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Collars For a Cause

Collars For a Cause

We love giving back! And since it's the month of giving, we're feeling extra generous which is why we have teamed up with the Doberman Rescue of Minnesota to raise funds in the name of Dobies. 

About The Rescue: The Doberman Rescue of Minnesota (DRM) is a non-profit, entirely volunteer run organization founded in 2000 and they have been saving lives ever since. All of the Dobermans in their program live in loving homes with foster families until they are able to go to they forever family.

The Main Event: This Saturday, November 10, 2018 DRM is hosting their biggest fundraiser of the year, A Night To Paws Gala. If you are lucky enough to live near Minneapolis we highly suggest heading out to support an awesome causer and enjoy a night of food, fun, entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, a comedy show, photo booth and our favorite part, the silent auction. Ticket sales benefit the rescue as well as the silent auction. You can find this beautiful Triumph Luxe Collar (in Dobie size of course) up for auction at the event. You can buy tickets to the event right here.

2nd Annual A Night to Paws Gala

Saturday, November 10 at 6 PM – 10 PM CST
Columbia Golf Course – 3300 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418

How YOU Can Give Back Too: If you're not near enough to attend but still want to give back, don't worry we've got you covered in the best way possible. From now until Saturday night you can order a Triumph Luxe Collar in any color combo and size for your dog, and we'll donate a portion of proceeds right to DRM. It's that easy. Your dog gets a collar, the rescue saves more Dobies, and the good vibes keep flowing. Shop the Triumph Luxe Collar right here.

 

 

Help Save The Unicorns

Help Save The Unicorns

We're kicking off this year by giving back!

Help save the magical unicorns. But, "what is a magical unicorn?" you ask. Magical unicorns are amazing dogs who, for one reason or another, have simple been overlooked at crowded shelters. City shelters depend on rescues like A Purposeful Rescue in Los Angeles, California to help these magical unicorns find their forever homes, but APR needs volunteers and donations to make this happen.

We've teamed up with some amazing rescue friends and wonderfully huge hearted companies to help raise money and resources for the magical unicorns at A Purposeful Rescue. We would love your support too! Any donation made automatically enters you in a raffle to win a super mega prize pack loaded with prizes from Crazy Rebels (hello cozy hoodie!!), Allku Pets, Hadley Clay Studio, Lasso Dogs, My Le Dogue, The Max Bone and The TrackR.

Here's how you can help magical unicorns AND win a prize package for your dog:

1. Make a single donation* to A Purposeful Rescue right on their website. Then comment below: "I donated to the APR fundraiser."

OR YOU CAN:

2. Purchase any item(s) from A Purposeful Rescue's Amazon Wish List** right here and comment below: "I purchased something from the Wish List for the APR fundraiser."

Our goal is to raise $2000 and donate every item on A Purposeful Rescue's Wish List by Feb 9. Please consider making a donation or sending a gift to a magical unicorn today!

GET YOUR DOG CARTOONED FOR THE CAUSE TOO! From now until January 15, 2017 we'll be donating a portion of proceeds from all cartoon JPGs and canvases to APR. Order yours here today!!

*APR is a 501C3 NON-PROFIT and all donations made directly to APR are tax deductible (tax ID # 46-3646857).

**Please send any item(s) purchased from Amazon to the address at the top of the Wish List:

A Purposeful Rescue
1122 Carmona Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019-2565
United States

Month of Giving

We are so thankful for so many things. Not the least of which is being able to do what we love every single day. Crafting quality gear for dogs is a true passion and we are beyond thankful that we have been blessed with the opportunity to deck out your dogs.

We work with rescues and organizations to give back all year long, but we thought we would up the ante this month in honor of Thanksgiving and work with as many rescues as possible to give back as much as possible! We started off with two raffle collars for a cause, but we’re just getting started. Thanks to YOU we've already raised over $1,000 in donations.

What we've got planned and how you can help us give back too:

November 1 - 7, Nightmare Before Christmas Raffle Collar for a cause! Raised $830 for Dobies and Little Paws Rescue in Fillmore, California. This wonderful organization rescues, rehabilitates, and rehouse hundreds of Dobermans and other breeds every year. Congratulations to the winner Sherry Rowland! 

       How you can help: Donate to Dobies and Little Paws Rescue and check out their adoptable dogs!

November 8 - 15, Walking Dead Raffle Collar for a cause! Raised $350 for the winners choice organization, Desert Harbor Doberman Rescue in Arizona. Congratulations to the winner Elizabeth Davis!

      How you can help: Donate to Desert Harbor Rescue and check out their adoptable dogs!

November 14, "Home's Best Friend" Adopt-a-pet event in Ramona, California. Hosted by Coldwell Banker, they help people find homes on a daily basis and for this event their mission extends to helping dogs find homes too!  We donated a Doggy Spa basket to their Silent Auction to raise funds for Adopt-a-pet.com. There are tons of fundraising events during the holidays, so while you're enjoying friends and family be sure to remember those in need as well!

       How you can help: Donate items to an organizations silent auction or raffle for a cause.

November 16 - 22, Raffle to Win a Crazy Rebels prize pack valued at over $100 sponsored by a super generous human being, Tiffany Armstrong! Winner scores a $50 gift certificate to CrazyRebels.com and two rebel bandana collars of their choice! 100% of proceeds will benefit the 100+ Abandoned Dog Rescue.

      How you can help: Get your raffle tickets here!

November 18, Cozy Donations to your local shelter. This time of year it gets cold for lots of shelter animals, so any donation of gently used blankets, towels, and dog beds is greatly appreciated by your local shelter. We'll be donating to Animal Friends of the Valleys in Wildomar, California.

