Gift Wrapping at Barnes & Noble

This year during our gift wrapping shifts at Barnes & Noble to raise funds for the rescue; we added a new location in Sugar Land and they allowed us to bring the furry ones along! BIG THANKS to all for coming out to help this year. The furry ones were a HUGE hit at the Sugar Land store and we're hoping to get more shifts at that location next year. The other shifts were at the Pearland Barnes & Noble. Click here to see pictures of the furry ones drawing the crowds!

Happy Howliday Hike & BBQ

We held a "Howliday Hike & Merriment" pawty for our volunteers, fosters and adopters on December 13. The skies were overcast and it was a bit cool but it was good for a couple of short hikes and a cookout!! We missed those who couldn't make it! Thanks to those who did! It was a lot of fun!!

Run Like The Wind Event, Dec 2009

Austin TAMR attended the Lee Mannix 'Run Like The Wind' fundraising event today. Lots of folks with their furry kids showed up to run in 25 degrees weather!! The ground was frozen solid when we got there to set up our booth!! Big THANK YOU to our Austin area volunteers, Marc and Barb (Banks), Ruby Dee, Lucy and Stan (Wolfy), Ted and Catherine (Tala) for helping out with booth duties. We all had a blast! Click here to see more pics!

TAMR's 2010 Calendar is NOW available! This calendar features foster and adopted Malamutes in the Houston, TX area and were photographed in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens! Click here to purchase! All proceeds go to TAMR!

Woofstock 2009

TAMR had a booth today at Woofstock in Clear Lake, TX. Big thanks to Rick/Delilah (Miki), Rob/Lis (Kiera/Collin), Auntie M, and Lillian/Steve (Gracie) for helping out today. Two former rescues stopped by too (Sam and Niko) so was good to see them. Click here to see pictures from today (and yes, there are a lot of Collin but his profile is being updated so needed to make sure there were good pics of him! :-)

Pet Fest 2009

Thanks to all who worked the booth at Pet fest this past weekend, Oct. 24 - 25th. We met a lot of people, had a lot of interest in our dogs and even made a good bit of money in the doing by winning the $1000 rescue raffle. Thanks to Lauren for being o9ur lucky charm!! Huge thanks to Rick (Miki), Lauren (Kaya), Rob/Lis (Kiera/Collin), Ron (Artica), Lilly/Steven (Gracie), Carl (Lana) and Debey (Anya) for working the booth this weekend!!

Paws in the Park, Sep 2009

Austin, TX: A few of our volunteers based in Austin participated in Paws in the Park event! They expected 400 people and there were lots of events such as doggie parade, rescue and vendor booths, contests, etc. A huge thanks to Lynn with Seamus, Ted and Catherine with Tala, and Connie for helping with the booth. Click here for the pics.

FOX news weatherman segment

We had a TAMR friend win a contest on the Fox Channel 26 in Houston. Part of the what's involved in this is the Fox Channel weatherman came to her house to shoot the weather for the 5:00/5:30 evening news! She invited TAMR to come out and be on TV to promote the rescue. KFC donated a ton of chicken so we had a feast. Dogs featured were Miki, Bear, Sasha Bear, and Beau. Bear and Beau were the 2 rescues spotlighted :) See some pics here.

Reliant Dog Show Recap

First, Reliant is over for another year (whew!?) and I know we have some very tired folks (and dogs) out there now! Everyone did great from our booth volunteers to our WP crew, and all their helping hands and paws. Your time, energy, and effort is *very* appreciated and I hope everyone had a really good time at the show!

The Weight Pull on Saturday was a big success! Despite minimal show advertising, it drew lots of public attention with many folks asking if we were doing it again Sunday. (If we only knew!) This may have been our first ever WP, but probably not our last from all the positive feedback we have received so far. So a big thanks goes to everyone that helped make the weight pull happen or work the event.

Booth visitors were nearly non-stop all weekend and kept everyone hopping. Reliant is one of the bigger dog shows in the nation, certainly the biggest in Texas, and I'm guessing many of you may not have realized that earlier? (Although I bet some do now!? LOL) It takes some team work to pull it off and still have some fun. I think we did that and more this year! Every bit of that is a major credit to all our volunteers... dog and human!

And last, Reliant has traditionally been more for public exposure and breed education. So we are usually happy just to break even cost wise and make a few new friends? This year's show was easily the best one in ages and also the first one to bring in any real profit for rescue... and we did it at *both* the weight pull and the booth! Way to go guys!! We couldn't have done that without you!

