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SHOP NEWS 2009 - ARCHIVE

Holiday Gift Wrapping Service - Humane Society Fundraiser (Dec 2009)
The Tehachapi Humane Society will be offering holiday gift wrapping service to the public every Saturday and Sunday from Thanksgiving thru Christmas in exchange for your donations to their non-profit pet rescue. The THS volunteers will have a table inside Canine Creek from 1pm to 5pm on the following dates: 11/28 & 11/29, 12/5 & 12/6, 12/12 and 12/13, and 12/19 & 12/20/09. Paper, bows and ribbons will be offered in a variety of styles and colors. Please bring your items boxed and ready to be wrapped for faster service.  For more information, contact the Tehachapi Humane Society at 661-823-0699 or visit their website at tehachapihumane.org.

Walk-in Pet Care Clinic - Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Canine Creek will be hosting our regular monthly pet care clinic from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.  Shots for dogs and cats will be offered by Dr. David Gantenbein of Antelope Valley Animal Hospital, and nail trimming by Janice Gantenbein.  Vaccine prices:  6 in 1 (dog) = $18, 4 in 1 (cats) = $11, Rabies with certificate = $8, Bordatella = $13, Rattlesnake vaccine = $22.  The 4-in-1 + Feline Leukemia for cats is $23.  All vaccines are also subject to a $1 needle disposal fee.  Nail trimming $15 to $20 per pet, depending on nail condition and pet cooperation.  Microchipping is $45 per pet, which includes a one-time registration fee (not annual).  Payments for the shot/nail clinic must be in cash, or by check payable to Dajazoo.

Holiday Family & Pets Photos - November 21st
Randy Horne of Picture This Graphics will be at Canine Creek on Saturday, November 21st from 10:30am to 4pm. Have a family portrait taken, with or without your pets, for only $30 which includes one 8x10 or two 5x7's. Additional prints are 8x10 for $15, 5x7 for $10, or two 5x7 for $15. Custom sizes available. There will be a holiday background with "snow" and Christmas props. For more information or a sitting reservation, contact Randy at (661) 972-1081.

NEW!  Frequent Buyer Dog & Cat Dry Food Program - Oct 1, 2009
We know times are tough, and our customers are watching every penny.  We are grateful for your loyalty to Canine Creek, and we want to show our appreciation for your continued patronage. So, effective October 1st, 2009, we launched a new "Baker's Dozen" dog and cat dry food frequent buyer program where every 13th bag of food is FREE. The program includes all kibble we sell, in both dog and cat, including in-stock items and special orders.  That's right -- EVERY BRAND of dry food, and any size bag qualifies, as long as it was purchased at Canine Creek after 101/09. Stop by the store for a copy of the program rules and redemption form so you can start earning your freebies today.  Or, drop us a note and we'll email it to you.  Thank you, Tehachapi, for shopping at Canine Creek!
 

Pet Health & Wellness Fair - Sept 27, 2009
On Sunday, September 27th, Canine Creek will be bringing together a number of pet-related vendors for a Pet Health & Wellness Fair.  The goal of our fair is to focus on the factors that contribute to a longer, happier life for your pets... nutrition, exercise, skin & coat care, and more.  The event is sponsored by Wellness Pet Food, and is a fundraiser for STOP.

	50% of all bathing proceeds & pet ID tag sales donated to STOP
	"Dog Parking It", California dog park book signing by author Gail Green
	Dog & cat nutritional information provided by Wellness Pet Food
	Weigh your dog on our vet quality scale, and check out the new pet treadmill
	American Cancer Society Relay For Life team leader of Paws For A Cause
	Q&A with professional dog trainer Valerie Schillaci-Levy of Wonderdog
	Pets adoptions by STOP (small dogs) and Marley's Mutts (large dogs)
	Meet professional pet sitter Amy Duran (now taking holiday reservations!)
	Purchase hand-made dog theme crafts by artist Janet Meabon
	Meet Dyanna McCain DVET HOM and discuss holistic animal healing

Jake's Steakhouse will be out front of the Canine Creek building serving lunch from 11am to 1pm.... or until everyone is fed.  Be sure to stop by for some yummy smoked turkey wraps, tri-tip and drinks!