      How you can help: Clean out your linen closets and donate to your local shelter or rescue.

November 21, Donate your time. On November 21st we'll be spending the day loving on adoptable Dobies from Dobies and Little Paws Rescue. Aside from the feeding, cleaning, and exercising of shelter pets many organizations need volunteers just to hang out with the dogs and spend time giving them love and attention. Shelter pets are so appreciative of your love, so take a little time to donate your time. 

     How you can help: Volunteer at your local rescue or shelter.

End of November, Donate TOYS! Shelter dogs love to play too! Our chuck-it loving Doberman Dakoda will be generously donating 100 chuck-it balls to several Southern California shelters.

      How you can help: Buy a few new toys to donate to your local shelter! 

We love to give back! And we love when you get involved too! Show us how you're helping dogs in need and giving back to your community on Instagram with the hashtag #crazyrebelscares. 

Foster Dog Diaries: Scarlett's Story, Week 4

We've had this sweet girl for a full month now and she has made such incredible progress in just four short weeks. Her wounds have completely healed and her coat has even started to grow back. She has been steadily putting on weight and is finally ready for her spay.

She continues to impress us with how wonderful of a dog she is. Her temperament is laid back and easy going, and she loves people and dogs alike. She walks perfectly on a loose leash and is very well behaved in public. At restaurants she'll lay by your feet while you eat and she has never barked at another dog or person since we've had her. In fact, she rarely barks at all. She does however snort like a Frenchie by day and snores in her sleep like a little old man by night.

After her recovery from her spay she'll be ready for her forever home. And with a line-up of pending adopters waiting to take her home, it's pretty safe to say this little missy has a lifetime of love ahead of her! She thanks you for your love and support!

To read Scarlett's story week one, click here.

 

Raffle to Win For Charity

For the remainder of February we've teamed up with a very special duo of rescued Dobermans named Whiskey and Jax. You might know them as @whiskeyandjax on Instagram, but their humans simply know them as the heart of their family.

These two boys were rescued from the Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus and our raffle-to-win giveaway is to benefit their awesome organization.  Every $5 donation gets you one raffle ticket. You can buy as many as you like to increase your chances of winning and of course donate more to the cause. 100% of proceeds from every donation are donated directly to the Illinois Doberman Rescue and for each $5 donation you make your name will be entered into a raffle drawing.

On February 28 one lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a customized Monster ID tag of their choice and a bandana collar in their choice of size and print. Stock up on raffle tickets right HERE, and be sure to share this cause with as many dog loving people as you know!

Jax and Whiskey's Rescue Story:

"My husband and I decided to adopt a doberman about a year and a half ago.  We already had 2 small dogs - Mable a westie  and Niko an American Eskimo.  I grew up with labs and missed having a bigger dog to snuggle with and wrestle around with.  I wanted a dog who would protect me and then snuggle me on the couch.  Plus my husband and I both wanted a running partner.  I started researching rescues in our area and came across Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus.  I looked at all the pups they had for adoption for months before finally submitting an application.  I was impressed with their thorough application process.  They wanted to make sure I was serious about adopting this dog to become a forever home for him!  

We were drawn to Whiskey because of his color.  Being a fawn doberman he was similar in color to a weimaraner which was my husband’s second choice of dog.  I'd never seen a fawn doberman before.  We drove 3 hours to meet him and immediately fell in love with him.  He was SO sweet, was gentle with our kids and was very happy to just be with us!  We adopted him that day - February 16th, 2014.  

We found out Whiskey’s story was that he had been picked up in Georgia.  He was running down a highway dragging a heavy chain and had been struck by a car.  His only injury was to his ear but the shelter couldn’t get it to stop bleeding so he was marked for immediate euthanasia.  Lucky for him (and us!) the Doberman Assistance Network pulled him right away, fixed him up and transported him to IDR+.  I’m not sure what Whiskey’s life was before us but I do know he is the most affectionate dog I have ever had.  I joke he must not have gotten enough love in his previous life.  

In July of 2014 a litter of puppies was taken from an awful situation in Kentucky.  They were about 12 weeks old.  IDR+ stepped in to take them all.  As soon as I got wind that there were fawn pups I knew I wanted to foster one.  Whiskey’s mini me!!  I had never fostered before but I wanted to snuggle one of those babies!  I talked my husband into it thinking the puppy would be adopted FAST.  So I fostered Jax for about 2 weeks before I realized I was never going to be able to let him go. I cried at the thought of him leaving us and Whiskey and he had became the best of friends.  Needless to say Jax officially became ours July 31st, 2014.  My first foster failure.  (and my last because my husband has banned me from fostering!)

Jax was living with all of his litter mates when he came to the rescue  He was one of the less dominate ones and was pretty beat up with scars all over him.  He also has huge scars on his legs where his dew claws were brutally removed.  He was scared and shy when we got him.  After LOTS of socialization and training he has become an amazing and outgoing boy!  We love him very much.

IDR+ is special to me because they don’t turn a dog away just because it needs medical help.  They receive MANY dogs that are heart worm positive, in need of surgeries, amputations and many other medical issues.  All of these things are VERY costly yet they take those dogs in and do whatever is needed knowing they are saving a life that otherwise might not be saved.  They care about the dogs first and foremost and I love that about them.  They also don’t only take in dobermans.  That’s the “Plus” in Illinois Doberman Plus.  Last year they adopted 368 dogs!  That is a lot of lives saved!" 

Lindsey Ruth

West Lafayette, Indiana Volunteer

A very happy "Gotcha Day" to Whiskey! And a round of applause to the Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus for selflessly helping save so many lives! You truly make a difference.