Thanks Michelle!
That's great news about Macho & Spring.

-rg



--- michellezebrowsk <mzebro@...> wrote:

>
> I wanted to thank Rich for having the compassion to
> think of the
> shelter animals this Thanksgiving and for including
> us (Camden County
> Animal Shelter) in the parade. If not already common
> knowledge, the
> United States still euthanizes 5-7 million companion
> animals every
> year due to lack of homes. Every event that we as
> volunteers do for
> the shelter has a goal of increasing awareness,
> increasing adoptions,
> and raising much needed funds. We have many great
> dogs and cats at
> the shelter and sometimes people do not realize
> this. As you
> mentioned Rich, we do pick dogs that we know and who
> have been
> consistently well behaved at the shelter. Besides
> my baby Sandra who
> decided to walk ME down the parade, every dog was
> very well behaved.
> In addition to raising $80 for the shelter, which
> will go to
> spay/neutering our animals we have also already
> adopted out Macho and
> Spring. Thanks again for a great opportunity to
> strut our stuff!
>
> Michelle
>
> --- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com,
> richard greene
> <argee333@y...> wrote:
> > Bill-
> >
> > Thanks for joining us again this year. You are
> > definitely one of the regulars and a consistent
> > supporter.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. I was a little bothered
> by
> > the cycle group pressuring us from behind too.
> >
> > It definitely got worse after the judges reviewing
> > stand by the Borough Hall. In fact the whole
> parade
> > accelerates after the reviewing stand. I don't
> think
> > that's fair to the people (and it seems to be the
> > majority of the people at the parade) who are
> lining
> > the streets through the rest of the town.
> >
> > I'll mention it to the parade officials next year
> and
> > maybe we can find a way to make it better.
> >
> > Whenever I felt like stopping so people could pet
> the
> > dogs or Cinder could do the hoop trick, I did. And
> the
> > group behind us just had to wait. And they did.
> The
> > crowd went nuts when he did the trick, so I think
> that
> > was the right thing to do.
> >
> > I think if we find ourselves in that situation
> again
> > next year, we can move to one side and let the
> cycles
> > pass us. We're a pretty loosely organized (?)
> group,
> > so we haven't discussed any contingent plans for
> even
> > minor problems. I'd like us to be a little more
> > organized when we walk in the parade. It's been
> > suggested (and done in past years) that
> occasionally
> > we walk in figure 8's and cirlces like a sort of
> K-9
> > drill team. It looks good and helps boost group
> > cohesion. If we did that in front of the review
> stand
> > while Cinder and other dogs performed some tricks,
> I
> > think it would be well received, in stead of just
> > walking past the review stand. Other groups
> perform
> > there, nd the rest of the parade waits for them,
> so
> > why shouldn't we. What do others think? Any ideas?
> >
> > If the motorcycle group has some place they'd
> rather
> > be, they could cut out down a side street after
> the
> > reviewing stand.
> >
> > Another possible (but less desirable) solution is
> to
> > place 2 walkers at the back of the group and have
> them
> > block/slow the truck leading the cycles so the
> rest of
> > our group has more breathing room.
> >
> > As to the order of the parade, everybody has to be
> in
> > front of somebody. I'm glad we were 3 spaces
> behind
> > the marching band instead of right on top of them.
> The
> > loud drums are rough on the dogs hearing. Figure
> if
> > something is loud to us, it's probably 2-3 times
> > louder to them. Running a parade of that size and
> > with so many diverse groups is a big taskand I
> think
> > the town and parade committee did a great job.
> >
> > As to the shelter dogs:
> >
> > I gave it some thought. The parade had a theme
> this
> > year of "Community Involvement" and so I worked
> with
> > Nancy Welsh to arrange the Adopt-A-Pet dogs and
> to
> > hand out the flyers for the Pet Pics w/Santa which
> > benefits the Collingswood Stray Animal fund. As
> far as
> > I'm concerned, anybody who wants to involve any
> > dog-oriented organization as we walk, is always
> > welcome to. (What do others think?) next year I'd
> like
> > to promote the US War Dog Memorial as well
> > (www.uswardogs.org)!
> >
> > We were careful that the larger dogs (3 - Spring,
> > Brenna, Sandra) were walked by adult volunteers
> from
> > the shelter. The two littlest dogs were walked by
> 2
> > high school juniors who both have family dogs.
> Emily
> > (who's family dog Cinder weighs 75 lbs.) did a
> great
> > job walking Roxanne (about 15-20 lbs.), a 5-6 year
> old
> > beagle bitch who had been surrendered to the
> shelter
> > about 2 weeks ago, and was still very well
