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Mark Your Kalendar!
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So Much Happening!!
Be sure to check out the KPETS Kalendar!
Round Table Breakfast
Saturday, Sept 10
BYOB - Bring Your Own Breakfast! 9 am
Conf Rm D50 right
across from the KPETS office. RSVP to Jenny at konnections@kpets.org
Pet Grief Support Group: Every third Thursday at Fred F Groff, 234 W Orange
Street, Lancaster. 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Light refresments. No charge. Just rsvp to lizkhoff@gmail.com
or call 717-397-8255
Never Forget
Fred F Groff and Clipper Stadium host 9/11 Tribute
Click here
for more details
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RENEWAL TIME
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Renewals have gone out and thanks to all of you who
have returned yours in promplty.
If you have not recieved yours, please let us know as your
insurance WILL lapse after 9/15/11.
For those of you who may be considering retiring
your buddy or may have lost your precious registered pet or just
find that you are to busy to participate, won't you please consider
being a supporting member for $25 a year. Your financail support
will help us to continue to provide others with the therapy
services we all know are so valuable to so many.
Thank you all for your membership and support.
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EXTREMELY Important Links
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If you have trouble or want to review previous
KEYNOTES, they are available on the website at www.kpets.org
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Orientation/Workshops
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Sat, Oct 8 -9 am, Lanc
Sun, Sept 25 -1pm,
Palmyra
Tues, Nov 2 -7 pm, Upperco, MD
2nd and 4th Tues, Lancaster 6:30 pm
4th Tues, 6:30 pm Palmyra
5 wk Training Workshop:
Starts Aug
28, Lancaster
For any of the above please RSVP to: Konnections@kpets.org
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Blogs of Interest
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Chester Rima
Noche
Gerth kids
Toby
If any of you are blogging your therapy dog's
adventures, vistis, please let me know and I'll add you to our
Blogs of Interest list.
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Coming Soon!
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In my spare time, I'll
be creating a new web page for all our
special needs therapy dogs.
The page will be called Pod's Pals!
So if you have a special needs dog (three legged,
blind or special in any way) let me know. We'll post a pic and
short bio on the page to inspire others with their "I can
do anything" attitudes.
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Links of Interest
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Video of Navy Seals Dog's Loyalty
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Pooch Swim at Palmyra Pool
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Sunday , September 11 from Noon - 5 pm
Once again, Summer is coming to an end and the Palmyra Pool is
opening it gates for KPETS Pooch Swim from noon -5 pm. Laura Whitman
coordinated this event and for $5, your pup can join the fun for as
long or as little as he/she likes.
Guidelines to follow are:
One dog per handler
6 ft leads or less - no flexi (retractable) leashes
All dogs must be on leash when not swimming
I've done this the past two years and it's a fun time!
Hope to see you there!
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 6th Annual Bow Wow BIngo
The biggest fundraiser for KPETS is Bow Wow Brown Bag Bingo
and this year was no different. Sunday, Sept 4
at Outdoor World's Circle M Campground, Millersville
was the place to be for food, fun and a howling good time for all.
The Bingo Bags were HUGE and all the seats
were filled with "happy campers"! The silent auction and
raffle prizes were incredible. I think there was more there this year
than ever!
But this event could not have been the success it was
without all the help from you guys in setting up, decorating, cooking
and staffing the various stations that evening.
The event raised over $7000 for KPETS. That's
nearly ten percent of our annual budget - in ONE night!
Our ring-leader, Adella Houck was the best
emcee as usual - getting audience participation, epecially
when Amos had to shake them bingo balls!
Thanks to the set up and station crews and the folks
who brought their four legged friends to make the evening even more
special:
Adella Houck, Wendy McKelvy, Jenny & Joey Rule,
Kate Bellone, Tami Snyder, Renie Titus, Nancy Bouder, Mary, Marilyn
Hapke, Debbie Jackson, Nancy Houston, Diane Rima, Susan Bonekemper,
Nancy Young, Karen Gerth, Fran Holt, Tank Holt, Linda
Cullen, Sherri Adamson, Amos & Trish Hess, Barbara
& Chad Noll, Cindy Reinhart, Janelle Senft, Terry McGarry,
Becki Martin, Wendi & Abby Mitzel, Wendy Caldwell.
I'm so sorry if I missed anyone, Please know
everyone's efforts are so greatly appreciated! Thank you all!
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What KPETS is all
about ! ! 
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If you
look at our Kalendar, there is so much going on, I can't keep up
with writing about the events AND posting them. I need your help.
If you attend an event or have a heart-warming pet therapy story,
please send them to blogger@kpets.org. We'll post
them on the KPETSTails blog
and add a link to them in the newsletter too.
Here
are a few . . .
