07/06/2018
To all our friends who came to the Dog Festival of Holland,
Thank you so much for attending! We had the most wonderful day, and hope you did too ☺ Our famous frenchies Nacho, Popov, Maly and Mason had a blast running around. Nell, Bowie, Buster and Peanut only had eyes for food, and Mac spent the day playing kiss-chase with Broes ❤
The biggest success is that we raised 1300 Euros for Cesal http://www.cesal.org.tr/en/about-us-cesal/, and found forever homes together Petsinturkey.org for four of our five doggies we brought over. We cannot thank you enough for your kind donations; if 15 euros can buy a bag of food to feed a pooch for a month at the shelter in Turkey, then 1300 euros is going to make a huge difference!
We would like to mention and thank of the sponsors and volunteers who came to the event.
Our main sponsor for the Dog Festival – www.Dihooworks.com ! There is so much time, preparation and investment which goes into putting an event like this on, and the team have done an amazing job at it. Of course, it is all worth it to see doggies like Teo, Aspen, Foxy (now Miso!) and Milou find their forever homes. This is why we do what we do!
Thank you to Ulrike Ulrike Meder Dog behavior therapist & trainer at Dogrelate and Erica from DogRelate for coming to support the event. We know a lot of our owners gained some valuable advice from their expert opinions, and that some of you are looking to set up sessions already for doggies who some extra focus.
Julia Julia Szymanska-Wolskifrom Dogsways – as well as the hugely popular page ‘- Expats with Dogs in Amsterdam did a brilliant job talking some of our visitors through their doggie’s behavioural issues. For anyone needing additional support in what you might need for your dog living in this city please follow the page – it’s incredibly helpful and great for a support network.
Short but sweet – Terra wine Turgay Tüfekcioglu brought some amazing Organic wines. I have since visited the website to see their full selection, and would highly recommend you do the same!
Thanks to Alisa at Happy Paws - Grooming Salon for keeping our pooches at the festival looking trim. Peanut looked like she enjoyed her hair brush! Your advice was greatly appreciated from many owners, and home-made treats loved by all the doggies.
Thanks to Cihan Turhan for voluntarily taking the festival photos. We have great photos!
All our team members who were there on the day deserve a big shout out – Stevie, Daniel, Courtney (and Dave!), Stephen, Mila and Helen; your support means so much to us and we know all your doggies were happy to see you there!
Sibel & Pinar, Pets in Turkey thank you so much for bringing Milou, Aspen, Teo and Didem hulpaandiereninturkije.nl, for Foxy & Benito over to find their new families. We’re so happy we could help with this and will continue to do so. Every week we will be sharing a post on our page detailing any doggies who might be looking to start a new life in Amsterdam. Thank you for all you do for our four-legged friends, we’re so grateful.
Finally – all of you! Our main sponsors and supporters; whether we walk, host or sit your pups – or simply you came because you just love dogs – thank you so much for being there. It means everything to us to know we have such amazing friends of DIHOO dogwalkingservice.nl and we cannot wait to see you there next year ☺
