The Collingswood Holiday Parade is tomorrow!!

None of the shelters are able to walk adoptable dogs, but Nancy
is dropping off flyers that need to be handed out.

Be at 405 Park Ave. around 9:30 AM.

Dress warm in layers as it may warm up as we walk.

Please call anyone you know with a dog and any rescue
organizations that have dogs that need fostering or homes.

Call me with any questions.

Rich Greene

856-278-4140

I want to adopt a puppy or dog
I have a 7 yr old and 4 1/2 yr that are very gentle with animals
They are frightened by large dogs but My friend has a pom/poo, a chi,
and a poodle and they just love them.
I am trying to find a pup or young adult that will grow to be small to
med sized. Im out to try and get a free full bred and dont care what
the breed or breeds are as long as its loving, gentle, and not large
Ive been checking shelters because of the low adoption fees I really
cant go out and spend $100 or more plus supplies to purchase a pet but
just havent found the right one If you know of anyone that may need a
home for there pet please let me
know

Everything is a go for next week's Collingswood Holiday Parade.
That's Saturday November 25th. We meet at 405 Park Ave just 3
doors east of Zane Ave. You can't miss the dogs gathering there.
Plan to arrive after 9 am. There will be hot chocolate & cookies
for humans, & water & treats for the dogs. If anyone has any
ideas or questions, call me at 856-278-4140

Here are a few points to consider: 1> If it is very cold, get there
closer to 10 am when the actual parade begins.      2> We need
some voluteers to walk shelter dogs, hand out flyers and carry
signs and banners. Contact Nancy Welsh at
welshzoo@... if you want to walk a dog. We will have a
decorated cart to carry the flyers, etc. and people can take turns
pushing it.      3> If you are walking a dog - your own or a shelter
dog - be alert! Pay attention to your dog. If the dog is nervous or
seems overwhelmed by the crowds and literally hundreds of
people who will want to pet the dog, move to the center of the
street and keep moving. Likewise make sure your dog is
interacting well with the other dogs.      4> Keep moving! we will
be near the end of the parade, but do not let too big a gap
develop between us and the group ahead of us. After the
reviewing stand, the pace picks up and really moves.      5> Have
a good time! Walk the dogs in circles and figure eights during
the first half of the parade, when it comes to a standstill. If your
dog does any special tricks, do them while waiting and when we
get in front of the review stand. Let people pet the dogs if
possible and practical, especially the very elderly who really
seem to treasure the interaction. Encourage people on the
sidelines with dogs to get up and join the parade. We usually
pick up 3 or 4 more dogs that way.      6>This is a great way to
demonstrate to the town commissioners and government that
Collingswood is full of responsible, participatory dog-owner
citizens who's concerns and desires are worthy of consideration.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and enjoyed taking their
dog for a walk.

The weather wasn't nearly as cold as we expected, and the
crowds loved the dogs.

Please post your impressions of the event, and ideas for making
next year's event even better.

If you have pics, please post them in the Photos section in the
2005 album.

Happy Holidays!

-rg

Nancy Welsh just called to tell me that the police picked up an
un-neutered mature male Bassett Hound running loose in the
East Narberth Terrace area of Collingswood this morning.

If you know who's dog this is, contact them asap. Or if you know
the name of the owner or the dog, call Nancy at 856-366-4901.

The dog is safe, and Nancy has him. She'd like to get him home
before she has to take him to the shelter.

Heads up all! Tomorrow is the big day.

We are in position #31 in the parade. Gather on David Hodges &
Donna Shorr's front lawn at 405 Park Ave. Be sure to dress warm
in layers. It should get into the 40's as the parade progresses
and you may need to shed a little.

I'll have hot mulled cider  brewing and cookies for everyone;
bisquits for the dogs.

Lisa Hensen, a volunteer from the Camden County Animal
Shelter assures me that we'll have at least 13 dogs that are
eminently adoptable and looking for good homes. She has
volunteers to walk almost all of them, but we may need one or
two of our folks to help walk a couple of them. If you end up
walking a shelter dog, constantly tell the spectators along the
street that the dog you are walking is a shelter dog and needs a
good home. If anyone expresses ANY interest, make sure they
get a brochure!

Every one of these dogs is at risk if they don't find a home. For
them, it truly is a matter of life or death.

We also need a couple of extra hands to carry signs, the music
and to hand out brochures.

They are all vaccinated and have passed muster as socialized
and non-agressive. But dogs will be dogs, so pay attention to
your dogs at all times, and head off any dominance behavior
before it escalates into an issue.

I have an aging boom box to play the Jingle Dogs cd, but if
anyone has a really big healthy ghetto blaster that they can bring,
please do so (make sure it has good batteries!)

