Keeping cool at Shannoncourt !

With the weather in the mid -30’s most of last week, our main concern is the safety of the dogs. We play a lot indoors, in the gym.We exercise outdoors, early and in the shade as much as possible.We let the dogs, that want to, get wet! (with your permission, of course! ) Me make sure that the dogs rest and cool down in their rooms, before their next play. Supervising every play session ensures that we remain in control of the amount of exercise the dogs are getting.We do not want them over exerting themselves  in this dangerously hot weather.
That being said - we still want to have fun, and so do the dogs !!

Molly (Malamute) keeping cool in the gym with Finnegan (Golden/Poodle)

Haley’s first time (Golden Retriever) cooling down in the kiddie pool ! - loved it :) Meg ( Springer Spaniel) wants her to play chase some more !

After her dip in the pool, Haley (Golden Retriever) shows Turk (Portuguese Water Dog) the basics of playing ball and helps him settle in on his first visit ! Awesome job Haley ;)

Milaine (Bichon) introducing herself to Smokey & Bandit (Miniature poodles)

Haley (Retriever) and Twilight (Boxer) - watch out for flying drool ! yum....!

Please be careful in this hot weather, heat stroke is a very serious condition that can affect any dog. 

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      What your dogs were up to while you were at work ! 

Molly (Malamute) playing with Teeko (Husky)

Bridget (Lab), Molly (Mastiff) & Haley (Golden retriever) find a shady spot to take a break between crazy runs !

Bo (Terrier Mix) meets*, and loves Meg( Springer Spaniel

*This is their initial meeting, the leashes are left on at this point as a safety measure, and are removed once the dogs are comfortable with each other :)

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Rufus (Hound Mix), Duke (Boxer) & Mia (Shepherd)

They’re starting to get tired in this clip ! 

 Rufus, Duke & Mia taking a break, after some crazy running :)

Rollie (Visla) & Molly (Shih Tzu)

Hank ( Boxer puppy )  hanging with the big girls , Molly (Mastiff) & Billie (Bernese mix)

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Charity of the Month

We would  like to invite you to join us in our “Charity of the Month” fundraiser. This is something that we started doing a few years ago, with Shannoncourt staff and management each picking an animal related charity for us all to contribute to.

Information on each Charity along with a donation box, will be posted at both Shannoncourt locations and on the Blog & our Facebook page:)

We call it "Charity of the Month” and we will do our best, but sometimes time gets away from us , so it may be more “Charity of the Monthish” ;) 
This is an opportunity for us to increase exposure for the chosen charities and hopefully raise a little extra money for some animals in need of help.


To start off we have picked the International Fund For Animal Welfare  to donate to for the month of June. 
The IFAW is involved in many aspects of animal welfare from rescuing individual animals, to preventing animal cruelty, advocating for the protection of wildlife and their habitats and delivering education programs for children throughout the world.


Please visit their Website to see more of the positive changes being made by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Perhaps you will be motivated to make a small donation!
(Great downloadable resources for teachers on the site also !!)
Here is a small example of the work that they are currently doing to help the dogs of northern Native communities in Canada:

Candian Northern Dogs: Making the tough, but necessary calls

By Janice Hannah

Posted Thu, 05/31/2012

Two of the feral pups with one of the owned dogs where they live.

The Northern Dogs team retraced our steps back to the first community again today so that Jessica and Karen could go into both the elementary school and high school while Heidi and Stef walked the street.

After five classes in the morning and half the community walked, we all gathered for lunch to share what we had seen and heard and done.  

As it turns out, Heidi and Stef had seen a whole bunch of dogs and remembered some from last year.  They had also bumped into a woman who was feeding a mum and her four pups. 

These were not her dogs.

She had two of her own but the mum and pups were living in a big wooden box at the back of her house and she wanted to know if we would take the pups home with us when we left. 

This is not a novel request except for the fact that puppies have high value in the communities for their cuteness so four older pups still with their mother is a bit of an anomaly. 

When we went to find out more at the end of the day, it was apparent why the pups had not found homes yet.  The mum was extremely wary of people and had passed this survival quality on to her pups. 

She was a smallish, short legged girl with four black, long legged pups.  You can’t take someone like that off the street and expect her to thrive so I decided that we would try to capture her when the vet team arrived, spay her, and return her to street where the good Samaritans could continue to feed her. 

She may very well come around to people if properly rehabilitated but to be honest, I already had my doubts about capturing her and you need to have the right place for a dog like her to go to for possible rehabilitation. 

Her pups looked to be almost four months old and while older than ideal for rehabilitating their behaviours, leaving them was not an option. 

You can assume that two of the four are girls and they will be reproducing alongside their mother by the end of the summer -- creating more unowned, unwanted and potentially unhandle-able puppies. 

Decision made. 

We will deal with the whole family when the vet team arrives with the intention of taking the pups home after the clinic and leaving the mum – spayed, vaccinated and dewormed. 

-- JH

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Some dogs playing & some Flygility !

Callie (Chocolate Lab) & Julie doing an awesome job in beginners Flygility !

Hank (Boxer Puppy) meets Molly (Shih Tzu )

Molly (English Mastiff) flushes out Billie (Bernese mix ) !