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Marshall County Humane Society News

Taking care of pets during summer heat

The Marshall County Humane Society invites everyone to our regular monthly meeting next Tuesday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the public library in Holly Springs.

It’s summer. It’s the South. It’s hot and it will only get hotter. Your pets are depending on you to keep them cool. Dogs on chains, especially, are at the mercy of their owners for shade and water so make sure the water bowl doesn’t easily tip over, keep it full and make sure the chain is long enough to reach a shady spot. (A dog house of any kind, unless it’s air conditioned, does not count for shade. It’s probably hotter in there than it is outside.) Better yet, build a fence and get rid of the chain.

It’s not a treat for Poochie to go riding in the car with you if you’re going to leave him in the parking lot, even with the window rolled down a little. While you’re in the air conditioned store he’s trapped in the car where the temperature will get well above 100 degrees in a matter of minutes (about 40 degrees above the outside temperature).

To cool their bodies dogs need to inhale air cooler than their body temperature of 102 degrees. Inside the car the animal’s efforts to cool off only add the heat from its breath and body to the heat in the car. When the body temperature begins to rise too high cells begin to break down and heat stroke occurs. The symptoms include intense, rapid panting, wide eyes, drooling, weakness and staggering. Loss of consciousness comes next.

If your animal shows any of these signs after getting really hot get it to the veterinarian immediately. Time is of the essence since much of the damage is setting off chain reactions in the body. If there will be any delay run cool water over the animal, making sure it contacts the skin and doesn’t just roll off the fur.

Wet the belly and inside the legs and run water over the tongue and mouth. Even after you have cooled the animal down it is still important to get to the vet to address any injuries that may have occurred to internal organs such as the liver and brain. Without help, heat stroke can be fatal to Poochie.

Dogs with short noses like boxers and pugs, long-haired dogs and those that are overweight are especially vulnerable to heat stroke.

In addition to temperature, humidity, lack of air circulation and lack of water are big factors in heat strokes.

Those few minutes a day it takes to make sure your animal has water and shade can save you a world of problems later on.

To make an appointment to get your animal spayed or neutered at the Humane Society sponsored, low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinic call 662-252-6196.

For information on fostering, adoptions and everything but the Spay/Neuter Clinic call 662-564-2900. Correspondence and donations should be sent to the Marshall County Humane Society, P.O. Box 625, Holly Springs, MS 38635.

Meet Heidi!

A small collie mix — a happy, friendly girl who loves everyone. She is just waiting for her new family to bond with. She loves the water so if you like going to the lake or have a pond nearby, she would be so happy to make her home with you.

Recipes from Martha Ruth Leonard
A Man’s Taste Junior League of Memphis
Crock Pot Stew
1-2 lbs. stew meat 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 1/2 cup water	1 can cream soup, any kind 1 can mushrooms, with liquid
Put all ingredients in crock pot and cook all day at low temperature. Serve over rice.
Pearl Harbor Onion Sticks
1 envelope onion soup mix 12 slices bread	1/2 lb. butter
Mash together soup mix and butter. Spread on bread. Remove crust and cut each slice of bread into 5 strips. Put on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot.
Quick Salad
1 lg. Cool Whip 1 small can mandarin oranges, drained 3-oz. pkg. lemon or lime Jello dry	1 small carton cottage cheese 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Combine all ingredients. Chill several hours and serve.
New Hampshire Fish Chowder
2 lbs. fresh haddock fillets, or any other good, white fish 4 med. red potatoes, cubed 1 qt. whole milk 1 stick butter	1/2 lb. salt pork, cubed 6 med. onions, chopped 1 lg. can evaporated milk 1/4 cup XXX cream fresh pepper to taste
In a large skillet place fish fillets and cover with water. Cook over low heat until fish flakes easily, about 15-20 minutes. Remove fish and save water. Cut up salt pork into small cubes and brown in skillet. Add chopped onions and potatoes, and saute with salt pork, stirring to prevent sticking or burning. When onion is translucent, add the fish water and simmer until potatoes are done. In a large pot, add fish which has been flaked, the potato mixture and the rest of the ingredients. Simmer over very low heat 1 hour and serve. Can be made ahead and reheated slowly. This makes a huge pot of soup -- serves 8-10 for supper, more if used as a first course.

Big fund-raiser
Photos by Sue Watson

The Big Star Baggers show off their first-place trophy for most money raised – their fourth straight year to win the Relay for Life award.

Members of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church team from Potts Camp have lots of fun as they walk around the track at Sam Coopwood Park in support of the Relay for Life fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society.

First State Bank representatives prepare their campsite, which claimed first-place recognition.

Holy Family cheerleaders entertain.

Cancer survivors Al Klomps and Lisa Liddy visit before walking.

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