Breeders Digest, June 2010

Cuteness, get your cuteness here! Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, here are the Litter Announcements for the pups that arrived at GDB this past June. Check out all of their adorable littermate photos on our Flickr site.

Litter Announcements

Labrador Retrievers

• 6/5/10 Parson x Bruna – 3 males, 5 females
• 6/5/10 Tiburon x Cher – 2 males, 1 female
• 6/8/10 Forte x Arizona – 3 males, 3 females
• 6/8/10 Jay x Genova – 2 males, 5 females
• 6/9/10 David x Zante – 2 males, 5 females
• 6/15/10 Jenkins x Luana – 1 female
• 6/20/10 Jenkins x Balina – 4 males, 4 females
• 6/26/10 Ozzie x Labelle – 6 males, 2 females
• 6/27/10 Simon x Nancy – 3 males, 1 female

Golden Retrievers

• 6/4/10 Guidewell Tetley x Garcelle – 1 male, 4 females

Lab x Golden Crosses

• 6/10/10 GDF’s Mazel x Sunset – 2 males, 7 females

New Breeders

Labrador Retrievers

• Elena – raised in UT
• Jakarta – raised in CO
• Josie – raised in CO
• Justine – raised in UT
• Norma – raised in OR
• Provence – raised in CA
• Sadie – raised in CA

Petco and Natural Balance Team Up in September to Raise Funds for Guide Dog Organizations

Jimmy Van Patten, Nicollette Sheridan, Dick Van Patten

For the month of September, Natural Balance Pet Foods and Petco are helping to raise $1 million dollars to support guide dog organizations including Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Petco is joining Natural Balance Pet Foods (founded by Dick Van Patten) and Actress Nicollette Sheridan in this goal and together they are raising donations in the following ways:

• Petco customers can purchase specially marked bags of Natural Balance Dog Food where a $1.00 from each purchase is donated towards the goal.
• Petco customers can participate by "rounding up' their total purchase amount.
• Customers can make a direct donation of $1, $5, $10 or $20 at checkout.

GDB is very grateful to participate in this opportunity. When you visit a store, please thank Petco employees for their support.

We hope you will share this exciting news with everyone you know, including everyone who shares their life with a special pet and encourage them to shop Petco during the month of September! Learn more at Petco.com.

Puppy Raisers Hit a Home Run with Fundraiser for GDB

By puppy raiser Jillian Frost

Hot Dogs! Peanuts! Puppies... Puppies at Angel Stadium?? Do the Los Angeles Angels have a new mascot? What happened to the rally monkey? Well, the Angels don’t have a new mascot, but they do have some new four-legged fans.

On August 23, puppy raisers, graduates, and friends of GDB came out to support the Angels and raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind at the same time, bringing their puppies in training and working guides to experience the thrill of a major league baseball game.

Youth puppy raisers, Jillian Frost and Katie Irving, with puppies Ruffle and Dakota (pictured above), found a fun way to support GDB, the Angels and socialize with fellow GDB fans. The Angels generously offered to donate a portion of each ticket sold to GDB and they even threw in a free hot dog and drink. The event raised more than $1,000 for Guide Dogs for the Blind!

What began with some flyers and phone calls quickly became so much more. As emails and phone calls came in and the support for the event grew, we found ourselves amazed at the support for GDB from not only the puppy clubs and graduates, but from so many people in the community as well. At the game it was exciting to put names with faces, meet the people in this wonderful extended family of GDB, and hear their stories. “My youngest daughter is legally blind," said attendee David Stephens, "and may require the services of a guide dog in the future so this is an awesome charity you did this for.”

We learned about sales, marketing, success, and banking, but most of all, we learned how wonderful it is to be a part of this family and are so thankful for the new friends we’ve made and the difference that puppy raising has made in our lives.