November Adoption Specials!

Get em while they're hot! All senior pets are free:



And all adult cats are $20. (Kittens are 2 for 1; we have lots of kittens and aren't they more fun in pairs?)



You can adopt a loving family member and have a little cash left over!

Happy New Home, Van

Longtime SPCA resident Van was adopted! Thanks to his new family and to his foster family for helping Van shine. We have lots of other wonderful hounds who need homes too. Come see them!

Feral Cat Clinic Huge Success

The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA hosted its first feral cat clinic of the season last Saturday, Oct. 31st. The event is co-sponsored by Voices for Animals and their huge volunteer effort made it possible to spay or neuter 87 cats! This reduces the amount of unwanted kittens and greatly improves the quality of life for these animals. We'll host six more in the coming months. Stay tuned and thanks to everyone for helping.

It's Raining Cats and Kittens

We have umpteen zillion cats and kittens in care at the SPCA as of this writing! Yikes! Could you give them a treat this Halloween by giving them a home? Today at our adoptathon, all cats and kittens are 2 for 1. Happy Meowl-o-ween!

Halloween Adopt-a-thon at the SPCA Oct. 31st.

The SPCA will be hosting Howl-o-Ween, a Halloween themed adopt-a-thon on Saturday, October 31st, from noon – 6pm. Come enjoy some Halloween fun with the pets at the SPCA facility at 3355 Berkmar Dr. or at Purrin at Pantops, in the Pantops shopping center, and take advantage of several adoption specials.

Susanne Kogut, Executive Director, says of the event: “We love Howl-o-Ween because it allows us to “treat” our great community to deals on our amazing animals. Halloween brings out the kid in all of us, and we are decorated to the hilt here at the SPCA. Animals don’t care about costumes, even though they look awfully cute in them, but they do care about doing tricks for treats, so please come by and find someone you can add to your home. Make it a Halloween to remember!”

The biggest trick we could think of is to find home for all our animals, and you’ll get the treat of a new friend for life! So to make that happen, our adoption specials are as follows: All cats and kittens are two for the price of one. Two adult cats would be $75 and two kittens would be $95. All adult dogs are half price at $50. We also encourage everyone to bring treats to donate for the dogs and cats. We’ll have some human treats for the kids, too. Bring the family out for a safe, fun-filled, spooky time! You’re welcome to come in costume, too.

Doggie Howl-o-Ween on the Downtown Mall

Join the SPCA dogs for a grand time! We’ll have lots of adoptable dogs strutting their stuff at the 2nd Annual Doggie Howl-o-ween on the Downtown Mall!!

When: Friday, October 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Dress up your dog in their best costume and bring them Trick-or-Treating (for doggie treats) at participating businesses on the downtown mall! Then march in the doggie costume parade through the mall that is followed by a doggie costume contest. Contest entries must pre-register by contacting sharon@dogandhorse.com .Contest is limited to the first 100 entrants. The categories are: Prettiest; Most Handsome; Scariest; Funniest; Best Theme.

Schedule of events:

5:30 Check in at the Dog & Horse Lovers Boutique and pick up your trick-or-treat bag and map for trick-or-treating
5:30-6:30 Trick-or-treating at participating stores (map provided when check in)
6:30 Costume parade--Line up in front of the pavilion
7:00 Costume contest at Central Place
For more information: www.dogandhorse.com

It Takes A Village!

Karen Quillen of All Things Pawssible donated her time and expertise to help one of our adopters a few weeks ago. Henry adopted sweet, shy Emmie Lou. Henry just needed some ideas for helping Emmie Lou out of her shell. She had bonded to him very quickly, but she still lacked confidence on walks. Via e-mail, Karen gave him some wonderful advice as a favor to us. Dog and owner are doing well now thanks to Karen. Sometimes, all it takes is a little bit of professional help. Karen can't donate to everyone, nor would I ask her to. But if you think you could use a little advice, please seek her out. Her rates are reasonable, her results are great! Thanks again, Karen, for helping us make a good match!

Some Special Adoptions

Some great adoptions to report on:

Little Mo

Elton John, aka Boomer

and Emmie Lou, a sweet shy hound who had been in foster care.



A big thanks to all these special people who brought these unique dogs into their lives and to those who fostered, volunteered with and worked for these great dogs until they found homes.

We've got lots more special dogs (and cats, too) waiting for special people!