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*Sponsorships for Sanctuary Dogs by month or year
*Gift cards for office supplies or gasoline
*Stamps / Postage supplies
*FOSTER homes
*Purina weight circles/
DVP Natural Balance UPCs + receipts
*Durable toys for the foster & sanctuary dogs
*Advantage or Frontline flea treatment, saved strays come to us raw from flea infestation.
*A small office color laser printer either used or new
(DONATED
by Linda Mc.)
*Florida Shelter or Sanctuary including kennels anywhere surrounding Tampa!
*Money is always welcome!
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| Upcoming Events: |
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(subject to changes)
10/10
Dogtoberfest
Safety Harbor Marina
10-6p
Safety Harbor
Sherry M & Co.
10/10
Northern Tool & Equipment
11-3pm
Tampa
Sandy B
10/10
Fletcher's
Harley Davidson
Pet-Adopt-athon
11-4pm
Clearwater
(needs volunteers)
10/10
Nationwide Pet Day
10-2pm
Gainesville
Karen H & Donna A
10/17
DAL-LOWEEN FESTI-DAL
&
Mardi Paws Parade
10-2p
Lake Park
Lutz
Need Volunteers!
If you would like to represent DRTB at a PETCO
(Wesley Chapel, Odessa, Port Richey, Pinellas Park, Brandon, Spring Hill, Gainesville, Jacksonville)
or PetSmart
in Wesley Chapel or New Tampa
Please contact Pat at daldogevents
@msn.com!
THANK YOU!! |
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Thus every dog at last will have his day -
He who this morning smiled, at night may sorrow;
The grub today's a butterfly tomorrow.
Peter Pindar
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Dogs display reluctance and wrath
If you try to give them a bath
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the time they trot sideaways.
Ogden Nash
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Hello Dal Lover!
So many Dals, so much needed to save them. Fundraising is key to their survival so THAT is why we put so much of ourselves into our DAL-LOWEEN event. Please come out October 17th and support DRTB... what will be fun for you, will be NEW life for a dog!
"Every dog has his day." - - - Miguel de Cervantes
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On Your Mark, Get Set ... for DAL-LOWEEN!
Y'all come out & set a SPELL! Let Dal-loween and the spotted ones work their MAGIC upon you.
 Saturday October 17th is our DAL-LOWEEN Festi-Dal & Mardi Paw Parade fundraiser at Lake Park in Lutz. It is just off N. Dale Mabry and will be held once again in the Eagle Shelter near the horse arena. Get there early to sign-up for the Mardi-Paws Parade which will begin promptly at 10 am and the fun continues till 2pm. There is a $10 entry donation for the parade, which includes beads and gets you signed-up for costume contest. Winner will receive a special prize so get creative with those costumes!
We are hoping to make this year's event an even bigger success than last year, which helped us save many dogs. Best of all, we will
have spotted dogs, including adoptables, everywhere!!
 Bumper is bringing firetrucks to
mark our celebration's location and lead the parade. We will hold auctions & drawings to
raise funds for all the dogs we have in our care. We are getting some great donated items. Carol Chretien has created a special painting called "Pumpkin Pals" which is a 10x10 oil on canvas featuring our favorite Dallies frolicking in the pumpkin patch, handcrafted jewelry, artwork,
and dining certificates from popular restaurants like Outback & First Watch, plus the chance for tickets to area attractions. Some of our
benefactors have pledged products for drawings &
prizes. We are hoping to give everyone a chance at bidding and will let you know as soon as we can how to bid if you are unable to attend.
 Dal-loween paw medals are back for our game & special contest winners! We will hold a Karaoke howl contest and best trick contest for our 4-legged friends. Then we have games for you to compete with your dog such as the popcorn toss (mid-air catches), bone bob (treats in a tub), graveyard ghost watch (practice your sit-stays) & pumpkin dash. Games & contests will have a nominal fee of $1 that goes directly back to help our dogs.
Dal-loween is a group
volunteer effort so we need everyone's help to get this done. We need
volunteers who can continue to print & distribute flyers. We need volunteers to help us
obtain more auction & raffle items. If you see a product you like then please ask the seller if they'd like to donate one for our cause. We will need volunteers to help run the event from transporting, set-up, venues, and clean-up. If
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Their Stories are Haunting!
So many faces, so many stories to go with each face. We try our best to give each a happy ending.
