Thank you for your support this year and for caring what we do as a Rescue group. Our calendar sales have gone well and we still have calendars left at a reduced price!! Itis important to our rescues to sell off as many as we can, please email for your calendars, the pictures are of rescue dogs and the stories are what we do in rescue.
Up coming events:
See below or visit our web site for current information on one of our members who is running the Vancouver Marathon in May- all funds donated will go to the care of our dogs and also to the animals that are cared for by Critteraid. John has decided to do this run as a fund raiser to support our 2 groups and this is being done in memory to their dog Roman that they lost this year. John has not been a runner but is training hard, please watch our web sites for all information and please support John on this difficult task he has taken on but to give back!!
Our calendars are great and will make an awesome gift as each month has a little story of the featured dog, cost is $10. .
Another gift is our easy bake bread, tastes wonderful and easy just mix, bake and fresh bread for $5.
If you are not able to make it to the events posted please contact any board member for bread or Calendars or for other locations available.
Donations:
HELP NEEDED:
We are in desperate need of foster homes, if you have inquired to foster in the past please contact us again as we really need your help. \ If you are interested in meeting a particular dog please let us know.
John Kenny is Running for Animals John Kenny has announced that he will run the Vancouver City Marathon to raise awareness and funds for both Critteraid and Okanagan Small Dog Rescue. This has been a pretty big undertaking for him as he has never run a marathon before.
John has been training steadily over the last few months and last October, he completed the BMO Okanagan Half Marathon in less than two hours. It was a good start to his ultimate target of a full marathon in Vancouver in May 2012.
The 42-year-old engineer emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 2001. After working in Calgary for a number of years, he moved with his wife, Thao, to the Okanagan to take up a faculty position in the Civil Engineering Department at Okanagan College.
They adopted their first dog, Roman, in 2006. Roman’s home away from home was Kozy Kennels. It was through Wendy McIntyre at Kozy Kennels that they learned about all the good work being done by Okanagan Small Dog Rescue. The Okanagan Small Dog Rescue finds foster and adoptive homes for surrendered and abandoned pooches.
During the West Kelowna forest fires in 2009, Canadian Disaster Animal Rescue Team (CDART) was providing food and shelter to local animals at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. It was through CDART’s efforts in 2009 that John became aware of all the tremendous work being done by Critteraid. CDART is the emergency animal rescue division of Critteraid.
As a result of the downturn in the economy, many charities are now finding it particularly hard to raise money. John would like to thank you for supporting his efforts and helping two very worthwhile causes in the Okanagan.
We are all volunteer so do the best we can to keep up with requests. All donations go to the animals we do not have a facility but home the dogs the best we can in homes.
We appreciate inquiries by email, LONG DISTANT TELEPHONE CALLS will not be answered during the day but messages returned after 6:00 p.m. for BC inquiries only.
This year has been a difficult year for many dogs. We accept dogs as the result of divorce, lack of funds for medical care - some of these surgery's have been costly, the new owners tell us it is so worth it to save these little guys as they are wonderful dogs. It is very sad for dogs to be looking for a new home as their owner has passed away. Please consider your legacy plan when a new animal joins your life. If you are not able to plan on your own please email us and we can help direct you on your planning. When looking at having a new pet please also consider "age appropriate". Many older dogs need a home, they have a lot of love to give and usually house trained!!
PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING ONE OF OUR LONG TERM FOSTERS.??! Donations can be made by Paypal - please specify if your donation is for a specific dog or event, if you are sponsoring John on his Marathon run pls say John or run. Donations mailed - post office box 23084 Plaza 33 Kelowna ViY 7K7 also donations can be dropped off at Bon Appetit on Kane road in Glenmore and leave your donation with Angie. We all thank you from the bottom of our paws for your help.
We want our dogs to have forever homes so we screen our applications for the best match. All our rescues are neutered/spayed and get vaccines and dentals when required. Our adoption donations do not begin to cover our costs so please consider our costs when you apply to adopt, Our guideline is:
$300 for 6 years and older and
$400 for under 6 years old.
We struggle to cover our costs so your donations are very important!
PLEASE consider a rescue dog as your next addition to the family. ADOPT DO NOT SHOP. Please discourage the continuation of breeding innocent dogs for money only. Puppies are cute and are sold for big dollars. Until WE the consumer stop buying these puppies, more and more will end up euthanized as "throw-away" commodities. Our phones ring continuously to take in more discarded adults - they are no longer the "cute puppy".
Consider a life plan when getting a new dog.
Our Adoptable Pet List
Click here to see the dogs that are adopted!
There are all sorts of things to think about when considering adopting a dog:
When working with Rescue Dogs, both mental and physical health are taken into consideration. Many of these poor little ones are abused psychologically. Some just miss their previous owner no matter what the situation was and some cannot be touched, or talked to. Many fear food, boots, floors, loud noises, carpets, and children. They react in a manner which we may find inappropriate, but which they hope will protect them. They'll growl, bite, cringe. They'll urinate or defecate. It all depends on their particular "triggers" according to their background.
Some of our rescues break our hearts, not because of their behaviour, but because of what has been done to them to cause them to act out in this way. Our rescues have destroyed what ever is in sight, chewed electrical cords, cable cords, shoes, books, furniture. They eat nothing or whatever they can reach, pee on our beds and furniture, have seizures in the middle of the night. We lay on the floor holding them until they are okay, sleep with them after surgery to repair a broken leg, nurse them 24/7 after ear surgery. We often have to get up in the middle of the night and just hold them while they have a bad dream of their past. Some of them whimper and shake at the slightest noise or touch.
We make a solemn promise to them to never, ever let them suffer again.
Why do we do what we do? Our mandate as foster parents is to give these little ones a place to rehabilitate, to feel nothing but security and love and acceptance, and then to find appropriate "forever homes".
Our rescues thank you from the bottom of their furry little hearts for your support!
Donations "IN MEMORY OF" are gratefully accepted. A tax receipt is sent with acknowledgment of receipt and a Thank You card is sent to the family.
Each membership entitles the holder to one vote at the AGM.
Memberships show us that you care about the work we are doing.
Cheques are payable to the address on the website.
Please refer any inquiries to the following numbers or email.
OKANAGAN SMALL DOG RESCUE SOCIETY
Box 23084 RPO Plaza 33
Kelowna, BC
Canada V1X 7K7
Email:
ocssrs@yahoo.ca
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