SedonaEye.com Star Four Paws Up Pet Columnist Harley McGuire loves being the bearer of good news for his pals!
Sedona AZ (August 20, 2015) – SedonaEye.com Star Four Paws Up Pet Columnist Harley McGuire is pleased to tell residents about a Yavapai County website that promises to be a one stop shop for his pals pet records!
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is excited to announce a new website at http://ycsoaz.sheltertrack.com that provides dog owners the ability to obtain licenses, maintain pet records, and even report an animal missing among its many other features. This web service is provided free of charge to any dog owner in Yavapai County. Simply create an account to access all the features.
Please note that license requirements apply to dog owners who reside in unincorporated Yavapai County. Residents in Arizona cities or towns should check with local animal control authorities for licensing requirements.
Please note: COUNTY DOG LICENSES WILL ONLY BE ISSUED OR RENEWED WITH A VALID RABIES CERTIFICATE ON FILE. The license period for each animal will be linked to the duration of the rabies certificate.
DOG TAG NUMBERS ARE NOW PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO EACH ANIMAL. A full description of Arizona dog licensing requirements may be viewed on the Shelter Track homepage.
Web site features –
1. You can renew your license online now for the same period as your rabies vaccination. Pay by the year or up to 3 years of the vaccination period via Pay Pal or a credit card through Pay Pal. Documentation of your pet’s vaccination may be submitted on line by your vet or the account holder.
2. Track your animal’s medical records including rabies vaccinations history, spayed or neutered documentation and date, veterinarian appointments and services needed. Also you can record surgeries, injuries or medical needs (warnings, diabetic, medications) and quarantines (home, vet or shelter). Users can update animal ownership or passing (terminates licensing obligation, notices and rabies).
3. Receive email notifications on rabies vaccinations, licenses, and veterinarian visits.
4. General medical records on your dog are available to you online and to all county veterinarians and are accessible to you while traveling on vacation.
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5. SERVICE DOG FEE WAIVER – Use the site to register for a service dog license which, when approved, provides an exemption to licensing fees. Applicants must submit an affidavit justifying service animal classification – per ARS 11-1008F2. Details are available to registered users of the Shelter Track web site.
6. You can appoint secondary people for co-guardianship which allows vet visit verification, lost and found notification, and licensing.
7. Lost and Found web page – with one click of a button, you can label your dog lost and with one click of a button to label the dog found. The website can be searched for lost dogs in your area.
8. Access to these records by Sheriff’s Animal Control officers will aid the officers in the field handling animal related service calls.
To register for your account, simply click on the ‘Create a login’ link in the left hand menu of the home page at http://ycsoaz.sheltertrack.com/ and fill in the requested information. Some users may find that previously submitted records are already in the system. The entry of remaining records by YCSO personnel is ongoing.
Non-account holders can access limited portions of the website such as the Lost and Found page and Calendar of Events.
If you have any questions about the website content and animal control regulations, call the YCSO Animal Control Unit, Sgt. Deb Dean at 928-777-7285 or Robin Derrickson at 928-771-3282. For technical issues ONLY involving registration and account set-up, contact Ron Castle at 928-777-7403. These personnel are available Monday-Friday between 8AM and 5PM.
Additional questions/comments/concerns can be sent via email to animalcontrol@yavapai.us.
If you do not have access to a computer, please call the Animal Control Unit and the staff will be glad to create an account for you.
Citizens can contact the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office with information or questions at 928-771-3260 or the YCSO website.
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nice!!
Ever read the insert with the rabies vaccination? Mercury. Thermisol. These are toxic ingredients. I understand the problem with rabies, but is it worth it to put beloved pets at risk if they are never off leash, elderly, or indoor pets?
Also, why are we (as a society) allowing so many lists and registrations? Pretty soon EVERYONE will be on one list or another.
We need less government, not more.
Hi Harley McGuire.
You’ve been sort of quiet lately. Has the heat got you down?
Your pal,
Buster
magickj is nuts,
I have seen hundreds of pet put to sleep because they get Parvo. easy to prevent with several vaccination,
Parvovirus is extremely contagious and can be transmitted by any person, animal or object that comes in contact with an infected dog’s feces. Highly resistant, the virus can live in the environment for months, and may survive on inanimate objects such as food bowls, shoes, clothes, carpet and floors. It is common for an unvaccinated dog to contract parvovirus from the streets, especially in urban areas where there are many dogs.
In a society where we live next to each other we all give us some rights, that is the price we pay, you don’t want government the please don’t call 911 if something happens to you then please pay for all your own health care and don’t let the government send you a ck every month.
