The Gala!

The Friends of Turtle Gardens Fundraising Gala is drawing every closer! Do you have your tickets yet??

All the details are on the event WEBSITE

You can buy tickets, make donations, count down the days and more!

The main attraction for the event is going to be the live and silent auctions!

These are some of the wonderful companies that have donated to our cause!

Walks and Wags Pet First Aid who donated anawesome Pet First Aid Kit! Check out their page at http://www.walksnwags.com/

BarkBox.com who donated one of their supercool BarkBoxes! Check out their page at https://barkbox.com/

Petcurean made a donation of 1-year supplyof their awesome dog food! Check out their page at http://www.petcurean.com/

Salon M2 in Burnaby who donated two $25gift certificates for any hair service! Check out their page at http://www.mysalonm2.com/

Accent Inns donated a One-Night stay in anyof their awesome pet friendly hotels! Check out their page at http://www.accentinns.com/

Swift Dog Sports donated an awesome giftbasket! Check out their page at http://www.swiftdogsports.com/

Jet Pet Resort donated a 2-night stay attheir luxurious dog hotel! Check out their page at http://jetpetresort.com/

Dig It! Delights donated some of theirdelicious treats! Check out their page at http://www.digitdelights.ca/

Evangers Dog Food donated 2 flats of theirawesome canned raw food! Check out their page at http://evangersdogfood.com/

Health Products for Pets donated an awesomegift basket of goodies! Check out their page at http://www.healthproductsforpets.ca/

Canine Corner Dog Daycare has made anawesome donation! Check out their page at http://www.caninecornerdogs.com

Pipsqueak Pups has also made a donation toour auction! Check out their page at http://pipsqueakpups.com/

And I will be bringing a few baskets and Barkboxes too! 

And there are MANY, MANY, MORE!!!

Tickets are $65 and all the proceeds are going to TG to help the doggies up north! And if you've seen the blog recently you know they need it now more than ever!!! And with all the amazing silent auction items there you're going to want to bring full wallets! More donations for TG and you go home with awesome items- it's a WIN-WIN! :D

Just make sure to make your cheques payable to "Friends of Turtle Gardens" as they are the ones hosting this awesome gala!

And even if you cannot attend please consider making a donation to Turtle Gardens via our Canada Help Page! Turtle Gardens is very desperate for funds right now with the number of medical cases we have! 

Hope to see you all there!

Rusty is for Adoption!

Rusty is not fostering with me, but he is with my friend and fellow Turtle Gardens foster mom!

Rusty is a 2.5-3year old Shepherd cross who was brought to Turtle Gardens when his family had to move and could not take him with them.

He is currently at a foster home with a big doggy brother to play with! He loves other dogs, but can get a bit excitable when on leash - but some well timed pepperoni can quickly work wonders ;)

He is good with dogs, people, kids, and even lived with a cat before.

He is a big softy and lovable guy! - Isn't his pink nose just so adorable! :)

He loves to go on hikes, and long walks and even rollerblading! He also LOVES the water! :)

His foster mom has worked wonders on his on and off leash training, and other aspects of basic training too!

He is just an all-around wonderful pup who has come a long way since being in his awesome foster home, and is looking for a wonderful family who can help polish him off and make him shine!

You can visit his foster moms blog HERE to view recent updates!

 You can visit his petfinder page HERE

What do you mean it's too shallow to swim? I'll just lie in it then!

Waiting for his forever home - Is it you?

PAC Agility Trial

This was Rikki and my's first every official Trial! At least competing in one - I have volunteered at them.

She did SOOOO well! I made the only mistake (and cost us 1st place) in gamblers, but that's okay! I am happy for our 4th, and the fact that it was so close is very cool!

We had a clear round and Q'd in Jumpers! :D And We got a 2nd place ribbon too! :) (Would have had first place, but there was a border collie there who was 6 seconds faster lol!)

You can view the video in HD by clicking on the YouTube button, and then on the little gear in the bottom right corner of the YouTube video and clicking 720p (HD)

I will be fostering dogs again in a few weeks! :)

But in the meantime enjoy!

And I have also posted some new videos on my youtube page! HERE

Enjoy!

AllStar Agility - St.Patty's Fun Match

I haven't had a TG foster in a while, but the dog run after the one this weekend should be my first foster  of 2013 for TG! It's just a bit too hectic during school to have a dog here. I can't wait till all my exams are done and I'm ready to take on another pup! :)

In the meantime, however, I have been working with our dog Rikki! We have been doing agility classes since september and she is doing so well! We even entered our first Fun Match recently!

I thought I'd just post a couple pictures here!

She is very smart and just loves to run and jump and I love the challenge, so this sport suits us well! We're not doing this to be a top level team - this is for fun for the both of us! I just want to see how far she wants to go - and I hope we can get some titles for her :) (Titles come from having clear rounds, and ribbons come from placements) And if we get a few ribbons along the way - awesome! :)

She got 5th place ribbons in Standard and Tunnlers, and a 3rd place in Jumpers! (Her favourite class!)

And they took some great shots of us running!

(the blurry collage one is from my phone camera, the good ones are from the trial photographer)

Waiting for her release!

She's jumping at a pretty steep angle here!

She knows I have queued the jump line, so she's full steam ahead!

Driving down the jump line!

Also, I've posted a couple more videos on my YouTube channel, which you can visit HERE

Please like the videos and subscribe if you'd like to see more!

More soon!

J

BarkBox Promo EXTENDED!

Hello everyone!

As you can see above BarkBox has extended their promotion for ALL of 2013!

So far Turtle Gardens has had 10 new subscriptions using our coupon code!! :D!! That's $200 dollars for TG! That's awesome! Way to go guys! :D

And they are running ANOTHER promotion right now where the rescue with the most New Subscriptions who sign up using our code (TGSNBBX1) will get an extra $1,000 donation!! :O!!! That is so awesome!!

We can do this guys! We already have 10 subscriptions and if we can have more people sign up using our coupon code then TG may be able to win that extra 1,000! That is on top of the donation per subscription! :D So tell all your friends and family! :D

Hey guys today is the last day of February - meaning it is also the last day of the BarkBox February promotion!

If you sign up today you will get $10 off your BarkBox PLUS $10 will go to Turtle Gardens! And we might be able to win the $1K bonus donation! - Think of how many dogs that will help?! :D

All you have to do is use this coupon code: TGSNBBX1 when checking out!

http://www.barkbox.com

Also, if you sign up please e-mail Jenny at jenny@barkbox.com and let her know Julia S from Turtle Gardens referred you! That way we can get more auction items for our fundraiser!

I just finished my BarkBox review video!

You can watch it HERE!

Also please hit "like" and "subscribe" so you will be notified of my other upcoming video's! :)

Thanks guys! :D