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Montreal Dog Blog is excited to team up with the Montreal SPCA for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 18th! This year’s theme is “Be a Super-Hero!  Rescue me!” and events like this one just wouldn’t be possible without the support of the SPCA’s extended family – volunteers! Would you like to be part of the longest-running St. …

ADOPTION DAYS Sunday March 4, 2012 March 18, 2012 April 1st, 15 & 29, 2012 May 6 & 20, 2012 June 10 & 17, 2012 July 8 & 22, 2012 August 5 & 19, 2012 September 9 & 23, 2012 October 14 & 28, 2012 November 11 & 25, 2012 December 9 & 16, 2012 These adoption days are organized …

Make your regular outing with your dog a fun one this Sunday by heading on over to Park de la Fontaine on Nun’s Island to join many other dog owners in this fundraiser to benefit the SPCA Montérégie. It may be a chilly day, but the snow-covered scenery will be beautiful and the company pleasant – and your pooches are …

PetitsPawz Cat Refuge of Montrealwill be holding a Kitty Adoption Day to help find homes for kittens and adult cats from the Island of Montreal.The event will be held Sunday March 4th between 12pm and 5pm at 1125 Moffat Ave., in Verdun (between Bannantyne and Beurling…). People are invited to come in and see the kitties to hopefully fall in …

On Sunday, March 25, a new special photo session will take place, the profits of which will benefit the Refuge pour chats de Verdun.Professional photographer Andrea Cook (Éléphant mauve) will be available to photograph you with your favourite pet, or to do a portrait of your pet alone, whichever you prefer. Please note that only small pets in their carrier …

APPROX 1 IN 16 CHANCES TO WIN* Montreal Dog Blog and PetitsPawz are raffling off the following items: A) ONE SET OF VAN HALEN TICKETS (2 tickets) Date: Thursday March 15th, 2012 Where: Bell Center, 7:30 pm Seats: Floor – Section Nord, Row X, Seats 5 & 6 B) ALBUM– AUTOGRAPHED BY VAN HALEN Beautifully presented Comes with certificate of …

Losing a pet is never easy. Even when we know they’ve lived a long and full life, it is still a difficult thing to go through. But to have them taken from us in a brutal fashion is unthinkable. Pets are our companions, our friends, our family.  Only people who have loved and lost pets can understand this particular kind …

(front page photo courtesy Sophie Roy)                     Please check out Gumbo’s story! Thanks to Sasha’s Den Rescue – who made sure this pet store rescue received his major surgery for luxating patella on February 1st.  Happily, thanks to amazing people like you, the full $3000 to cover the cost has been …

Nat here!  I adopted my chihuahua, Flea from the awesome rescue Sasha’s Den Rescue about 8 years ago.  Flea came from a ‘backyard breeder’ – with some waaay overloaded physical and emotional baggage for such a wee thing – having lived the first year and half of her life caged as ‘breeding stock’, so someone could make a quick buck off her …

Is your pup the love of your life? How about treating  your furbabies to a “pawdicure” and a photo session this Valentine’s Day! On February 12, come meet L’Alternative Canine at the Centre Canin Heidi & Cie in Longueuil, where your little one will be getting his nails done and can be photographed for a good cause. Activities and Fees: …