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Pups Behind Bars - Mar 11, 2010
Four Labrador puppies in training have been sentenced to serve 16 months in Borallon Correctional Centre as part of Assistance Dogs Australia’s Pups in Prison program which was officially opened at the centre on 11th March 2010 in partnership with Queensland Corrective Services and SERCO who run the centre. Eight offenders, correctional staff and Assistance Dogs Australia’s community ....
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Puppies on Today - Mar 08, 2010
Three of our newest Super Puppy recruits met Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson on the Today Show last Friday. The beautiful puppies will head to Borallon Corrective Centre on Thursday 11th March 2010 as part of Assistance Dogs Australia’s Pups in Prison Program. To view the segment please click here. If you would like to raise a puppy like this please click here. &....
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Meet Flipper and the Bondi Vet on The Circle - Mar 02, 2010
If you would like to meet Flipper, one of our Super Puppies in Training and Assistance Dogs Australia Ambassador, the Bondi Vet Dr Chris Brown, why not watch the segment they filmed on Network Ten’s show, The Circle. Flipper is in training to help give freedom and independence to people with physical disabilities and will eventually be able to perform tasks for his recipient such ....
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Frankie and Baxter Graduate - Feb 19, 2010
After 16 months of good behaviour, Assistance Dogs Australia’s first justice pups have broken out of Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre and to celebrate the pups took part in a graduation ceremony held by the Minister for Juvenile Justice the Hon Graham West MP on Thursday 18th February 2010. The two Labrador puppies, Frankie and Baxter are part of Assistance Dogs Australia’s....
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Tasmanian Prison Puppies - Feb 11, 2010
Three Labrador puppies in training have been sentenced to serve 16 month in Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison in Tasmania as part of Assistance Dogs Australia’s Pups in Prison program which was officially opened by the Hon Lisa Singh MP Minister for Corrections at the centre on Thursday 11th March. Assistance Dogs Australia were proud to introduce the newest members of the Pups in Pri....
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ABC Radio Hobart helps us name a prison pup - Feb 03, 2010
Three Labrador puppies in training have been sentenced to 16 months in Ron Barwick minimum security prison as part of Assistance Dogs Australia's Pups in Prison Program, but before they arrive, one of these cute and cuddly puppies needs your help. The beautiful eight week old yellow Labrador (pictured) is waiting patiently for a name and she needs you to help her choose one in a competit....
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Kuro - Assistance Dog of the Year - Feb 02, 2010
The results are in and the crown for our very first Assistance Dog of the Year goes to Kuro.... the handsome black Labrador. Congratulations Kuro! Thank you to everyone that voted and donated as part of the Christmas appeal. The real winners are the recipients whose lives are changed by these fantastic dogs. Because of your support we now able to train Cracker, the Christmas appeal ....
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Although they are still on their L Plates, Assistance Dogs Australia’s Assistance puppies in training Brielle and Digger and Alert puppy in training, Jessie knew how to put the sunshine into the lives of seriously ill children at the Wagga Base Hospital Children’s Ward Christmas Party. Their puppy kisses and cuddles were special gifts from Santa Paws for these kids and they lit ....
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Download your free booklet on how to plan your Will. - Dec 18, 2009
We have prepared this booklet to help you to plan ahead. It contains helpful information and practical tools to assist you with planning your Will. Everyone should have a Will; you don’t need to be elderly, married, wealthy or have dependants. Having a valid Will is good planning for the future.In addition to this Assistance Dogs Australia has recently launched and established a very specia....
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Nathan & Ruby star on Totally Wild this Friday! - Dec 16, 2009
Meet one of our pawfect working teams on Friday morning in the comfort of your own lounge room, by tuning in to Totally Wild.Nathan, from Mitchelton Queensland, tells kids all over Australia how his precious Ruby changed his life, helping him with physical tasks like taking his socks off or opening the door and offering a paw to hold when times are wuff!It's clear these guys are fur-ever friends!N....
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An Early Christmas Gift from Santa Paws - Dec 15, 2009
Three year old Jordan Rogers who lives with muscular dystrophy, has received an early Christmas gift from Santa Paws this year - her new Assistance Dog, Wanda. Assistance Dog’s Australia’s beautiful and quirky black Labrador was welcomed into the Rogers’ family only last week as Jordan’s Companion Dog, but she has already made paw prints on the family’s hearts fo....
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Mind Doggling Pawsabilities for Amanda and Tiggy - Dec 11, 2009
Assistance Dogs Australia’s newest service dog, Tiggy opens the door to a new freedom and independence for his recipient and Wagga resident Amanda McKenzie.Tiggy is the first ever fully fledged Assistance Dog to be placed in the Wagga region and to celebrate Cr Kerry Pascoe, Mayor of Wagga Wagga held a morning tea at Council Chambers, officially welcoming Tiggy into the community.For the ne....
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Cath and Kimba accept Premiers Award - Dec 08, 2009
NSW first Pups in Prison Program, which has run at Kirkconnell Correctional Centre for the past 7 years as a partnership between NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General, Corrective Services NSW and charity Assistance Dogs Australia, was tonight announced in Sydney as joint winner of the Engaging With the Community Category in the Premier’s Public Sector Awards.Hosted by Jennifer Byrn....
