ARF UPDATE : JANUARY, FEBRUARY 2020

ARF Meet Ups

January’s meet up happened on Sunday the 12th. We met at The Fox and Bow at the Farrer Shops for a coffee and a chat.

February’s meet up happened on Saturday the 15th at Little Oink Cafe in Cook. Again, meeting up for a coffee and a chat.

When the weather cools down we will go back to our walks but for now it’s nice to stop for an hour or two

Little Oink’s Facebook Page

At the moment ARF has 26 active foster carers with a total of 19 dogs in foster care.
Since January 1st, ARF has rehomed 15 dogs to their forever families.

ARF is getting a new website on 27 February, we hope you like ARF’s new look. It can still be found at fosterdogs.org and has all the same features, such as our foster dogs looking for a permanent home, and the lucky ex-foster dogs who have found their new homes.

CSC Update

(Communication Sub Committee)

The ARF Communication Subcommittee looks after events, stalls, media, fundraising and publications. Throughout 2020 the team is working closely with ARF’s Rescue Subcommittee on a campaign to attract the new fosters who are urgently needed.
2020 stalls will promote ARF foster caring. We began the year with a stall at Petstock Fyshwick on 15 February, National Pet Adoption Day. There was a great deal of interest in our dogs and particularly in foster caring. On 23 February at QT Canberra we will be at BarkFest, a modernized dog day that assists in fundraising for under-dog rescue organisations, while providing a paw-fect social environment for dog lovers.

Coming up over the next few months are:
Saturday 14 March Petbarn Tuggeranong for the Petbarn SavourLife Rescue Challenge
Saturday 29 March Petbarn Weston for the Petbarn SavourLife Rescue Challenge

We have a major fundraising event during March as the nominated rescue group in the Canberra region for the Petbarn SavourLife Rescue Challenge. We were also nominated last year and received a mountain of SavourLife food supplies plus a donation of $7000. Watch out for more details on how you can support us in the 2020 Challenge.
Photoshoots for ARF’s 2021 calendar are beginning and the calendar will be as beautiful as ever – a showcase for our wonderful dogs.

Our popular magazine Chin Wag has a new editor Hari Lodwick and she’s looking for stories and articles – if you have material and/or ideas, please contact her chinwag@fosterdogs.org

Training Update
ARF Volunteers have had their first training for 2020!

There were 8 teams (handler + dog) and 5 people observing the session. This was an introduction to GRC (Gameness/Relationship/Control) Dogsports and the trainer, Amy Smith presented us with a different view of interacting with our dogs through training and obedience work. Judging from the responses of the participants, the concepts and practices introduced by Amy were thought provoking and challenging. They appreciated her thorough explanations and demonstrations with various dogs.

One of the foundations of GRC is to have socially responsible dogs which will happily accompany us in any situation without becoming nervous or stressed. Some other very important aspects being addressed are the dog’s biological fulfiment, very often using play and of course effective leash handling.

This session was an open introduction to GRC and Amy did an excellent job catering to all levels of experience. Her ability to remember and impart so much information was pretty impressive. Thank you Amy!

GRC Canberra Facebook Page

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