Non-profit Org. 690 Humane Way San Jacinto, CA 92582 (951) 654-8002 Website: www.ramonahumanesociety.org U.S. Postage ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Paid Permit #20 San Jacinto, Ca Newsletter of the Winter 2014 Officers Bob Duistermars Board Chairman Wayne Disher Board Vice-Chairman Pam Stull Secretary Daniel Goodrich Treasurer Connie Hall Immediate past-chairman Jeff Sheppard Chief Executive Officer Directors Greg Brock Sherry Cinnamon Denise Glass Shannon Ortiz Kristen Perinsky-Jensen Jenny Stauts Jacque Wigle If you adopted an animal from the Ramona Meet Oreo Humane Society, please let us know how they are doing! We just might feature them in our Managing Staff Jeff Sheppard Chief Executive Officer Lori Neddermann Vice President of Operations John Ambris Finance Director Julio De La Cruz Shelter Manager Armida Garcia Clinic Manager Daryl Hitchcock Animal Control Manager A REGULAR PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO GIVING ANIMALS A VOICE IN THE SAN JACINTO VALLEY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. next newsletter. Adoption Update Back in July our rescue partners found out that one of our shelter pets (named Oreo) had been in our shelter for two months and he was just a baby. Oreo was constantly being overlooked. He was neutered and ready to go, but no one wanted him. ARK in Temecula stepped in to help get him out of the shelter. They began looking for a foster for him and found one. We can t stress how important our foster parents are (see additional article inside this newsletter). We received an update on Oreo and couldn t be happier to hear that he is loving his new life. They tell us that Oreo is truly a gem (are you listening all you folks who passed Oreo loves baseball! Oreo up?) and they eventually found him a great family. This family couldn't be happier with this sweet guy!! We can see that Oreo passed his PetSmart dog training course and loves to play ball. FOSTER FAILURES Foster parents end up adopting! 14TH ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST Great day for adoptions and fun Search for one of our adoptable pets by scanning this code now. PUPPIES FOUND IN DUMPSTER Good Samaritans rescue pups...and much more inside!
Can You Help? All we want for Christmas... The Ramona Humane Society is a nonprofit organization and do not receive funding from the government. We rely solely on generous donations from our community. Like many of you, we are experiencing hard times. It is extremely challenging to meet the day to day needs of keeping our shelter animals safe and warm. As you enjoy spreading the joy of this precious season, please keep the Ramona Humane Society in your plans. We really appreciate your help. If you are unable to provide a monetary donation, our shelter is in desperate need of the following items: Blankets Cat litter Laundry soap Dish soap Mop heads Towels Bleach Rakes Brooms Water hoses Dog houses Shovels Presents for Pets Help a shelter pet this holiday season. It s time to get our shelter into a festive mood for the holidays. We always like to decorate our shelter to give everyone. including our animals some of the Christmas spirit. We are hoping that you can help us. Our Presents for Pets is a simple way for you to do that, and at the same time help a shelter animal. All you have to do is purchase a present ornament which we will hang in our shelter in your honor or to honor your loved one. Our unique present ornaments come in three different colors so just tell us which one you d like us to hang. For a gift of only $1, we will hang a green ornament in our lobby for you. If you would like to provide a gift of $5, we will hang a red ornament. And, for only $10, we will hang a gold ornament. Our goal is to fill the lobbies of the shelter, the clinics, and our animal control office with Presents for Pets ornaments. Last year, we hung about 100 ornaments, so this year we d really love to hang a lot more. All the money we raise with the Presents for Pets program goes directly to the Ramona Humane Society and to help us continue to care for the homeless animals we take in during the holidays. We will use this money to purchase medications, food, and supplies which help us insure that our animals are healthy and happy here until they are adopted into a forever home. Come in to our shelter or clinics and tell us which Presents for Pets ornament you want us to hang. Or, you can also donate to the Presents for Pets online using our website: www.ramonahumanesociety.org (just note Presents for Pets in the online donation message box. Finally, you can donate by credit or debit card over the phone...just call us at (951) 654-8002. Successful event finds homes for 172 Animals Ramona Humane Society staff knew Zone that featured face-painting, it would be a special day for the anicarnival games, and crafts. The mals when they arrived several weather was absolutely perfect and hours