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I
hear people say that they don't know what help they can be since they can't foster dogs.
Here are one hundred and two ways to help a rescue group, most of which do not require
touching a dog. |
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Can you... |
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1.
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Transport
a dog ? |
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2.
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Donate
a dog bed or towels, blankets or other *bedding* type items ?** |
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3.
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Donate
MONEY ? |
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4.
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Donate
a Kong ? A nylabone ? A hercules ? |
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5.
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Donate
a crate ? |
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6.
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Donate
an x-pen or baby gates ? |
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7.
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Donate
a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate ? |
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8.
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Donate
a leash ? |
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9.
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Donate
a collar ? |
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10.
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Donate
some treats or a bag of food ? |
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11.
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Donate
a halti or promise collar or a gentle leader ? |
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12.
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Walk
a dog ? |
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13.
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Groom
a dog ? |
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14.
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Donate
some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.) ? |
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15.
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Go
to the local shelter and see if that dog is the breed the shelter says it is or go with
rescue to be a second opinion on the dog ? |
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16.
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Make
a few phone calls ? |
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17.
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Mail
out applications to people who've requested them ? |
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18.
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Provide
local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet
ownership ? |
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19.
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Drive
a dog to and from vet appointments ? |
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20.
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Donate
long distance calling cards ? |
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21.
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Donate
the use of your scanner or digital camera ? |
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22.
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Donate
the use of a photocopier ? |
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23.
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Attend
public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership ? |
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24.
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Donate
a gift certificate to a pet store ? |
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25.
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Donate
a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser ? |
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26.
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Donate
flea stuff (Advantage, etc.) ? |
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27.
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Donate
heart worm pills ? |
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28.
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Donate
a canine first aid kit ? |
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29.
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Provide
a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed ? |
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30.
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Pay
the boarding fees to board a dog for a week ? Two weeks ? |
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31.
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Be
a "Santa paws" foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days ? |
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32.
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Clip
coupons for dog food or treats ? |
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33,
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Bake
some homemade doggie biscuits ? |
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34.
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Make
book purchases through Amazon via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a
rescue group ? |
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35.
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Host
rescue photos with an information link on your web site ? |
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36.
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Donate
time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc. ? |
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37.
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Conduct
a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit ? |
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38.
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Go
with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog ? |
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39.
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Have
a yard sale and donate the money to rescue ? |
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40.
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Be
volunteer to do rescue in your area ? |
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41.
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Take
advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting
it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with a rescue's name and phone # to contact ? |
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42.
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Talk
to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs ? |
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43.
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Donate
vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations ? |
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44.
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Interview
vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues ? |
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45.
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Write
a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs on dogs currently looking for
homes or ways to help rescue ? |
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46.
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Take
photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Club ? |
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47.
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Maintain
web sites listing/showing dogs available ? |
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48.
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Help
organize and run fundraising events ? |
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49.
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Help
maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a
database ? |
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50.
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Tattoo
a rescued dog ? |
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51.
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Microchip
a rescued dog ? |
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52.
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Loan
your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the
house ? |
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53.
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Donate
a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products ? |
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54.
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Donate
or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining
a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter ? |
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55.
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Drive
the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster can take the dog to obedience
class ? |
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56.
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Use
your video camera to film a rescue dog in action ? |
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57.
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Pay
the cost of taking a dog to obedience class ? |
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58.
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Be
the one to take the dog to its obedience class ? |
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59.
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Go
to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog ? |
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60.
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Help
the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster dogs poop) ? |
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61.
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Offer
to test the foster dog with cats ? |
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62.
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Pay
for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a "Do It Yourself" Grooming Place ? |
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63.
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Bring
the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook dinner ? |
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64.
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Pay
a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters dogs all the
time ? |
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65.
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Lend
your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising ideas, T-shirt designs ? |
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66.
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Donate
printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club ? |
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67.
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Go
with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized ? |
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68.
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Go
to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide
photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the
different color combinations ? |
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69.
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Go
to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event ? |
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70.
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Offer
to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar ? |
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71.
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Help
pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions ? |
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72.
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Loan
a crate if a dog needs to travel by air ? |
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73.
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Put
together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed ? |
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Provide
post adoption follow up or support ? |
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75.
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Donate
a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle ? |
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76.
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Pay
for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs ? |
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77.
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Volunteer
to screen calls for that ad ? |
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78.
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Get
some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home ? |
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79.
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Microchip
your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the chips, so if your dogs ever come into
rescue, you can be contacted to take responsibility for your pup ? |
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80.
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Donate
a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue if you are a breeder ? |
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81.
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Buy
two of those really neat dog items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue ? |
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82.
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Make
financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you
are gone - so Rescue won't have to? |
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83.
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Make
a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue ? |
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Donate
your professional services as an accountant or lawyer ? |
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85.
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Donate
other services if you run your own business ? |
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86.
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Donate
the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership ? |
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87.
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Loan
your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to someone driving a rescued dog ? |
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88.
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Donate
your *used* dog dryer when you get a new one ? |
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89.
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Let
rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort ? |
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90.
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Do
something not listed above to help rescue ? |
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91.
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Donate
a doggy seat belt ? |
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92.
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Donate
a grid for a van or other vehicle ? |
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93.
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Organize
a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed ? |
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Donate
other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs ? |
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Donate
a roll-a-treat or Buster cube ? |
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96.
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Donate
clickers or a video on clicker training ? |
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97.
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Donate
materials for a quarantine area at a fosters home ? |
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98.
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Donate
sheets of linoleum or other flooring materials to put under crates to protect the fosters
floor ? |
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99.
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Donate
an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued dogs ? |
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100.
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Donate
frequent flyer points so that rescue can fly a dog from another area to safety ? |
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101.
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Offer
to be a rescued dog's flight escort, especially if your work requires you to travel
frequently or you work in the travel industry ? |
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102.
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Do
something not listed above to help rescue ? |
Copyright (c) 2000, Trinity Of Hope Dog Rescue and Krys Prichard, used with expressed
permission. Please visit the original site:
http://www.trinityofhope.on.ca/Requests to reproduce this must be sent to
Info@TrinityOfHope.on.ca.
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