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Puppies Behind Bars - Dec 07, 2009
As of the 23rd Dogtober, puppies in training Toto (pictured), Toohey, Titan and Tim Tam have been living behind bars at Darling Downs Correctional Centre Toowoomba, while our newest Justice Pups, River and Rina headed to Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre in Wagga Wagga on the 18th November. The men and boys in the centres will take the role of puppy raisers and handlers, training the puppies, who i....
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Salty Sea Dogs Breakfast goes off a treat - Dec 04, 2009
To celebrate Olympic Sailing Gold Medallist, Elise Rechichi sailing on board to help the paw, she and Assistance Dogs Australia hosted the Salty Sea Dogs’ Breakfast on Sunday the 29th November at Banks reserve in Mt Lawley. People and their dogs registered to participate in the communal doggie walk. Upon their return, the dogs were greeted with a chop licking breakfast while their two legge....
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Australia is doing it for the dogs! - Nov 20, 2009
Australia will go to the dogs in the last week of November to celebrate the work of Assistance Dogs Australia’s dog gooders.Assistance Dogs Australia week is our week to raise awareness for what we do, who we help and how we make a difference for people with disabilities.Come and join us, meet our team, shake a pup in training's paw, talk to our recipients and fantastic volunteers. We will ....
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Vote for the Assistance Dog of the Year! - Nov 18, 2009
Assistance Dogs Australia calls on you to help us decide on our Assistance Dog of the year!Will it be our cute black Labrador Kuro, our ever fluffy Golden Retriever Flipper or the gorgeous chocolate Labrador Puddin'? Watch our new Television commercial to see the details and the three featured dogs by clicking here.Vote today and Assistance Dogs Australia will send you a pic for your mobile,....
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Puppies help promote McHappy Day - Nov 12, 2009
Assistance Dogs Australia’s pups in training put smiles on the faces of seriously ill children last Tuesday when they visited Ronald McDonald House in Randwick.The pups River, Rina, Flipper, and P platers Jaffa and Junior participated in a photoshoot with some of the children and the Bondi Vet, Dr Chris Brown as part of a McHappy Day initiative that promotes animals as therapy.After th....
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Taking the laws into their paws - Nov 02, 2009
On Wednesday 7th Dogtober the pups at Assistance Dogs Australia took the law into their paws, teaming up with Clayton Utz to host their first ever Legal Dogs’ Breakfast, launching Assistance Dogs Australia’s Loyal Companions Circle, a new bequest program.Charged with stealing the whole month of October for their fundraising and awareness month (and renaming it Dogtober of course), th....
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Sailing Gold Medalist helps the Paw - Oct 26, 2009
Olympic Sailing Gold Medallist, Elise Rechichi, has joined the muttley crew at Assistance Dogs Australia as part of Dogtober! As Assistance Dogs Australia’s newest ambassador, Elise will help the pups to give freedom and independence to people with physical disabilities, a gift that is worth so much more than buried treasure.These dogs really do blow the wind out of your sails, performing t....
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Dr Chris Brown wins $250,000 - Oct 21, 2009
While the Bondi Vet, Dr Chris Brown may not be smarter than a fifth grader, he came very close, winning $250,000 for the pups at Assistance Dogs Australia in Rove’s Channel Ten show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? last Monday night.This is the largest one off donation Assistance Dogs Australia has ever received, so as you can probably imagine the pups are thrilled!A big thank you to Dr C....
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Country Crooner Brian Letton Lends a Paw This Dogtober - Oct 20, 2009
The Grinch may have stolen Christmas, but the pups at Assistance Dogs Australia have stolen the whole month of October – renaming it Dogtober of course! But the pups are not alone in their plight, with Brian Letton lending a paw. Dubbed as ‘Australia’s number one country crooner’, Letton teamed up with Assistance Dogs Australia to put on a very sp....
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Is Dr Chris Brown Smarter than a 5th Grader? - Oct 16, 2009
The Bondi Vet, Dr Chris Brown can tackle any type of animal problem, but he’s about to face his biggest challenge yet – proving he’s smarter than a fifth grader. Dr Chris will appear on Rove’s channel ten show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? at 7.30pm on Monday 19th Dogtober, playing for the pups at Assistance Dogs Australia. ....
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Help us with a mere mouse click! - Oct 15, 2009
Assistance Dogs Australia is in the running to receive a grant from MP Paul McLeay Member for Heathcoate, as part of the NSW Community Building Partnership, which will invest $300,000 into building local community projects in every electoral district.The grant will go toward installing an electricity and water connection to our National Training Centre – where all our beautiful doggies live....
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Jibber and Jemima unveiled - Oct 13, 2009
In early August staff and volunteers from Assistance Dogs Australia took two brand new recruits, two golden retriever puppies, to visit the students and teachers at Junee Public School. The two new puppies have just come on board with Assistance Dogs Australia and will be trained and raised in the community in Wagga Wagga and Junee Correctional Centre. As one of the most important ....