before the 14th annual Okfolks enjoyed music from local pertoberfest was set to begin and found formers. The Wheel of Fortune and a hefty line of community members raffle prizes were a tremendous hit, already waiting to come in and look and had a steady line all day. The for a pet. All pet adoptions on the Oktoberfest is one of the Ramona day of the Oktoberfest were $25, and Humane Society s premiere fundraisthat generated quite a lot of interest. ing events and we depend on sponwe had also received some funds to sorships to make the event successoffer about 200 free spay and neuter ful. We were honored to have supcoupons which were handed out port from the Soboba Band of Luisequickly. As the day progressed, the The day s first adoption ño Indians, Central County United went to Phil V. who adopted crowds continued to grow larger and Cooper Way, Sierra Dawn Estates, Diesel larger. In all, an estimated 2600 Tech, Small Animal Care Center, people joined the festivities. We also are Bank of Hemet, Dr. Keating Family Mediproud to announce that over the course of cine, Superior Cleaning, Victor Medical and the adoption event, 172 of our shelter animerck. There were so many others to thank mals found forever homes! One of the most as well such as Rancho Vet Tack Feed & popular areas once again was the Kids Supply in Hemet for the hay, and the many vendors and performers who made the day THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS, so memorable and fun! STAFF AND COMMUNITY FOR MAKING THE 14TH OKTOBERFEST A ROUSING SUCCESS! Waiting for the fun to begin! Thank you to our wonderful staff Diesel Tech Shop for the animals Volunteer Wanda delivers cat toys and beds to our shelter On Our cover portrays three foster failures. What is a foster failure? First of all, it s a good thing. Secondly, you ll have to read more about them in this issue. In the ornament on the left is Mia. The middle ornament shows Jed. In the ornament on the right is a picture of Trouper. These are just a few of the foster failure stories you will read about.. Our shelter is located at 690 Humane Way in San Jacinto Shelter and Kennel hours for adoptions are: Monday through Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10-4pm. Fridays and Sundays from 10-3pm. Phone: 951-654-8002 Animal Control is located at 438 S. State St., San Jacinto Animal Control hours are: Monday through Friday 8-5pm Phone: 951-487-6565 Like us on: Online: www.ramonahumanesociety.org Raffles were held for two BBQ grills. The winners pictured here are Jo Lynn Lorio (above) and Jim Barnes (below) Vendors introduce kids to pups The Wheel of Fortune team
Cover Story Puppies Rescued from Dumpster Good Samaritan saves five puppies from death and brings to RHS Jeff Sheppard, President/CEO reminded everyone that the Ramona Humane Society is an open door shelter that provides a safety net for lost and unwanted animals. This is why we are here. It breaks my heart that these puppies had to suffer but I m thankful they were found in time and brought to us. said Sheppard. The puppies were sent to an amazing foster family and kept safe. They had their spay and neuter surgeries at the beginning of November and are now up for adoption. This story had a happy ending, but only because of the community animal lovers that saved these puppies and brought them to us. Thank you! After about four weeks, the puppies have grown sooooo big! These were the puppies on the day they were brought to the shelter When a couple heard whimpering sounds coming from inside a commercial dumpster located on Florida and Sanderson in Hemet last month, they did not hesitate to investigate. What they found was five puppies abandoned by their owner. The couple knew exactly what to do. They took the puppies straight to the Ramona Humane Society. When the pups arrived at the shelter, they were in distress and panting heavily. The pups were taken directly to a Veterinarian to be examined. Although dirty and flea ridden, the 3-4 week-old large mixed breed pups appear healthy, said Dr. Joy Cress of the Small Animal Care Center. Ideally, they should be nursing for a couple more weeks and with their mother until about 8 weeks of age. The Ramona Humane Society knew that the pups could not stay healthy in the shelter, so they posted the sibling pups on their Facebook page and the Internet exploded with comments to adopt and to rescue! We were astonished how fast people responded and how furious people were with the horrible person who dumped these precious animals. The Ramona Humane Society s Rescue and Foster Care Coordinator sprang into action to find someone to open up their heart and home to raise the pups until such time as they could be vaccinated and spayed/ neutered. One puppy liked to travel in the car s map pocket!! Foster Failure or Awesome Adoption? If you ever thought about working in a candy store but thought, I could never do that I d be sampling the entire inventory! then