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"Bothers and Sisters, I bid you beware........Of giving your heart to a dog to tear"
The Power of the Dog, Kipling

                   Member Designed Notecards

Assorted images...boxes of 10
We are so proud of these beautiful note cards and you've probably already noticed,
we have used a few as backgrounds for our web site. They are the work of one of our
long-standing members whose talents are many. She has operated her own
wonderful boarding kennel, been a professional groomer and recently was one of our
volunteer office staff. Her love for all animals shows clearly in these beautiful
drawings. Each box contains an assortment of ten. The box sells for $7.00.

Our artist, Joyce
715-634-5394


                                   Molly's Story
                                Written by her new family

It was November of 1996 in our home some 400 miles from Hayward. We read the
Sawyer County Record and noticed particularly the photo and description of one of the
dogs featured in the Northwoods Humane Society Pets of the Week section --
"AUSTIN is a very scared 11 month old Dalmatian. She needs a gentle person to
restore her faith in humanity. When she gets to know you she is very loving."

We always looked at the Humane Society listings, our hearts going out to all the
homeless animals. Somehow, Austin tugged at us in a special way. We couldn't get
her out of our minds. We decided we'd have to stop and see her during the holidays,
when we made our annual winter trip up north.

After talking with us and determining whether or not we'd be a suitable family for
Austin, Alecia, the shelter manager, introduced us to her. With her body very low to the
ground, she inched her way toward my husband, me and my mom who had made
the trip with us. She was very cautious but seemed to know we meant her no harm. It
didn't take us long to be certain we wanted to take her home.
She was a trooper on the long ride home. She curled up and was quite calm. We
thought that somehow she knew she'd been transferred from one group of people
who loved her (Northwoods Humane Society) to another (our family). We wanted her
to have a fresh start, so we chose a new name for her as we drove.

When we got to our door, MOLLY ran into the family
room and jumped up on the couch. We were home! It
was love at first sight for all of us! Molly settled right in,
and we loved her with all of our hearts. Understandably,
she was very leery of anyone she didn't know. We
thought that enrolling her in a basic obedience class
would be good for her, both for training and for socializing her to people and to other
dogs.

She loved her class and got so excited in the car each week as we approached the
building where it was held. She wanted to visit with other dogs, and it became clear
that people who were at the other end of a leash were much higher on her list than
those who weren't! She was a good learner too. (Occasionally, we people needed a
little extra guidance from the instructor, but in the end we passed too!!)

The four years Molly's been with us have flown by. She fills our lives with joy each day.
She loves walks and belly rubs and just being wherever we are. She's a power
chewer and has a whole bunch of the heaviest duty chew toys on the market. When
she's in a feisty mood, she runs like the wind in her fenced-in back yard, tucking her
bottom under and doing her best imitation of a greyhound.

Whenever we're in Hayward, we stop in at N.H.S. to visit Alecia and all the other
wonderful, caring people there. Molly definitely remembers her first loving family!
Without their understanding, patience, hard work and devotion, Molly would not have
had the opportunity to have the life that every pet deserves.

Sincerely, Ron and Jane Klimcke