P.S just because you dog is on a leash he or she can pick up the parvo virus.
Hi-Ho Buster & Friends,
Harley McGuire here to tell you it ain’t the heat gettin’ to me but that Devil in the Sky makes me shake! Oh how I wish that noisy demon would go someplace else ‘cept over my house to make rumbles. Even with doors and shades shut and TV blasting that devil light gets thru and the sound shakes my house almost as bad as my body trembles. But, the upside here is that when Mom spects the Sky Devil is bout to make an appearance she gives me one of those special “pill pockets” – yummy – heered her tell someone I gets one “without” and one “with.” That “with” part means a special somethin’ she doses me with to calm my nerves and then I don one of my Thunder Shirts and snuggle tight by Mom and all is safe. Other than that, life is good.
But must say here that I agree with “petperson” that them vet shots do us furry four-footed pals more good than harm. If we didn’t get shot up to prevent us from meetin’ up with bad gremlins it would be awful, specially round these parts with so many critters called vernons or something. So please take advantage of this One Stop Animal Control offer in case you’re not already in tip-top fit as fiddle shape with all your preventative needs.
Lovingly,
Harley McGuire
Dear Harley, it was a few years back when I accompanied my mother and her fur-baby to the vet for booster shots. As we drove home, my mother’s constant companion started having seizures. Within 30 minutes, her beloved pup was dead = adverse reaction to the vaccination.
There is nothing more horrible than having a loved one die in your arms. Researching the cause of death, we came upon MANY stories just like this. It’s true, shots could protect our pets – if they worked. A friend told me that she had to put her beloved angeldog to sleep due to parvo – and that dog was current on shots.
Vaccinations are not 100%. I wouldn’t give my kids immunizations due to the risks, why would I put my pet at risk as well?
If your industry caused a 6000% increase in autism you’d cover it up too – and yes! Dogs can become autistic after shots.
Good luck to you, but if your owner really loved you, they’d look into what I’m telling you. All I can say is that it was the saddest, ugliest thing I’ve ever witnessed – seeing that poor little dog suffer due to vaccinations. And my mother still isn’t over it.
PS My beloved Jack passed away at the young age of 10. I wish I had never given him a vaccination because I think they may have caused his early death.
Perperson – unlike you, I do not get a monthly check from the government, call 911 on a whim, and I DO pay for all my healthcare since I lost my insurance and my doctor (thank you Obamacare!) – as if that had ANYTHING to do AT ALL with vaccinating a pet.
I stand by my statement that we need LESS government, fewer secrets, and less corporate welfare. Let’s not let the pharmaceutical companies run the country, OK?
Howdy, magickj.
‘Bout them pet shots and stuff, my mom just says we all needs to do what we think is best to care for our loved ones whether they walk on two or four legs. When some of her friends got somthin’ awful called the shingles she even went and got shot up so’s she would lessen the risk of getting’ that dreadful thing herself. So ya see, although sometimes bad stuff happens one way or ‘nother, we just don’t know but needs to follow our hearts to make choices. Mom says something like you’re darned if you do and darned if you don’t. But it’s seems like a really good thing to know we have choices and just hope we make the proper ones.
Lovingly,
Harley McGuire
Harley, I agree completely.
I could have written that article myself!
Harley, the over-vaccination of pets is a hot topic right now. Did you know that you (a little guy) get the SAME amount of vaccine as my Great Dane? It’s the smaller dogs that are taking the biggest risks. Of course I had to get the rabies vaccination for my big guy – it’s the law – but if I had the choice I wouldn’t do it. I also had my beautiful lab, Lady, die at the young age of 5. After her booster shots when she was 4 she became sickly and epileptic. Proceed with caution, because shots can be fatal, especially for smaller dogs.
-Darryl
i meant to have this link: http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/why-i-dont-vaccinate-my-dogs-at-all/
Hi from Austin Texas
Hi Ho – “Tootsie Bell” – how I do love that name. Thank you for checking to see what kind of trouble my woofing has gotten me into these days! Of all things, the matter of gettin’ “shot up” which, no siree, is a problem for me after having survived my broken jaw and back from that meeting up with a car so many years ago.
My mostest biggest problem this time of year is, of course, the Sky Devil who continues mostly day after day to throw fits. But Mom’s tricky by givin’ me them pill pocket yummy things to settle my nerves. She told me t’other day when I spose my eyes were glassy or sumthin that she was thinkin’ of tryin’ my cure herself! Nope, she better not do that.
Tootsie Bell, do you get shop up in Texas?
Lovingly,
Harley McGuire