in support of Assistance Dogs Australia

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We hope you get involved, have

some fun, raise a dollar and wear

a collar this Dogtober in support

of Assistance Dogs Australia.

About Assistance Dogs Australia Assistance Dogs Australia trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to help people living with physical disabilities. Our dogs, after the two years it takes to train, end up undertaking tasks that may be diffi cult, if not impossible, for someone in a wheelchair to undertake – tasks such as opening and closing doors, answering the telephone, pressing the button to cross the road, retrieving dropped items such as keys, mobile phones and wallets and even getting bottles of water from the fridge!

Assistance Dogs Australia is a charity which places dogs with adults and children all over Australia. Each fully trained dog costs the organisation over $25,000 each but are placed with their recipient free of charge.

Welcome to

Thank you for your interest in taking part in our fi rst ever Dogtober. Dogtober is the new fundraising and awareness month for Assistance Dogs Australia to be held annually in October.

Tim and Roxy – An Inseparable TeamWhen Tim needs to open a door, Roxy is there to open it for him. When Tim needs something out of the fridge, Roxy will fetch it for him. If Tim falls out of his wheelchair, he can rest assured that Roxy will raise the alarm with her bark!

Roxy is Tim’s second service dog, helping Tim, day in and day out for over a year, making it easier for him to lead an independent life. “She does all the physical stuff like open and close doors, get the phone and if I drop things on the fl oor she’ll pick them up” Tim says.

Tim uses a wheelchair after injuring his spine in a swimming accident. Tim was given Roxy by Assistance Dogs Australia after his fi rst service dog, Buster, went into retirement. “Roxy gives me the ability to do things on

my own without having to necessarily ask someone to help me. Roxy, being female, naturally likes to shop – she is great at the supermarket and helps me get the groceries off the shelf and into my lap.”

Tim says “I am a proud Ambassador of Assistance Dogs Australia and plan on taking part in Dogtober. I would encourage you to also take part and help Assistance Dogs Australia change someone’s life like Roxy has changed mine”.

DOGTOBER IDEASWear a Collar, Raise a DollarWear a collar to a dinner, to work,during a presentation, to school or to a cocktail party. Download and decorate your own or make your very own bling from scratch! Undertake this any day between the 28th – 31st October

Hold a Dog’s BreakfastA breakfast, morning tea or brunch where you can show off your collar, serve dog shaped biscuits (for humans and dogs!) with funds raised go to Assistance Dogs Australia.

See great recipes for doggy and human biscuits by our Dogtober Ambassador Janelle Bloom on page 6 of this brochure.

Dog BowlHold a lawn bowl or ten pin bowling day and fi nd innovative ways to raise funds while also charging an entry fee to participate…all whilewearing a Dogtober collar. Get your local club involved or just do it with a bunch of friends or work colleagues.

Dog PaddleSwim, surf, kayak, canoe or dog paddle a nominated distance. Register yourself online www.dogtober.org.au and set up your own supporter page. Ask your friends to sponsor you to complete your very own Dog Paddle! Make sure you sport your waterproof Dogtober collar!

Dogstacle CourseHave all your dog loving friends around for a morning tea with their four-legged friends. Set up a ‘Dogstacle’ (obstacle) course and let every pooch have fun.

Offer prizes for the best time, best effort and most improved in going through the ‘Dogstacle’ course. Check out our training tips by Dogtober Ambassador Joanne Righetti on page 7 of this brochure.

and Roxy –

Dogtober is a great way to get involved with

Assistance Dogs Australia, have some fun,

raise funds and wear a collar!

I am an Ambassador for Assistance Dogs

Australia and I encourage you to get involved by

wearing a collar either for sponsorship or at your

very own Dogtober event – Dr Katrina Warren.

You can see on this page some ideas for

holding your very own Dogtober event where

you can proudly wear your collar.

Don’t have time to organise an event?

Why not decorate your own collar and wear it

to work, wear it to a presentation, wear it w

hile

playing a game of football or wear it for a week

at school? Get your friends and family to sponsor

you being brave and sporting a collar!

What is

Dogtober?

FUNDRAISING

Visit www.dogtober.org.au, follow the links and set up your own fundraising event page.

It’s easy, it’s fast and allows you to collect donations online from your friends, colleagues and family. Make it easy for yourself and forget about chasing money, giving receipts and focus all your attention on your very own Dogtober celebrations.

Fundraise Online

How to raise more onlineSet up your own page by following the links from www.dogtober.org.au. You can upload a photo and even a video before or after your event.

Send an email to your family, friends and colleagues and invite them to your event. Invite them to sponsor you online.

After the event you can pay in any cash donations you received on behalf of your supporters or deposit the remaining cash to the Commonwealth Bank.

Donations are calculated on your fundraising page which everyone can see. Watch your tally grow online!

