Last Monday myself and another volunteer (Grant) headed up to Kinglake. There we met with David, the South Australian Dog Listener who built 15 wonderful kennels for us. David put the finishing touches on the kennels and Grant and I loaded up kennels, beds and coats to fill the weeks requests. We visited a number of houses, more than ever before and proceeded to provided the goods they required. We met Bear, who is the black labrador in our gallery, he needed a coat and kennel which we provided and were in use in 2 minutes. Bear was very happy in his new kennel and snuggled in before we had even left!

We met a number of residents who currently live in temporary housing (caravans & shared houses) and were able to give them the basic requirements for their dogs. We are having one kennel for three dogs custom built as they had previously had one big kennel they had previously shared and opt to sleep outside together in the weather rather than in the crates their owner had acquired. 

As people continue to move forward with rebuilding their lives we are finding that more and more people are looking to us for assistance. We are and will continue to distribute goods, as they are required, and hope that we can assist many more dogs and their owners as we go on. 

Lynne and I will be working in Kinglake on Wednesday this week, (due to easter) and will update you later in the week.

Again, a big thank you to our supports and sponsors, Fifers is doing a great job building us kennels, the numerous sewing guilds around the country and New Zealand, Pets in the City for their collection and everyone else that continues to enable us in our work.

Luke Williams