you are no stranger to the concept of a foster failure. We certainly are VERY familiar with the term here at Ramona Humane Society. In fact, almost all of our team members and volunteers can be crowned with this title. Now, if you do not know what this term means, don t be alarmed no one is actually FAILING at anything. In fact, there s actually a lot of good, happy things going on for both the animals and the people when a foster failure occurs. Here in the animal protection service, the term foster failure simply means that we are adopting an animal we originally brought into our own home only to foster on a temporary basis. We think it is just a temporary safe house we are providing, but in fact the animal has already found its forever home with US! It happens a lot around here. It doesn t mean we have failed. It just means that we have saved another life and gained a new member to our ever expanding family sometimes to the consternation of our spouses and loved ones. Rachel, the Ramona Humane Society s Rescue coordinator saw little 6 week old Mia, a Havanese pup, several months ago. It was love at first site. She was originally just going to foster Mia until she was old enough to be adopted. That was nine months ago! Rachel couldn t part with Mia. Trouper, was a five month old stray puppy who had apparently been hit by a car and lost the use of his leg. He learned to use only his front legs but was in severe pain. RHS Wishlist readers helped get him surgery and was fostered by or kennel technician Stephanie and her family while Trouper recuperated from surgery. The family fell in love, and Stephanie s little girl and Trouper formed a special bond. They adopted Trouper to be their forever buddy. Jethro (now Jed) was a stray Basset Hound who was hit by a car and rushed to the Ramona Humane Society. Our veterinarians couldn t spare his front leg which needed to be amputated. Poor Jed was in a good deal of stress and needed a safe and quite place to recuperate and learn to use just three legs. Our shelter CEO Jeff Shepperd provided foster care until Jed was well enough to be adopted. Jed now lives as a permanent member of Jeff s family and is so happy he runs around the house, jumps on the couch, and lays in the sun. What a great life! Each staff member in our shelter has at least one or two foster failure stories. But as Jeff Shepperd says, I don t think we are foster failures. I think we are Awesome Adopters! We couldn t agree more. Want to be a Foster Parent? Here at Ramona Humane Society we are always looking for foster families. Foster families are so important to our success in keeping our animals healthy and safe as we work on improving their adoptability. A foster provides the home in which the shelter animal recuperates from surgery or trauma. Sometimes it may be just a matter of getting the animal out of the shelter atmosphere into a calmer environment until the pet is old enough to adopt. Or, we may just need to give the animal time to learn what it means to live in a home and to trust humans again. You ll help the pet by helping us. For more information on being a foster parent contact our shelter at (951) 654-8002 ext. 246. Happy Reunion! A 5 year old Jack Russell Terrier showed up at the Ramona Humane Society Shelter after being found by a Good Samaritan. The staff scanned the dog for a micro chip. The scanner beeped, a number popped up, the chip company was called and the owner notified. All very routine but this little dog was lost five months ago in Riverside. Kisses was all smiles and very excited to go home with her owner. Another happy ending for a microchipped pet. Tatiana Nunez was reunited with Kisses
Adopted 15 Years Ago - A Love Story Adopted from Ramona Humane Society, poodle continues living a happy life Lady, today, lives in North Carolina In our last newsletter, we featured the very heart-warming story of Tess, a beautiful dog who had been adopted 14 years ago. One of our Ramona Humane Society supporters wrote us to tell us how much she liked the story and to let us know that she had adopted a dog from our shelter many years ago as well FIFTEEN YEARS ago to be exact. We were floored. Lady, who is a standard poodle mix, was adopted at Ramona fifteen years ago by Eileen Douglas when she lived in Hemet. Eileen was visiting the shelter with a friend who was looking to adopt. That s when Eileen saw Lady. Lady was only six months old. Ms. Douglas wasn't even looking for a dog, but Lady wouldn't let her alone. Every time Eileen walked past her cage, Lady spoke to her. Knowing a higher power was trying to tell her something, Eileen called her husband and asked him to come over and look at this "little" dog she had found. Mr. Douglas was only concerned that the dog not be too big. It is very difficult to determine a breed at that young age, and shelter staff had listed Lady as a "terrier mix". Since Lady looked pretty small next to all the really