In The News

What's Happening... This page is designed to inform you of what Standing O'Paws has been doing in the community. Whether it's volunteer work with animal shelters or upcoming events, this page has the scoop. Upcoming Events 3/6/2010 -- Basic Obedience class 12:00pm 3/6/2010 -- Advanced Obedience Class 1:30pm late April 2010 --- Agility Classes begin Volunteer Work  King's County SPCA 8/7/09 We spent 3 hours building some agility jumps and cavalettis for the King's County SPCA to exercise the dogs in their shelter. We donated not just our time, but some of the supplies as well.   Photo courtesy of the Hanford Sentinel newspaper dated 8/8/09 King's County SPCA 9/25/09 We went back to the King's County SPCA to build more agility equipment for the dogs in their shelter. We spent 4 hours at the SPCA working on building the mini A-Frame and getting a lot of painting done. 10/2/09 We were back at the SPCA painting the mini A-Frame with a non skid surface for the dogs. Our next trip should finish the A-Frame. UPCOMING... We will be going back for a few more visits to get the rest of the equipment built. If you're interesting in helping us make life a little better for the SPCA's dogs waiting to be adopted please contact us and we will inform you of upcoming events. standingopaws@comcast.net or by phone (559) 817-9283 Recent Events  King's County SPCA Fundraiser The Cause: Support the SPCA in it's efforts to care for and adopt the pet's in it's shelter. What Went On: Demonstration for Agility, Stations for baths, ear cleaning, & nail clipping Trials use of Agility Equipment, What We Did: Standing O'Paws conducted the the Agility demonstrations as well and tested and passed 2 puppies for their S.T.A.R. Puppy Certification. Patsy also manned the bandana station at the event. Agility Demonstration Valley Animal Center's Wiggle Waggle Walk & 5K Run The Cause: To build the Canine Training and Exercise yards as well as the Perpetual Care Center for Cats. What Went On: Marathon Run & Walk, Vendor tents, Agility demos, A.K.C. Canine Good Citizen test, Trial use of Agility Equipment, Flyball demonstrations by Mutts in Motion What we did: Standing O'Paws had the fun task of performing Agility Demonstrations and CGC testing during the event. Many Thanks to Kelby, Indy, Gracie, Sprite, and Shasta for coming out for our demonstration. We raised $85 from the CGC testing and the open Agility tryouts for the Valley Animal Center. Jennifer working with Clayton's dog, Dakota on the mini A-Frame. In The News...  "Training Man's Best Friend" Standing O'Paws went out to the Waggin' Tails Dog Park located at the 19th Ave. Park in Lemoore, CA for an interview by the Hanford Sentinel. The newspaper wanted to do a feature article on our Agility Program in an effort to inform the community about the benefits of participating in an agility program. We set up a few obstacles for them to see what agility is all about and our own Agility Star, Dempsey, showed them how it was done. The Article appeared in the Sunday, 8/23/09 issue.