The PAMPER YOUR POOCH VALENTINE’S DAY CONTEST (#PamperYourPoochValentineContest)

Our friends at Canada Pooch are currently running a PAWSOME CONTEST on their Facebook page for a chance to WIN a FREE Canada Pooch JACKET and a day at the DOGGY SPA for one lucky winner’s pooch!

Pet lovers and parents have until February 13th to submit a photo to Canada Pooch’s Facebook page showing us just how much they love their pooch with a comment telling us why their pups are the loves of their lives!

The lucky winner will be chosen at random and the winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day. Learn more about the contest and enter here: https://www.facebook.com/CanadaPooch/app_154581087931912.

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LOST DOG in the Richmond area (last seen @ McBean/Dobson). Ben has been missing since Sunday evening. He has a tattoo on his underside. Local vet, Humane Society and City have all been notified. With this cold weather we need to bring Ben home. Please contact Christine Toms Ormsby @ 613.838.6019 with any information!

Ottawa’s Doggy Day Care is offering Small Dog Playdates every Sunday in February for small dogs only.

Time: 2:00 – 3:30

Place: 57 B Cleopatra Drive, Nepean 613-225-9459

Cost: $10 with 50% of all proceeds to be donated to a dog rescue group every week.

Barking Bone offers custom key chains or necklaces featuring a pet photo or message of your choice.

They are $12 each, but $5 from each purchase will go to the one of the following rescue organizations (your choice):

Genesis Dog Rescue
Sit With Me Rescue
Birch Haven Rescue and Rehabilitation
Canadian Dachshund Rescue
Refuge A.M.R.
Bullies in Need

You can see some of the designs here, as well as find a form for ordering.

For more than 30 years, The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has helped change the lives of animals for the better. Working on the ground with local governments and partners for the greatest effect, we are active in more than 50 countries. Their goal is a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty has ended.

WSPA receives no government funding, and without the compassion and generosity of donors, which provide a lifeline to so many animals. One way our supporters help is by purchasing Really Wild Gifts, which are symbolic gifts that help care for animals all around the world.

Purchase a Really Wild Gift this Valentine’s Day and you’ll be helping to support a world in which animal welfare matters and animal cruelty has ended.

Just like your love, these gifts last fur-ever!

Millions of dogs are killed inhumanely every year in a futile attempt to control the spread of rabies. WSPA is working to end to this cruelty by showing that humane mass dog vaccination can create a world where dogs and humans live safely side by side.

Your gift could help purchase rabies vaccines and provide dogs with red collars to show they are rabies-free.