 September saw Nala, now Lilly, off to her new home with Carolyn who is daughter of the family who adopted LouDog & Weasil in 2007. Apparently, she was convinced to get her own! Then our own Sherry M. again became a foster-flunkie ... Dooley II will have a permanent home with her family. Our urgent plea for Chance was successful, he went to live with Gary D's family in Palmetto and joins the former Depp. Little Izzy, a dinky Dal-mix pulled from Hillsborough shelter, was adopted by DRTB's multiple adopter, SeQuoia. Izzy now has a family of 4 other dogs to keep her company. We also added a care-for-life dog, a 14 year old named Van, who is being cared for by Pam & Ron I. in Spring Hill. However, Granny, another senior from south Florida didn't get her happy ending. She came to us sick and soon her organs began to shutdown. In the end Karen H. ensured that she left us with dignity and love. The last days of the month were a whirlwind of intakes with Apollo, Hope, Jemma, & Diamond.
"You mean I get to leave Animal Control?"
To date in 2009, we have rescued 55
new Dals/dogs beyond the 17 we had from 2008 that include 2 dogs returned to
rescue. We have found homes for 45 dogs plus 5 direct referrals that resulted
in adoptions. Currently, we have 28 Dals & dogs under our care. Dals that
are still seeking forever homes are:
- Oreo a loving, yet goofy, young Dal-mix from
Orange County
- Eden a 9+ year old from Collier County now
looking someone to call her own
- Lady a 6-year-old formerly overweight girl
needing a home where she can maintain her figure
- Spooky a very handsome senior boy found
abandoned on Halloween
- Biff a small, but lively 8-year-old Dal-mix
- Howie J. a returning 6-year-old Dal-mix with
allergies
- Cody a 9-year-old senior Dal from Polk County
- McKenzie from Citrus County a young, lively,
Dal/Boxer-mix
- Amber from Lake County, a Dal/Pointer-mix who
just wants a lap & to cuddle
- Buddy a 9-year-old Dal left to die
in a garage in south Florida
- MilkNCookie from Jax is 10 years-old & about to begin HW treatment
- Abby, a 7-year-old, very
plump liver Dal-gal who needs more exercise than her family can give her
Apollo a 13-year-old senior from New Orleans who needs a home with no small creatures
Hope an enthusiastic 10-month-old Dal-mix from Lake County Jemma a 5 year old Dal-gal from Lake County who is such a good girl
Diamond a young Dal-mix with the cutest spot on her forehead
Kaspar waits for a foster...
- Finster, a Rotty-mix, who resides with Lee S.
in Homosassa Springs
- JLo, an AmStaff girl, here in the Tampa Bay
area
- Freckles 8-month-old Brittany Spaniel-mix in
the Homosassa area
- Magnum a nearly 6-month-old
Lab-mix near Jacksonville
PLEASE let us know if you can help these dogs with a loving home or
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Help Dals with Sponsor-a-Pet at Petfinder!
 "I wish I could help them all."
Do
you feel that way as you browse the pet lists on Petfinder.com? You're
not alone. The good news is that most of them go on to find
the pet of their dreams--that perfect companion--and to provide him or
her a "forever home".
But what about the pets left behind--those equally deserving companions who for some reason just weren't a good lifestyle match?
We've
got good news for them, and you can help. Petfinder.com and the
Petfinder.com Foundation are excited to offer a feature that allows you
to sponsor a homeless pet that has touched your heart, but whom, for
some reason, you can't adopt at this time.
 It
costs an average of $180 to provide care for a pet while s/he waits for
a home. You
can start by clicking to sponsor a pet that melts your heart on
Petfinder.com! Your contribution of just $10 may enable a pet to get
cared for until a new loving family comes along. They all deserve this
chance!
Contributions are collected and distributed to the animal shelters or rescue organizations by the Petfinder.com Foundation
and are tax deductible as the law allows. The participating shelters or
rescue groups are notified of the donations received and donor contact
information (only if given permission by the donor), so they can
monitor which pets are "sponsored" and acknowledge the donation as
well. In the event that the pet is no longer available for adoption or
receives numerous sponsorships, the animal adoption organization may
apply the donations to ongoing needs for the other pets currently in
its care.
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Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay A registered 501c3 Charity
P.O. BOX 341951, TAMPA, FL
33694-1951
Phone:
727-787-1760 http://dalmatianrescuetampa.tripod.com
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