Call me with any questions or to offer ideas.

See you there!

Rich Greene
856-278-4140

Hi all.  I have a puppy (3.5 months) and I don't have her in obedience
classes yet (just training on my own until I get my fall school
schedule all straight).  I do, however, know that I need to be getting
her socialized to other dogs.  Does anyone have any thoughts?  Is
there, by any chance, a group that walks or plays together?
Thanks for the info!
Lorin

The message below is from the South Jersey greyhound group.

This made me wonder if Collingswood charges groups to
participate in their parade and what the charge is for
non profit groups and other groups as well.

I didn't realize there were charges associated with
parades.  Is that part of the reason the shelter dogs
marched with us this year ?

WRZ


Message: 10
    Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:40:57 EST
    From: mercibar1@...
Subject: St. Patrick's Day Parade ;>(

Sadly, Greyhounds won't be walking in the parade  this year for the
first time in many years. Greyhound Friends used to do it,  then we
did it for maybe 5 or 6 years (?) - some of you may remember last
year  when the new committee refused to recognize our NP status &
insisted that we  pay $150 to walk.

They have the same stand for church groups, youth groups,  service
organizations, etc - when I questioned if the fee went to charity, I
was  told it was for "parade expenses" such as hiring Mummers & other
bands for  the parade. Excuse me, I thought this was a local parade
for local people!

Their alternative idea was to buy paper badges for each dog at $10
each! After I wrote  a scathing editorial to the AC Press, we were
contacted by the Brigantine Elks  & asked that we join them in the
parade, which we did. And we had a ball  strutting up the
Boardwalk! ,,,,,,,,,,
Well, this year, we didn't even get an  invitation, & when
I inquired, I was told they would required the $150 fee!
The parade is Sat, March 12th, not enough time to go to the newspaper
again. I  don't want to impose on the Elks club again & jeopardize
their place in the line of
march,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

So, we won't be braving the rain or  wind or blowing sand, as
in other years - maybe it'll be a nice enough  Saturday for
Smithville! Let's all hope! I know a reporter for the Press & will
contact him on this matter,,,,,

Nancy asked me to post the following ideas and let everybody
know that she has reserved the Living Room in the
Collingswood Community Center for Tuesday, February 22 at
7:00pm  so we can get together and discuss everyone's ideas
and start planning.  Could you please send her an email
(Welshzoo@...) or call her at (856) 366-4901 or (856)
854-4628 and let her know if you can come to the meeting (she'll
bring some snacks). 

Thanks,
Rich Greene & Cinder
________________________________

Hello Everyone,
 
  Please check out the Cyrus Mejia 
(  http://www.cyrusmejia.com/index.html )  web site and come up
with ideas of what we can do here locally.   I'm really excited
about this,  I think it could be a lot of fun, as well as educational
and make some money for the stray fund.  Hope to hear from all
of you soon. 
 
Thanks again for all you do for the animals,
 
Nancy Welsh

_______________________________________________
Hello Everyone:
I have an idea for a community art project/ fundraiser for the
"Collingswood Stray Animal Fund/ humane education for adults
and children all in one.  Below is an excerpt from an e-mail I sent
to Mr. King the High School art teacher.  This sort of explains the
beginning thoughts of my idea.  There is alot of room for it to
grow.  I'd like to have a meeting and get together will anyone who
might be interested in helping with the project.  THere is the
physical part of putting together the art work, but there is also a
lot of administrative organization to do also.  I'm really excited
about this and hope this will eb a great community project. 
Anyone is welcome, you don't have to be a Collingswood
resident.  Looking at the Cyrus Mejia web site and the link for the
575 project will help you understand it much better.  We have
Cyrus Mejia's blessing to do this.  I spoke to him:  he just wants
pictures of what we do.  
 
575 is the average number of homeless, unwanted dogs and
cats that are euthanized in the world every hour of every day.
3 to 5 days is the average length of stay in a shelter for a cat
before they are euthanized.   
 
So, if you are interest, please e mail me or call me (numbers at
the bottom) so I can begin to compose of list of people who are
interested and contact you when I have an exact time and place
to meet.  
 
Thanks,
 
Nancy Welsh   

Please read below:concept for our project

 I have any idea for a community art project and was wondering if
you and some of your students might want to be involved.  The
project will help raise money for the "Collingswood Stray Animal
Fund" which is maintained in an account by Brad Stokes the
Borough Administrator.  Melinda and I began this fund shortly
after I started doing animal control and we found that when there
was a cat or dog who was sick or injured, the local vets would
not treat them until they knew how the bill was going to be paid
(and after my husband realized how much money I spent from
our personal account ).  So, now several times a year Melinda
and I do fundraisers to keep this fund going and we get
donations from people in town when we put an article in the
Town Crier. I now have a small group of adult volunteers who
work with me for fundraising and foster care.  The next step is
Humane Education and this project will encompass  fundraising
and humane education. 
 
