New Year, Same Dream. Same Goal.

I have a dream…

If you were to ask me what my ultimate dream is, if I could do one thing and know that I couldn’t fail, I would say without hesitation that my dream would be to have my own little island full of all the animals in the world needing their own home and family.  That would be THE ultimate dream.  But I have to be realistic (unfortunately!). 

The closest to having my own island filled with animals would be to have an animal sanctuary full of rescued animals.  I would take in the old, theunwanted, the strays, the sick, I would take them all.  I would be honored to take care of them, bring them back to health, show them love, and if possible, adopt them out to loving families.  

While that dream is definitely more realistic than having my own island, it’s still not something that can be fulfilled in a snap of a finger.  It will take hard work and (a lot of) money, but someday, watch me make it come true.  

..now tell me, if you could fulfill a dream, knowing that you could not fail, what would you do?  What is your dream?


Susel shares our dream and goal....:)

Guest writer-Susel Depinoy
D.O.G.S.-VP

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Don't break my heart, my achy breaky heart...

Good morning everyone! :)

Do any of you remember that song?  Don't break my heart my achy breaky heart, I don't think it'll understand....da da da da daaaa  ??  Well I'm a country music listener myself and love country music!  That song popped in my head this week when I was talking to someone who called D.O.G.S. about surrendering their dogs.  The owner was crying and my heart hurt for her as well.  Recently D.O.G.S. has been getting emails and calls more and more.  Which is great, our team that works on marketing us is doing their job.  We are grateful to have people help us navigate our Google 'perks' like Google adwords.  If you are starting your non profit, you should check it out!  Google offers a variety of support for non profits!


Anyway, it's tough to receive calls and emails like those and I suppose it is the nature of the beast when working with a non profit that helps animals.  People may not read our mission or fully understand what we do.  They may see animals, help, rescues and call or email.  We help them as best we can and offer resources and support.  All the while listening to the sad stories is difficult.  Sometimes going through my Facebook feed or just having an email is difficult.  The sad stories, pictures, tragedies can be overwhelming at times.  One way I keep on trucking is reminding myself THIS is why I want to continue to work on D.O.G.S. for all those sad stories to go away.  Eventually.  Decrease them.  Cease them.  It may seem naive, some may say how nonsense of her to think that way, but that's a way I know how to cope/manage with all of it in a healthy way.  

If you would like to share how your organization or yourself manages situations like this.  I would love to hear it.  Please comment below or shoot me an email.  Let's connect!  Strength in numbers, the power of positive thinkers.  :)


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Who Moved My Cheese?

Greetings animal friends,

Lately I have been experiencing more change then I would like to welcome.   Don't get me wrong, I understand change is going to happen, sometimes even necessary.   Whether it is a good change or a not so good change, change is present all around.  My friend loaned me a book called Who Moved My Cheese?when I was in transition from one job to another to create more time for D.O.G.S.  It was a simple, fast read, which I appreciated it very much at the time considering my lack of time.  I would recommend it for people going through change in their life or to read for fun.  I took away some nuggets from it.

With that said, with D.O.G.S. change is constant, making changes, making adjustments, decisions for the betterment of D.O.G.S. and so on.  One change I will share with you today is:

Today we made the decision to move our candy machine for fundraising for D.O.G.S. 100% of proceeds go to assisting animals in need.  We moved it to hopefully a higher traffic location.  We are so grateful for So Good Asian's support in our candy machine fundraising efforts for over a year now.  We were able to connect with Hot Comics in New Hope, with a different demographic and perhaps higher traffic will help with our fundraiser for D.O.G.S.  It was a tough decision, since we had such great support at So Good Asian.  In the future we hope to have multiple candy machines throughout MN, but for now we are happy to be able to sustain this one.  We are looking forward to our new partnership with Hot Comics and this isn't good bye with So Good Asian :).  

I feel truly blessed to have amazing opportunities for D.O.G.S.  As D.O.G.S. grows, I feel the support increase.  It definitely is a different vibe then when I first started this dream.  So if you are thinking of doing something you love, don't hesitate, take the steps, make it out, give it a feel, and go for it!  It will be hard, it may get harder, but it does get easier.  D.O.G.S. is challenging and easy if that makes sense, everything else is a bit more difficult, but made easier because I am doing what I love.  Do what you love.  Make the change.  Create the change you want.  I know I still am and will continue to make changes for a happier, healthier me and D.O.G.S.

New hours come to Hot Comics and get your read on and support D.O.G.S.

I Rather Be with My Dog, Really?

Hello everyone! :)

Have we met?  My name is MyLy.  Me then: I am an introvert at heart.  I tend to keep to myself quite a bit, prefer to stay home with the furbabies, enjoy my alone time, love working on what I love and am happy to do it alone, and of course would rather be with my dog then anyone else.  And I mean anyone.  People would say she's got be with her dog only.  Say what?

