a doggone busy year december 2016 - speaking of dogs€¦ · dedicated to educating and...
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We’ve had a busy, often exciting, and sometimes challenging year here at Speaking of Dogs Rescue. Exciting news is that we are now a registered charity, with many thanks to our newly formed board of directors – Lindsay, Linda, Kim, Katie, and Lorraine!
Our Forever in Foster program continues to offer dogs with medical and other special
needs a loving and stable home for the remainder of their
days. Sadly, we lost a number of our cherished friends
this past year, but we stand tall, knowing they were very well cared for and enjoyed a high quality of life. They will live in our hearts forever.
We’ve also taken several new friends into our Forever in Foster program this year. We’re now providing homes for dogs like Annie and Misty, who both came to us at 12 years of age, un-spayed, and with malignant mammary tumours. We have since had the girls spayed and the tumours surgically removed, and they’re now living happily and comfortably in a loving foster home. We’re also giving Forever in Foster homes to dogs like senior boys Maxwell and Jessie, who need ongoing treatment to maintain good mobility and to treat chronic ear infections. Through fundraising events, the rescue continues to pay for the health care, grooming, and supplies for all of the dogs in our Forever in Foster program.
We’ve been exceptionally busy with our adoptable dogs too, getting them ready for adoption (medical and behavioural assessments) and then pairing each unique dog with the family who best suits the dog’s personality and lifestyle requirements.
Saving just one dog won’t change the world...but, surely, the world will change for that one dog...
December 2016 the official speaking of dogs monthly newsletter
In this month’s newsletterDogs looking for homes ................................2 Merry Dogmas ..............................................4 Event recap ...................................................5 Bits & bites ....................................................7 Recent adoptions ..........................................9 In memoriam ..............................................12
About Speaking of DogsSpeaking of Dogs is a Toronto-based organization that launched in 2001 and is dedicated to educating and enlightening people about dogs through seminars, workshop forums, outreach and rescue. Our goal is to end cruelty, abandonment, mistreatment and homelessness of man’s best friend.
Speaking of Dogs Rescue is the operating name of Speaking of Dogs Rescue Program, a Canada Revenue Agency–registered charity based in Ontario.
Contact Speaking of Dogs1277 York Mills Road, Box 33508 Toronto, ON Canada M3A 3R5 Phone: 416-444-4190 Email: [email protected] Web: www.speakingofdogs.com
Newsletter TeamEditor: Nancy Foran Design: Cathy Vandergeest at www.gawck.ca Contributors: Nancy Foran, Lorraine Houston and, Kim Gladding
NewslettersIf you no longer want to receive our newsletter, email [email protected], with “unsubscribe” written in the subject line.
A Doggone busy Year
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feAtureD Dog: Hank is an active three-year-old, 40-pound boy who enjoys playing ball and is housetrained and great in the car. He is currently in a quiet adult home and has been fine with visitors who haven’t put pressure on him to engage.
Hank found himself in a shelter when his family thought he wasn’t coping well in their active home. He was very distressed in the shelter and was listed as “no other animals,” so it was a pleasant surprise when he easily blended in with the foster’s resident dogs. In fact, he became best buds with a foster sibling (who has since been adopted).
His foster mom suspects he had correction training, as he was initially shutting down during training. He is doing much better with reward-based training. Hank now has the basic commands under his leash and even completed a family obedience class.
Hank is not yet confident with strangers, and he can get aroused when he sees dogs on walks. He will likely not be a good candidate for dog parks. If you are interested in Handsome Hank, please contact us to discuss training options and how you will help turn him into the happy, confident dog we know he can be.
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A friend in need is a friend indeedWithout a doubt, a dog is a real friend. Our dogs come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common – they all need loving forever homes. Open your heart and your home to a rescue dog. You’ll be glad you did. For complete information about the adoption process, please visit www.speakingofdogs.com/adoption-process. For more information on each dog, simply click on their name.
Dogs Looking for Homes
Chester pug / beagle mix
medium, adult, male
Jack australian cattle dog mix
medium, adult, male
Winnie shepherd mix
large, adult, female
Hankcattle dog / bulldog mix large, adult, male
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Bruno rottweiler / shephers miz
large, adult, male
Collin yorkshire / silky terrier mix
small, adult, male
Andy beagle mix
medium, adult, male
Lincoln retriever mix
large, young, male
Ruby hound / pointer mix
medium, adult, female
Sweet Pea chihuahua mix
small, adult, female
WAgs & WiggLes for rAmbLe & rescue
Huge thanks to Ramble & Rescue for your Holiday Drive efforts!
If you have any donations of food, toys or treats please email [email protected]
or visit their website, rambleandrescue.com.
PLeAse Vote for us!Please visit the Modern Family Realtor
site at www.modernfamilyrealtor.ca/charity-giveaway%e2%80%8f/ and select Speaking of Dogs Rescue as your favourite local charity. For each vote
cast for us, MFR will donate $20 to the rescue. Please share the link and encourage your friends to
vote for us as well. (You can only vote once.)