     Here is a link for Cyrus
Mejia http://www.cyrusmejia.com/index.html   who is both an
artist and one of the founders of Best Friends Animal Society and
Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah http://www.bestfriends.org/.  Cyrus has
an art exhibit called the 575 Project.. This 575 Project is one of
the most moving things I have ever seen.  I would like to have a
Collingswood 575 Project, hopefully with the help of you and your
students.  I would even like to get the grammar schools involved
if that is possible.  I think we could do some great humane
education during the process and then raise a decent amount of
money by showing the project in town.  Either at the Community
Center. the High School or the Library, perhaps at one of the
"Second Saturday" events in town.   I thought maybe we could
even get a special space at the May Fair to let everyone see our
exhibit.  I would like to get local businesses to sponsor it to help
pay for the cost of materials.  Pay particular attention to the dog
house of leashes and collars in the 575 project.  I was thinking
we might do a bridge like that.  There is a poem called the
"Rainbow Bridge"
http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm which
comforts people when their pets pass on and tells about where
their pets go and that they wll someday be reunited with them. 
The collars and leashes on our bridge may never have someone
to reunite with.  I will have the two  local shelters who take in
strays and do euthanize, save collars leashes and chains for
me.  It won't take very long before we have more than enough.  I
think I might even have someone to build a wooden bridge for
the frame.  Of course, this idea isn't written in stone, if you have
something else or others to add that would be great too.  I can
get in touch with Carol at the Community Center and we could
have a meeting of people who are interested in helping with the
project. 

I thought the grammar school kids could do some projects too:
maybe something to do with the 3 to 5 days part.  I have lots of
humane education handouts that are grade appropriate too. 
Maybe even a poster contest for them.
 
I also thought I might advertise for people to submit a photo of
their rescued pet with a short story written on the back about
where their pet came from and have a "monument of rescued
pets".  People could make a donation to submit the photo of their
pet. 
 
Okay, I'm just rambling now.  I have a lot of ideas flying through
my brain.  Please let me know what you think.  You can e mail
me or you can reach me at (856) 366-4901 (cell phone)    or 
854-4628 home. 
 
Thanks,
 
Nancy Welsh 
Welshzoo@...

I took Bill's advice and changed the settings to allow only
members of the group to post messages, and to moderate all
ew member posts.

This seems to be working. No spam has posted since.

When I review the message activity, I see that 2 spam
messages were automatically bounced.

It's nice.

-RG

The group should be set up so that new members
are automaticly moderated.

That is the only sensible way to defeat the
"join and post" tactics of professional spammers.

WRZ


--- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com, "Donna W."
<sophiemutt@y...> wrote:
> Why am I getting spam messages from this group?  It is
> really annoying to be offered a dating service through
> my dog walkers forum.  Is there anyway to stop this.
> I'm sure we could contact Yahoo and filter out this
> spam in some way.
>          Donna

Why am I getting spam messages from this group?  It is
really annoying to be offered a dating service through
my dog walkers forum.  Is there anyway to stop this.
I'm sure we could contact Yahoo and filter out this
spam in some way.
          Donna




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I would agree with the last paragraph in this story, in
that you need to be very cautious with offlesh dogs near ice.

And smaller dogs that weigh much less than you do,
will be much more difficult to retrieve when you try
and follow their path.
WRZ

http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m122404d.htm
Neighbors save pooch in peril
Friday, December 24, 2004
Strangers rally to pull dog from lake
By JASON NARK
Courier-Post Staff
HADDON TWP.

A near-tragedy Wednesday in the middle of Newton Lake ended with a
dog's life saved, faith in mankind reinforced for his owner, and a
real estate broker becoming a hero to his kids.

When Buddy, a generally mild-mannered, 1-year-old cocker spaniel,
caught sight of a gaggle of Canada geese on Wednesday afternoon, all
training went out the window, said his owner Michel Donnelly.

"If he sees a squirrel or a bird, that's it," said Donnelly, 42, who
was walking with her two young children on the mild winter day.

As the pooch scampered toward the geese, he made his way onto the ice
on the lake and fell into a hole about 40 feet from shore.

Joe Clarke III heard the family's screams while in the upstairs
bedroom of his lakefront home. A real estate broker with Markheim-
Chalmers in Cherry Hill, Clarke quickly took off his suit and donned
the superhero costume issued by fatherhood - old jeans and a
sweatshirt.