How to get your Dogtober event started1. Decide on what event you wish to embark upon.

You will fi nd ideas for what you can em-‘bark’ upon on pages 3 – 4 of this brochure

2. If you haven’t already done so; register your Dogtober event with Assistance Dogs Australia so we can send you a ‘Gift Register Form’, ‘Reconciliation Form’ and poster by fi lling in the coupon in this brochure.

3. Set a date (The offi cial dates for Wear a Collar, Raise a Dollar is during or between the 28th October to 31st October but you can do this anytime in Dogtober)

4. Set up your own fundraising events page by visiting following the links from www.dogtober.org.au

5. Come up with innovative and themed ideas on how you can raise funds before and during your event

6. Plan your event and invite as many people as you can to join in

At the event1. Wear your Dogtober collar

2. Put up your Dogtober poster

3. Set up a donation box and inspire your guests to give generously

4. Have a great time raising awareness and funds for Assistance Dogs Australia

After the event1. Thank your guests and let them know how much

you raised

2. Please return funds to us by the 20 November 2009. Refer to your supporter pack on how you can deposit your funds

3. Return your reconciliation form and donations register to Assistance Dogs Australia – again refer to your supporter pack on how to do this.

Dog OlympicsOrganise a dog agility or obstacle course at your dog club, local dog park or with your dog owning friends. Run a time trial and charge an entry fee to raise funds and don’t forget your Dogtober collars!

Dog TaleRun a creative writing contest at your work and school. Set a doggy theme and charge an entry fee to raise funds.

Collaring-in contestCollaring-in contestDownload a collar template from our website and use a photo copier to blow it up. Decorate your own collar however you like and run a competition for the best looking collar. Charge an entry fee to compete to raise funds. Make sure you email in pictures from your day to us.

Flea MarketHold a stall, garage sale or market with funds going to Assistance Dogs Australia. Get your neighbours together and hold one large street garage sale while selling in your own Dogtober collars! Want a Flea Market at work? Get your workmates to bring one ‘unwanted gift’ to work and hold a silent auction.

Hot Dog DayHold a hot dog or sausage sizzle at your club, work or with your friends – not forgetting to wear your Dogtober collar of course.

Dogs-EyeEnjoy Dogs-Eye by selling pies instead of having a sausage sizzle. Thinking a little more creative? Why not hold a pie eating contest at your work, organisation or sporting club. Charge an entry fee and offer an incentive for the winner teamed with a best collar prize for the most creative Dogtober collar for entrants.

Good DogPledge to teach your dog a new trick. Get your friends to sponsor you and your pooch to succeed. Set yourself a page up on our fundraising website and, once your dog reaches its target, you can post a video of your dog doing its new trick online!

White Collar Cocktail PartyHold your own cocktail party and invite your friends to wear their very own designer collars. Run a raffl e and silent auction to raise funds.

Dog RunPledge to run a nominated distance and get your friends to sponsor you. You can register yourself online and set up your own supporter page. This is a great way you can raise funds running in a Dogtober collar with or without your dog by your side!

Dog LegOrganise a group of friends or your social group at your golf club to participate in a golfi ng competition raising funds by charging an entry fee. Get creative and offer prizes for certain holes as well as the winner. Strive for that hole in one whilst sporting a Dogtober collar!

Howl-a-weenHold a themed Halloween party, dress up in spooky costumes and wear your Dogtober collar whilst raising funds for Assistance Dogs Australia. Dogs can dress up too!

MOREFUNDRAISING DOGTOBER IDEAS

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Celebrity Chef and Dogtober Ambassador, Janelle Bloom, shares with us a recipe for some great dog-bone cookies. Below is a recipe for ‘human’ cookies but make sure to visit our Dogtober website for more recipes, including one for dogs, so no-one misses out in joining in on Dogtober!

Janelle Bloom is one of this countries most loved food writers and authors, not to mention a dog lover. She wants to encourage us all to cook more using fresh ingredients and stop opening up packets and bottles full of preservatives. Janelle believes cooking begins with confi dence and a little patience, it does not have to be complicated.

Dogtober ‘Dogs Breakfast’ Biscuits (for humans!)Makes 20200g butter, softened1 cup caster sugar1 tsp vanilla essence1 egg yolk2 tbs milk2 cups plain fl our, sifted200g milk chocolate, melted100g white chocolate, melted

THINKING OF HOLDING A ‘DOG’S BREAKFAST’ IN DOGTOBER?

THINKING OF HOLDING A ‘DOGSTACLE COURSE’ OR ‘DOG OLYMPICS’DURING DOGTOBER?

“When I was asked to be involved in Dogtober I jumped at the chance as we are a family of dog lovers. This is a great charity and though times are tough, they are much tougher for people with physical disabilities, so enjoy morning tea with family and friends and give generously to this amazing cause!”Janelle Bloom.