big dogs in her enclosure, Mr. Douglas told her to go ahead and bring Lady home. Needless to say, he fell in love with her, too. A friend who was visiting the Douglas s had worked her way through college by grooming dogs and she felt through all of Lady s hair and declared that Lady was certainly not a terrier with that body conformation. The friend clipped her coat, and lo and behold, there was Grass root effort collects 5 car loads Lady and mom Eileen Douglas visit Santa a definite standard poodle! After fifteen years of laughter, joy, and unconditional love, the happy family have settled in western North Carolina. Lady has traveled with the Douglas s all over the country. They tell us that people always stop them on the street to ask what kind of dog Lady is because she is soooo beautiful and unusual. Eileen wrote us that Of course, they all know her at Home Depot and at every drive-through in town where she always gets a treat. Thank you Eileen for this inspirational update. For a shelter staff person to know that the little baby dog they took in so long ago has turned into such an amazing animal inspires us to do more. This particular adoption was a love-match made for the ages!. Troup members show off their donation Jim and Mary-Ellen and RHS Staff survey the donations Jim and Mary-Ellen Daylong organized a drive for donations for the Ramona Humane Society. Their community, Solera Diamond Valley-Del Webb in Hemet, generously donated and delivered 5 vehicle loads items to support the shelter operations and the animals. We are a community of pet lovers and it shows by the amount collected. This is the second year we have done this and we will do it again next year to support our humane society said Mary-Ellen. RHS Saves Great Dane Mistreated Dane gets new lease on life at Ramona A very thin Great Dane dog was found and brought to the Ramona Humane Society last month by a Good Samaritan. The 6 year old dog was immediately checked over by our veterinarian at the Small Animal Care Center. While he had skin, eye and ear infections, we could not find a The Dane was so thin his ribs showed reason for the dog s emaciated condition other than lack of food and care. We got him food and carefully treated his starvation. We don't know who is responsible for the dog s suffering, but the dog is friendly to people and other animals. He is a typical Great Dane. He attaches himself to you and thinks he s a lap dog, said Shelter Manager Julio De La Cruz. While being nursed back to health at the shelter, Inga Schuler of Banning, a frequent visitor, inquired about fostering the dog until he is well. If everything works out, I will probably adopt him. I am going to call him Alistair. This dog has suffered enough. He can live the rest of his life on my ranch and he will never go without food and care again, said Ms. Schuler. Alistair is now healthy and happy Home for The Holidays Adoption Drive Helping match pets with families during this holiday season Local Brownie Troop to the Rescue! The Brownies of Girl Scout Troup 2421 in Lake Elsinore and Menifee took part in a Brownie Quest to help make the world a better place. The girls selected the Ramona Humane Society and shelter pets as their take action community project. Thank you to the compassionate, generous, and kind young ladies who collected an Community Donation Clinic Manager reaches 20 year milestone! Drive Saves Pets assortment of items to help the animals and shelter operations! The girls collected more than 300 blankets, 600 cans of cat food, toilet paper, bins, gloves, hand sanitizer, several animal crates and so much more. We want to thank all the girls and troop leader Nicole Zundel for their fantastic success. You ve certainly helped make OUR world a better place. The holidays are a popular time for welcoming a new furry friend into your family. More families bring a new pet home during the holiday season than at any other time of the year. The Ramona Humane Society is joining paws with thousands of animal organizations from around the world and participating in Home 4 the Holidays 2014-- an adoption drive that saves the lives of orphaned pets and raises aware- ness about the importance of pet adoption during the holiday season and all through the year. Since adopting a pet is a commitment for the life of the pet and involves the entire household, bring everyone along to meet your new furry family member. RHS works with families to match the perfect family with the ideal pet, resulting in success for everyone involved. Everyone wins. What better way to celebrate the spirit of the season than to grant an orphan pet s number-one wish the gift of a forever home? In return, you ll receive a gift of unconditional love that will last a lifetime! For those who want to wait until after the holidays before bringing home a new pet, but still want the joy of giving a gift at holiday time, we have adoption gift certificates are available.
