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Calling all dog pawrents!
Are you ready to share your comely canine with the world? Do your family, friends, and neighbors agree that your pup is Top Dog? Do you love locally made Vermont cider? Well, we’ve got a contest for you!
From August 26 through September 30, 2024, the Humane Society of Chittenden County will be welcoming a photo and short bio about your dog and asking the community to vote for their favorite pooch. The dog with the most votes will be featured on cans of a delicious, limited-edition batch of Vermont Cider Lab fall-themed cider!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER & VOTE!
Each entry ($20) and vote ($1 per vote) are a donation to the Humane Society of Chittenden County (HSCC) and support our life-saving work. You may vote as much
and as often as you like! (Example: Give $20 for 20 votes, $25 for 25 votes and $100 for 100 votes!) The Top Dog (with the most votes) wins, and will be the face (and
name!) of Vermont Cider Lab's 2024 fall cider!
Donations help strengthen HSCC’s community programs and services, which include caring for thousands of animals-in-need each year, assisting with humane investigations, our
low-cost Community Pet Clinic, and other surrender prevention initiatives designed to keep families and their pets together.
Thank you for a pawsome Bark & Brew season!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support Bark & Brew 2024! We had a pawsome time this year, and thanks to our amazing sponsors and supportive community, we raised $30,000 for our programs & services helping animals in need!
Thank you to this year's featured breweries & cideries:
Switchback
Good Measure Pub & Brewery
Zero Gravity Brewery
Kraemer & Kin
Vermont Cider Lab
Burlington Beer Company
Weird Window
Four Quarters Brewing
Foam Brewers
Thank you to Bark & Brew 2024 Sponsors:
Exclusive Title Sponsor: Oh my DOG
Best Friend Sponsors: Community National Bank, Vermont's Community Bank*, Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists (BEVS), and Burlington Subaru
Supporting Sponsors: Pet Food Warehouse, Trust Company of Vermont, Burnett Scrap Metals, Green Mountain Animal Hospital, Small Dog Electronics, National Life Group, Hanson + Doremus
*Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC
HSCC takes in 17 cats displaced by flooding
HSCC is proud to have welcomed nearly 20 homeless cats impacted by severe flooding throughout Texas. These cats, all unowned and in a shelter before the severe weather event, were rescued by the ASPCA and relocated to us here in Vermont after a local animal shelter in Denton County, Texas, sustained significant damage following a major storm.
Our new friends range from 3 months to 12 years old, and they're available for adoption: Click here to see an up-to-date list of adoptable cats, and visit our adoption center to meet them.
Not able to adopt, but still want to show your support? You can sponsor these cats with a Heart-to-Heart donation to help us care for them until they find their new homes.
HSCC Voted Best Nonprofit!
We are thrilled to announce that HSCC was voted Best Nonprofit in the 2024 Seven Daysies!
We were honored to be nominated alongside some of Vermont's most illustrious nonprofit organizations, and we are so grateful to our community who helped us win the title this year!
A huge thank you to our staff, volunteers and supporters for their unwavering commitment to our cause, which makes what we do possible. Thank you to everyone who voted for us and supports the work we do every day.
Newsletters & Reports
Click below to view our summer newsletters:
Want to stay up-to-date with all the happenings at HSCC? Click here to sign up for our mailing list.
Click below to view our annual reports:
Annual Events
Our 6th annual Fabulous Feline Foto Contest was a pawsome good time and raised over $6,000 for HSCC! Thank you so much to everyone who joined the fun this year!
Our 7th annual Fabulous Feline Foto Contest is slated for April 2025 - get your pawpurrazi photos ready and stay tuned for details.
Congratulations to the winners of our 6th annual Fabulous Feline Foto Contest:
We had a fabulous time at our second annual Black Tie & Tails Benefit on July 7th, 2024! Thank you so much to everyone who attended, donated, bid on auction items, and helped us celebrate the power of the human-animal bond. Visit our event page to view photos from the event, and click here to share your feedback about the event so we can make it even better in 2025!
HSCC's popular Bark & Brew series is back this August! Join us on Thursday evenings August 22nd, 2024 - September 12th, 2024 to enjoy local brews and food trucks with friends while your canine companion socializes in our dog yard.
August 22nd: Switchback Brewing Co. + Good Measure Pub & Brewery
August 29th: Zero Gravity Craft Brewery + Kraemer & Kin + VT Cider Lab
September 5th: Burlington Beer Co. + Weird Window + VT Cider Lab
September 12th: Four Quarters Brewing + Foam Brewery + VT Cider Lab
Click here to purchase tickets in advance! All proceeds go directly towards our programs & services helping animals in need.
After 2 weeks of furriendly competition, 54 photos submitted, 5,457 votes cast, and a true "foto finish" in the last few moments, a total of $6,807 was raised in our 3rd Annual Fabulous Feline Foto Contest! Thank you to all who entered and voted - we can't wait for next year!
Community events
The Helyn Kerr Humane Education Series offers free seminars on various humane education topics that are geared towards anyone interested in knowing more about their companion animals.
Upcoming Seminars
Saturday, October 5th, 2024: Happy Hounds & Happy Humans with Dr. Karen Griffin
Time: 10AM - 11AM
Location: HSCC Classroom (142 Kindness Court, South Burlington VT)
The relationship you have with your dog equally involves two beings: you and your dog. Relationships, even with our dogs, are complicated, but we can help! We need to make sure that you both are feeling comfortable, safe, and are enjoying the relationship.
Join us on Saturday, October 5th with Dr. Karen Griffin, PhD to learn five components to creating a positive relationship with your dog: body language, environment, agency and consent, positive reinforcement-based training, and expectations. In this talk, you’ll discover why these components are so integral to a positive relationship, as well as tips for how to implement them so that you’ll be on your way to having a happy you and a happy dog!
Click here to register
Check back for updates about future rabies clinics, and click here to schedule a rabies vaccine through our Community Pet Clinic!
Check back for updates about future local events & workshops!
Adoption Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 1PM - 5PM
Saturday: 10AM - 4PM
Sunday & Monday: Closed
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