Me now:  I am still an introvert, however with the birth of D.O.G.S. I have a little more extrovert in me.  See: an outgoing person.  I enjoy my introverted side, no doubt, but I also embrace a new side of me.  A butterfly that wants to meet others with similar interests in helping animals, meeting new friends, partners, supporters, and animal lovers.  It is actually really fun.  If it wasn't for Dogs Of A Good Society, I would not have the chance to meet amazing rescue heroes, rescue supporters, and most everyone on the board of D.O.G.S.  I have gained some wonderful friendships, partnerships, and a new sense of me and on going.

So, sometimes it's good to go outside of your comfort zone and learn something new about yourself through something that speaks to your heart.  Try it, you might like it.  I know I do. 

Hi, have we met?  I'm MyLy and I go wherever D.O.G.S. takes me.  It may be scary, it may be a bit crazy??  It may be a risk.  Some may call me a 'dog lady', but really what's the negative in that???  As long as it's positive, makes me smile, and I get to try to be the person my dog already thinks I am.  Why not?  

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Are you going to eat that?

Greetings fellow animal friends! :)

This week's post I decided to blog about my somewhat, but not quite borderline 'hoarding' of anything I can use for Dogs Of A Good Society.  As some of you may know, I am not much of a collector of things I don't need (i.e. clothes, boxes, knick knacks, etc).  I absolutely love cleaning and organizing, getting rid of 'junk' so to speak.  With that said I do collect: old/new t shirts (for DIY dog toys), boxes, Starbucks coffee bottles (for event decor), mason jars (events), notebooks, paper, recycled paper, pens, pencils, folders, candle jars (events), shopping bags (storage, etc), hangers from the dry cleaners (for D.O.G.S. clothing closet), seasonal clearance items (event decor/supplies), frames, and so much more!  Random items I collect all for D.O.G.S.  I find myself frequently thinking, what could I use this for D.O.G.S., or this or that.  

"Hey don't throw that away, you never know when I could use it for D.O.G.S.!"  Lucky for me, my family is pretty supportive of my 'keeping of things'.

Being a start up non profit, I don't want to waste any resource; waste not, want not.  Almost anything could be a resource.  Heck, I recycled an old table a neighbor was throwing out for the D.O.G.S.'s office.  And for those of you who know me fairly well, that's almost unheard of.  I am quite a germ-a-phobe, got some snippets of OCD cleanliness in me.  However, I figured a good scrubbing and disinfectant and va la!  An office desk so I can work diligently and efficiently in the D.O.G.S.'s office.

I suppose you have to keep everything and anything, reuse, recycle, and all that to save a little here and there.  All to be able to spend more on helping animals.  It's OK to do that, it's OK to want to spend it where it counts.  I'm learning it's OK to change some of my habits, way of thinking, what have you to really focus on what's really important.  The BIG picture. Pinch a little here, save a little here, keep a little of this, get a little of that, to help.  Help a furbaby that will make my heart and face smile for days on end.

A glimpse of some of the items I collect

all for these cuties...

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Light bulb!

Greetings animal friends! :)

My life consists of working on Dogs Of A Good Society, maintaining a full house, working at a part time job, balancing a full calendar and squeezing in self care; can have my head spinning at times.  For the most part, I love it and enjoy the 'whirl wind' of a life I have created for myself.  With lots of love, support, and coffee it works out well!  

I am asking my fellow blog friends, D.O.G.S. friends, and everyone around the world, what would you like to see on the blog?  More on D.O.G.S.'s process, announcements, day to day happenings, you name it!  I would love to hear from you all.  Sometimes my mind goes 100 mph a minute I need to slow down and reflect on what works well here.  Let me know @ dogsofagoodsociety@gmail.com or comment below.


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Thank you 2014, Welcome 2015!

Hello animal friends! :)

It's been awhile since D.O.G.S. has posted a new blog, thanks for being patient with us.  We are excited to roll out some new initiatives and have already introduced a couple of our projects to assist animals in MN.

It has been a GREAT 2014 and we look forward to an even better 2015.  Here's a little recap of what we have been up to in pictures.  Enjoy!

Our Annual Benefit

Our new t shirt design for 2014

BBQ with your Buddy fundraiser! 

Paws on Grand

We got to be a part of GiveMN-Give to the Max day!

Holiday wrapping 2014 at Barnes and Noble

Join the Pack be a Pack Leader initiative

Supplies to share, we are here to assist animals, however we can!

Meetings, meetings, and more meetings to connect with YOU and other great partners!

Our new BOGO leash designs, proceeds go to helping animals and we donate one!

Coming soon, our YouTube project!

Constantly learning new skills, thanks to our site designer and 'on call webmaster' we learn the ropes!

This is just a snippet of what we had done in 2014 and 2015 there is so much more in store.  Stay tuned!  Thanks to you all this and more is possible-for the animals!

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