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Sullivan County Humane Society
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How do you deal with ending a temporary foster situation?

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-23-2026 07:20 PM
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Hi! We run a program called Shaina's Safe Haven, named after a volunteer who sadly passed away. The purpose of this program is to offer temporary foster care for people who are in a situation that does not allow them to care for their pets temporarily, such as a hospitalization, eviction, house fire, ...

RE: February + March 2026 Giveaway: Safety Net Fostering - The Stories Behind Temporary Care

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 03-02-2026 05:16 PM
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I would love to be added! I had posted about Saina's Safe Haven that we at Sullivan County Humane Society have. As a nurse, I am always hearing about patient's pets and I tried to get the hospital I work at to help fund some sort of crisis fostering (they are the largest hospital in the state and have ...

RE: oral ulcers

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 02-12-2026 04:33 AM
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I personally, as well as Sullivan County Humane Society, have dealt with many stomatitis cases. I've never heard of it being contagious or separated stomatitis cats for stomatitis. However, it is very common in FIV+ cats so it may be due to an underlying condition. Of the 20+ cats we have had with stomatitis, ...

RE: February + March 2026 Giveaway: Safety Net Fostering - The Stories Behind Temporary Care

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 02-09-2026 08:54 AM
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At Sullivan County Humane Society, we have a program called Shaina's Safe Haven for the temporary foster of animals whose owners are experiencing homelessness, medical emergencies, domestic violence, or temporary loss of housing due to a tragedy. We have provided a haven for anything from 14 cats displaced ...

RE: Care of Hospitalized Patient's pets

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 02-01-2026 03:21 PM
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We are contacted by the social workers most of the time. I am a nurse at the hospital, and it is the only major hospital in the state that "owns" most of the small hospitals, so they all know me and call me for any patient's needs. I meet with the patients that are able to communicate with me, speak ...

RE: State Laws & Regulations Re: Foster Homes

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 06-26-2025 10:22 AM
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Hi! I am the volunteer director of Sullivan County Humane Society. We too are struggling with this! Our foster care coordinator is going to reach out to you! ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer Executive Director Sullivan County Humane Society NH ----------------------- ...

RE: fospice

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 07-14-2024 04:34 AM
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Is the google form something that you can share? What do you do if you are the only fospice volunteer and there are more animals that need fospice than you can take in? ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer Executive Director Sullivan County Humane Society NH ------------ ...

fospice

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 07-12-2024 06:07 PM
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Has anyone developed a good network for fospice (foster hospice) for unadoptable animals that are not yet at the point of needing to be euthanized? If so, who pays the vet bills?: Who decides when it is time to euthanize vs symptom treatment? ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer ...

RE: Pet Food Pantry

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 07-07-2024 01:49 PM
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We run a pet food bank and get most of our donations from the public. Whenever our shelves are bare we post it and ask for donations and tend to get a great response. We also have a few local businesses, like hardware store and farm stores that donate X number of bags a month. We also get a lot of open ...

RE: Niche Sanctuary- How do we break into our community to help more cats?

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 06-06-2024 06:30 PM
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I would try to sit down with some of the local shelters or email them a few times. I get contacts like this sometimes but am overwhelmed so lose track of it because I am not in need of that help at the moment. Next time I am in need of that type of help, I vaguely remember someone had mentioned being ...

RE: Intake inquiries

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 06-01-2024 04:12 PM
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We maintain a waiting list and provide them with a list of other possible shelters. We do offer assistance in other ways if we can-such as food to help them provide for the animal, free spay/neuter...depending on what the issue is, we will provide help if we can. We also tell them if the situation becomes ...

RE: Care of Hospitalized Patient's pets

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-08-2024 01:42 PM
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I'd love to get a copy of your rules as well as any research. I asked our hospital if we had a grant and was told no and that I'd have to find a donor who wants to support that effort. A lot of the animals we take in are to prevent the owner from going AMA (leaving against medical advice) We have a very ...

