Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Have a Heart Humane Society is pleased to be able to continue our Wednesday Mini Spay/Neuter Clinics with Dr. Willis of San Joaquin Vet Hospital. This program is funded by a private grant, not county money, and will continue until funds run out. Pet owners pay a co-pay of $35 for dogs (any size) and $25 for cats. The balance will be paid by Have a Heart. Services include spay or neuter, rabies vaccination if your pet is old enough, a pain shot and a microchip, which is mandatory. They will not take pets over six years old, male pets whose...
Do you have too much free time? Have you been wondering what there is to do in this wonderful town of Tehachapi. Well let me invite you to a premiere event taking place on Tuesday, April 14. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi, in partnership with the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District, is having their first Non-Profit Showcase at West Park Activity Center, 410 West D Street from 5-8 p.m. This is an incredible opportunity to find out what non-profits and organizations are active in...
Have a Heart Humane Society is proud to announce that two of our dogs have graduated from training classes at Thunder Paws Dog Training. Rudy is one of the “Magnificent 7” dogs, they were dumped in an equipment yard on South St. early in the spring 2014. Rudy, his mom, brother and four sisters, were rescued by Have a Heart volunteers and several local pet lovers who responded to a Facebook post about the dogs. Rudy’s foster mom, Chelley Kitzmiller, enrolled Rudy in Thunder Paws agility classes along with his brother Zeke. Both dogs showe...
helley Kitzmiller, a 30 year resident of Tehachapi, has two loves: writing and rescuing pets. She began writing romance novels in the late 1970's, when there were no writing classes or conferences to help aspiring romance writers. Eager to learn, Kitzmiller used a highlighter pen to deconstruct her favorite books-a tool she still recommends to new writers. After a few years of studying and practicing, she sold her first book and made it her goal to give readers a painless history lesson within...
Have a Heart Humane Society has been approached by a Tehachapi Eagle Scout to work with him and his troop on a community service construction project. We have given the idea a lot of consideration. Have a Heart proposes to work with the scouts to help some of the feral cat colonies in Tehachapi. Why does Tehachapi have feral cats? Feral cats are the offspring of stray or abandoned pets that were not spayed or neutered. Have a Heart will ask business owners, residents and our own volunteers to...
Vouchers: Have a Heart Humane Society has Kern County spay/neuter vouchers available for all pet owners in eastern Kern County (California City, Mojave, Boron, Rosamond and Tehachapi). The vouchers are $70 for dogs and $40 for cats, and they must be redeemed at Southern Kern Vet Hospital in Rosamond. We suggest pet owners call Southern Kern Veterinary Services at (661) 256-8121 first to make an appointment. Ask them what your balance after the co-pay would be using the Kern County voucher. Then, stop by Radio Shack (1121 W Valley Blvd,...
Tehachapi – Have a Heart Humane Society is now offering low cost spay/neuter mini clinics to Tehachapi Pet Owners. The larger clinics are sometimes hard to do with winter weather, but because we don’t want to miss a beat in getting Tehachapi’s pets spayed and neutered, we are offering Wednesday mini clinics with Dr. Willis (owner of San Joaquin Vet Hospital) at his mobile clinic in Cummings Valley. The price is the same: $20 cats, $25 dogs (any size) The price includes spay or neuter; Rabies for pets 4 months old or older; and micro...
Kern County has much to be proud of - especially the people that live here. Chelley Kitzmiller of Tehachapi is one of those people we can all be proud of. Chelley is diligently working to make one of our county's worst statistics much better - that of unnecessary animal killings because of the severe pet overpopulation problem we have in our communities. Chelley is the founder of Have a Heart Humane Society based in Tehachapi. Chelley and Have a Heart have been providing low-cost spay and...
Tehachapi Community Theatre is proud to announce its “Tickets For Charity” partnership with Have A Heart Humane Society (haveahearthumanesociety.org) for opening night Friday, January 30 of their new adult comedy Sylvia. TCT has donated 42 tickets, a total value of $630, to Have A Heart for them to sell as a fundraiser. Tickets have a face value of $15, but all of the money raised from ticket sales will be kept by Have A Heart Humane Society. If you’d like to donate more, please do so. To buy the tickets please contact Have A Heart at havea...
All of us at Have a Heart Humane Society would like to wish all of you and your pets the happiest and healthiest of holidays. We have had an incredible year, lots of ups and only a few downs. We haven't set any adoption records, but we have found some wonderful new homes for over 200 pets. We took several dozen cats and dogs from nice folks who found them here in Tehachapi and couldn't keep them, rescued seven dogs at one time (the mom and her 10-month-old pups) from an equipment yard on South S...
Tehachapi – Have a Heart Humane Society is now offering low cost spay/neuter mini clinics to Tehachapi Pet Owners. The larger clinics are sometimes hard to do with winter weather, but because we don’t want to miss a beat in getting Tehachapi’s pets spayed and neutered, we are offering Wednesday mini clinics with Dr. Willis (owner of San Joaquin Vet Hospital) at his mobile clinic in Cummings Valley. The price is the same: $20 cats, $25 dogs (any size) The price includes spay or neuter; Rabies for pets 4 months old or older; and micro...
Be a puppy raiser for Guide Dog’s of America Guide Dogs of America, a not for profit organization, located in Sylmar, Calif., is currently looking for qualified persons to raise puppies for visually impaired persons. If you are of good health, active, love animals, and want to do for others, this is a program for you. Qualified applicants can fill out an online application at GuideDogsofAmerica.org and once it has been submitted a representative from GDA will contact you and arrange for an in-person interview and home inspection. If you are i...