"People started to gather around and they were panicking," said
Clarke, 43. "The dog started to slow down and was putting his head
down. It wasn't looking good."

Clarke charged into the chilly water, but got only chest-deep before
the ice became too thick.

"Does anybody have a canoe?" he yelled.

After getting a canoe from a nearby home, Donnelly jumped in and
Clarke pushed her through the ice toward Buddy.

But as firefighters and a police officer arrived, they were not
pleased to see Donnelly making a bad situation potentially worse.

"There was no stopping her though," said Haddon Township patrolman
Kevin Hoopes, who helped fasten a rope to the canoe.

When Donnelly reached Buddy, she said a last burst of energy enabled
him to pull himself up onto the ice.

"I say that was a Christmas miracle," Donnelly said.

Meanwhile, Clarke had been standing in the same icy water as Buddy
for about 10 minutes, but said a little numbness didn't compare to
Donnelly's efforts.

"She was the one who really went after the dog," he said.

Clarke usually doesn't do things like this, he said, but didn't
really have a choice considering his 11-year-old daughter Taylor
volunteers at an animal shelter in Voorhees.

"She was really plugging me to go in there," he said. "She loves me
now. I'm the king."

Ironically, neither Donnelly or Clarke knew one another's names on
Thursday, or the name of the woman who called 9-1-1 and offered her
canoe and blankets.

What Donnelly does know is that there are a few more good people in
the world, or at least in Haddon Township.

"Sometimes you find that people are pretty much nasty in life," she
said. "And then there's people like this. I'm truly grateful."

SAFETY TIPS

If you are walking your dog anywhere near water, particularly if
there is thin ice, keep it on a leash so it can't run away from you.

If you see an animal that has fallen through the ice, call the
authorities. They will determine if the animal can be rescued safely.

------------------------------------------------------------------
Jason Nark is at (856) 486-2473 or jnark@ courierpostonline.com

West Jersey Animal Shelter used to have their own float in that
parade.  I'm not sure if they did this year or not but I suspect
there are some people at that shelter who would have participated
with you.

The message is much clearer & less confusing to bystanders when you
have a float and/or banner that says you represent an animal
shelter.  For you guys to be marching with a dogowners group and Rich
to keep yelling "this dog over here needs a home" the entire length
of the parade is NOT an efficient way to do it.

It would be better for you guys to hook up with West Jersey
and have all the dogs up for adoption together with a banner that
reflects your purpose.

If you could give me an advantage to walking with a dogowner
group then I might agree with you but I can't think of anything.

WRZ


--- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com, "michellezebrowsk"
<mzebro@h...> 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.

<snip>

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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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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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@...> 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@...
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "richard" <argee333@...>
> >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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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@...





>From: "richard" <argee333@...>
>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.

_________________________________________________________________
Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!
http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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.

Cinder performed his new "Leap-Thru-The-Candy-Cane-Hoop"
trick along the way and perfectly for the judges review.

Look for pics to be posted soon from KPK9W regular Jason
Danowitz,  and Michelle from the CC Animal Shelter. Anyone else
with pics is encouraged to upload them to the site as well. I've
created a new folder for them in the "Photos" section.

Please post your impressions of the parade and any ideas to
make it better next year.

Regards & Happy Holidays,

- Rich Greene & Cinder The Wonder Dog

Bill-

I suggest you get there no earlier then 9.

-RG








--- ccdogpark <CamcoDogpark@...> wrote:

>
> Does anyone know what happened to Rich ?
>
> He hasn't returned my emails or messages
> to this forum.
>
> I still need a time to arrive at
> 405 park Ave, home of (David & Donna
> and their two cockers, Buddy & Gracie)
> for the Nov-27 parade
>
> Bill Zardus
>
>
>
> --- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com,
> "ccdogpark"
> <CamcoDogpark@h...> wrote:
> >
> > Rich:
> >
> > What time are you asking people to show up
> > for the parade ?  And how long did you have to
> > wait around last year before the dogs were able to
>
> > start marching ?
>
>
>
>
>

Does anyone know what happened to Rich ?

He hasn't returned my emails or messages
to this forum.

I still need a time to arrive at
405 park Ave, home of (David & Donna
and their two cockers, Buddy & Gracie)
for the Nov-27 parade

Bill Zardus



--- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com, "ccdogpark"
<CamcoDogpark@h...> wrote:
>
> Rich:
>
> What time are you asking people to show up
> for the parade ?  And how long did you have to
> wait around last year before the dogs were able to
> start marching ?