Animal Shelter could use powdered milk (KMR or similar),bottles, and people willing to foster. We prefer people who have had experience with bottle babies but we can also train. It does mean a 2-4 hour feeding schedule. Also, we can always use foster supplies. This includes collapsable cages, litter boxes, small ceramic dishes, bedding and clay (non clumping) litter. If you find a litter of kittens please be aware that the feral or outside mom cat may be back so do not remove them unless they are in danger or the mom has not returned in several hours. It is very difficult to care for very tiny kittens and it is best to keep them with their mom. We appreciate your generosity to assist with helpless homeless kittens in our community.

Supplementary Adoption Day
Just a reminder that this Sat. and every third Sat. is supplementary adoption day at LAS and PALS. Through Maddie's Grant, we are able to discount your spay or neuter fee by $25 when adopting an unaltered cat or dog from LAS or PALS . Also, with every adoption you receive a free vet exam from local vets, and with your receipt, a gift pack from Robinson's Feed Store. PALS works hard to keep adoption costs down so more cats and dogs can be rescued. Remember that adoption requires serious assessment of your situation and your buget. We want you to provide a permanent loving home for our furry shelter friends.

Can't volunteer but want to help shelter animals?
If you can't volunteer at PALS or LAS here is one way you can help if you have your own website through your small business or company. You can add the petfinder scroller to your website! That way anyone who checks out your website can see the animals at the shelter and maybe be inspired to adopt or donate. It's easy to do. Just go to the petfinder.com pet list scroller generator. There is a form for you to fill out. Enter your name, email and your website information. Then, our information. PALS ID is CA1184 and LAS is CA128. Both scrollers will appear on your website. This is an easy way to help shelter animals and show the public your support of the efforts of PALS volunteers. If you add the scroller, please email us at pals.lodi@yahoo.com and we will thank you on our website! Or if you don't have the time, just email us your name, email address and website and we will do the rest for you. Thanks!

Be Our Valentine
Show your love of animals by donating, adopting, volunteering/fostering.Or, if your house is already full of 4 legged companions, you could donate supplies for our adoption center or the Lodi Animal Shelter. Our kitten room could use break away cat collars so we can match up all those practically identical tabbies with their name cards! We can use pet beds, small/med/large litter boxes, clay litter, litter scoops, cleaning supplies such as bleach, window spray, detergent etc. President Obama is a great proponent of volunteerism. Please do your part and you will get back more than you bargained for - lots of sloppy kisses.

PALS AND LAS CRAB FEED 2009!

DO YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND DO YOU LOVE CRAB? WELL THEN WE'VE GOT THE FUNDRAISER FOR YOU! PALS AND LAS ARE HAVING THEIR SECOND ANNUAL CRAB FEED AT THE LODI JACL COMMUNITY HALL ON JANUARY 24. 201 E. ELM LODI, CA. THE COCKTAILS POUR AT 6 PM AND GET YOUR BUTTER WARMED FOR DINNER AT 7 PM. THE SUCCULENT CRAB, DELICIOUS PASTA AND SIDES WILL BE YOURS FOR ONLY $ 40 PER PERSON. PLEASE PUT US ON YOUR LIST OF CRAB FUNDRAISERS TO ATTEND! WE WILL HAVE GORGEOUS BASKETS FOR THE RAFFLE, 50/50 AND LOTS OF FUN. IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND THE FUNDRAISER, BUT WANT TO HELP, WE ACCEPT DONATIONS AS SPONSORSHIPS, DONATIONS FOR THE BASKETS AND DONATIONS TO BUY SUPPLIES. BUT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO COME. REMEMBER PALS IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION AND THIS YEAR OVER 300 ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF PALS VOLUNTEERS!!!! PLEASE CALL KELLY HIGGS AT 603-2133 or NANCY ALUMBAUGH AT 327-0902 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Petfinder is a wealth of information
If you are interested in adopting a pet or want to find out more about the pet you have, go to petfinder.com. At the top of the website, you will see various topics. Under the Learn tab, for example, you can find out about all the popular dog and cat breeds. This is a valuable resource you can use to match a particular breed of dog or cat to your family. Dogs especially have many different needs and attributes and it is best to match the dog with your family. Even if a dog is very cute or you like big dogs, that doesn't mean that your home is the best for the dog. What results is a very unhappy dog, and an unhappy owner when the dog starts acting up either from lack of space, lack of exercise, lack of companionship or lack of a job. The dog will act out, either by barking, digging, chewing, destroying or other behaviors. Then, exasperated, the owner ends up taking the dog to a new home or shelter. Education is key. Please do your homework before you decide to adopt. Let's make it a happy, life long partnership.

A Home For Christmas
It is not a good idea to get someone a pet as a gift for Christmas, in fact, PALS, as a responsible rescue organization does not allow it. A pet is a personal choice and a life long commitment. Christmas is also a very busy time with friends and relatives going in and out of the home and day and weekend trips out of town. This would be very stressful for a new pet. Therefore, even though we would love for all of our cats and dogs to have a home for Christmas, we know this is unrealistic. You can help them by donating food(Healthwise preferred), bedding, blankets and treats. We would love to continue with adoptions after the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season when your new pet can get the attention and love it deserves. Have a very Merry Christmas and safe holiday season from all the volunteers at PALS.