posted in 1 Sep, 2010 by Liz

Ottawa Westie Walk and Fun Day

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posted in 18 Aug, 2010 by Liz

3rd Annual BHRR Cruises With U 2 Help Animals Fundraiser

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posted in 5 Aug, 2010 by Liz

Going to the Dogs Dinner and Race Night

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posted in 29 Jun, 2010 by Liz

Calling All Corgis

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth will be in Ottawa for Canada Day 2010
Would you like to bring your owner to be part of a special corgi welcome for the Queen?
Email: clive.packer@gmail.com
Pembrokes and Cardigans welcome!

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posted in 21 Jun, 2010 by Liz

Off-leash Park in the Glebe at Risk

This is a guest post by Ottawa Dog Blog reader, Sandy

A downtown dog park needs your help! Off-leash parks in Ottawa are a hard-fought right which have typically been handled through public consultation. In a surprising move, the Glebe Community Association is fast-tracking the construction of a preschool children’s play structure in Central Park between Bank and O’Connor as a result of leftover funds offered by the City which required a quick decision.

In a flyer sent around the week of June 7th (with a decision to be made in mid-June), the Association promoted that there are no pre-school structures close by (in fact there is at First Avenue School one block away) and that they wish to proceed “while respecting the complementary needs of the unofficial dog run and many other park users.”

The park is a City-designated off-leash (with minimal summer restrictions) dog friendly park and has been for many years. Once the play structure is established, the goodwill of the Glebe Community Association will have no bearing on the fact that under City of Ottawa by-laws dogs are prohibited from being within 5 metres of all children’s play areas. Effectively, the freedom dog-owners enjoy in this park will be forever lost because someone wanted to take quick advantage of available City funds.

The Glebe Community Association will hold a meeting this Tuesday, June 22nd at 8:00 pm in the pre-school room of the Community Centre at 175 Third Avenue (at Lyon). Sorry for the short notice, but this was only made known at almost 8 pm Saturday night. Please come to the meeting if you can, or if you can’t, send an email to gca@glebeca.ca under the subject New Pilot Play Structure at Central Park – help us give our dogs a voice in this matter!

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