Toronto Police have issued a public safety alert. On Tuesday July 27th, a wooden board with numerous nails driven through it was located at Cherry Beach in the “Dog off Leash” area. The piece of wood was found buried in the sand, with the nails facing up, approximately 100
metres from the west beach limit sign near some bushes. There were no injuries as a result of this incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416−808−5100, Crime Stoppers
anonymously at 416−222−TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your
message to CRIMES (274637).
Help Find Zues
Help Brad and Maegan find their pup! Zeus ran away from home on July 25th from the Little Italy area. Zeus is a 5 year old medium sized (50 lbs) dog. He is brindle with white paw, chest and nose, neutered and microchipped (although there are problems with it apparently). A reward of $300 has been offered for his return. Please contact Brad at 647-239-2098 or Maegan at 416-807-1978 if you have seen him. A Facebook Group has been started to help coordinate the search efforts. There have been multiple recent sightings of Zeus in the St.Clair and Bathurst area near Wychwood Dog Park.
Global National’s Kevin Newman looks at Canada’s real record on animal rights in the documentary Revealed: No Country For Animals. The show airs on Global Television, Wednesday, July 28 At 10pm. The show examines Canada’s deplorable record on animal welfare and looks at the people who are fighting to bring about much-needed change. No Country For Animals exposes Quebec’s notorious puppy mills and examines the mistreatment of animals raised for food. We see the gestation crates where animals spend their entire lives confined in standing positions, and overcrowded abattoir-bound trucks where livestock can go for days without food or water.
Warning: The following video is graphic
Source: Rushprnews.com
Boot camp for you and your dog
Admit it, you’ve seen the countless posters for fitness bootcamps plastered all over city lamp posts and thought, if only I could bring my dog with me. Well now you can. A new Toronto business called Fetching, is offering a boot camp style fitness service for you and your dog. The idea for the business was sparked when Fetching’s creator Sal Sloan was faced with the exact same dilemma. She enjoyed going to her bootcamp class, but had to leave her dog behind at home. When she came home tired after her work out, her dog was eager to spend some quality outdoor time with her. Why not combine both outdoor activities? With the help of Ola Zalewski, a dog trainer, Fetching was born combining outdoor exercise routines for people with simultaneous obedience routines for their canine partners.
Are you still wondering what a boot camp for people and dogs could look like? Check out this cute promo vid that will show you exactly what your time with Fetching will look like.
Pickering dog park opens
For years members of Pickering dog community have been trying to put together an off leash dog park. Their closest legal off leash park being located in Ajax. They have finally succeeded and on June 15th Pickering’s first legal dog park was opened. The song “Who Let the Dogs Out” played after Mayor Dave Ryan, a dog owner himself, officially opened the park.
The large fenced-in area sits in the 41-hectare Grand Valley Park, just south of Third Concession Road and west of Valley Farm Road, It features two parks, one at the bottom of the hill in the clearing, and a smaller one on top of the hill, which is designed for those with mobility issues. The large park includes a recently-expanded parking lot, and also includes a number dog waste bins, a message board and a gazebo so residents can sit in the shade while their dogs run about safely without a leash.
The park also has a Facebook Group, where members can make suggestions about the park, the group will also send out information, updates and notices as they come along.
Related Article: DurhamRegion.com
