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ECFBC Fun Day in Mississauga

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Eastern Canada French Bulldog Club held its second French Bulldog Jamboree Funday on Saturday, at Doggie Central in Mississauga. French Bulldogs and their friends (all breeds are welcome at these events) gathered together to play, try out the agility equipment and generally enjoy each others company.

Our door prize draw and raffle were a great success, with almost everyone in attendance going home with a gift of some kind.

If you missed Saturday’s event, don’t despair – we’re already making plans for another one, this time in downtown Toronto! Stay tuned for details.

Our thanks to our wonderful sponsors, who make all of this possible – we couldn’t do this without you!

Doggie Central (for the use of their great space, their staff and their beautiful raffle gift basket)
Golly Gear
Pets 4 Life Raw Pet Cuisine
Essex Cottage Farms
Ashleigh Devries, Training by Ashleigh
Richard Rockford, Aristocrafts French Bulldogs
Robert and Diane Lowes, Robb Isle French Bulldogs
Megan Lorenz Photography (make sure to check out her photos of the events – prints are available!)

Check out photos from Saturday, after the break.
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Fund Raiser for a Frenchie

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Spoon Popkin's French Bulldog, Pierre, needs surgery

Spoon Popkin's French Bulldog, Pierre, needs surgery

Baltimore based artist Spoon Popkin is holding a fund raiser for her French Bulldog, Pierre. Pierre needs surgery for polyps he has growing in his ear, and Spoon needs to raise as much money as possible to be able to have his surgery done.

Spoon, who is an established portrait artist, also does pet portraits, including gorgeously quirky pained doormats. Order a custom piece from her website here, or see some of the finished portraits she has on offer on her other blog.

If you’re in the Baltimore area, you can come out in person for Spoon’s fundraiser –

“Fundraiser for a Frenchie”
Sunday August 15th, 5-10pm
Load of Fun Studios, 120 W. North Ave, Baltimore MD
Come help by shopping!
Tons of vintage clothes, furniture, carpets,
artwork, doormats and hats by me, Spoon Popkin
treats & tacos by Lee!

More info on Spoon’s website – www.spoonpopkin.com

All of My Old Dogs – A Fund Raising Calendar

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Tessa gets lost outside the double doors sometimes. One of them, as she well knows, is merely decorative – it doesn’t even open. Right now, there’s a bucket of fireplace ashes in front of it, and a big, yellow snow shovel. Still, Tessa wedges herself in behind them both, barking at me through the glass, furious that I do not come and let her in right this minute.

I am, in fact, standing in the other door, the one that does open, shivering in bare feet and a t shirt. I step outside, into the snow, and gently poke her with my foot, saying “hey, psst. Old lady. The door is over here”. She startles when I touch her, shakes her head, comes over to the proper door and stomps past me, clearly pissed beyond belief at the shoddy service she gets around here lately. She places herself in front of the couch, and barks a short, angry, imperious bark at me, code for “Put me up on the freakin’ couch, and make it snappy!”.

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