Announcing the Let’s Adopt Canada Calendar Contest

Pebbles Let's Adopt Canada's official canine ambassador!

This past weekend was my birthday weekend, we won’t mention which birthday, after all a lady never tells her age, but it was my birthday none the less. To celebrate, my poodles (together with my husband of course, the poodles can’t drive!) took me to the first annual Winter Woofstock, Toronto’s celebration of dogs and their owners. Now we always attend Woofstock in the summer, we have been doing so for the past four years, it is my biggest networking venture of the year. This weekends festival was no exception. It somehow seemed fitting that on the one weekend of the year when I get to do ANYTHING I want, that I could be found talking to strangers about rescuing animals and spaying and neutering their pets.

I spoke to many animal lovers this weekend, and one thing was clear in every conversation. Canadians are not happy with the state of animal welfare in their country. The good news is more and more of them are becoming involved in trying to change things. There were more rescue groups in attendance than I have ever seen at Woofstock, and I was asked more questions about fostering and adoption than I have ever been asked before. I wondered at first why I was being approached by so many, but then I realized that my rescued poodle Pebbles was Let’s Adopt Canada’s biggest ambassador.

Pebbles was a very shy shut down little dog when she came to me a year ago. She had no desire to be approached by anyone and clung to me like I was going to disappear any second. Now a year later, Pebbles trots around head held high greeting every person she sees with a wagging tail. She seems to instinctively know that life is different now, and has regained trust in people. She is one of my biggest success stories. Everywhere she went this weekend people started talking about animal rescue. The conversation usually goes a little like this;

Stranger: What an adorable little dog! She’s so friendly!

Me: Yes she is a friendly little girl, but she hasn’t always been this way.

Stranger: Oh?

Me: Yes Pebbles is a rescue…(and I tell the rest of her story)

The conversation always ends with me handing them a business card, my cards say simply this:

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I gave out many cards this weekend and had many conversations about change, many more than usual. Pebbles gets people’s attention, it is for this reason that I am announcing Pebbles official appointment as Let’s Adopt Canada’s canine ambassador. Pebbles will now travel with me when I go out on Let’s Adopt business.

I would also like to announce our first fund raising project. Starting December 7, 2010 and running until boxing day, we will be looking for the faces of next years Let’s Adopt Canada calendars. So get out your cameras and start snapping winning photos. Is your cat or dog a star? Do they have a great rescue story? Can they be the faces of LA Canada’s first calendar?

More information on where to submit your photos will be coming in the next few days. You will be asked to submit a photo of your cat or dog, and tell us their rescue story. Rules are the animal must be a rescue, other than that be creative, (and tasteful.) In the end 12 dogs and 12 cats will become the first to grace the pages of our rescue calendars. When finished you will be able to purchase the calendars and all proceeds will go into LA Canada’s Gabby fund for use in our rescue work.

I can’t wait to see the photos of your wonderful rescue animals!

Until Tomorrow Remember

BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK

Janette