Paws with a Cause Information

Paws with a Cause will be coming to speak to use Friday, May 16th at 6:30 pm. This is inbetween the meeting times so please plan to stay after class or arrive at 6:30 for the talk. In order to have them come speak to us, they ask for donations. We are asking each person to bring an item from their list for a basket. Some of the items are small so just find what you can to add to our basket of goodies. The list is:

Purina One Total Nutrition Lamb and Rice Formula Dog Food
Dog Biscuits (all sizes except Large)
Stainless steel dog bowls
Portable water dishes
Buster cubes and Jolly balls
Kong toys and treat holders
Nylabone snack bones
Cheerios cereal (original, NOT other flavors)
Ziploc sandwich size bags
Nylong dog collars and leashes
Gentle Leader Headcollars
Size 400 dog crates - new or gently used
Exercise pens - new or gently used
Little Tykes playground - new or gently used
Wheel chairs - new or gently used
Baby gates - new or gently used
Grooming table
Protable grooming tub
Agility table
Tear free baby or puppy shampoo
Kwick stop styptic powder
Carabineers
Old, used cordless phones or cell phones
Blank VHS tapes and RW DVDs (standard and mini sizes)
Creamy peanut butter
Plain white copy paper
Crepe paper
5 gallon buckets with lids
Nature's Miracle cleaning supplies
Paper towels
Window Cleaner
Rubber gloves
Paper plates
Cotton balls
Gift cards to Lowes, Home Depot, and Pet Supply Stores

Class Times

We have broken up the classes. Please try to come at you assigned time, but if you cannot, feel free to come at the other. The classes are:

5:30 pm
Casey A., Emma B., Camille B., Kayla and Jesslyn B., Andrea and Emily H., Rachel K., Jessica P., Keely and Madison R., Julia S., Abbe V., Anne V., Tara and Mikayla S., Ashley V.

7:00 pm
Sarah C., Ben C., Amanda C., Amber R., Ashley K., Sarah and Morgan R., Jennifer Y., Julie and Rita B., David W.

Hope to see you Friday!

Upcoming dates

As you can see, we will not be having any meetings in April.  It will give the ground a chance to dry some so we can start up strong in May.  Also we will be having Paws with a Cause out to give a talk and demonstration in May.  The time and location will be announced.  Keep thinking of fun games, demonstrations, and different events that you guys would like to try to do!

A Job Well Done!

A huge thank you and a pat on the back to EVERYONE for the great turnout and success at the fundraiser this weekend!  Everyone turned out full force to bring biscuits, sell and raise over $200 for the club.  Great Job!

Biscuit Fundraiser

Biscuit Fundraiser, Saturday April 12 at Tractor Supply Company in Coopersville.  Please drop off 2 batches of biscuits to Val's house by Friday evening or bring them to TSC on Saturday.

Please Post a reply with when you would like to come and work the booth.

Thanks!

Share your Vet A Visit Stories

If you went to Vet A Visit, take a minute to tell everyone what you saw, did, enjoyed, etc.  I hope everyone had a fun day and learned something new!

Either reply to this post or make your own!

Thanks!

Friday, March 21 Meeting

Friday's meeting will be at VanDam's house at 6:30 pm with NO dogs. Their address is 2793 Leonard Rd, Marne, MI (Tallmadge Township). If you need additional directions, you can call Judy VanDam at (616) 677-5727.

Hope to see everyone there!

Vet A Visit

Start thinking about this fun filled day at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.  On March 29 from 9am until 4pm the Veterinary School will have their annual open house.  We will get a group together and car-pool to East Lansing to experience amazing animal  activities that you can only see at a vet school!

Watch for more details.  Everyone in the family is welcome to join us as there are activities for all ages and interest!

Check out this website for more information: http://www.vetavisit.com/

AKC Registry

http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

Maybe I'm a little behind the times, but I have just discovered that you can register a dog that appears to be purebred in a special registry so that you can compete in certain AKC events, such as agility trials, rally and earth dog events, to name a few. Who knew?

Blog

I am very happy to see everyone who has signed up. Now we can start using this blog to its fullest extent. If you are working your dog during the week and you have a question, post it. If you find an interesting article or website, feel free to post it. Let's try to use this as an additional way of getting information. I will check this blog about once a day and try to answer any questions anyone may have. Anyone else can feel free to answer questions also!

Let's use this to communicate. There is a lot of information we can all learn!

Have a great weekend!