June 30th, 6 pm at the Bear and Firkin in Pickering at Valley Farm & Kingston Rd! FUN, FOOD & 50/50 draw! $25 per ticket! Finger foods incl and drinks of course extra.

This is for the rescues – www.petfinder.com/shelters/ON258.html as always.

Join us please for a relaxing, fun night to talk about dogs, learn about behavour training and meet some nice dog people! Those of you who’ve adopted in the last couple months can come and meet others who’ve adopted or are dog owners too and you can learn from each other, avoid a lot of ‘common’ dog problems too.

We still have Briar Tuck since Feb and a better dog you can’t imagine! Emily is ‘Cell Dog Trained’ and perfect and we love her to pieces! Apollo is still with us 11mos now.  Sophie and Paulina, here a long time and both great dogs. Clyde or Lugnut as we call him, and Huey are HUGE at 115 & 125lb respectively.

Big dogs like these are LESS energy and time consuming than smaller or ‘regular’ breeds, they usually don’t want to sleep on your bed cuz you make it too crowded and hot and they can only sleep in one place at a time and you’d be surprised at how LITTLE SPACE THEY TAKE UP.

They are loving, good conversation stoppers or starters, Chick and Guy magnets and all around great dogs. both are 2 yrs old and Clyde is a little more energetic than Huey but nothing like a lab puppy.

What’re we funding this time? More Heart worm meds for July, August and Sept (til the next fundraiser – Xmas In Sept – 2nd annual) and I have 6 dogs here from a lady who is in a woman’s shelter with her kids but slept in her car for three months rather than give up her dogs! Shelters don’t take them and obviously not a lot of places can take that many dogs – nor would they want to when even costs aren’t covered but with your help she can still have her dogs when her life is in order.

The dogs are 14 yr old Mike, 10 yr old Cherry, 13 yr old Buddy and Tucker, Jersey and Baily who are three Jack russells all young and having fun. She ended up with her dad’s 3 dogs when he died and her life went to crap. Her dogs are here having fun and away from the stress and margaret can focus on getting well, getting a place to live and a job without worrying about her dogs.

I need to feed them, Hw med them and two are pretty old and can use some homeopathics too.

Also we have new dogs arriving on june 28th so they all need deworming, antibiotics and god knows some one will end up sick with pneumonia from kennel koff b4 the week is over!

So please come help us and have some fun too!

Unfortunately the pub is not set up to have our dogs there so we can’t bring them.

Next event – we are looking to do a full day with John Wade this time instead of a 1/2  day www.johnwade.ca only this time you’ll have booked time with him for one on one after the group session to work on something you need fixed.
It’ll cost apprx $175 for families and $90/per person but again dogs can come. We’re looking at mid july and we will start early for coolness altho we have the outbuildings for shade and the dog’s pools are open for them too.

NOTE: we will only do the seminar by RSVP AND PMT BY CREDIT CARD. we had a few too many people not show up and these seminars are to help YOU, not cost ME money please.

We also will be carrying John Wade’s Collars he designed along with our Good Dog Collars. They work well, are great for people who want to work with their dogs and train them and also easier for people with arthrits especially to use which is really great! We have all sizes. and will have his utube instructional video on our www.SuSteiner.ca website in a couple days.

Our Good Dog Collar is for us lazy dog owners, older people, busy people who have kids in tow or strollers and tired ones who don’t feel like being pulled or pulling or jerking and are always available too.

Whatever makes walking a pleasure is GREAT FOR YOUR DOG! the BEST BREED OF DOG IS AN EXHAUSTED DOG!

Hopefully we’ll see many of you on the 30th and hear from those who want to help with the 50/50 draw.

We are STILL waiting for charity status and will keep you posted.

Bestest
Su & Dave & Crew

$30/person and bring your dog!

John is a behaviourist/trainer www.johnwade.ca and will help you fix a lot of common dog problems quickly and simply. You are welcome to bring your dog with a 30′ lunge line please as we will have a group training session. max spaces 15 people and please bring your own chair – coffee and cake refreshments –  please book early RSVP info@camplotsadogs.ca

CAMP LOTSADOGS SIX-LEGGED HIKE!!
COME OUT WITH YOUR FOUR LEGGED FRIEND AND HIKE TO
HELP SAVE MORE LIVES!!

