Eau Claire Community Humane Association - ECCHA

08/04/2025

This sweet man is hanging out at ECCHA and misses his people! He appears to be unaltered and fairly young. Wearing a blaze orange harness and blue collar. Give us a call: 715-839-4747 ext 1021

We have several stray dogs at the shelter right now and our kennels are full, if you or someone you know is missing their pup, please reach out!

** UPDATE: Dog was transferred over to Eau Claire County Humane Association **

Do you know me or my owner? I’ve been hanging out the police this morning; they’re pretty cool, but I would really like to go home!

I’m a male, balck lab. No tags/not microchipped.

Located at 53rd Ave./160th St.

Please contact the Lake Hallie Police Department at 715-726-2666 or Chippewa County Dispatch at (715)-726-7701 opt. #1 … Reference Case

08/04/2025

Welcome to our new segment we are calling Medical Mondays, with our in-house vet, Dr. Gooden! 🩺

We want to start sharing more stories with you all to show you what your support helps us achieve. The first Monday of every month, we will share the story of an animal that we have been able to help above and beyond our typical illnesses. We look forward to sharing these stories with you all and hope you get as much joy out of them as we do. Let's introduce Dr. Gooden first:

"My grandma was always a lover of all types of animals. She would help incubate eggs in the windowsill earning herself the nickname "Sunshine." She would keep bottle lambs in the house and put sweaters on premature calves. She was instrumental in helping me become the person and veterinarian that I am today."

"When we had our blue coat ceremony (celebration of transitioning from classroom to clinicals in vet school), there is no one I wanted to be there more, and I don't think there was anyone more proud of me. She continues to be an inspiration and her love for animals continues to guide many of my decisions."

"I don't think it was a surprise to anyone who knows me to see that I began working at ECCHA last year. Since I have been at ECCHA, we have been able to help so many animals that may have otherwise been euthanized due to financial and other constraints of handling emergency surgeries and hospitalizations. Having a veterinarian on staff helps leave more funds open for the medical needs that we cannot meet here. We still heavily rely on our veterinary community to aid with radiographs, after-hours care, dentals, etc. This also means, we are relying on the community to help by donating to our medical funds still-we cannot do what we do here or utilize our amazing veterinary partners without funding."

"Of course, my family hears all kinds of stories about my adventures as a vet. Recently, after one such conversation, my mom decided to use money from my grandma's estate to donate to the Mettler Medical Fund, which goes directly to the care of pets with emergency illnesses, like amputations, mastitis, or other life-saving surgeries."

Learn more & donate to the Mettler Emergency Medical Fund here: https://eccha.org/jay-mettler/

08/02/2025

Thank you All Paws Pet Wash and Bowl Winkle's for another great year of the Canine Cup! Over $5,000 was raised for both ECCHA and Bob's House - WOW!

Make sure you register for the bowling tournament benefitting homeless pets coming up in November!

07/31/2025

POV: being a puppy is so so sooooo hard and you are so so sooooo sleepy 💤

Stop by TODAY (Thursday) 1-7 to see all of our adoptable animals - but be really quiet because Firecracker is still tired

07/30/2025

We’re at The Growler Guys hosting Pawtoberfest until 9 PM! Come say hi, 20% of your tab goes directly to homeless pets!

07/30/2025

We love our Spicy Jalepeno! 🌶

Jalepeno is sure to keep you entertained with her endless energy and antics. She has become a staff favorite! The best part? She has NO ADOPTION FEE! You can give this spicy kitty a home of her own for no up front cost - plus, she's already spayed!

Learn more and apply for Jalepeno at eccha.org/adopt - or stop in to meet her at Mr. Kitty's Cat Café & Boutique!

07/29/2025

Voting for our Ales & Tails Beer Label Contest with The Brewing Projekt begins in just 10 days! It has been so fun to see the entries - here are some ECCHA alumni who entered!

📸 Darla, Huxley, Georgie Blu, Kiba, Naz, Ollie, and Miso 📸

As a reminder, your pet does not have to be an ECCHA alumni to enter, but we sure do love seeing updates of our past residents! Enter your pet before voting begins for a chance for your furry, feathered, or scaled friend being on a limited-edition can of a The Brewing Projekt beer!

Enter now: https://www.gogophotocontest.com/eccha

07/28/2025

Join us at River Prairie tonight and meet some adoptable dogs! We are bringing all the pups that LOVE to swim so they can cool off while listening to some great music 🎼

It's Monday which means another night of Kickin' it Country Summer Concert Series concert! See you tonight, Monday, July 28th for 3 Beers Down sponsored by Market & Johnson, Inc. Music will start at 6:30pm on the OakLeaf Surgical Amphitheater stage in River Prairie Park.

Don't forget a line dancing lesson will be taking place under the tent from 5:45-6:15pm!

The nonprofit of the night who will get a portion of the donation bucket is Eau Claire Community Humane Association - ECCHA.

Food Trucks tonight will be Dhimiters Food Truck, Live Great Food, The LunchBoxx Food Truck, and Olson's Ice Cream

Altoona Parks and Recreation, City of Altoona, Wisconsin - Government

07/28/2025

PAWTOBERFEST IS BACK!

Join us once again at The Growler Guys for our second annual Pawtoberfest in partnership with Paulaner and Hacker Pschorr!

Giveaways, ECCHA swag, and great beer from 4-9 PM! Need more convincing? A percentage of each sale will go back to ECCHA - both dine in and carry out!

07/27/2025

🐾 PANTRY UPDATE 🐾

In recent months, we have noticed that having self-serve hours all day is difficult to manage the amount of free pet food and supplies going out the door. Without us monitoring how much was taken by each individual, we would often find an entirely cleaned out pantry everyday just a few hours after opening, leaving many who come to utilize this service without pet food.

This lead us to not having adequate amount of supplies to put into our pantry, and made it harder to feed the animals in our own care. In an effort to control the amount that is being cleared out, we have made the decision to decrease self serve hours for the remainder of the summer.

New Self-Serve Pantry Hours are:
Everyday 1-4 PM

Of course, if you can only get here outside of those hours and need help feeding your pet, just ring our doorbell to talk to one of our front desk staff and we can help you out! We are not limiting our resources for folks in our community, only being able to more efficiently manage the flow of resources so they can be distributed to more pets in need.

As a reminder, take what you need, leave the rest! We are here everyday and you can always come back for more - help us help ALL the pets who need it!

07/26/2025

We are OPEN today (Saturday) 1-4 PM! Please meet Little Miss Sunshine, who is hanging out with our friends at Mr. Kitty's Cat Café & Boutique!

Sunshine came to ECCHA after her owner passed away. She is a sweet and petite girl who is around 5 years old. Sunshine will take a little bit to warm up, but staff and regulars at the Cat Cafe will tell you that she is a cuddle bug once she gets to know you! Visitors can often find her snoozing away, or checking out all the action from above.

Mr. Kitty's has Sunshine, and 7 other adoptable cats from ECCHA waiting for their loving homes! Cat Cafe hours for Saturday are 9-1, then again open from 2-7 to give the cats a break from visitors.

07/25/2025

Just 2 weeks left until voting starts for Ales & Tails Beer Label Contest with The Brewing Projekt! There are over 100 entries already - but here are a few of our favorites so far:

🌴 Max, looking like he is ready for vacation
🐣 Buttercup, the chicken (need we say more?)
💤 Miguel, who is just sooooo sleepy
🐶 Pastrami, because yep, that is totally a Pastrami
✨ Norbert, who I am fairly certain is not real

There is still time to enter your pet! Follow the link below to see all entries, and show off your furry, feathered, or scaled pet for all of us to see!