By Bruce Rolfe
A dog that had been running on the loose, scouring for water and food in the area for over a month, was safely secured August 1 by a caring volunteer group who now hope to find the dog a permanent home.
Team Seether, comprised of Ronna Bagent, Scott Humphreys and Kim Multer, with regular assistance coming from Jim Griffioen and Kim’s husband Mark Multer, assists people who have lost a pet and live traps dogs and cats to get them into a temporary caring shelter where they will hopefully be reunited with their owners or into a permanent home.
Kim Multer, of Battle Creek, said a post to the Team Seether facebook page reported a female sheltie was seen running loose in the Climax and Charleston Township areas since approximately July 1 when the dog was spotted on Hoffman Drive.
The dog was seen again running loose in Charleston Township in late July.
Miranda Bishop, who lives on East MN Avenue in Charleston Township, said she saw the dog on her surveillance camera July 28. Her neighbors also saw the dog the next two days in the area and placed a post on the Climax Crescent Facebook page. Bishop tried giving the dog food but the sheltie was scared and ran.
She continued to put food outside and contacted Team Seether when the dog was seen regularly.
Multer, Scott Humphreys and Ronna Bagent set the live trap and kept the food trail fresh at Bishop’s residence during the day and night August 1. They put a trail of food leading to the live trap where there was a blanket and more food. The Team Seether members set up two cameras - one on the kennel and one on a nearby tree - so they would be alerted if the dog was caught.
Bagent came later in the day to rotate in fresh hot chicken and Humphreys returned later in the evening to add more fresh food and set up another camera.
At about 10:15 p.m. that night the exhausted and hungry sheltie wandered into the kennel.
Team Seether members were at Bishop’s house less then a half hour later to get the dog.
“Scott came over to get it, and the dog barked at him one time. When I walked up it didn’t even bark at me. And then it laid down like it was just relieved. It was relieved to be caught and didn’t have to keep running,” said Bishop.
Bagent took the dog to her house, where she later groomed the dog and checked the sheltie for fleas and ticks.
“I’m glad she’s safe. That was a long time to be out,” said Multer.
Team Seether has named the 22-pound dog Sadie. Multer said the dog has been spayed and is very loving and friendly. The dog is crate and potty trained, walks well on a leash, loves children and car rides, is calm, listens, and is good with chickens, however she is not fond of rabbits.
“She’s a very nice dog,” said Multer, who said the dog was not chipped.
Multer said Team Seether has checked the dog over for fleas and ticks and a fecal sample was taken to Dickman Road Veterinary Clinic.
A veterinarian appointment Bagent had with the dog at the Dickman Road Veterinarian Clinic revealed the sheltie has coccidia, however she is on medication to treat the parasite. Multer adds the dog tested negative for heart worms and lyme disease.
The doctor estimated the dog’s age is 5-7 years old.
There was a large response from the Crescent Facebook post and Team Seether was optimistic someone would come forward to foster the dog until a permanent home could be found.
However Multer said Bagent decided to hold the dog until someone is located who can permanently keep her.
“We had a lot of people reach out to be a foster. We decided we did not want to move her a bunch of times. So whoever wanted to adopt her could try her out first and go from there with at least the intent to adopt,” said Multer.
Team Seether volunteers will interview people who would like to give the dog a permanent home, however Team Seether is requiring a fenced in back yard.
Kim said the group is always willing to help people reunite with their lost pets or dogs, but team members can’t take in any more dogs and the Calhoun County Animal Shelter, a privately owned shelter, is extremely full. She said the shelter tries very hard to find homes for dogs that are dropped off.
She adds unfortunately, there has been an uptick of abandoned dogs.
Team Seether also safely trapped three poodles who were abandoned in the Fulton State Game area in 2022. Kim and her husband took in one of the poodles and the other two were also adopted. The Climax Crescent featured this story in the September 16, 2022 issue.
Team Seether members provide their own money for surveillance cameras, dog food, a live kennel, Nexgard, and a chip reader.
Contact Team Seether on its Facebook page or call Kim at 269-317-4759 if you are interested in adopting the Sheltie or donating money for veterinarian costs and other costs associated with safely trapping dogs with the intent of finding a permanent home.