When: Saturday May 15, 2010
Where: Rouge Valley Park (Main Parking Lot Twyn Rivers Area at Rouge Park, near Toronto Zoo)
Start Time: 9am
Check In: 8:45am
Registration Fee: $25

Participate in our silent auction by bidding on some great items, to help raise money for Camp LotsaDogs! Winners can claim their prizes at the hike.

Camp LotsaDogs is a rescue that saves dogs from “High Kill” shelters or shelters with low adoption rates for less popular breeds and brings them in to a safe place to start the healing process. They do everything they can to assist the rescued dogs in finding good, solid, happy homes. Because of the dog camp boarding experience they are uniquely able to spot and fix behavior problems, emotional problems and adjustment problems as they have sources and resources to help these dogs. If you adopt they are always there to help along the way in any form they can. The ultimate goal is to place all these fantastic dogs into a forever home. A lot of these animals need to be fixed and some have medical issues that need to be corrected, so the more money we raise the more lives we can save. So please come out and hike for our most loyal companions. They deserve the best from us.

If you don’t have your own dog you can walk one of the rescues!

Download the event poster
Download a sponsor sheet

At the hike we’ll be selling our Love My Dog Dehydrated Liver Treats – special price, hike only – 1/2 lb is $15 cash only.

Directions: From East/West – 401 to Whites Road, go North on Whites to Shepard Road. Stay on this road which will turn into Twyn Rivers. You will travel down a large hill and at the bottom on the left is the the parking lot.

Check List – Poop bags, bug spray, hat, water bottle, sun screen, rain coat, good shoes.

* Please keep all dogs on leash while on the hike.*

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* You will be able to do half of the hike if 8km is to much for you or your dog!*

We Look Forward to Seeing You There!!

11-2pm (microchips noon-2pm).

from 11am-2pm . Cake for people, dog treats for the dogs – MICROCHIPS $40 = reserve please

We’re back to having Hank’d birthday parties and I can’t beleive my baby is 10 YEARS OLD!!  His Actual B-day date is Nov 11th.

This dog’s NAME was NO!HANK! DOWN!HANK! STOP HANK! for his first 3 years!! Mind Boggling.  He was a small, fat sausage in my hand at 6 weeks. This is the same dog who looked sadly just like Wyle E Coyote his first winter and his first snow drift when he tried to leap over it and splatted INTO IT like a cartoon dog.

Jessie laffed at him most of his life (geez I miss Jessie), so did i and most people who met him. When we started the camp he was 5 yrs old and suddenly had a job I had no idea he was qualified for – he kept the dogs in line and stopped fights, got dogs playing, took a pack leader roll – my baby had grown up!

He still does stoopid lab things, even at 10 and will give me his ’round eared look’ when caught and it just says w’haaaat???”

My Hankie.

Hopefully you can all join us on Nov 8 for leash free time and cake from 11am to 2pm. Instead of gifts (g_d knows this dog has everything he needs) please make donations to our vets to help with the costs of our rescues (3 had pneumonia this past summer and one ate her stitches and needed to be stapled not to mention dewroming, defleaing, parasites….If you’d like to make a donation to either vet, there is Guildwood 416-265-5000 and Orono 905-983-9010 who will happily accept a visa or M/C pmt of any amount and of course you can donate thru us (visa & M/C) or here at the party.

RESCUES: we have 30 DOGS NEEDING HOMES! Please check them out and send out the link! http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/ON258.html to everyone and anyone!

On October 11th from 11-1pm we’ll do another Chip clinic. We will do one monthly.

We’re holding a microchip clinic here on Sept 27th (day AFTER the Dog Festival on the 26th) so it looks like a busy weekend here doesn’t it? )

Chips are $40 – go price ‘em out at a vet!! Geez they charge too much!!

please contact info@camplotsadogs.ca for address and details

It seems we’re going to have our fundraiser Sept 26th and we’re planning a lot of great things!