Tony Vice, local singer and songwriter, will be on hand during our event to entertain our customers.  Aside from being a wonderful person, Tony is a serious dog lover.  When you have a few minutes, visit his website and listen to the heart-warming song wrote for the Save Tehachapi's Orphaned Pets rescue.
 

Move Your Tail Fundraiser for the Tehachapi Humane Society (Sept 12, 2009)
Join us at the 1st Annual "Move Your Tail" 1/2 Marathon, Fun Run & Bike Event on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Brite Lake in Tehachapi to help us raise money for the Tehachapi Humane Society.  There will be something for everyone at this family event, including a 1/2 Marathon, 5k and 10k runs, a 13-mile bike race, an obstacle course for the kids, food & drinks, vendor booths and more.  Well-behaved dogs on leash are even welcome to enter the races!  The courses will be mostly dirt trails with views of Brite lake and the surrounding mountains, and the early 8am start should offer some nice weather.  For more information, or to register online, visit Active.com.

WIN A $500 Pre-paid Credit Card!  The Tehachapi Humane Society is raffling off a $500 pre-paid credit card, among other prizes, for the Move Your Tail Run on September 12th.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5, available for purchase at Canine Creek.
 

Help the German Shepherd Rescue, Win a Mountain Bike (August 2009)
Natura Pet Products and Gil's Bike Shop are teaming up with Canine Creek to help the German Shepherd Rescue recover from a devastating fire that destroyed the modular building at their Tehachapi sanctuary on April 25, 2009. Gil's Bike Shop and Natura (makers of Evo, Innova, California Natural and Healthwise pet foods) have generously donated a beautiful mountain bike that will be raffled off, and 100% of the raffle proceeds will be used to purchase pet food for the German Shepherd Rescue.

Raffle ticket prices are 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5, 14 tickets for $10, or 30 tickets for $20 (cash only, please).  Tickets may be purchased at Canine Creek thru Noon on 8/6/09. Anyone who purchases Natura dry dog or cat food at Canine Creek during this time will also receive a free raffle ticket, compliments of Natura.  The winning ticket will be drawn at the Canine Creek booth at Farmer's Market at 5pm on Thursday, August 6, 2009. You need not be present at the drawing to win!  Last minute raffle ticket purchases may be made at the Canine Creek booth at Farmer's Market from 4pm to 5pm on August 6th right before the drawing.

RAFFLE RESULTS: The winning ticket was drawn by City Manager Greg Garrett at Farmer's Market last night. Congratulations to Amy Norris (photo at left) for winning a beautiful Trek Mountain Bike and a cool helmet, courtesy of Natura and Gil's Bike Shop of Lancaster.  Thanks in part to a very generous $300 donation from the board and members of Save Tehachapi's Orphaned Pets (STOP), raffle ticket sales raised a total of $1,139 for the German Shepherd Rescue... approximately DOUBLE what most of these Natura bike raffles have netted in other (much larger) cities. The photo at right is Grace from the German Shepherd Rescue accepting the donation of 645 pounds of Natura dog food and a check from Canine Creek.  Thank you, Tehachapi, for your generosity, especially in these hard times.

Tehachapi's First Wiener Dog Races - 4th of July Weekend (July 2009)
Canine Creek is the official sponsor of Tehachapi's first Wiener Dog Races which will be held in City Park on the 4th of July during the Hot Dog Festival.

Cash prizes awarded to the "Wieners" of each race:
1st Place $100, 2nd Place $50, 3rd Place $25

Each entrant will receive a Wiener Run t-shirt (for people) from the City of Tehachapi, and a raffle ticket for a chance to win a beautiful blue dog stroller donated by Canine Creek.  Participants must be full-blooded Dachshunds (no mixed breeds) and owners need to show proof of current vaccinations in order to pre-register their dog for the competition.  The race entrance fee is $10 if you sign up before 7/1/09.  Stop by Canine Creek or Tehachapi City Hall to pick up a race registration form.
 