> socialized.
> > Definitely not an institutionalized dog. Lisa
> walked
> > Macho, who was a ± 5 lb. shitzu/min. schnauzer
> type
> > about the same size and temperment as her family
> dog,
> > Scootchie.
> >
> > Margaret Jacobs, Director of the Camden County
> Animal
> > Shelter was very careful in her selection of which
> > dogs could be included. She only allowed dogs she
> had
> > gotten to know and was confident of.
> >
> > Believe me, she's very aware of the potential
> dangers
> > and bad press a problem dog can create in such a
> > situation. The alternative to getting these dogs
> out
> > where thay can be seen is leaving them in cages
> until
> > they are so institutionalized they will never find
> > homes, and where very few people are even aware of
> > their existence. We handed out several hundred
> flyers
> > about the CC Animal Shelter and its programs.
> >
> > But enough of the critical stuff. Did you find
> > anything positive about the event? How about our
> > having helped raise over $80 for the Camden County
> > Animal Shelter and heighted awareness of the
> > Adopt-A-Pet program just before the holidays?
> >
> > Anybody else
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Lone Terrier <CamcoDogpark@h...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I found it extremely annoying to have a
> > > motorcycle group behind our group.
> > >
> > > Almost the entire length of Haddon Avenue
> > > we had some moron complaining we weren't
> > > going fast enough.
> > >
> > > And then when I finally dropped out
> > > from frustration I discovered that the
> motorcycles
> > > were about 3 blocks ahead of the next group !!!
> > >
> > > There was literally a gap of 2-3 blocks with
> noone
> > > there
> > > because morons on motorcycles apparently
> > > had some place really important to go at noon.
> > >
> > > I have no idea how someone would decide that
> > > putting dogs in front of a motorcycle group was
> > > a good idea. It seemed REALLY stupid to me.
> > >
> > > When we began marching at 10:15, I didn't notice
> > > these clowns being behind us and I'm not sure
> > > when that happened.
> > >
> > > After standing around for 1:15 minutes,
> > > I didn't appreciate being rushed down the
> > > street like that.
> > >
> > > **************************
> > >
> > > I wasn't that crazy about having people walking
> > > shelter dogs as part of our group.
> > > I know my little dogs extremely well but still
> > > watch them closely to make sure they are
> > > doing OK with the kids.
> > >
> > > I have them both harnessed and completely
> > > under control.
> > >
> > > When you have young kids walking older dogs
> > > they don't really know, among a large crowd,
> > > that seems like it could be a problem that would
> > > reflect poorly on the Knights Park group.
> > >
> > >
> > > WRZ
> > >
> > > CamCoDogPark@h...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "richard" <argee333@y...>
> > > >Reply-To: Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com
> > > >To: Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com
> > > >Subject: [Knightsparkdogwalkers] Annual Holiday
> > > Parade Dogwalk A Big
> > > >Success!
> > > >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:34:54 -0000
> > > >
> > > >Thanks to everyone who turned out for our
> annual
> > > strut down
> > > >Haddon Ave. The weather was perfect!
> > > >
> > > >Special thanks to:
> > > >
> > > >Nancy Welsh (for hooking us up w/ Camden County
> > > Animal
> > > >Shelter's Adopt a Pet program)
> > > >
> > > >Margaret Jacobs, Director of the Camden County
> > > Animal Shelter
> > > >
> > > >David Hodges and Donna Shorr (for the use of
> their
> > > front yard
> > > >and electricity),
> > > >
> > > >This year we had many new participants as well
> as a
> > > few
> > > >regulars. (Too few regulars if you ask me!).
> > > >
> > > >But for me the best part of the event was
> including
> > > 5 great shelter
> > > >dogs from the Camden County Animal Shelter's
> Adopt
> > > A Pet
> > > >program. Macho, Sandra, Spring, Roxanne, and
> > > Brenna were all
> > > >doing their best to work the crowd and find a
> new
> > > home for
> > > >themselves. They represented the many other
> fine
> > > dogs back at
> > > >the shelter very well.
> > > >
> > > >4 Volunteers from the shelter also walked with
> us
> > > and helped
> > > >hand out flyers for the CC Animal Shelter, and
> > > Collingswood's
> > > >Stray Animal Fund event next week: the annual
> "Pet
> > > Portraits With
> > > >Santa" (Dec. 5 at Scissors & Suds! $7 donation
> )
> > > >
> > > >We also collected over $80 for the CC Animal
> > > Shelter.
> > > >
> > > >And on top of all that, we had a great time and
> > > made alot of
> > > >people smile. Parade watchers of all ages just
> love
> > > seeing and
> > > >meeting the dogs in the parade.
> > >
> > >
> >
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