RE: Care of Hospitalized Patient's pets

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-08-2024 01:35 PM
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I will send an email today to get more info. Do you get a lot of requests from patients at DH? ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer Executive Director Sullivan County Humane Society NH ------------------------------

Care of Hospitalized Patient's pets

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-05-2024 07:43 PM
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In addition to being the volunteer director of the humane society, I am also a nurse at the largest hospital in NH. Because of this, the hospital social workers contact me when there is a patient with a pet issue. Sometimes it is just providing the family with food to feed the pet while the owner is ...

RE: Pet Rent

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-02-2024 09:31 PM
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We've never faced that for a foster home but definitely would not have the funds to cover that. I'd be of the mindset that if they wanted to foster that badly, they could cover their own fees-a donation on their part. Our foster contract does say if the foster animal does damage any of their property ...

RE: May 2023 Resource Drive: Fundraisers

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 05-02-2024 08:21 PM
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We hold Bingo twice a year for prizes, not money. I would check your state's laws. In NH it is governed by the lottery commission. We had held multiple Bingos when all of a sudden, we received notice from the state if we held our planned Bingo the next day we would be fines. Apparently, we needed to ...

RE: Feral Cat Shelters

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-27-2024 12:17 PM
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He said he'd love to talk to you! ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer Executive Director Sullivan County Humane Society NH ------------------------------

RE: Feral Cat Shelters

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-27-2024 12:16 PM
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How would this travelocity for S/N work? Our emphasis is on S/N, however for the colonies that do exist we'd like to help ensure that they are better provided for. We run two low cost clinics a month, we TNR strays in our community, and we offer a Fix The Mom program to encourage people to temporarily ...

RE: Feral Cat Shelters

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-23-2024 05:39 PM
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Thank you everyone for your responses, I am meeting with them tomorrow. Maybe they will revolutionize feral cat shelters! ------------------------------ Cheryl Koenig Volunteer Executive Director Sullivan County Humane Society NH ------------------------------

RE: Feral Cat Shelters

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-23-2024 05:35 PM
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Wonderful! I miss my colonies. I mainly cared for Pearl Harbor, Tripler, Hickam, and Kalihi-my biggest colony was at the bowling alley there. I also used to trap over at Kaneohe MCB a lot. I worked with Christin Matsushige (I was so sad when she passed) and Tedra Villaroz with Joey's. I hope to visit ...

Feral Cat Shelters

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-20-2024 01:15 PM
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I am the volunteer director of a shelter in NH. A cause near and dear to me is TNR, I used to live in HI where I cared for 15 colonies of stray cats and TNR'd over a thousand cats. I have continued with my TNR efforts here. We are close to Dartmouth college and received this message yesterday " I am ...

RE: Help with Cat Litter

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-17-2024 07:38 AM
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We use the equine pellet bedding from Tractor Supply-it is so much cheaper, lighter and smells like wood! We only cover the bottom of the pan and dump it every day. We do not get a discount but are a rewards member so do get credit that we use towards buying more every now and then. ---------- ...

RE: Pregnant Spay Policies

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-12-2024 07:15 PM
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We do spay pregnant cats, like others most are early pregnancy but there are some that we do know are pregnant. We do not have a vet on staff and have all of our animals spayed/neutered at the low cost clinics we hold for the public, twice a month. So, if we are able to get a the cat into a vet we spay ...

Property Values

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-07-2024 09:05 AM
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Hi! I am the volunteer director of a small cat rescue. In addition to a shelter, we run a low cost spay/neuter program and also TNR a few colonies in our county. We are currently applying for a few different grants from our city/county and I am trying to find data on the impact stray cat colonies have ...

RE: Temporary Housing

Posted By Cheryl Koenig 04-07-2024 09:05 AM
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We list them as intakes and when, and IF, their owners return we list them as returned to owner. Sadly, I'd say about 90% of the time they generally do not return to get their pets back or contact us and we grant multiple extensions only to have them surrender the animal about 5+ months. ----- ...