This year's Chain Off Event in Watertown will be held on JUNE 29th 2008 from 9am untill dark.

Please Bring Whatever You Feel Will Adaquatly Represent Our Cause, including chains, dog collars, signs, etc....... I will be making some signs and some pamphlets up from Dogs Deserve Better, but please feel free to bring whatever you like that is pertinant to the cause.

Please Feel Free To Messege Me

I will pass along all news as it comes to me. :)

5/22/08 NEWS:

WE NEED A NEW LOCATION. unfortunatly Thompson Park will not work to suite our needs..... i anyone has any suggestions, please email them to me..... i have a few in mind but i wont post any untill i get a final OK.... THE DATE IS STILL JUNE 29th FROM 9am-dark....we just need a location..........

id also like to welcome matt, justin and ian on board the team! keep spreading the word and we can try to get as many people to come out and support as we can! thats all for now, ttyl!

5 30 2008 NEWS:
NEWS 5/30/2008

I have a meeting at Petco..of of arsenal street...monday, and so far they seem excited to participate. I will let you know the outcome.

I have been thinking we should have a meeting of all of us in the same room sometime soon, before the actual event, so we can all swap ideas and get to know eachother and coordinate the plan for the day. Please email me with meeting date suggestions. THANK YOU!

I would like to Welcome Johnda, Deedee, Bonnie and Minna to our crew as well, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE, and keep spreadin' the news!


NEWS 6/6/2008

The meeting with the manager at Petco went well, she appeared excited to help...however the people at corporate we not as enthusiastic. Stateing that this event is "to radical for the watertown demographic". --sigh-- shot down again because of intolerance and people underestimating the good people of watertown. personally, i think this town is ready. i think this event will go over quite well and have a positive impact, if only we could find a place to give us a chance. you wouldent think helping animals and informing people of the law would be so hard. (yes, it is against the law in NY state to leave dogs chained out...but so many people dont know that...we would be doing to much good informing the public and showing people how awful it is to leave thease animals out) Petco corporation said that if we had a booth or table they would be fine with that, but because we will be chaining ourselves to a doghouse they just cant have that kind of image in front of there store. --sigh again-- the act of actually physically showing people how apaulling and degrading it is to have to be chained up like that all the time is what i feel drives the point home....if you wouldent want to see a person living like that, then why make a dog live like that? ....so a booth would not cover it. i am really having a hard time understanding why so many seem to feel this event is so radical and out there, isent helping animals the point? why do some people have to make it so hard to try and help animals? its mans best friend we are trying to help! maybe it was just my upbringing....i wont rant here...anymore then i already have anyway, haha. just wanted to let you all know whats going on, and i THANK YOU so much for your continued help and support.. im glad to know i have people who are in my corner on this one... any location ideas would be VERY helpful at this point.... ps...ive got a meeting at The Mustard Seed this monday.....hope fully this one will work out for us. :) Also, i have some pamphlets from DDB that we can hand out durning the event. :)

NEWS: 6/11/08

WE HAVE A LOCATION!!!! We will be holding this years Watertown Chain-Off at The Mustard Seed, on Arsenal Street from 9:30am-6pm!! i want to give a huge THANK YOU to Scott and Joel and the entire crew at The Mustard Seed... everyone seems very excited to help out and i am too....now to get down to bussiness! We need to have a meeting of everyone to design and draw and plan and shop etc etc..... messege or email me with time suggestions...... id also like to WELCOME Heather to our cause!!! WOOT!


6/18/08

MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS SUNDAY... June 22, 2008, at thompson park at NOON. please email me your phone number so i can call and tell you specifically where in the park. or email me and ask me for mine if you are uncomftorble giving it out. :)
We will be making signs/banners, discussing specific game plan for the event itself. we will be discussing doghouse options, and other specifically related topics. bring lunch, or bring a dish to pass, whichever. :) This is also a good oportunity for everyone to meet everyone else, if you cant make the meeting please email me... except you jen, i know u cant :) SEE YOU SUNDAY!

in other news.... ian will be unable to help out, he is going on tour. however, Jen and Jaime have joined our event!! johnda wont be able to stay the whole day, but will be stopping in for a little while. :)

press releases were sent out yesterday, i will send another a few days before the event. i also have flyers made up to give you all to pass out. :)

THATS ALL! Keep spreadin the news!!


6/27/08 NEWS

matt is going to be at the blackwater campground tomorow for the dogpark fundraiser (sg gate's baby) and he will have a table there and will be passing out pamphlets and advertising for our event sunday. if anyone wants to help him out, stop by between 11-3 and look for matty in the dogs deserve better shirt. :)

i did an interveiw for the watertown times, hopefully it will go in. and deedee is doing an interveiw for the syracuse post tomorow. She has been AMAZING and has helped me so much in planning and general moral upkeep. THANK YOU DEEDEE!!!!

all is green for sunday, we've got all the cogs in the right place and im hoping we will really get the messege out.i hope that everyone has been spreading the news and the messege. Sunday is going to rock! See you then!

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Some general info on me:

My name is RedCat and i have been working with animals proffesionally for over 8 years. My passion has always been, and will always be, helping and caring for animals, and educating humans for better treatment of domestic and exotic animals. I would like one day to own my own sanctuary for abused/neglected/elderly dogs and rehab rabies vector animals. For now, i do my part to help the cause......