We are looking for prizes, silent auction items, things for loot bags (great way to promote your own biz!), people to entertain… we’re open to ideas and  there is a wonderful commitee consisting of Suzanne, Adel, Sandra, Melinda and Julia who will be handling various aspects of the event.

We are anticipating having our Charity Status by then too so donations will be tax deductable – YAY!

Keep watching here for details

Occasionally i get requests from people over 60 to have a dog. Most of those people have been refused dogs by other rescues for being ‘too old’.

When they come to me, I DO direct them away from puppies and younger dogs, my fear being not so much that they can’t handle them – there are some ‘old’ people waaaay fitter than ME! – but that they will die before the dog.

I have been directing older people to dogs over 5 yrs old (depending on breed/longevity) who need homes as badly, if not more cuz people want puppies, but are awesome dogs who have a long life to love someone .

I was thinking that ALL OF YOU have older relatives and friends who you didn’t know were looking for a dog and may have been refused and never told you OR want a dog but know a puppy is more than they need or want and don’t know about PETFINDER or that there are rescue organizations ther than pounds OR that they don’t have to go into a shelter and feel horrible seeing the dogs there but can go on the internet too. Maybe they don’t know that there ARE OLDER DOGS WHO NEED THEM. Middle ages or LAZY people like me should apply for these guys TOO!

Dogs i have here needing older people to love them if other people don’t want them is:

COCOA, an 8-9 yr old female chocoolate lab, med size – she can live another 5-7 yrs, BELLE, a7-8 yr old female blk lab mix, large, can go another 5-7 yrs, OCTAVIA, 9-11 yr old chihua/terrier mix, female, 10lbs who is the NICEST small dog i’ve ever seen!! never bites or even lifts a lip, not a barker, good on her legs and loving!! she can go another 8 or so years!  POLLY PUGGLES 10 -12yr old pug mix, female, one back leg is gimpy but getting stronger now that she’s using it – seems she may have been crated her whole life (she & Octavia likely puppy mill breeding dogs) and she really chugqs along outside!! She SINGS like a kitten when she needs attention and ok, she is UGLY but E.T. was cute after two hours so she;’ll grow on you! she can go another 5-8 yrs. RAY - still here – 9-10 yr old blk lab, male, blind from cataracts not cancer or diabetes. Awesome dog who gets around darn good for his ‘disability’. He can go 4-6 more years too!

We will help anyone adopting these dogs with health and food advice to make them last as long as they should too!

Other ‘older’ dogs who need people – Joey, Hoss, Claudia - they’re all apprx 4-5 yrs old and have a good 10 yrs left (13 or so for the beagle) and they are calmer and loving and easier to have around – don’t need exceptional amts of exercise either!!

THis is all just thoughts but i’d really like to know what you think and if there is a market for older dogs and people and where the best place it to let seniors know we’re here with great dogs.

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

I know all your dogs are perfect in your eyes – mine too – but if you think they might be the tiniest bit naughty pls enter the contest by Barkbusters! Ther’s $500 to your fav rescue if you win and i AM your fav rescue ))

www.canadasnaughtiestdog.ca

My web people are offering an all paid week at a cottage to clients for referals.

many, many of you have asked who does my sites – Sue Sutcliffe at www.aWEBthatWORKS.com and if you have a website you need updated or a whole new site she is the one to go to. Also, once you’re a client, YOU can get referals to her and YOU could win a week at a cottage.

Help me & my dogs have a vacation (ok, that’ll likely never happen) OR help us win this cottage vacation so we can RAFFLE IT OFF TO PEOPLE AT OUR JULY PARTY!

see the cottage at www.aWEBthatWORKS.com/cottagecontest Contest ends June 30th

June 20th is Barkham Dog Festival in Markham.

Pug Angels, a support group for rescues (they are sponsoring Ray’s vetting) is going to be there and i am hoping some of you will go there and support THEM.  They go to various dog events and hold their own fundraisers so they can help the rescues who need a little financial boost to help the dogs in our care.

You’ll see their link on every page of this site and it’s our way of thanking them for helping Ray (our big blind black lab – how’s THAT for alliteration??)

http://www.helpinghomelesspets.com/news/events/markham_village_music_festival.htm