Take Your Dog to Work Day (June 26, 2009)
First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to honor the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. This annual event encourages employers to experience the value of pets in their workplace on this day to promote pet adoptions.  (At right, Canine Creek employee Angel with her dog Phoebe.)

On June 26, 2009, businesses, animal shelters and pet-care professionals from around the world worked together to better the lives of shelter dogs everywhere.  Thousands of businesses opened their doors to employee's pets on this day, in celebration of the great companions dogs make.  Pet Sitters International invited all businesses to Join TYDTWD as they celebrated a decade of working dogs.  They encouraged all employers across the country -- large and small -- to become a true friend of the canine community by helping Pet Sitters International promote pet adoptions in a positive and proactive way.  Visit the Take Your Dog To Work Day website to learn how you can participate in TYDTWD in 2010, register your business, and spread the word about this wonderful event.

Photos shown: Canine Creek employee Angel with her dog Phoebe (top right), Napoleon (left) and Sam's dog Shortie (right), as they each enjoyed a day as "official shop dog" at Canine Creek on Take Your Dog to Work Day.

New Meetup Group Formed - Tehachapi Dog Lovers (June 2009)
Susie Atherton, owner of Canine Creek, formed a new local networking group in Tehachapi to bring dog lovers and rescue groups together.  The Tehachapi Dog Lovers Meetup group is for people in the Tehachapi CA area to meet others with a common interest... dogs!  You can visit the group's home page to can arrange a play date at Meadowbrook Dog Park, find a walking buddy in your neighborhood and get some exercise with your dog, hook up with friends at restaurants with dog-friendly patios, volunteer to help local rescue groups, locate a dog trainer and organize a group obedience class, learn about local dog-related events and much more.  The TDL website is located at TehachapiDogLovers.com.

Bringing Low-Cost Spay/Neuter to Tehachapi (May 2009)
Following is a blog post from Sharon Cornelison, President of the Tehachapi Humane Society:
"With all the abandoned animals constantly cropping up rescue groups are really stretched to the limits trying to help out. The best way to stop this problem is to prevent the litters. Spay and Neuter is what Tehachapi Humane Society is based on and ways to help with this has been our voucher program. We are involved, along with other rescue groups and Canine Creek, in trying to find a means of spaying and neutering that is less costly.
There is a foundation located in Santa Clarita called Angeldogs Foundation that is willing to travel with their mobile unit to different locations and perform lower cost spay/neuters. They would be willing to come to Tehachapi if they can get at least 30 animals to spay/neuter in a day.

They offer canine spay/neuter for $110 which includes a rabies vaccination and micro-chipping, and for felines the cost is $90 which would also include the rabies vaccination and micro-chipping. If you are interested in this please contact Angeldogs Foundation at (888) 504-7729 or visit their website angeldogsfoundation.org to find out the particulars. If they get enough animals signed on to fix from our area, they will schedule their mobile unit to come to Tehachapi. This would include the areas of Keene, Hart Flat, Caliente, Tehachapi, Mojave, California City, Rosamond, Boron and North Edwards. If you are low income, they will honor our vouchers. Call Angeldogs first to get an appointment, after you make the appointment call the Tehachapi Humane Society at 823-0699, Menu #1 for a voucher application. Remember, spay/neuter vouchers are for low income residents of the above areas mentioned, and are for animals that are privately owned.  Sharon Cornelison, THS"
 

Canine Creek Joins Twitter (April 2009)
In the effort to keep our customers up to date in the age of "instant information", Canine Creek has joined the social networking site Twitter.  Follow us to find out what's news at the Creek each day.