A dog that had been running on the loose, scouring for water and food in the area for over a month, was safely secured August 1 by a caring volunteer group who now hope to find the dog a permanent home.
Team Seether, comprised of Ronna Bagent, Scott Humphreys and Kim Multer, with regular assistance coming from Jim Griffioen and Kim’s husband Mark Multer, assists people who have lost a pet and live traps dogs and cats to get them into a temporary caring shelter where they will hopefully be reunited with their owners or into a permanent home.
Kim Multer, of Battle Creek, said a post to the Team Seether facebook page reported a female sheltie was seen running loose in the Climax and Charleston Township areas since approximately July 1 when the dog was spotted on Hoffman Drive.
The dog was seen again running loose in Charleston Township in late July.
Miranda Bishop, who lives on East MN Avenue in Charleston Township, said she saw the dog on her surveillance camera July 28. Her neighbors also saw the dog the next two days in the area and placed a post on the Climax Crescent Facebook page. Bishop tried giving the dog food but the sheltie was scared and ran.
She continued to put food outside and contacted Team Seether when the dog was seen regularly.
Multer, Scott Humphreys and Ronna Bagent set the live trap and kept the food trail fresh at Bishop’s residence during the day and night August 1. They put a trail of food leading to the live trap where there was a blanket and more food. The Team Seether members set up two cameras - one on the kennel and one on a nearby tree - so they would be alerted if the dog was caught.
Bagent came later in the day to rotate in fresh hot chicken and Humphreys returned later in the evening to add more fresh food and set up another camera.
At about 10:15 p.m. that night the exhausted and hungry sheltie wandered into the kennel.
Team Seether members were at Bishop’s house less then a half hour later to get the dog.
“Scott came over to get it, and the dog barked at him one time. When I walked up it didn’t even bark at me. And then it laid down like it was just relieved. It was relieved to be caught and didn’t have to keep running,” said Bishop.
Bagent took the dog to her house, where she later groomed the dog and checked the sheltie for fleas and ticks.
“I’m glad she’s safe. That was a long time to be out,” said Multer.
Team Seether has named the 22-pound dog Sadie. Multer said the dog has been spayed and is very loving and friendly. The dog is crate and potty trained, walks well on a leash, loves children and car rides, is calm, listens, and is good with chickens, however she is not fond of rabbits.
“She’s a very nice dog,” said Multer, who said the dog was not chipped.
Multer said Team Seether has checked the dog over for fleas and ticks and a fecal sample was taken to Dickman Road Veterinary Clinic.
A veterinarian appointment Bagent had with the dog at the Dickman Road Veterinarian Clinic revealed the sheltie has coccidia, however she is on medication to treat the parasite. Multer adds the dog tested negative for heart worms and lyme disease.
The doctor estimated the dog’s age is 5-7 years old.
There was a large response from the Crescent Facebook post and Team Seether was optimistic someone would come forward to foster the dog until a permanent home could be found.
However Multer said Bagent decided to hold the dog until someone is located who can permanently keep her.
“We had a lot of people reach out to be a foster. We decided we did not want to move her a bunch of times. So whoever wanted to adopt her could try her out first and go from there with at least the intent to adopt,” said Multer.
Team Seether volunteers will interview people who would like to give the dog a permanent home, however Team Seether is requiring a fenced in back yard.
Kim said the group is always willing to help people reunite with their lost pets or dogs, but team members can’t take in any more dogs and the Calhoun County Animal Shelter, a privately owned shelter, is extremely full. She said the shelter tries very hard to find homes for dogs that are dropped off.
She adds unfortunately, there has been an uptick of abandoned dogs.
Team Seether also safely trapped three poodles who were abandoned in the Fulton State Game area in 2022. Kim and her husband took in one of the poodles and the other two were also adopted. The Climax Crescent featured this story in the September 16, 2022 issue.
Team Seether members provide their own money for surveillance cameras, dog food, a live kennel, Nexgard, and a chip reader.
Contact Team Seether on its Facebook page or call Kim at 269-317-4759 if you are interested in adopting the Sheltie or donating money for veterinarian costs and other costs associated with safely trapping dogs with the intent of finding a permanent home.
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