The Season of Giving...to our Pets You matter! Continue to help us make a Ramona Humane Society pet s life better Ramona Humane Society is a nonprofit. This means that--unlike other local animal shelters such as the Riverside County Animal Services shelter next to us here in San Jacinto we are not supported by any taxpayer funds. We do what we do (saving more animals than many of those other shelters) by providing animal protection services and receiving generous support from folks such as you. If you are like us and you receive dozens of letters and emails asking Pets know when you share love! for your help, you already know that this time of year a lot of worthy causes ask for donations. While not begrudging any of its success, we wish we had a fraction of the funds raised through the summer s popular Ice Bucket Challenge. Instead, we often find ourselves-- like most nonprofits with our hands out. So we want to take a moment to say something to you. Though we don t say it often enough, we want you to know how much you matter to our animals. Without you, we could not have provided nearly ten thousand low cost spay/ neuters, vaccinations, and a safe place for homeless animals to stay as they await a home. You matter to us because we could not have fed the thousands of animals who stayed with us in a kennel rather than die a painful and lonely death on the street. You mattered to Trinket a cat at our shelter you helped provide money to get a serious leg operation. You mattered to help keeping the bonded pair of stray mastiffs safe until we helped find them a forever family. You mattered to Blue, the sweet Labrador who without your support would not have received surgery to fix a painful eye disease. You mattered in so many ways we could fill this entire newsletter with reason after reason and you will continue to matter to our shelter animals and to those of us here to insure these animals are cared for now and forever! If you give to us, your donation is tax deductible, and we promise we won t ask you to throw a bucket of ice water over your head. Troop #574 members show off their donation Kona the moment she was reunited with her family at the shelter Another "happy reunion"...kona is found! Kona, a 6 year old shepherd mix was reported missing and stayed lost for several weeks. Her family diligently came to the shelter to look for her as often as they could and checked the Ramona Humane Society s found animals daily. Kona, a nervous dog was rescued by our Animal Control Officer off the streets. Once she settled down, we were able to scan her ID tag and phone her owners to let them know she was finally safe. It s a happy holiday for this lucky group. Microchip, tags, whatever it takes...we want more happy tails like this! Delores, a shelter staffer, cares for a pup One Day Donation Drive by Brownie Troop a Success! Not to be outdone by their friends in Brownie Troop #4241 (see story in this newsletter), we wanted to tell you about the efforts of another inspirational youth group. This time, we were surprised by the Brownies from Girl Scout Troup # 574 in Hemet and San Jacinto. They held a one day donation drive to collect items for the Ramona Happy Holidays for Clinic Manager 20 year milestone! Lost Dog reaches & Family! Humane Society and our shelter pets and in just one day they collected hundreds of pounds of food, blankets, toys, and more. They brought their load of goodies down to us as a surprise! And boy were we ever! Thanks so much to these kids!! You're an inspiration to so many of us. And if you have a group out there considering a drive see our wishlist in this newsletter. RHS Nabs New Board Members Community members bring impressive credentials to our Board of Directors team As a non-profit organization, we depend on the support and guidance of a voluntary Board of Directors. Members of the board are ultimately responsible for the legal, fiduciary duty and best interests of the Ramona Humane Society. We recently welcomed three new board members and we Sgt. Glen Brock wanted to introduce them to you. First, Sgt. Glen Brock joined out board in October of this year and is so excited to be assisting the Ramona organization. Sgt. Brock is also a policy officer with the City of Hemet, and he lives here in our community. So to does animal advocate Denise Glass. Densie has been a volunteer walker and photogradenise Glass pher of our shelter animals, but only recently joined our team as a board member. She too lives locally, over in the City of Perris. Finally, welcome to Kris Jensen. Kris is Public Works Director for the City of Hemet, and lives in the City as well. She has adopted every animal she has owned from our shelter and is so proud and honored to be able to give back to the shelter animals she loves so dearly. We expect big things from these great team members. Please join us Kris Jensen in giving them a big welcome! Tongue Tuesdays and Selfie Sundays RHS Pets and their owners star in our popular Facebook page theme days If you have not followed us on our Ramona Humane Society Facebook page you re missing some fun and exceptionally popular posts. Fans and followers are encouraged to send photos of their Ramona Humane Society pets sticking out their tongues for Tongue Tuesday, and Ramona pets and owners taking part in selfies for Selfie Sunday. Photos can be sent to us at: RamonaHumaneSocietyNewslet- ter@gmail.com and we ll post them. The sets of photos are getting thousands of posts likes and have reached globally, including China, Portugal, and Brazil. Here are just a few of the photo s we ve received.
