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Cat Trixie adoption photo

20 Wednesday Oct 2021

Posted by Dagny Gromer in Misc.

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Today I took cat adoption photos at the Yavapai Humane Society in Prescott, AZ. Once in a while we get a cat that is very shy or frightened and presents a challenge to get a good photo. The adoption photos serve to generate interest in an animal from potential adopters and is a first step in “selling a used cat”. The cat’s personality, of course, is what makes the adoption.

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Cat Trixie hid under a towel. Not a good look for an adoption photo.

After sitting with Trixie for a bit, I was able to get him out from under the towel for some photos. Surprisingly, he like being touched.

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Trixie’s adoption photo
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Video Tour of Yavapai Humane Society

14 Tuesday Nov 2017

Posted by Dagny Gromer in cats, Dogs, Prescott_AZ

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Here’s a video tour of the Yavapai Humane Society from the Prescott Media Center. It’s almost 1/2 hour long, it shows the shelter where Gary and I volunteer as photographers.

Yavapai Humane Society Fundraiser: Walk for the Animals

01 Monday May 2017

Posted by Dagny Gromer in Dogs

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The Yavapai Humane Society is having its big fundraising event on Saturday May 20, 2017. It’s the Walk for the Animals.

I will be walking with our black lab Shady, and maybe rat terrier Stacy (if the weather is no too hot, she’s older) to raise money for YHS. I’m calling us the Gromer Pack, and our fundraising page is here. If you are so inclined and are able to, I’d appreciate a small donation to this worthy cause.

Thanks!

Shady, Our New Addition

20 Saturday Aug 2016

Posted by Dagny Gromer in Dogs, labrador retriever

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shady_20160820_102We made an addition to our pack. Her name is Shady, a black labrador retriever, she is 5 years old.

On Friday we were filling in for a YHS dog photographer who is away. It was a black lab day, 4 of the 5 dogs needing photos were black labs or black lab mixes. When Shady came in for her photos, she was calm in a difficult environment and very friendly to people she just met. Gary and I decided to adopt her.

She was an owner surrender to the shelter. She was brought in because she was ill and needed surgery. She had a large uterine tumor which was bulging from her abdomen. YHS vets operated on her to remove it. When I heard her backstory, I was sorry that her family could not afford to give her proper veterinary care. Then one of the volunteers who was there when Shady was surrendered said the previous owner was a real a**hole, he brought her in because neighbors called animal control and reported him when they saw the tumor on Shady’s belly and her owner did nothing about it. Gary said another way to think about this is the old owner saved her life by bringing her to the shelter. He could have had her euthanized.

Many shelters would have euthanized a dog in Shady’s condition. She had a significant – read that as “not inexpensive to treat” – medical condition. The Yavapai Humane Society practices a no-kill ethic, which means applying the same criteria to determining a homeless pets’ fate that a pet owner or conscientious veterinarian would apply to a beloved family pet. That is, healthy and treatable animals are not euthanized (killed) simply because of a lack of resources. Gary and I feel this is the way a humane society should act, and that’s why we are volunteers there.

Lot’s more about Shady will be posted here. Gary is going to take some studio photos of her today or tomorrow.

Handling Roxy

22 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Dagny with Roxy

As regular readers know, on Tuesdays I help Gary photograph dogs and I photograph cats at the Yavapai Humane Society. Today Gary got this shot of me with Roxy, a terrier mix, on my lap. I really like this photo.

Roxy is available for adoption.

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