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Upcoming Events:
COME JOIN US - Feb 13 and 14, 2010 at PET FUN FEST - Downsview Park, Toronto
Visit us at our booth during this amazing event! Rescues and shelters, vendors, dog play groups, seminars and contests and much, much more. You can even bring your canine companion (all dogs must be on leash and one handler per dog). What a fun way to break up the winter blahs! See you there!
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ONLINE AUCTION - Begins March 1, 2010
If you would like to donate something to the upcoming auction, in support of Southern Ontario Sheltie Rescue you can bring your item to our booth at Pet Fun Fest or contact us to make arrangements. All of the auction items are gathered and shipped from one central location. This means people can bid on multiple auction items and not pay individual shipping costs on each item.
Important Notes:
1) Small, non-breakable items are the best. Just remember the items need to be shipped.
2) Please enter your item(s) into the website below. If a company has donated the item, please input the company's name and weblink along with the item. This helps promote the business that has helped us.
3) Please be sure the Item # that was assigned by the auction site is clearly labelled on your donation. We need to be able to match each donation with the item in the auction site.
4) When you make your donation, please be sure to select Southern Ontario Sheltie Rescue as the group you want the donation to be sent to. The member you designate to receive your donation will receive the entire amount bid.
Here's the website:
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We thank you in advance for helping Southern Ontario Sheltie Rescue
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Who We Are:
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We are a non-profit group of volunteers in southern Ontario who take in homeless shelties and find them new places to live. The dogs come into our care from shelters, veterinarians clinics, other rescue organizations, or from people who can longer keep their pet. We sometimes get dogs who have lived in abusive and inhumane situations who need special care. All dogs who come into our care are given basic vet care as needed, are neutered/spayed and kept up-to-date on vaccinations and heartworm preventives. We take them into foster care for a minimum of 1-2 weeks, in order to do basic assessment, all the while providing them with food, companionship and TLC. They are then available for adoption to a fully screened home that matches their needs and where they best fit in to a new family's lifestyle.
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Adopting a friend!
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Most of the dogs who we take in are adults between the ages of 4 and 10. We often get seniors who need a home to spend their last years in comfortably. Everyone interested in adopting a rescued sheltie from us will complete an initial questionnaire, which can be downloaded from this page, followed by a home visit and vet reference check. We try our best to find a home that best suits the sheltie, and also a dog that best suits the home. Recent research has found that long-nosed breeds have a higher risk of developing nose cancer from second-hand smoke so preference is given to non-smoking households. If we do not have a sheltie available for you at this time we can keep your information on file in the event that a sheltie comes in our care who needs you. We ask for an adoption donation to help in off setting the costs of vet care. Unless specifically outlined in the dog's profile we do not adopt to homes with children under the age of 10 , or to homes that do not have a fenced in yard.
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Come Visit Us!
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We do not have a shelter, as we operate out of our homes, and the homes of foster families. We do have contact with families, shelters and other rescues who may have shelties available for adoption. We accept donations of new and used dog accessories such as crates, bedding, food, toys, etc. and monetary donations to assist with our vet clinic/hospital bills. . If you are interested and feel you can help make a difference in a homeless dog's life please contact us. Fostering is a very rewarding experience. Experience with shelties, and some knowledge of training and dog behavior are needed.
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Click here to see our Dog Happy Tails - Dogs in their Forever Homes !
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Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day.
...Dearest Chance....
This sweet boy will be sadly missed and forever in our hearts.....

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