HELP SCORE FOR THE BHRR INC. ANIMALS RAFFLE – ONLY 300 Tickets available – February 9th – February 25th

On February 5th, BHRR Inc. was donated an amazing pair of Hockey Tickets to the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. the Montreal Canadians (The Habs) on Saturday March 20th at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto starting at 7:00 PM. The seats are just inside the blue line – Row 12 section 107 and are excellent seats! The value on these pair of tickets is $400 CDA.

We shall only be selling 300 tickets and they are $10.00 each or 3 for $25.00. The ‘HELP SCORE FOR THE BHRR INC. ANIMALS RAFFLE’ ticket sales shall begin on Tuesday February 9th starting at 8:00 AM EST and shall end on Friday February 25th at 9:00 PM EST. The draw shall take place on Friday February 26th at 8:00 AM EST and the tickets can be couriered at no cost to the winner for their convenience to their place of business or home.

To purchase your raffle tickets, please email gwen@birchhaven.org with your full name, phone number including area code, number of tickets you would like to buy and please indicate your method of payment.

BHRR Inc. will accept payments of PayPal(A nominal service fee of $0.75 will apply to your total purchase and please remember to add that to your final payment so that we can email your raffle tickets) or Email Transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org.

Our deepest of thanks being sent out again to the generous donors of these WOW! Toronto vs. Montreal Hockey tickets to help BHRR Inc. continue to help animals in need of our program(s)!

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I am sure that most of you followed along in September as the Ottawa Dog Blogs got skunked and I went through an array of products and many MANY baths to try to rid them of the smell. I will freely admit that the Drypet towel was my SAVIOUR during this time.

A while back, a reader sent in a comment about how amazing Drypet towels were so I contacted Drypet about doing a review earlier that month and they wonderfully agreed and sent me a towel to test out right away. And test we did. In that week alone, the dogs probably had close to 5 or 6 baths. They stunk…oh man it was bad. They don’t like baths to begin with so they were not thrilled at my many attempts to rid them of their stench. My dogs have longer hair and they are tiny therefore they get cold quickly so after the bath, there is usually quite a bit of toweling off…usually not very successfully.

The Drypet towel quickly absorbs the water out of my dog’s hair leaving them, although not fully dry (did I mention my dogs have a lot of hair??), but significantly drier than any other towel I’ve ever used. It will allow me to bathe them in the winter months without having to blow dry them for quite some time afterwards! Now I towel off, use the dryer a teensy bit and they are good to go.

The best part about the Drypet towels is that although we Ottawa folk have to purchase online, the company is based in Toronto and therefore we get the towels through the mail extremely fast and don’t have to worry about any import fees. I love supporting Canadian companies and it’s wonderful to find one with such a standout product.

The towel is very well priced at 19.95 per 24″x36″ towel. They are available in Grey and the best part is you can have is customized for 24.95!!! What a great deal!

Just for Ottawa Dog Blog readers, Drypet has agreed to give us a special discount – $10 off!!! The Ottawa Dog Blog special code is cdp10 and will work from Nov 18-25. EDIT: please not the date of the sale has changed – 1 WEEK ONLY!!

These towels would make a great gift for any pet lover this holiday season.

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About 3 weeks ago I stumbled across a posting on this blog online. It’s a blog I frequent regularly, just like Ottawa Dog Blog, because the woman who runs it offers often very informative articles regarding dogs and stories about pariah breeds.

On this particular day there was a posting by a woman who had found a starving but sweet natured puppy on the side of the road and decided to help him out. This woman is called Lisa Warden and she’s Canadian, living in a city called Ahmedabad in India. She lives there with her British husband and they currently have 3 adopted strays in their home. With this in mind, she knew she couldn’t take in another dog, it just wasn’t realistic. However, she brought him home and initially slept in a box outside her door. She bathed him, got him a collar, dewormed and brought him to her vet. Her intention was to find this lovable dog a home.

This can prove to be challenging in India. Stray dogs are in the millions and they unfortunately can carry diseases (including rabies) and be an urban nuissance. In order to attempt to control, mass cullings can happen to areas, some methods are by by electrocution or by being beaten or shot. It’s not a happy place for dogs. Some though live wonderful and full filled lives with healthy meals, runs on the beach and playtime. My understanding would be though that this is few and far between.

I ended up contacting Lisa and inquiring about whether or not she had had any experience rehoming dogs out of country. She was so happy to hear from me that even though it may have seemed daunting … if we were willing she would get little Hugo to Canada. My boyfriend and I already have a dog, Jorja, she’s Canaan dog and about 1.5 years old. We just went through puppyhood with her and was not anticipating another dog, let alone a puppy for another couple of years. However, after reading his story and seeing the videos of him on YouTube I desperately wanted to give him a home.

Here is Lisa’s account on YouTube and if you go to her videos it will show them from newest to oldest.

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The Ottawa Dog Blog had the chance to interview pet artist, Lisa Graziotto of The Howling Canvas. Her portraits of dogs carry a beautifully expressive style and are alive with vibrant colours.

Name: Lisa Graziotto ~ The Howling Canvas
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: thehowlingcanvas.com
Blog: thehowlingcanvas.blogspot.com

What kind of Dog Art do you do?
I’m a contemporary portrait painter who works in oil.

How did you get into doing dog-related artwork?
Initially, I did a drawing of a dog when I was very young…I use this drawing in my bio because I think my destiny to become an artist was sealed for me at an early age…several years ago when my dog Dylan passed away, I found myself sitting alone in the studio missing him and so I started to draw then paint his portrait…then I moved on to another dog portrait, then another until I had both a portfolio and the confidence to show the work in public…I started off with a few dogs shows then moved up to the One of a Kind Show before a few American galleries pursued my work to be hung in their space…since then, I have been receiving commissions from clients around the world who have seen my work either online, at a gallery, in a show or on television.

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