New Title for KPETS' Dog(s) - by Laura Whitman
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Bill Townsend added the AKC Patches to his
dog's KPETS vest.
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KPETS
dog, Reni Whitman (cared for by Laura) completed the process to
have the title of AKC Therapy dog (ThD) added to her
"credentials". For a small fee, any dog registered with
the AKC can have this title added after meeting simple criteria.
The criteria is being registered with a Therapy group recognized by
the AKC (which KPETS is), and having fify documented visiting
hours. Www.akc.org has the forms needed for
the documented visits and answers any questions you may have.
Congratulations, Reni and Laura - and to all the others KPETS' dogs
who have completed the process! Bill Townsend and Zoey, Jolene
Newcomer and Gio and quite a few others!
Rescue
dog to S&R and Therapy Work !
Thank God, Tammy rescued Nikki the Rottie ... click here to see why!
Vote for Taj!! - by Heather
Wadlinger
Hi
Central PA dog lovers! "Taj" and I were selected as 1 of
15 finalists in the Beneful Dream Dog Park Contest. If we win, they
will build a $500,000 dog park in the greater Harrisburg area! If
you have a spare second to vote for us, we'd appreciate it! (You
can vote 1x/day until 9/8/11). The dog park would be a great way to
give back to our dogs that give us so much joy! Thanks! Here's the
link: http://www.wagworld.com/DreamDogPark/Finalists-2011/Entry/Default.aspx?id=1051
New Idea for Therapy Dogs - by Mary Gottfried
Karen
Sagun, Director of Student Wellness at Elizabethtown College, is
starting a program to deal with students' homesickness. She thinks
having a therapy dog present at sessions would help students relax.
She contacted me to see if Murray and I could help- so I've agreed.
This is
another activity that doesn't require alot of walking for Murray,
like the reading program we started at the Etown Library this
summer. I know Murray will love visting with the college kids again
(now that Paul has retired Murray doesn't get to attend classes
anymore!)
Just
wanted to let you know about Kpets involvement in another new
program in Elizabethtown.
What a great idea! This works for the old pups but
possibly for the younger or more active doggies who don't really
enjoy the elderly scene. I'm sure the students in other colleges
would enjoy ANY pooch!
Saying Good-bye to Argus - by Susan Hetrick
I just wanted to let you know that my beloved Argus (Chesapeake Bay
Retriever) passed over the Rainbow Bridge on June 20, 2011 at the
age of 14 years 1 month. Due to Argus's advanced age and because we
moved to New Bloomfield, we stopped our visits to Messiah Village
and various library reading programs in late 2010. Argus really
enjoyed visiting with the residents on the Alzheimer's unit at
Messiah Village. Initially we visited with another team but when
that team moved to New Hampshire then it was just the two of us. We
visited twice a month. We also made visits to Country Meadows in
Mechanicsburg for a period of time. We did library reading programs
for Bosler and Fredrickenson Libraries.
Argus was a "gentle giant" and everyone loved him. One of
our favorite visits to Messiah Village was when we took along a CD
so we could show the residents how Argus competed in DockDogs. They
all really enjoyed that visit! Currently I have a three-year old
Chesapeake but, alas, he really doesn't have the personality to visit
nursing homes - at least not at this age. His name is Coleman and
he has earned his Canine Good Citizen but I believe he would find
standing and being petted just a little hard to handle. I'm
disappointed because I really wanted him to follow in Argus's
footsteps.
Best wishes to everyone at KPETS for continued success in helping
through your animals. It is so very much appreciated and does so
much to brighten the days of people who can no longer have a
pet.
Thank you Susan, for all your dedication with
Argus. Your visits together will be sorely missed by so many.
Coleman (what a great name) may come around. Maybe not in nursing
homes right now, but possibly doing some AAT type work with a more
active demand on him! Hope to meet him someday soon!
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Konnecting Teams and
Requests!
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The
demand for teams is great!
With the summer
winding down and vacations coming to a close, we are getting tons of
visit requests to fulfill. The Forum will have those requests listed
and how and who to contact to set up those visit. Please check them
out as there are quite a few new ones listed.
Check them out here -
If you cannot view them, let us know and we'll check that you have
been set up. NOTE: WE must set each user up, since we were bombarded
with spammers. Every registered volunteer should be set up.
But we need your help in
cleaning up those requests that have already been fulfilled. To
do this, either post a reply directly on the FORUM so others can see
the status, or notify Jenny directly.
Therapy Walk with Patients and Pups!
On Wednesday, September 28 at 10 am, KPETS teams are
invited to join in a therapy walk with the residents of Camp Hill
Golden Living Center. What a great motivator to get the residents out
for a walk with our furry friends. Please contact Jenny if you can
join in on this therapeutic walk. Thanks!
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