1. Preheat oven to 170°C fan forced. Grease and line 4 baking trays with baking paper.2. Using electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add the egg yolk and milk and

beat until well combined. Add the fl our and mix on low speed until dough starts to come together. Use your hands to bring the dough together in the bowl. Then transfer to a lightly fl oured surface and knead dough until smooth.

3. Cut dough in half. Roll each piece out between baking paper until 3mm-thick, refrigerate until fi rm.4. Using the template below cut as many dog bone shape biscuits as you can from each piece of dough. Place

biscuits onto trays. Press leftover dough together and repeat. Refrigerate biscuits for 10 minutes until fi rm.

5. Bake two trays at a time for 10 minutes, swapping the trays over after 7 minutes or until light golden. Allow biscuits to cool on trays for 10 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat until all biscuits are baked.

6. Spread milk chocolate over half the biscuits and sandwich together with remaining biscuits. Spread milk chocolate over top of each biscuit and allow to set. Spoon white chocolate into snap lock bag, snip off one corner and pipe polka dots over the biscuits. Allow to set then tie with a ribbon to decorate.

✁For plenty of morning tea recipes

see Janelle’s website

www.janellebloom.com.au

Assistance Dogs Australia only uses positive reinforcement in training their dogs. I also encourage you to ‘take the lead’ and make this a fun experience for yourself and your dog. You will both benefi t in the end!

To start getting your dog involved you fi rst need to fi nd out what motivates your dog – is it a treat, is it a favorite toy or is it your affection? Every dog is different and they all have their own loves in life!

Once you have established what motivates your dog start by using your dogs basic obedience with commands such as ‘come’, ‘wait’ and ‘sit’ with the reward when your dog successfully completes the task.

Now it is time to move on to one of the new challenges. Make it fun for your dog and encourage them all the way. For example training your dog to jump over an item can be easy if done correctly. Start by laying the object on the ground and leading your dog over it – reward them when they succeed. Once this is mastered slowly raise the height of the object, step by step, until they have completed each level. Continue until the object is at the correct height.

Never ask your dog to jump over something that is taller than its own height. Only train your dog for 10 – 15 minutes at a time. If it’s not working, leave the training and come back to it at another time.

In no time your pooch will be ducking, weaving, jumping and, best of all, enjoying quality time with you.

Animal Behaviourist Dr Joanne Righetti explains how to get your dog interested.

Dog biscuit template, cut around dotted line.

Supporter Material

Assistance Dogs Australia FactsIt takes two years and over $25,000 to train

each and every service dog. These dogs are

given free of charge to their recipientsWe have placed over 90 dogs in every state

of Australia, helping people with physical

disabilities everyday!We can’t keep up with the demand. Our recipients wait too long for one of our dogs

due to a lack in resources and fundingAssistance Dogs Australia receives no ongoing

government funding despite the fact that our dogs reduce carer costsIt costs under $7 a day for one of

our dogs, broken down over the period of their working life, which averages around 10 years

Register your interest now and we will send you a supporter pack including a poster, giving sheet and tips on how to participate in Dogtober.

Also available are letters for you to give to your workplace so they will match your fundraising, letters to send to your

dog club, swimming club, golf club, bowling club or school.

Don’t forget to download and decorate your very own Dogtober collar – visit www.dogtober.org.au for all downloads to support your Dogtober event.

You can also download your very own Dogtober wall paper and social networking icons.

If you would like to sell Assistance Dogs Australia Merchandise (as pictured) please include this when you register your event with the form below. Alternatively give us a call or

send us an email.

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Company/School/Group _______________________________________

Host Name __________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________

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Phone Mobile ________________________________________________

Email ________________________________________________________

Type of Dogtober activity you will be undertaking ________________

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How did you hear about Dogtober? _____________________________

Please send me _______ (number) template letter/s for me to forward on (these are the letters pre-written by us to help you approach your work, school or club to

participate in Dogtober)

Yes! I would like to sell Assistance Dogs Australia Merchandise at my event – please send me ______ (number) box/es on consignment.Each box contains 15 keyrings, 30 notepads, 50 pens and 15 pins. This merchandise will be sent to you on consignment and you will be asked to return funds and unsold merchandise by the 20 November 2009.

Yes! I would like to purchase __________ Dogtober bandannas (for humans and dogs) at $5 each (incl p/h).

Please charge my Visa Mastercard Amex

for my Dogtober Bandannas totaling $___________

Card # _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _

Expiry Date: _ _ /_ _

Name: ________________________________________________________

Signature: ____________________________________ Date: __________

Please send me a host kit and register me in taking part in Dogtober!

Please return this coupon to: Assistance Dogs Australia, PO Box 455Engadine NSW 2233

or fax it to 02 9548 3766 or you can email these details to dogtober@assistancedogs.org.au

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