Our Mascots

On Monday, July 17, 2006 we lost our long time companion.

Rusty made the lives of many people brighter during his visits to schools, retirement homes and camps. He will be truly missed.

Rusty was 11 years old.

On May 20, 2009, we lost Sprat, our loving mascot.

He greeted many who pet him in his own special way and he will be missed.

Sprat was 14 years old.

Mimi came to us back in 1997 as a stray. After no one claimed her, we kept her as our therapy cat.

It’s 2009 and Mimi is getting old and she lost her old ‘friend’ Sprat.  She still has it good at the shelter in her ‘retirement’ – as she no longer does the pet visits.  She spends her day sleeping, playing and getting attention from Kristen.

Coby is a 6-year-old shih-tzu and shares a home with one of our shelter staff. He was Rusty's best friend and the two of them made their visits in the community together. Losing Rusty was difficult for all of us, but especially so for Coby.

These days, Coby still continues his visits to schools and retirement homes. He brings smiles to the faces of everyone he meets.

Coby also has another important job to do. When new dogs arrive at the shelter, Coby becomes the stand-in for testing dog-to-dog aggression. Coby is proud to be a valuable member of our testing team. He's is just one easy going guy!

He is now showing Dolly, our newest mascot, the proper way to visit. With 5 years of community visiting, Coby is just the one for the task.

Dolly arrived at our shelter with her mom and two littermates. At three weeks old, she was just the tiniest thing. All of the kittens were born with small, crooked tails. Dolly was the only one to deal with a bigger hurdle. Besides her little tail, both of her front legs are malformed. It appears as if she has elbows. After some fostering and rehabilitation with one of our agents, Dolly has come along very nicely. Now she runs around the shelter, getting into everything, as only a kitten can do.

Her eyes are very special too. They are 2 different colours - one blue and one green. She is just a white, furry bundle of joy.

With Coby's approval, Dolly has joined him as he makes his community visits.