News & Events
The date for the Colorado Springs Pet Expo has been changed due to conflicts with the Labor Day holiday. The event has been moved from Saturday, August 28th to Saturday, September 25th. More information is available in a separate post, or by visiting http://www.coloradospringspetexpo.com/. We hope to see you there!
Jim hosted a barbecue for what we hope will become an annual event. Here are a couple of photos and maybe more will be forthcoming.
Please plan on joining RMCR in Colorado Springs on August 28, 2010 at the Colorado Springs Pet Expo. Located indoors at the beautiful Phil Long Expo Center with free admission and free parking. You’re welcome to bring your dog – just make sure that you have proof of current immunizations (if applicable) and that your canine companion is on a non-retractable lead.
Check out over 175 pet-friendly exhibitors and rescue groups, see live demonstrations in agility, obedience training, pet care and activism, great giveaways and prizes, amazing discounts on your favorite pet products, a pet fashion show and costume contest, fabulous retailers, author book signings and much more fun for the whole family.
If you’re a pet owner – or want to be one – you’ll find everything you need under one roof, so that you can play, shop, learn or adopt in air-conditioned comfort. Now who would want to miss out on all that? For more information, click here.
Happy Tails Books is looking for great stories about adopted Cocker Spaniels and Cocker-mixes. Sending in your story has many benefits: Your dog will be immortalized in print, you’ll be helping to raise awareness about Cocker rescue, and each contribution moves our rescue toward a greater annual donation from Happy Tails Books’ annual sales.
It doesn’t matter if you believe yourself to be a good writer or not – the important thing is that your story is emotional, interesting, has a clear point, and gets submitted soon. Happy Tails Books will help you make it pretty (if necessary). Purebred and mixed-breed dogs welcome as are stories from fosters and forevers.
Lost Souls: Found! Inspiring Stories About Cocker Spaniels will be the fourteenth book in Happy Tails Books’ breed-specific series about adopted dogs. Story guidelines and a submission form are located at http://happytailsbooks.com/submit.htm.
The submission deadline is July 30, 2010, but don’t wait until then to submit your story! Earlier submissions have a better chance of making it in the book.
RMCR was pleased to be a part of Brighton Culture Fest on June 5, 2010. Kathryn, Glenda and Noel were there with Cockers Harry, Cassie and Alpine. There was lots of traffic and several folks expressed interest in adopting, volunteering and fostering dogs. It was a warm afternoon and the booth next door had a big fan that was blowing a nice cool mist, so Alpine figured it out and planted himself in front of it for several hours. At one point, he laid facing the fan with his nose only about 6-12″ from the fan! Our thanks to the City of Brighton for inviting us to participate! See you next year??
Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue is partnering with Castor & Pollux Pet Works in an effort to provide natural and organic food to pets in shelters and foster care. If you go to the Castor & Pollux page on Facebook, you’ll get reminders about our adoption events, and also become part of a growing pet parent community. But there’s more. If you become a fan of their page, they’ll donate a kibble meal to Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue.
Here’s how it works. Just go to http://facebook.com/castorpolluxpet. Click the “Like” button to become a fan. Then, simply send an email to facebook@castorpolluxpet.com. Put “Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue” in the subject line, and your name (as it appears on your Facebook account) in the body of the email. Castor & Pollux will take care of the rest!
Colorado Animal Rescue Express (C.A.R.E.) arranges and provides the safe transportation of dogs and cats from high-kill shelters in Colorado and neighboring states that are going to rescue groups or adoptive homes. C.A.R.E. works with over 110 rescue organizations who commit to taking the homeless animals into foster care for proper assessment and placement. Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue depends on C.A.R.E. to transport Cocker Spaniels from Kansas and Missouri, otherwise we would not be able to bring these animals into rescue.
On Saturday June 5th, C.A.R.E. is holding a Wine Tasting Fundraiser from 4:30 – 6:30 at The Empty Bottle (1886 S. Pearl Street). Please come and share appetizers, wine and great conversation.
THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!!!! On average, they are transporting 200 animals a month to safety and providing an additional 40 wonderful dogs and cats a month with Jake’s Fund payments to help cover spay/neuter and special medical costs.
We hope to see you at our fundraiser. Thank you!!! If you can’t attend, you can still donate on their website.
In addition to our regularly scheduled adoption events, we’ve added a few more to our upcoming summer schedule. Here is a list of our events for the remainder of May and for June:
Saturday, May 22 - 2 events:
Botanic Gardens Bow Wow Adoption Event from 9a-1p, 909 York Street, Denver, CO, Top of the new parking garage!
Petco at Southlands Mall from 9a-4p, E470 and Smoky Hill Road in Aurora
Sunday, May 23:
Petco in Golden, 12n-4p, 17132 West Colfax
Memorial weekend (May 29-31), no events planned!!!!
Saturday, June 5 – 3 events:
Petco in Highlands Ranch, 11a-4p, Highlands Ranch Boulevard and Lucent Boulevard.
Linnea Memorial Pet Walk and Adopt-a-thon, 8a-12p, Spring Canyon Community Park, Ft. Collins.
Brighton Culture Fest, 10a-5p, Downtown Brighton. For more information, click here.
Saturday, June 12
Petco at Southlands Mall, 11a-4p (note new hours), E470 and Smoky Hill, Aurora.
Sunday, June 13
Old Pearl Street Adoption Fair, 9a-1p, 1500 block of Old Pearl Street in Denver (south of I-25)
Saturday, June 19
Petco at Park Meadows, 11a-4p , County Line Road and Chester Street, north of Park Meadows Mall.
Sunday, June 20
Petco in Golden, 12n-4p, 17132 West Colfax
We hope to see you at one or more of these events. If you need more information, or are interested in helping us at any of these events, call us at 303-617-1939 or email us.
Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue has joined The Colorado Nonprofit Association. The Colorado Nonprofit Association is a statewide membership organization representing Colorado’s nonprofits. They are dedicated to making Colorado a better place for people to live by fostering an environment that supports nonprofits and recognizes the benefits they provide to our communities. They help raise awareness about the important role nonprofits play in bettering our state and the critical need to financially support their efforts. Through their training, support, lobbying and leadership, they help their members achieve their missions more efficiently and effectively. This coalition unites more than 1,300 human services providers, health care facilities, arts and cultural organizations, educational institutions, animal and environmental agencies, and more. Visit them at www.coloradononprofits.org.
Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue currently has three sight-impaired dogs in our rescue organization. Most humans turn away when they hear the word “blind”, however these wonderful animals have adjusted extremely well to their disability. We thought it would be nice to include a link to another resource that supports blind dogs. Please visit the Owners of Blind Dogs website for more information and perhaps you will consider adopting one of these loving dogs to be your “fur-ever” companion!