Protect Jobs, Buy American, Shop Local (April 2009)
Dear Canine Creek Customers,
I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted hearing how bad the economy is, day after day, on the news. However, I'm not giving in to the doom and gloom, and neither should you, because there IS something each of us can do to help get our country back on track... BUY AMERICAN.

When attending pet industry trade shows in February and March, I made it my mission to buy as many Made in the USA products as possible, and I found quite a few. Some recent additions to Canine Creek include beautiful, high quality leather goods from Auburn, natural meat treats from Healthy Partner, nylon chew bone toys by Astro Bone, sausage and burger treats from Happy Howies, and tough deer and elk antler chews from the Rocky Mountain region. Of course, these products are in addition to the other Made in the USA companies we already stock, including collars, leashes and harnesses from Lupine, and durable toys from eco-friendly American companies such as West Paw, and Planet Dog, among many others.

Thanks to you, our loyal customers, Canine Creek's sales are still in a double digit growth rate so far this year, and we recently hired another new staff member. The next time you come in, please welcome the lovely and very sweet Katie. Katie is the seventh Tehachapi resident on the Canine Creek payroll. Thank you for supporting not only our business, but LOCAL JOBS as well.      Susie Atherton, Owner
 

5th Anniversary Birthday Bash & Charity Fundraiser - Apr 25, 2009

On Saturday, April 25th, 2009, Canine Creek will celebrate its fifth year in business with a charity fundraiser for Doberman SOS at the annual

Scrub-A-Dub for Dobies

Canine Creek will be donating 100% of its self-serve bathing proceeds to the Doberman rescue.  Please come down and wash your dogs for charity.  The last bath starts at 5:30pm.  First come, first served.

So that we may raise as much money as possible, we request that customers limit baths to 30 minutes per dog on Saturday, April 25th, but a cash donation to Dobie SOS will earn you more tub time. FREE upgrade to Bellyrubs organic shampoo to all bathers!  Last year, this event raised over $3,200 for the Dobies in just one day.  Please join us and help make the 2009 fundraiser a success as well.  Victoria Sackett of Victoria's Pet Makeovers will also be at Canine Creek from 1:30pm to 3:30pm on April 25th for a nail trimming and dog spa day. Nails are $15 per pet, or you can get a package deal of nail trim, anal glands and ear cleaning for only $25.  Walk-in's will be accepted, but you can sign up in advance at the store.  Victoria will also be donating 100% of her spa day treatments to Doberman SOS, so please bring your pets to Canine Creek that day for some pampering, and help the rescue dogs.

Bake Sale Fundraiser:  Treats for people will be available for sale on event day as well, starting at only $.50 each. The Doberman Pinscher SOS volunteers are baking all kinds of goodies, from cookies to biscotti to Amish friendship bread and even people cookies decorated in different breeds of dogs.  All proceeds from the bake sale will benefit the Dobies, so please stop by and treat yourself while you help the rescue dogs.

Want to meet some of our vendors and ask questions about their product lines?  Representatives will be on hand to share information on the following brands:  Wellness, Old Mother Hubbard, Holistic Select, Planet Dog, Taste of the Wild, and Chicken Soup.  These vendors will be providing products for the Doberman SOS raffle.  And, although they will not be in attendance, Natura has provided raffle gift bags with goodies from the Innova and Evo lines.  The nice folks from showandsport.com have also donated supplements and treats for the raffle drawing.  Randy from Picture This Graphics, the official pet photographer of Canine Creek, will be on hand selling his prints.

And more going on nearby:  Saturday, April 25th is also the Earth Day celebration in Tehachapi, with events and vendors at Mama Hillybeans and the Apple Shed from 11am to 4pm, so plan on coming into downtown with the whole family and check out the fun.  Well-behaved dogs on leash are welcome at both venues on the outdoor patios.

