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What's New at Alpha Dog K9 TrainingRed Cross The American Red Cross is pleased to announce that it will sponsor a national Holiday Mail CallHoliday Mail Call Program 2008 program in 2008 as it did in 2007! Last year the Red Cross reviewed and distributed over 600,000 cards to our wounded service members at hospitals around the country and overseas. This year we want to expand who is reached with the holiday greeting cards to include not only our wounded warriors, but all service members and their families, as well as veterans. Our goal is to reach 1,000,000 persons this year to show our appreciation for their service and wish them well over the holiday season and with your help we will! Start Date of the Program: Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2008 Mailing Address: Red Cross Holiday Mail Call P.O. Box 5456 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456 The Guidelines below should be followed to enable a quick reviewing process as well as to ensure that cards are not offensive in any way to anyone who might receive one: 1.Please ensure all cards are signed 2.Please send cards as opposed to long letters which delay a quick review process 3.Please do not include email or home addresses on the cards as the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships Please do not insert photos, money, religious articles (i.e. rosary beads, prayer cards, etc), glitter, or like items in cards as these items will be removed during the reviewing process Phone cards or gift cards will not be accepted with cards. Those wishing to send calling cards or gift cards/certificates should go to www.aafes.com, scroll down to AAFES Community Connection and click on Help Our Troops Call Home or Gift Cards/Certificates for Our Troops in order to send such items No care packages will be accepted at this address. Those wishing to send care packages should go to www.AmericaSupportsYou.comand click under Home front Groups to find out how to send care packages Participants are requested not to send more than 25 cards from any one person or 50 cards from any one group. End Date of the Program: All cards must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Blaze This is my friend Blaze. He has just turned 5 years old and it's a miracle! Blaze had a TPLO to fix and injured cruciate ligament before he was a year old and rejected the plate. Twice. Since then his immune system has been severely compromised and he's been in generally poor health with multiple skin allergies and gastric issues. His mom Corrine is a fighter and never gave up on her boy. She came for a visit one day last summer after seeing a holistic vet, a canine dermatologist, her vet, and other specialists looking for a cure for Blaze. Blaze came into Alpha Dog limping on feet that were badly inflamed, he had lost most of the hair on his back legs and the skin had turned scaly and rough with raw open spots. Hoping that his symptoms were due to a food allergy, we decided to try the Primal Raw food that I had just started carrying. Above you see a recent picture of Blaze, his feet are completely cured and his hair is growing back. He is happy and appears to be healthy for perhaps the first time since his surgery when he was just months old. Congratulations to both Blaze and Corrine, we are so happy for both of you! BRAGS!Congratulations to Danielle and Sharon on their perfect score of 100 and gaining their Rally Novice title at the Bullmastiff trial on Sunday.Congratulations to Draco and Christina, first blue ribbon and CD title on Sunday! Congratulations to our movie stars Pekoe and Stephanie, a great shot of Pekoe doing a sit and a down on Animal Planet Dogs 101 (Nov 03, 2:00am, Nov 08, 7:00pm, Nov 09, 2:00am). http://animal.discovery.com/tv/dogs-101/video/video.html?playerId=1827990420&titleId=1892234384 Golden Retriever and Lab Puppies Picture of the litter at 1 week.  We are often asked for names of excellent local breeders, always our first choice for a puppy. Our friends at Yukon Goldens and Labs www.yukongoldens.com and Rainy Day Goldens rainydaygoldens@yahoo.com are both having litters of puppies now, ready for Christmas. Yukon has a litter of labs and a 2.5 year old female for sale as well. These puppies are from show lines, not working lines but will still need plenty of exercise, education and love. If you are interested in a puppy from one of these breeders please get your request in early, they will go extremely fast. Here's a picture of the latest litter from Rainy Day~16 puppies! Missy This is Missy a 1 year old female Rottweiler in need of a new home. Her current family does not have enough time to spend with her and she is bullying the other dog in the home, a Lhasa Apso. Missy is a good girl with lots of potential, she has been through basic obedience and could go farther with someone who wants to put the time into her. Missy needs to be an only child, as she tends to bully other dogs. People with Rottie experience will be favored for this adoption. For more info on Missy, please contact Angela at monsterpuppy@cox.net Medway Residents and dog park patrons~From the Friends of the Medway Dog Park~Did you know that close to 400 dogs are licensed for our little park and that 5 – 6 new applications come in every week? Clearly, we are outgrowing our space. We have an opportunity to get a bigger parcel of land just a couple of miles away (1.72 miles to be exact) but we need your help! The town of Medway is seeking input, in the form of an online survey, about what to do with the 15 acre parcel that was recently acquired. If we all fill out a survey and ask our dog-friendly friends that may not be on this mailing list to do so, we can make a difference. Please email the town of Medway at bos@townofmedway.org or use this link to fill out the survey http://www.townofmedway.org/BoardsAndCommittees/BoardofSelectmen/tabid/61/Default.aspx and tell them that part of the Winthrop Street property would make a GREAT new, larger dog park! Brew's Brownies, by Lisa JonesLooking for a healthy alternative to store bought treats? Here they are made with Primal Raw, sold at Alpha Dog. Thanks Lisa!Brew's Brownies Any tube ( 2 lb.) of raw meat (buffalo, chicken, beef, turkey, salmon) thawed in fridge. 2 cups of organic brown rice flour~available at Hannaford, Shaw's and Whole Foods. 2 eggs 1/4 cup oil garlic powder (NOT garlic salt) optional Mix all ingredients Spread thinly on a greased brownie pan Baked at 425 for 15 minutes shut off oven but leave in until oven is cool so they dry out Cut into cubes. Refrigerate what you will use in a week...freeze what you won't. |