Stories from Our Shelter
Recently, Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center was the recipient of the 2011 Soupy Award for Empowerment towards families of children and youth with special needs in Alaska. It was presented at the Stone Soup Group Annual Picnic at Kincaid Chalet. We had volunteers present with adoptable dogs and Dr. Myra Wilson, Center Manager, and our Volunteer Trainer, Kathy Broome accepted the award.
Training Volunteer Kathy Broome poses with adoptable dog, Precious, and our Soupy Award
Did you miss the GREAT story KTVA Channel 11 News did on our Shelter Dog Training program? If so, check it out here! Precious, one of the star pupils featured is currently in a foster home getting some TLC and a break from shelter life, but she is still available for adoption! You can see more info on Precious by checking our our previous post on her!
UPDATE 9/9: Precious has been adopted!
Checkout Precious (A174762) in action with our Stone Soup Group partnership program Pets & People! Precious is a recent Pet of the Week and still currently up for adoption. (She also has fantastic ears and a personality that matches her name!)
Check out Precious’ previous Pet of the Week post for more info!
Do we have the best volunteers or what?! Thank you to all the volunteers that did such a great job representing us in the parade, as well as to the volunteers that put this video together!! 🙂
Tama (A179056), Dobby (A179616), Olive (A179697) and Jack had some great outings this weekend with volunteers Mary W., Tanya J., and Rebecca! Jack has been adopted, but Tama, Dobby, and Olive are still available!
Dobby (A179616) made some friends!
Dobby (A179616) and Tama (A179056) hanging out
[AACCC note: This is about a Walking Club lead by AACCC volunteers John and Bev Faunce. ]
by John and Bev Faunce
Almost any weekend, John and Bev Faunce can be found walking one of their dogs on the Anchorage Volkssports Club’s Campbell Creek Trail (YRE). The start point for this walk is the Anchorage Animal Care & Control Center (AACCC), where they sign-in for the walk and pick up their canine companion for the first half of the walk. As volunteers at the AACCC, they enjoy giving the dogs a chance to escape from their kennels for a little while, get some exercise, and socialize with other people and dogs they meet on the trail. The calming effect of the exercise and socialization are important aspects in helping the dogs become more adoptable. After completing a basic training course, volunteers are able to walk dogs, groom the cats, or help out in other ways at the AACCC.
Yuki & John out for a winter walk on the Anchorage Volkssports Club’s Campbell Creek Trail YRE
Volunteer Lisa and her friend work together to take one of our heavier feline friends down to Jenny’s Room for some play time!
Here’s a great volunteer video of last weekend’s Play Group! Check out the action yourself Sundays at 1pm!
Pets & People Partnering for Success will be having their Shelter Dog Graduation this Saturday 2:30-3:30 and everyone is invited. There will be refreshments and a shelter dog demonstration by the students. This program is a partnership of AACCC and Stone Soup Group. Hope to see you there!
In case you didn’t see our post on Lucky earlier, here’s a video our volunteers created to show more of how wonderful he is!
Anchorage Animal Care and Control 