Tehachapi• Fern Michaels, a New York Times Best-Selling author of womens' fiction and her daughter, Cynthia Kuczkir, donated a combined total of $30,000 to Have a Heart Humane Society in Tehachapi. Michaels, a resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been writing and selling books for 37 years. Most of those books have hit the New York Times Best-Sellers list. Her Polish grandmother told her that when God is good to you, you have to give back. Michaels set up The Fern Michaels® F...
4 more Tehachapi pets were spayed or neutered, microchipped and given Rabies vaccinations. We would like to thank our community partners: Tehachapi News and The Loop newspaper for announcing the event; Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation for donating the West Park Activity Center; Hungry Howies Pizza for donating yummy pizzas for lunch; and Starbucks for donating coffee and condiments. We also want to thank Dr. Willis and his staff for their professionalism and hard work; it was a long,...
Have a Heart Humane Society will be hosting their 10th low cost spay & neuter clinic on Saturday, December 6, 2014. The organization is partnering with Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation, who is making the West Park Activity Center on “D” Street available to house pets before and after surgery. This clinic is being funded by a private donation (not taxpayer money) from New York Times Best-Selling Author Fern Michaels, a true animal lover. Michaels has authored more than 100 novels, and visited Tehachapi some years ago for a book signing to p...
More than fifty Tehachapi pet owners turned out Saturday, November 1 to sign up for Have a Heart Humane Society's ninth low-cost spay and neuter clinic. Cat owners paid a $20 co-pay, dog owners paid $25. Each co-pay includes spay/neuter, Rabies vaccination and a microchip. Have a Heart is partnering with Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation for the use of the West Park Activity Center for the day of the clinic. Dr. Willis of San Joaquin Vet Hospital in Bakersfield will be performing the surgeri...
Do you have a dog or a cat that needs to be spayed or neutered? How would you like to pay just $20 or $25 instead of $150 or more? Have a Heart Humane Society is one of 38 non-profits chosen from a nation-wide pool to participate in the eBay Giving Works Campaign For Your Cause program. The pet rescue's goal is to raise $10,000 for the TEHACHAPI FIX YOUR PET PROJECT through an eBay auction, which will run from Oct. 22-29 on eBay. The more items we sell, the more money we have to put toward...
Tehachapi – Have a Heart Humane Society will be hosting their 9th low cost spay & neuter clinic on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. The organization is partnering with Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation, who is making the West Park Activity Center on “D” Street available to house pets, before and after surgery. This clinic is being funded by a private donation (not taxpayer money) from New York Times Best-Selling Author Fern Michaels, a true animal lover. Michaels has authored more than 100 novels and visited Tehachapi some years ago for a book...
Have a Heart Humane Society is one of 38 non-profits chosen from a nation-wide pool to participate in the eBay Giving Works Campaign For Your Cause program. The pet rescue’s goal is to raise $10,000 for the Tehachapi Fix Your Pet Project through eBay auctions, which will run from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29 on eBay. To date, Have a Heart has funded and hosted 8 spay/neuter clinics in Tehachapi but more are needed. To reach our goal Have a Heart needs at least 75 auction items with a minimum value of $50 for each item. “We’ve already received some amazi...
Thinking about adopting a dog or a cat? Have a Heart Humane Society would like to pass on some information that we hope will be helpful. Should you buy from a breeder or a pet store, adopt from a shelter or from a pet rescue? If you buy a pet from a dog breeder, make sure you have thoroughly checked out the breeder first, not just online but by visiting their facility, and make sure you see all of the facility. Many breeders are not breeding to improve the breed, but are, in fact, backyard breed...
On Saturday, August 9, Have a Heart Humane Society is delighted to once again bring another low cost mobile spay/neuter vaccination clinic to Tehachapi. Unlike previous clinics, this one (our 8th!) will be open to all greater Tehachapi residents with no income requirements. This clinic is being funded by grants from our own Union Bank, the Ethel and Harry West Foundation, and by a private donation from the Turners. As the latter prefers to remain anonymous, we won't say which Turners. Our vet,...
We are asking for help for the dogs and cats at the Mojave Shelter. The shelter is in dire need of blankets, towels, rugs, pet beds, dog and cat treats and chews. Avoid blankets with stuffing, feathers and fringe and rugs with rubber backing or fringe. Please wash and bag items before donating. And please don’t forget this shelter when you’re thinking about adding a new pet to your family. Weeks ago we reported rescuing seven small dogs from an equipment yard on South Street. We dubbed them the...
Have a Heart Humane Society would like to thank Adam Wojack and everyone else at Union Bank of Tehachapi for awarding our organization a generous grant. The money will be used to provide more spay and neuter surgeries for pets owned by local residents. Have a Heart is pleased to report that we have now put on more than a half dozen spay/neuter/vaccination clinics in Tehachapi for our low income, senior fixed income and military veterans. Each clinic has spayed or neutered 35 to 39 cats and...
With the help of New York Times Bestselling author, Deborah Smith (http://deborah-smith.com) who is a partner in BelleBooks, a small press known for southern fiction (http://bellebooks.com), Have a Heart Humane Society will publish a book titled: Touched By A Furry Angel, True Stories Of Rescued Pets Who Touched Our Hearts. The book will be a collection of true stories, poetry, photos, illustrations, children’s drawings and letters. All Tehachapi residents, young and old, published or unpublished, are invited to participate. Touched by a Furry...
On Thursday Feb. 20, Have a Heart Humane Society's Rosemary Evans (Thunder Paws Dog Training) went to Golden Hills Elementary School and talked to 125 First Graders about how to care for their dogs. Rosemary asked the children questions about what dogs need to live and nearly every hand rose to answer. Pharaoh, a one year old Lab, who is being fostered by Fiona Nelson, for Guide Dogs of America, was also on hand. Under Fiona's skilled hand, Pharaoh helped the kids understand a guide dog's job....
