COMMUNITY

EEarly December I heard that Jaymee Gobetz, an animal lover and active volunteer at Woodrock animal rescue in Johannesburg, would be coming to Cape Town for the holidays, so we organized to co-host a Tin Can collection event for a small shelter I volunteer at, called Imagine Animal Dreams based on a farm in Joostenberg vlakte. I had just done a successful Christmas themed treat raiser event with the very talented Lee from Belle Lumiere Foto in aid of Animal Anti Cruelty League during which we raised over 40kg of treats for the animals in their care. For every 500g of tinned food donated you received a digital photograph taken by the talented Emily from Furtos, a photographer who photographs pets to raise money for animal shelters. Demi Preston from Button for Pets was happy to sponsor all the bandanas for the day and I supplied Rayne & Rose accessories for the pictures of our VIP 4-legged guests! Jaymee and I both have multiple rescue dogs of our own and believe that we need to be the voice for the voiceless.

Working TogETHEr

For THE animals We’re happy to say that we were able to raise over 360 tins of canned dog food and 60kg of pellets, as well as a bunch of second-hand goodies. What an amazing community to be a part of!

Woodrock keeps breaking boundaries

WWOODROCK ANIMAL RESCUE is the rescue organization that keeps pushing the boundaries and taking rescue to another level. We rescue, rehabilitate and then, the exciting part, rehoming takes place. This is where Woodrock Animal Rescue is in a league of its own, and our exciting POPUP adoption units take centre stage, bringing rescued furbabies to be adopted within sought after residential areas. Our first POPUP was flagshipped at The Garden Shop in Parktown North, and the second at Woodrock Animal Rescue in Hennops (Pretoria). These were followed by The Bryanston, The Garden Shop, and, recently adding, Kaylee’s Eatery (vegan) and Prisonbreak Market. We are now entering our second year of this project. Our innovative “POPUP” units are a brilliant, unique means of adopting out HIGHLY ADOPTABLE DOGS. We also ensure that every animal adopted through Woodrock Animal Rescue is sterilised, chipped, vaccinated and dewormed. This project has proven to be a winning formula that has broken all boundaries when we consider adopting dogs.

HoW does iT Work?

• During the week we select the crew made up of 20 furbabies, consisting of all ages, sizes and breeds, that will be participating at the relevant POPUP on the forthcoming weekend.

• On the morning of POPUP, we pack the excited crew into the dog friendly trailers and off they go.

• On arrival at their dog friendly locations, our happy dogs jump out of the trailer ready to meet the team of volunteers, who have already arrived and prepared for their arrival.

• Awaiting the dogs is a team of highly skilled enthusiastic monitors who take charge of the dogs (one dog per monitor) and who have prepared food and water for them, give them undivided attention, and exercise, play and cuddle the pooch for the time spent at the venue.

• Visitors arrive, these consist of people who are on the scout for an addition to their family, and we encourage all family members, including furbaby brothers and sisters, to come and meet their new addition. We have professional dog handlers who manage meet and greets to ensure the perfect introduction to all family members. The POPUP team are engaging, encouraging and informative. These are definitely key elements to the success of the adoption process. The adoption process is the same at all our adoption centres and POPUPs

WOODROCK ANIMAL RESCUE PLOT 51 R511 PRETORIA RURAL

THE GARDEN SHOP 167 JAN SMUTS AVENUE PARKTOWN NORTH THE BRYANSTON GARDEN SHOP 278 MAIN ROAD BRYANSTON

PRISONBREAK 10 MACMILLAN RAOD GLENFERNESS MIDRAND For more information contact us on: Community@ woodrockanimalrescue.co.za

1. Complete an application with a R200 deposit

2. Our team will evaluate the application

3. A “home checker” will make contact to set up a convenient time to do a home check

4. You can collect your healthy, sterilised, chipped, vaccinated and dewormed furbaby MARLTONS is our headline sponsor, and you will receive a perfect doggie starter pack on collection.

ALL POPUPS ARE OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 9AM - 2PM – please contact 0794152624 to enquire about popup details and times.

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THE DOG WALKERS

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No Time for “Walkies” - Call The Dog Walkers, Cape Town Southern Suburbs Amber started The Dog Walkers in 2015, and we enrolled our dog (and Bizzibabs Model) Aloe-Vera up for a weekly walk (45 - 80mins) in 2019 after hearing and reading excellent things about her dog walking service. Vera loves Amber and her Group Walks with her friends and Amber has made it easy for us to help Vera maintain a healthy lifestyle. We also love it that Amber shares pictures on her Instagram account showing us how much fun our dogs have when out on a Dog Walkers adventure. Amber believes that regularly exercised dogs have better health and behavioural issues. We concur! Amber has worked with dogs of many types and sizes. The Dog Walkers offer single, group and monthly walks. Also weekend hikes. The price includes pick-up and delivery of dogs in the Southern Suburbs.

Visit www.dogwalkers.co.za to see all of the available packages Email: info@thedogwalks.co.za

Phone: 0766803944 Instagram: @thedogwalkers_cpt