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This is rarely an easy task, but thanks to our volunteer screeners and foster parents, we have matched our boys and girls with homes we can all be proud of.
Along with the “usual” grooming and vetting (spay/neuter surgeries, heartworm tests, microchipping, fecal and urine analyses, and vaccines), we had quite the year for “additional” vetting needs. We spared no expense looking after dogs who needed dentals (2016 is going down
as the Year of the Dentals!); hip, lung and abdominal x-rays; liver and heart ultrasounds; renal therapy; orthopedic surgeries; two heartworm positive cases; severe skin allergy treatments (off to the dermatologist!); arthritis management; and no less than three cystotomies (one poor dog had 20 stones in her bladder!).
Despite the hectic pace this past year, we managed to help over 150 dogs, each one as special as the next, and we’ve loved every minute of getting to know and love them all!
Happy howlidays and big thanks to our volunteers, foster parents, supporters, groomers, trainers, business owners, and veterinarians for always being there for our dogs and for never letting us down!
Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to our cause at speakingofdogs.com/donate/.
From our dogs to yours, have a warm, wonderful, and safe holiday season!
cAn You LenD A PAW?Although we have a partnership with a doggy daycare, we do not have a physical shelter; our dogs are in-home fostered by caring, loving volunteers. Because of the way our rescue is structured, the only hands-on volunteer position with our dogs is fostering. Can’t foster but want to help our dogs? Consider donating new or gently used items for them. We are always in need of
• Gasgiftcards• GlobalPetFoodsorPetValugiftcards• Kongorothertreat-disensingtoys• Cannedanddryqualitydogfoods• Martingalecollars• Kurandabeds• ThunderShirts
Happy holidays from everyone at Speaking of Dogs Rescue Program!
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HAPPY HoLiDAY bruncH!A fun time was had by all at the annual Speaking of Dogs volunteer brunch.
Big thanks and congratulations to VolunteeroftheYearKarenFlude(Purchmajer), who’s lent her design flare to our calendars, Christmas cards, poster boards, certificates and so much more.
Also big congrats to Foster Mom of the Year Ruth Wozniak for her extraordinary efforts working with some of our behaviour dogs.
Our transport volunteers Heather and Monique were also honoured for all their help safely transporting our dogs from shelters to our rescue.
event recap
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event recap
Left: Lorraine and James share a toast. | Right: Robert and Scott announce the auction winners.
toronto cHristmAs Pet sHoW tHAnks!Happy holiday wags and wiggles to GabeT.,KC,SharonP.,KatieS.,Lorraine, James M., and Dixie R., who all helped at the Speaking of Dogs boothattheTorontoChristmasPetShow. It was a great event, and we saw many of our old friends and made some newones.ItwasnicetoseeGrant,theorganizer, again. He has been a big supporter of pet adoption and good human-pet relationships!
tHAnks sAntA!Thanks to Samantha B., Rose H., and all the Country Paws staff for the photos with Santa fundraiser held on November 26. A good time was had by all, and all the good dogs got to tell Santa what they want for Christmas!
DAncing for Dogs!James and Lorraine had a doggone great time at the Dancing for Dogs fundraiser organized by Scott Kufske. Over 300 dancers took to the stage to help raise money for seven dog rescues, including Speaking of Dogs Rescue. It was an inspiring evening, and Speaking of Dogs had a front row seat! Thank you Scott and all those involved, who made this magical evening possible.
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Simply click on a summary to be whisked away to the internet page where you can read the full story.
bits & bites
PetMD offers some tips to help celebrate the holiday season while keeping pet safety top of mind.
Thinking of adding a new furry family member? Petfinder offers tips for a dog’s first 30 days in a new home.
The holiday season can be a stressful time for everyone, including pets. Check out these tips to recognize signs of stress in your dog and what you can do to help.
Despite being listed as threatened with extinction, the Algonquin wolf has been stripped of the legal protection provided by the provincial Endangered Species Act.
CBC’s Quirks and Quarks had an interesting interview with Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside of a Dog, about how dogs take in the world through smell.
Cold, snowy weather is just around the corner. Here are 12 things you can do to prepare your dog for winter.
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Stella
BruceJoey Zoe
HoneyBrandyCharlie
Sandy
Annieforever in foster
Princethank you happy tails
Happy tailsnoVember ADoPtions: A big thank you to our foster parents and our new adoptive guardians for helping give these loving dogs a second chance.
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Rico MerinoTerrence
We’ve scored golds Again!
Wouldn’t these gold Leafs tickets be the ultimate happy holiday surprise for someone special? Well, you can’t win them if you don’t by a raffle ticket!
The raffle starts December 5th and runs until December 12th. Tickets are one for $10.00 or three for $25.00, and the lucky ticket will be drawn on December 13th by an independent volunteer.
Your raffle stewards are none other than Gerry and Lorraine. If you are interested in getting your hands on raffle tickets please email [email protected]. Go leafs go!
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in memoriam
Dannyloved by the brodie-brown family
adopted June 2008
passed november 7, 2016
Luckeeloved by Jane merriam adopted april 2015
passed november 11, 2016