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Yappy Hour May 13th from 5pm till 7 pm
Please join The Woodlands Dog Park Club for Yappy Hour Thursday, May 13th from 5pm - 7pm at Barker Street Bakery on Sawdust Road. Raffle tickets are $1 and the proceeds will benefit our club. Appetizers and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Event Recaps
Spring Bark!!! 2010 Watch this fun video and slideshow of our great event and check out the photo gallery page for Spring Bark!!! 2010. ...The Woodlands Dog Park Club would like to thank our generous sponsors who are always so supportive of our mission and so caring about all animals (the homeless and those lucky enough to have loving homes) in our community. Please see the sponsors listed on our Pet Services page and check out their websites . By using their services , you are also thanking them for being wonderfully rescue friendly folks. We thank our exhibitors who often come from many miles away to help us give the public great demonstrations on how they too might have more fun with their best friends. Your expertise in your sports is awe inspiring. We thank the rescue groups...they give back to homeless animals 24/7. It's never ending for you and we are grateful to all of you. You have saved countless Best Buddies. Thank heavens. We thank our registrants and donors who by contributing to our organization or other rescue groups, you have just helped save lives. Remember everyone..if you do not have the ability to help with financial contributions, consider fostering and volunteering. Many times the organization will be the ones responsible for the vet bills..YOU supply a safe environment..training, food and most important LOVE. And last but certainly not least. THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS: We have too many to mention but you know who you are!!!!!.. BUT you are the reason we have such success. Again. Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. You make the impossible possible. SPRING BARK!!! 2010. ...it's a wrap!!! 6th Annual Holiday Parade at Market Street Another great event. Thank you for coming and showing off your lovely pooches and making this a fun event. Pictures of the event can be seen here. Old Town Spring Pet Fest 2009 Thanks to our dedicated volunteers we not only promoted TWDPC's mission, but we also helped to save lives. $286 were raised for our "Have a Heart" Fund to buy Immiticide to treat HW positive dogs at MCAS.  
News
Back in 2007, Harris County passed an ordinance banning the roadside sales of animals which is an important step in reducing pet overpopulation. Unfortunately, it has pushed some of the sellers to start selling their animals in Montgomery County and surrounding counties. The Woodlands Dog Park Club (TWDPC) feels very strongly that the ban of roadside sales in our area is a necessary measure in order to reduce the number of animals euthanized every year. Some of you will remember that we have tried in the past to get this accomplished and while we were able to create awareness amongst our representatives, we did not succeed in getting such a ban enacted in our county. The Woodlands Dog Park Club and the Texas Humane Legislation Network are teaming up to pass a bill banning the roadside sales of companion animals during the 2011 Texas legislative session. Your THLN contacts will be Brian Craft, Southeast Chapter President, and Shanda Bailey, Southeast Chapter Marketing Chair. THLN and its network of members will actively support the roadside sales ban bill. We will encourage you to voice your support for the bill to your own legislators during the session and to specific committee members when the bill is being heard. You can find who represents you by going to the "Who Represents Me" website and entering your personal information. THLN will also send action alerts with details on who and when to call, so please be sure to sign up on the THLN website to receive these e-mails. This is a grassroots movement so spread the word to everyone. As constituents, we must show our elected officials that this is an important issue to us. Let us know if you have any questions along the way and let's get to work for the animals! Feel free to contact Brian or Shanda at THLN if you need more information. Why this is so important to us? -
These animals get sold at a discounted price to "anyone". There is no qualification process for dog/cat ownership and they are usually spur of the moment decisions and often these same animals end up at Animal Control once they have outgrown that cute puppy/kitten stage. It's a vicious cycle of breeding, selling and killing and the only ones profiting are the sellers of these animals. Rescue groups like TWDPC are left to pick up the pieces or in the worst case the animals pay the ultimate price - death. -
The sellers are unqualified breeders and do not have proper licenses to breed animals. We don't know if they are running puppy mills and don't know what conditions the animals especially the breeding stock is living in. We don't even know if the animals are healthy and we don't know anything about the temperament, lineage or genetic predisposition of the animals. All deals are usually based on the seller's word and if you are lucky on some AKC paperwork, which we all know is pretty much worthless. -
We have thousands of animals processed through the various shelters each month.... some find forever homes through area rescue groups and adoption programs, but sadly many are euthanized. An average of 3,000 dogs per month are processed through animal control in our county, and 35% - 50% of these animals are euthanized. Breeding, selling and killing is a vicious cycle we must stop! -
There is no mandatory dog or kennel licensure or spay/neuter in Montgomery County. These are important steps toward reducing the number of animals euthanized at our local shelters. These issues have been brought to the attention of our State Representatives and County Officials and it is important that they hear your concerns first hand. We need your help to have your voices heard. Please write a polite email to the representatives listed below showing your support of the BAN OF ROADSIDE SALES OF ANIMALS!
For more information on TWDPC Events, please contact Laura McConnell: lakoalamac@sbcglobal.net
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