Doggy Detectives @ Dogs Trust is BACK!

Last year the Education Team ran their very first Doggy Detective event in Dogs Trust's rehoming centre in Finglas.  We had lots of pawsitively brilliant children attending, who took part in lots of activities including a tour of the centre.



Doggy Detectives turned out to be one of our most successful education events last year and so we've decided to run it again this year!

 

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The day includes a behind the scenes tour of the centre, a quiz, and an investigation activity to help design a dog toy! Of course there will be the usual goodies and competitions in store too.  We think it'll be a pawfect day out and we would love to see you all there!

Details:

When - 12pm - 2.00pm on Sunday 16th August

Where - Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, Ashbourne Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. (Little tip, it's exit 5 off the M50)

Ages - 6 to 13 years old

Cost - €5 per family

 

Be sure to book your place today on the link below.

 

http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/doggy-detectives-tickets-17880273379

Supporters' Day 2015

This Tuesday Dogs Trust held it's annual Supporters' Day! The event was full of activities and stalls for all our canine and human friends to enjoy, coupled with a fantastic Superhero theme. Of course the Education Team were on hand with their very own Education Station.

 



The Education Team are ready to 'paw-ty!

 

 

The Education Station was packed with fun activities. There was a colouring competition where children had to create their own Superhero Dog. All the colourful entries were amazing with some impressive Superhero powers to match each dog too :). There were prizes galore and Dogs Trust wristbands for everyone that took part.

 

Next up was the ‘Who Wants Be a Responsible Dog Owner' quiz. The children answered questions about how to be a good owner and how to keep your dog happy and healthy!

Quiz time! 'Is that your final answer?'

 

The Education Team loved all the fun activities and stalls that were on offer for the day! Dawn and Fiona experimented with some face painting. Can you guess what animal they asked for :)?

                                               

 

 

They even had the chance to get a fun caricature drawn of the whole team! The Education Team thought the end result was just super!

                  



What a day :)! Thank you to everyone who came on the day and called over to the Education Station. We can't wait to see you all again next year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

It's Pawty Time.....

Did you know that Dogs Trust are holding their open day next week, Tuesday 14th July? The Education Team are SUPER excited for the Superhero themed day!

 

 

Last year the Education Team had a great time at our Education Station, where the children learned all about Responsible Dog Ownership.  We had a quiz and a colouring competition where the children designed their own 'scoop-the-poop' bags.  There were prizes galore and everyone got a lovely green poo bag holder donated by the Green Dog Walkers Campaign.

 

Some highlights from last year!

 

This year we are determined to have EVEN MORE fun! We've got some superhero themed activities, lots of prizes for our competitions, and of course we will all be there to talk to the children about Responsible Dog Ownership. We can't wait!

 

So, if you're coming to the event, be sure to pop over to the Education station to say hello! If you haven't booked your spot yet, there are still some tickets left for the morning session (10am - 12 noon) so follow this link to snap one up!

 

 

See you all there!

 

Teddies from Caring Clare!

Back in April, our South Connaught and Clare Education Officer, Dawn, visited Holy Family Junior School in Ennis, Co. Clare. Over the course of a couple of days she spoke to all 12 of their classes, finding out lots about their dogs, and talking about what dogs need to be healthy and happy. Dawn had a fantastic visit, and was delighted when Ms Normoyle's class offered to organise a collection of soft toys in the school, so that she could bring them up to the centre for the dogs!

 

So last week Dawn headed back to Holy Family to collect the teddies, and was presented with 4 big black bags of them! In fact, the children had been so generous, and had done such a good job of collecting the teddies, that they took up all the space in Dawn's boot!

 

Teddies Galore!

 

The Education Team would like to say a HUGE Thank You to the staff and students at Holy Family Junior school for organising this collection, and for being so generous! An extra special Thank You goes to Ms Normoyle's class who took charge of the collection. You can see a photo of them helping load Dawn's boot on their website http://www.holyfamilyjuniorschool.com/ (photo 21 on the slideshow).



We are sure you will all agree with Dawn's dog Odie that HFJS did a terrific job donating their old and unwanted soft toys for the dogs in Dogs Trust.

Dogs Trust always welcomes donations such as these as they go a long way to keeping the very special dogs in our care healthy and happy. We also take in food donations, and always need enrichment foods used to treat our residents and to help with their training. The kinds of food that our dogs love are listed below.
 



If you would like to donate any of these items, they can be dropped off at our rehoming centre on the Ashbourne Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.

 

Many Thanks in advance!

Dogs Trust visits Cork Summer Show 2015

Another exciting week has just passed for the Dogs Trust education team and, two weeks in a row, we’re heading down to Cork to see what our Cork Education Officer has been up to there! And what a week it’s been! Not only has Liadh been spreading the Dogs Trust responsible dog ownership message in West Cork schools but she also got the chance to do the same at the Cork Summer Show on the 20^th and 21^st of June. This show is the oldest agricultural show in Ireland and it was an honour to be asked along by Paul and Josie Barry and the entire team who’d organised all the super pet dog shows that were run during the event. Liadh met about 250 dogs AND all their owners at the show and not only was everyone thrilled to see Dogs Trust taking part – they were doubly thrilled to hear that Dogs Trust will have it’s very own Cork venue in the not too distant future!! Although we have to find a venue first – so if you know of anywhere that might suit give us a ring! Exciting times ahead which means LOTS more blogs from the South and South West Munster region over the coming months.

 

Fun in the sun at the show :)!

But for now Liadh would like to congratulate all the wonderful dogs who took part in the shows over the two days in a range of nine categories from ‘best puppy’ to ‘the dog the judges would most like to take home’! And remember, every dog was a winner because, quite simply – every dog is!

 

 

 

 

　

 

 

 

 

 

 

　

Togher Scoops the Poop!

Last week our Cork and South West education officer Liadh Fitzgerald was invited to attend the launch of a scoop-the-poop campaign organised by the student council of Togher Girls National School in Cork City!　 Liadh was thrilled to attend the event and she, along with Cork City Councillor Paudie Dineen, spoke to the girls about the importance of cleaning up after our dogs and commended them on their decision to promote this responsibility.

 

 

The school's campaign was based around Dogs Trust Scoop the Poop campaign that was rolled out by the Education Team for the first time in 2014 which made it extra special for us.

　

And..... update alert!! Further to their campaign, the Student Council was invited to an area meeting in Cork County Hall where it was agreed that the area engineer would put in dog litter bins and hang up signs in Togher!

 

A super yayee and big shout out to all at Togher Girls National School for achieving such a positive outcome and for helping to get this responsible dog ownership message out to those in their community!!

Glorious Goodies! Thanks to St Raphael's & Chanelle Pets!

A couple of weeks ago St. Raphael's College, all the way from Loughrea in Galway, travelled to Dublin for a tour of the centre with Fiona S, our Dublin and East Education Officer. Nothing unusual in that! However, this lovely group of students had worked super hard before their visit to raise funds and ask for donations locally so that when they visited they could bring with them lots of goodies for our residents! What a thoughtful thing to do, don't you agree?

 

Gorgeous Guy- one of the many dogs waiting for their forever home in Dogs Trust who will benefit from

this fantastic donation. Click his name to find out more about this handsome chappy!

 

On their hunt for donations they approached the wonderfully generous Chanelle Pets in Loughrea, who donated boxes and boxes of fantastic items for the dogs.

 

 

Fiona S with the students of St. Raphael's College showing off their amazing donated items! Wow!

 

The Education Team would like to say a HUGE Thank You to both St. Raphael's and Chanelle Pets for this wonderful donation which will go a long way to keeping our residents healthy and happy.