POST EVENT FOLLOW-UP:

It was rather windy and cold on Saturday, but that didn't stop our loyal customers from coming out for the annual Scrub-a-Dub for Dobies which raised nearly $1,300 in just one day!  Thanks to everyone who came out to wash their dogs, the folks who provided yummy treats for the bake sale, and our friends and customers who donated time and money to help the rescue dogs.  And, a sincere thank you to our vendors who braved the weather to pass out lots of free samples.  Hope to see you next year.

Canine Creek Makes the News - Salute to Tehachapi (Apr 24, 2009)

The Creekers at KERO TV 23 Salute to Tehachapi, Friday April 24th
Left to Right:  Angel, Dawn, Katie, Susie and Gloria
 

Spring Theme People & Pet Photos - Saturday, April 4th
On Saturday, April 4th, local photographer Randy Horne of Picture This Graphics will be at Canine Creek from 11am to 4pm taking family and pet pictures.  Everyone is welcome to come in for a photo session… even if you don’t own a pet!  Your professional photography session will include a festive Spring/Easter theme background and multiple shots for you to choose from. Packages start at $25 including the sitting and prints, and your photos will be ready within 5 days.  They will be available for pick up by Wednesday, April 8th... in plenty of time for the Easter weekend.  Walk-in’s welcome, but appointments are accepted. If you have questions about this event, or would like to make a reservation, call Randy at (661) 972-1081.

Shop Hours Return to Normal - April 2009
Winter Hours have ended at Canine Creek, and we are now back to our regular schedule for the summer -- open 7 days a week from 10am to 6pm.

Tag-a-Thon Fundraiser Benefits THS Spay/Neuter Program - March 16 - 21
For one week in March, Canine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique and the Tehachapi Pet Lodge are teaming up to offer pet ID tags at a discounted price. From Monday, March 16th thru Saturday, March 21st, both businesses will be selling engraved aluminum pet tags for only $5 each… a savings of up to $5 off the normal price. They will also be donating $1 for each tag sold that week to the Tehachapi Humane Society SNAP (Spay & Neuter All Pets) program.  Every dog needs a tag.  This would be a great time to buy one!

In-Store Event - Saturday, February 21st
NAIL TRIMMING:  Victoria Sackett of Victoria's Pet Makeovers will be at Canine Creek for a nail trimming clinic. Walk-in's will be accepted from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, and the cost is $15 per pet.

GREYHOUND RESCUE: Dan and Jean Beckner of Homestretch Greyhounds will also be at Canine Creek on Saturday, February 21st from 11am to 3pm. They will be looking for permanent homes for Greyhounds recently rescued from a dog racetrack that recently shut down in Guam and left the dogs to fend for themselves. (See the story on this news video.) Visit their website at http://www.homestretchgreys.org/ for information on Greyhounds available for adoption.

Valentine Theme People & Pet Photos - Saturday, February 7th
On Saturday, February 7th, local photographer Randy Horne of Picture This Graphics will be at Canine Creek from 11am to 4pm taking family and pet pictures.  Everyone is welcome to come in for a photo session… even if you don’t own a pet!  Your professional photography session will include a festive Valentine theme background and multiple shots for you to choose from. Packages start at $25 including the sitting and prints, and your photos will be ready within 5 days.  They will be available for pick up by Wednesday, February 11th... in plenty of time to include them in a Valentine card for your sweetie.  Walk-in’s welcome, but appointments are accepted. If you have questions about this event, or would like to make an advance reservation, please call Randy Horne at (661) 972-1081.

WINTER SCHEDULE - Change in Operating Hours - Jan 2009
In order to better serve our customers during busy times, we are modifying our hours for the winter months (January thru March).  Effective Sunday, January 4th, we will be open from 10am to 2pm (1/2 day) on Sundays, rather than closing at 6pm.  This change will be temporary, and we plan to return to regular Sunday hours in April 2009.  Monday thru Saturday hours will remain at 10am to 6pm daily.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding.

"25 to Watch in 2009" - Jan 2009
Susie Atherton, owner of Canine Creek, was named one of the "25 people to watch in 2009" by Pet Product News International magazine. 

See who else made the list.

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