DOG FRIENDS - AUCKLAND REGION & RODNEY - OCTOBER 2011 NEWS www.dogfriends.co.nz Keep up to date with what Dog Friends - Auckland Region & Rodney are doing for you. Join up today! * required First Name: * Last Name: * Email Address: * Phone Number: We will only use your number if we lose contact by email. www.facebook.com/dogfriendsNZ 1. NEW AUCKLAND DOG POLICY If you are on Facebook please go to our new page and "like" us. Facebook is a huge learning curve for us but we recognise that it is an excellent way of getting messages across to large numbers of people quickly. Please spread the word to all your dog owning friends and also encourage them to join up on our website: www.dogfriends.co.nz/home.html so that they receive our newsletters. When they receive our confirmation email all they need to do to complete the sign up process is to click on the link in the email to confirm that they want to join us. Many thanks in anticipation of lots of new join ups ! 2. ANYONE FOR GOLF ??? A fun day for a great cause - help our wonderful MOBILITY DOGS Please » CLICK HERE for details. We would love to enter a Dog Friends team and would be keen to get T-shirts printed and perhaps bandanas for the dogs! If you are keen to participate in a Dog Friends Team, please email us at: dogfriends@xtra.co.nz OR dogfriends@pl.net 3. HELP NEEDED VERY URGENTLY - please see if you can help in one or more ways We aalready have over 3,000 members but we MUST increase our numbers very rapidly throughout the Region in the next couple of months - either we put in our full effort in the run up to the draft Policy being announced or we will almost certainly fail to have the influence we need to achieve the success we want. We urgently need members to spread the word as widely as possible about our group and encourage dog owners to join us at www.dogfriends.co.nz   We can't do this alone - CAN YOU HELP WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ? Forward this newsletter to your dog owning friends througout Auckland and Rodney Speak to dog owners you meet and urge them to join us Advertise our group contact details widely e.g. club newsletters, magazines, newspaper articles, emails, Facebook, word of mouth, etc Are you able to print off a few fliers? » CLICK HERE and give to dog owners you meet when walking ? Drop off fliers at your local vet clinics, dog clubs, pet shops etc etc. If you require larger quantities please email us at: dogfriends@xtra.co.nz OR dogfriends@pl.net Finally - we have run the group on a shoestring since our last major battles some years ago but we now need to ask members to help us urgently with some small donations towards the huge amount of photocopying we are going to be doing over the next few months. If you can help, please email us at either of the addresses in (5) above and we will forward our bank account details. 4. OUR NEW FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/dogfriendsNZ Thanks so much to everyone who has visited our new Facebook page. If you are on Facebook and haven't already done so, please visit and "like" us. We try to post updates about the upcoming new Dog Policy every week and have already had over 17,000 views !! It is an excellent way of getting messages across to large numbers of people quickly. Please spread the word to all your dog owning friends and also encourage them to join up on our website www.dogfriends.co.nz so that they receive our newsletters. When they receive our confirmation email, all they need to do to complete the sign up process is to click on the link in the email to confirm that they want to join us. Many thanks in anticipation of lots of new join ups ! 5. IS YOUR DOG SCARED OF FIREWORKS AND/OR THUNDER ? If you have a dog who gets frightened during the fireworks season or during storms, have a look at the following www.furrkids.co.nz/shop/SHOP+DOG/Thundershirt.html Thousands of veterinarians and dog trainers now recommend Thundershirts for their anxiety cases. I bought one for my dog last year and the result was amazing. If you decide to buy, enter coupon code DOG at checkout and you will get a 10% discount off your Thundershirt. Bye for now! Dog Friends - Auckland Region & Rodney Rodney Dog Friends     www.dogfriends.co.nz     Forward this message to a friend   They need to join our pack!  So just ask them to go to: www.dogfriends.co.nz and sign up, it's sooo easy! MISSED OUR PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS ? December 2010 News March 2011 News June 2011 News August 2011 News Please support Dog Friends - Auckland Region & Rodney, we need you!

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