Three Legged Fritz Inspires Us! Proves that loving life is more important than having four legs Fritz is a little Terrier mix that came in to Ramona Humane Society last year. The poor little guy came in with his rear leg broken. Fritz first day at the shelter We knew he couldn t get adopted the way he was, so RHS decided to try and give Fritz a chance and have his leg repaired. We took him to Small Animal Care Center for x-rays. The x-rays showed that there might be a good chance that setting the leg would work. Foster mom Denise took him in faithfully every week for two months to have his cast changed and his leg checked. Unfortunately at the end of the two months, his leg had not set and was still unusable to him. The only feasible option at this point was to remove his leg. We knew that Fritz would adjust and he would learn to get around on 3 legs. RHS decided to help little Fritz have his only chance at a good life and so his leg was amputated. Fritz adjusted to getting around on 3 legs almost as soon as the anesthesia wore off! He learned to walk, run, jump, twirl chase a ball, go upstairs everything! Now to find Fritz a forever home. He could play very well & loved to have doggie buddies but could easily be overpowered! He needed a 100% safe yard. He had been thru a lot and we knew it wouldn t be easy to find him a perfect home. We waited a long time for such a home. Well, needless to say, that perfect home came along. Camerie Anderson and her dog, Moose, had a Meet & Greet with Fritz 7 months after he first came to the shelter! It was love at first sight! She loved him all the more because he was 3 legged. Camerie had recently gotten out of the Army so we knew she could keep up with Fritz and would love him for the special boy he is! She adopted him on the spot and as they say, the rest is history. Fritz and his brother waiting to go run Fritz with his beloved Camerie In Memory of Pets go. We often learn lessons from our pets, and Camerie said something that touched us she said she really admires Fritz his tenacity and his outlook on life. We could learn a lot from his attitude, Last we heard, Camerie and Fritz were taking agility lessons! Apparently Fritz loves the A-Frame! All this was made possible by the generosity and goodwill of the Ramona Humane Society! RHS asked for no donations on this boy. This surgery, and all of Fritz s care, was all paid for by the Ramona Humane Society! Just one more wonderful thing we do to help the animals! Edgar Peggy Cordilla Amber Miriam Miller Rebe Dianne Sickles Dino, Sammy and Molly Joanne Roland Little Red and Spencer Tana Stacklie Romeo Priscilla Knights Rusty and Lucy Joan McCullough Febe Lucille Coffeen Levi Donald Sccott Taffy Martha Reiman Bosco and Daisy Mitzi Albright Shannon Sandra Cotcamp Cossum Colletta Blanchette Benji Louise Palmer Sophie Janet Nudgell Gizmo Mattie Hathcoat Jayco Cherylle Shackelford Honey Sasha Moore A Christmas Poem from the Ones We ve Lost This is the first Christmas without me Dad And I know you are feeling very sad So do not cry on Christmas day I am never very far away Through all my life happy and sad I could not have wished for a better Dad I saw you put up the Christmas tree I was there Dad it was me You placed my toy upon the floor But I can not play with it anymore I felt the pain within your heart I am sorry Dad we had to part The tears came rolling down your cheeks As I have seen them fall for many weeks On Christmas morning I will kiss your face And watch you from this special place In Memory of People Louie Hathcoat Mattie Hathcoat Paul Sucro Judy Helberg Dorma Barlow Sharil Barlow Scott Kalitte Edwar Bator Valerie Hunt Linda Wortman Lisa Maher Diana Maher My Sister Linda Bevans Al Swallow J.M. Swallow Bertnice Barrett Karen Barrett Roberta Martin Carol McCall In Honor of Pets All Loving Pets Andy and Johanna Wymaster Patricia Wyatt Mary Westall I'll whine a little because we are apart But I know I will always have your heart I miss you Dad every day But you know I had to go away There is no pain now I am young and free Thank you to all the friends and family who remember loved ones by donating to the Ramona Humane Society. If Camerie has kept in touch with us and recently updated us on how great Fritz is doing. She says he wins hearts wherever he goes! Amazingly, Fritz is even more active than her other dog, a Poodle! Fritz handles the stairs just fine, he jumps up onto the couch, her bed he loves the beach, he goes just anywhere he wants to you would like to honor the life of a loved one or family pet, consider a donation to the Ramona Humane Society and help homeless animals in our community. Contact the shelter for more information. Fritz right after his surgery Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Recommended resource links: You can always find us online at www.ramonahumanesociety.org.