October 16th Barkmarket features low-cost vaccinations, free spay/neuter appointments and art!

Saturday, October 16th, 10am-4pm
Markey Park, Piety Street between Dauphine and Royal

The Sula Foundation, a New Orleans non-profit that promotes responsible pit bull ownership, will be providing another round low-cost vaccinations for pit bulls at just $15; $45 for other breeds. The Foundation, through a partnership with Animal Farm Foundation, will also be taking appointments for free spay and neuter surgeries for pit bulls.

The event also marks the release of the 2011 Pit Bulls of New Orleans calendar, which features pet pits enjoying the city at locations such as Hanson's, City Park, Meauxbar, and other hot spots.

In addition, there will be:
art vendors and dog vendors
rescue groups (there is no fee for rescue groups to participate)
raffles
dog training demos
a dog wash and other resources

For more information on the market, visit the Bywater Artmarket website and The Sula Foundation's website at www.sulafoundation.org.

The Pit Bulls of New Orleans 2011 Calendar now shipping!

Our 2011 Calendar features dozens of photos and pit bulls, including the French Quarter, Lucky Dogs, Jackson Square, Meauxbar, City Park, Hanson's snowballs and more. Also: Christian, Jewish and New Orleans holidays. We earn more via PayPal, but you can also order it from Amazon.

Quantity

One Calendar $18.00 Two Calendars $36.00 Three Calendars $54.00 Four Calendars $72.00 Five Calendars $90.00 Option 6 $108.00 Option 7 $126.00 Option 8 $144.00 Option 9 $162.00 Option 10 $180.00

Meet our dogs--and win a copy of Jim Gorant's "The Lost Dogs"

This Saturday, we'll be in the French Quarter at Gallery Rinard with a few of our most adoptable dogs. Stop by between 11am and 1pm and you could win a copy of Jim Gorant's new book "The Lost Dogs," which tells the story of what happened to Michael Vick's dogs after being taken from his custody. It's a great, inspiring story that shows the true, resilient nature of these great dogs.

Saturday, September 18th, 11am-1pm
Gallery Rinard
723 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA

Commemorate Katrina with our Sula dogs on August 28th

This Saturday, August 28th, we'll be marking the anniversary of Katrina with an Open House at Just Dogs Bakery in the French Quarter. Join us for fancy dog treats, and meet our crew of foster dogs, all of whom are waiting to find their permanent homes.

11am-2pm, Saturday August 28th
Just Dogs Gourmet Bakery
813 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA

Help pay for Perry's knee surgery

Recently we told you about Perry, who was transferred from the Louisiana SPCA's adoption room and then diagnosed with a serious orthopedic problem in both knees. He's recooperating from the procedures, but now we're hoping to replace the funds that were used to pay the bill. If we reach our goal, we hope to be able to expand to two low-cost vaccination clinic events this fall.

Marisa, Sanjay and Perry hold a kissing contest at Gallery Rinard

July events, Gulf Coast Aid, and a New Pup

We have a number of great events coming up in the next two weeks--including a gallery event this weekend, the first No Fleas market on the 24th, a July 29th happy hour at Capdeville and a volunteer training session on the 31st. We'll get to that later, but first we have a few updates--and a new pup to introduce.

If you watched Anderson Cooper on CNN last night, you probably heard about the Louisiana SPCA's Gulf Coast Companion Animal Relief program. Next week, The Sula Foundation will be providing volunteer support to staff the program's locations in the outlying parishes. We also want to thank Ellen Gilmore at Best Friends. After The Sula Foundation contacted her at the end of May, Ellen began working on ways in which Best Friends could most effectively partner with the broad needs of those affected by the economic hardships of the oil spill. On July 1st, Best Friends delivered to the SPCA a 20 ton donation of dog food from Del Monte, which was immediately available for distribution to area shelters. You can read more about Best Friends' efforts, and their First Home Forever program, at their website.

Perry swims at Canine Connection.

Meanwhile, Perry, our recent transfer from the LA-SPCA, has run into some unexpected trouble. He's certainly been coming out of his shell, thanks to the attention of his foster parent and the staff at Canine Connection. But the more active he became, the more we began to notice periodic limping, which has been diagnosed as Medial Patellar Luxation. As you might imagine from the number of syllables, this is an expensive problem to solve, requiring surgery on both legs to correct the architecture of his knees.

About the same time that Perry was being diagnosed, little Sanjay dropped, almost literally, into our laps. We won't go into the details, except to say that we were faced with a choice that made it easy to bend the rules a bit to accept a dreaded puppy even as we were beyond capacity. And why did we name him Sanjay? Last month BAD RAP, in Oakland, asked us to judge a naming contest for a little of puppies they had just taken in. (They also donated 10% of the contest proceeds to the Sula Foundation. Thanks guys!) One of the winning names was Sanjay (you can read all about the pups and their names here), and it must be a lucky name, because within a week he'd found a home and shed his name to pass it on to our little guy. Sanjay is currently being treated for non-contagious mange, and playing with some of the best pit bulls we know.

With so many surgeries to pay for and dogs to help, we've kicked up our summer schedule:

Saturday July 17th, 11:00am-2:00pm
Open House at Gallery Rinard, 738 Royal Street
"Come meet the dogs"

Saturday July 24th, 10:00am-2:00pm
NO Fleas Market at Canine Connection
$10 Dog Wash, microchips, adoptable dogs and flea market

Thursday July 29th, 5:30-7:30pm
Happy Hour at Capdeville
2-for-1 Drinks; $2 off local draft beers

Saturday July 31st, 10:00am-1:00pm
Volunteer training--"Come learn more about The Sula Foundation, dog handling, and how you can help"
Location TBA