Chester's story is one of compassion, acceptance and hope. Thanks to your support, this beautiful young life has been given an amazing chance to love and be loved...

When the North Complex Fire broke in September, our Animal Care and Intake teams went to help our friends at the Northwest SPCA in Oroville with their fire relief efforts. In addition to helping set up temporary shelters to triage incoming animals, our team conducted a large transfer of animals from their shelter to ours so they could make room for fire-affected animals. Chester was among the 14 dogs and 16 cats who came to HSSC that day in search of a fresh start in life.

We could tell right away that Chester was a total love bug. We could also tell he had some medical issues that would need to be addressed in order for him to live his happiest, healthiest life. In addition to treating him for kennel cough, our veterinary team determined that he had a spinal injury affecting his hind end. After several weeks of tests and trials, we were confident that he was not in pain and would have a good quality of life. Thankfully, Chester's injury did not keep him from running and playing - he took great joy in these activities! - but it did leave him incontinent. This little pup had no control of his bowels. We knew that it was going to take a super special family to adopt a special boy like Chester.

After weeks of inquiries, we were contacted by Samantha. She and her partner Sebastian had been looking for a dog and fell in love with Chester online. They took his special needs in stride and decided to schedule a meeting ASAP to meet him. Well, Chester is a very charming boy and he quickly worked his magic. After talking to our medical and behavioral teams about working with a dog with incontinence they made the adoption official and brought Chester home!

We recently received the following update from Samantha: "Chester is absolutely loved every second of the day and we couldn't be happier with him. It's like a dream come true, we love him so much, and all the more when his mostly-perfect waistbands leak, or he leaves behind “something” so stinky it literally wake us up in the night LOL...Yeah, he’s our boy alright! He has the most hilarious personality and the pics just barely start to capture it. We are thankful to you all every day! Happy Holidays ❤️"

Here at HSSC, we are thankful forYOU!  You make these stories of love and hope possible. On behalf of the animals who are spending the holidays safe and warm in loving homes, we send our heartfelt thanks!

Kylo was a recent transfer to our shelter and had a condition known as "happy tail". Happy tail is not an uncommon affliction of large cheerful dogs who have a habit of wagging their tails really hard. These are the dogs that knock things over or whack people in the leg from wagging so enthusiastically because they just can't help themselves.

Unfortunately, if they hit the walls of their kennels over and over, it can cause trauma to the tip of their tail. Wounds typically start small and under normal circumstances would heal just fine, but with repetitive trauma the wound re-opens making it very slow to heal.

We moved Kylo into a larger room on our adoption floor where he could have more space and a light bandage was placed to protect the wound and break the cycle.

We are happy to report that Kylo's condition had nearly fully healed just in time for him to be adopted into his forever home! 

Seriously - Happy Tails, Kylo!

Shady came to our Community Veterinary Clinic after she was diagnosed with a dystocia by a local emergency clinic. Dystocia is a complication of the birth process with many different causes - the size and positioning of puppies, a too-narrow birth canal, lack of contractions or prolonged labor, for example.

Shady gave birth to six healthy puppies, but her contractions continued for hours. Her family knew something was terribly wrong. Their emergency clinic confirmed, sadly, that non-viable puppies remained inside Shady's uterus. She would need immediate emergency surgery to save her life, but her family could not afford the high cost. They turned to our CVC and Spay/Neuter clinics for help and our expert teams came to her rescue.

Shady recovered well from her surgery and her family was overjoyed that we were able to save their beloved pet's life.

Virtual Wine Tasting Fundraiser with Mutt Lynch!
January 14th from 5-6pm!

Please join us for this fun event! Brenda Lynch will host and guide us through tastings of 3 special label wines, adorned with images of some of our beloved HSSC alumni! Cozy up in your favorite ugly sweater and taste wine from the comforts of your home. There will be time to ask questions about the wine or about the Humane Society. Help us kick off a new year and welcome 2021 with our first fundraiser of the year. 25%  of wine sales will benefit the HSSC!

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