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Puddin on Ready Steady Cook - Oct 06, 2009
The pups at Assistance Dogs Australia have been cooking up a storm – preparing for their special guest appearance on Channel Ten’s afternoon Cooking show Ready, Steady, Cook. Top Dog at Assistance Dogs Australia, CEO Richard Lord, along with Chef Shane Delia will take on Dr Jenny McMenamin from Westmead Hospital and Chef Matt Golinski in the cook off on Tuesday 6th ....
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The 'Reading Lab' launch - Oct 06, 2009
Move over book worms and make way for Assistance Dogs Australia’s ‘Reading Labs’, the well trained helpers reeling in reluctant readers - book, line and sinker.Assistance Dogs Australia’s ‘Reading Labs’ program will be launched by Andy Griffiths, one of Australia's most successful authors and ‘Reading Labs’ Ambassador today, 6th Dogtober, as par....
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Welcome to Dogtober! - Oct 01, 2009
Today is the first day of Dogtober - Assistance Dogs Australia's new awareness month.Assistance Dogs Australia we would love to have you involved this Dogtober. Visit the Dogtober website to find out more about what you can do this month - visit www.dogtober.org.au.Please let your friends know that you support Assistance Dogs Australia and Dogtober by having a good old fashioned tail (chin) wag, s....
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Govenor General Launches Dogtober - Sep 28, 2009
On the 1st of Dogtober, Her Excellency the Governor General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC lent a paw to the pups at Assistance Dogs Australia, launching their first ever fundraising and awareness month on the grounds of Admiralty House in Sydney.Dogtober is a new annual event which will take place in October. It’s a fun way to get involved and raise awareness for Assistance Dogs Au....
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How do you make a Dogs Breakfast of something? - Sep 10, 2009
It looked like a Dogs’ Breakfast on Sunday at Lucas Reserve, with dogs and their owners enjoying the canine social event of the year.After the dogs took their owners for the famous Dogs’ Breakfast walk along the esplanade, everyone enjoyed a delicious breakfast – sausages, bacon and eggs for the people, donated by the Caringbah Lions Clubs and special doggy breakfasts for the ....
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Puppy Cuddles Needed in Melbourne - Sep 08, 2009
Move over Flipper the dolphin, Flipper the doggy is ready to steal the hearts of Victorians, while training to give freedom and independence to people with physical disabilities. Proudly sponsored by the Shane Warne Foundation, Flipper is Assistance Dogs Australia’s newest puppy in training and he’s sniffing out puppy raisers, puppy socialisers and puppy sitters in the Melbourne area....
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Assistance Dogs Australia visits Cronulla Pre-School - Sep 07, 2009
The cute and cuddly puppies from Assistance Dogs Australia took their training to new heights the other week, visiting the kids at Cronulla Pre-School.Three pups in training, Ziggy, Tiggy and Wanda participated in a demonstration at the pre-school, giving the children a taste of how these future service dogs will help people in wheelchairs. The demonstration allowed the pups to show off a wide ran....
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Engadine RSL and North Sydney Leagues Club dig deep - Sep 01, 2009
Engadine RSL and North Sydney Leagues Club have dug deep to give to the paw as part of the CDSE funding initiative.On Friday, the cute and cuddly Assistance puppy in training, Flipper, headed to North Sydney Leagues Club to collect their generous donation of $5,000 which will go towards training more super pups, so they will eventually be able to give freedom and independence to people with physic....
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GG Lends a Paw - Jul 08, 2009
Her Excellency The Govenor General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, has shown her support for Assistance Dogs Australia and took the time to get to know her namesake pups "Quentin" and "Bryce" (pictured left with Richard Lord, Assistance Dogs Australia's "Top Dog").Ms Bryce lapped up the licks and cuddles of her two newest fans. "Quentin" and "Bryce" are 10 week old Labradors who will be trained....
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Golden Dogs to Enjoy Golden Years - May 21, 2009
After 10 years of loyalty and hard work the time has arrived for three of Assistance Dogs Australia's longest serving K9s to hang up their service dog jackets.At a glittering event in their honour hosted by Network 7's Margurite McKinnon and aptly titled the Golden Handshake Dinner, Bonny Bess and Buster with their owners Tanya Sutton Kathy Walden and Tim McCallum enjoyed the limelight and adulati....
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Melbourne Graduation - Apr 13, 2007
Lunchtime in Melbourne on Friday 13 April saw Sponsors, Volunteers, Staff and Recipients converge on City Square for a graduation ceremony of ADA's service and companion dogs. Dr Katrina Warren hosted the ceremony where jubilant onlookers crowded around the stage as one by one the recipients were presented with their fully qualified assistants and life time friends. 6 Canine Graduates in tota....
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Sophie's New Companion - Dec 15, 2003
On December 15, 2003 a runaway car ploughed into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre Sydney whilst the children were sleeping prior to the arrival of Santa. Sophie Delezio was severely burnt and subsequently spent many months fighting for her life. An early Christmas present arrived for Sophie in the form of Tara, a beautiful golden retriever companion dog from Assistance Dogs Australia. ....
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