And no...I'm not forgetting the friends that couldn't make it, folks that popped in just to say hello, or the support from outside TAMR. I know I missed some folks and didnt get a chance to talk to everyone, so I just wanted to say all your support is definitely appreciated! :-)

Pictures: Thu / Fri / Sat / Sun

Weight Pull: Results / Videos / Pictures

Spring Fling - 5/16/2009

We had a "swimmin" good time at Urban Tail's Spring Fling on Sat, May, 16th. We were invited to setup a table at their holistic fair and had an applicant and others stop by to meet the Mals (and huskies) and see them play. At one point, we somehow cleared out the pool area and it was the Mal/Husky pool pawty with Lana, Miki, Nate, Mocha and Aurora playing!! Thanks to Delilah and Rick with Miki, Kim and Carl with Lana, Nate, Mocha and Aurora for coming out to the event!! Pics and videos of the event are available: set 1 and set 2.

4/11/09 Happy Tails Hike & BBQ

Thanks to all humans (17) and furry ones (14) who came out to Lake Houston for the 2nd Annual Happy Tails Hike & BBQ. The rain held off and it was cool and overcast so we had great weather for our event!!

We went on a leisurely 3 mile hike in the morning and then afterwards enjoyed a BBQ lunch of grilled hot dogs and sausages, sides, chips and dessert! I think everyone and dog had a great time!!

Click here for pics (apologies if I got names of humans and furry ones incorrect)!

Paws in the Park Pearland - 3/28/2009

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Thanks to everyone who came out today and braved the cold and wind! Yes horrendous winds which stayed with us all day and it didn't warm up until later in the day but still burrrr! The winds made setting up our booth extremely hard so we ended up having a redneck booth? Skeleton tent (no tent) just the frame and the table cloth was held down with bungee cords on our event table. My brother would be so proud of me :) My new Malamute Chalkboard came in just in time too and got to show it off today except I forgot to write something on it!

Thanks to Rick, Delilah, Miki, Bear, Ron, Artica, Issac, Margie, and Keno. Keno made his debut today at his first event! Not too many pictures from today; my hands were too cold but here are a few.

"Call of the Wild" 3/13/09

TAMR was invited to the annual "Call of the Wild" school presentation along with Husky Haven. It is an all day event where a 1hr interactive presentation is given showing pictures of activities and breed comparisons followed by a meet & greet of the furry representatives. Thanks to Margie and Harry, Ron and Artica, Julieanne and Nemesis, and Wilbur and Nikita representing TAMR; and Eileen with Chandler and Disco, Cyndi and Sasha representing Husky Haven. Click here to see pics of the event.

March Mal Madness Yappy Hour 3/12/09

Thanks to everyone who came out in the cold and rain, and braved horrendous work hour traffic to attend our 1st Yappy Hour at Barker Street! We had a great time and were able to meet a couple of new Malamute friends as well as other doggie friends! A fellow rescuer with Houston Collie Rescue, Mary, won the raffle "basket"!! Yeah Mary!!

A huge thanks to Jay and Frank at Barker Street Dog Bakery for providing the opportunity; Houston Rockets, Natural Pawz Sugar Land and Perry's Steakhouse for their generous donations to the raffle basket!

Thanks again to Rick and Delilah with Miki and Bear, Kim and Carl with Mocha, Julieanne and Nemisis for helping with the event. We raised over $500 for the Malamutes!! Woooowoooo!!! Click here and here to view some pics!

Weight Pull 3/7-3/8/09

The Mals were represented well this weekend with 3 Mals (all female!) participating in the weight pull (Miki, Nikita, Skye) in Austin. Lynn was able to join us with Roadside participating too. Miki only needed 2 more pull events to qualify for her AKC Weight Pull title and she succeeded!! Woo Hoo! She also got 2 more 1st place ribbons for her weight class.This is a fun event to watch and a great sport for the Mals! Click here to see pics!

SPCA Mutt Strut 3/7/09

A few of us got up early Saturday to participate in the 2nd annual Mutt Strut at Bush Intercontinental Airport! We strutted 1 mile down an inactive runway and saw a few planes land while walking. I wonder what the passengers were thinking as they saw us out their windows while landing!! LOL! We had a fun time and enjoyed getting out with the fur-kids! Click here to view pics. Thanks to Delilah with Buck and Bear; Kim and Carl with Mocha, Aurora and Nate; Jamie with Zelda and Master Chief; Frank and Debbie with Nilla and Anya; and honorary members Renee and Sandy with her GSD for joining the Snow Dog team!!

Mardi Paws 2/22/09

We had a great time at Mardi Paws this year!! The doggies had their own parade followed by the human one. The parade moved along nicely and we threw out our beads to the crowds! We got lots of cheers. A couple times when we would go through a big section with crowds, we got some loud cheering for us. Our group included Miki and Buck pulling the TAMR sled along with Delilah and Rick; Bear (Rick & Delilah's foster) also tagged along and hung out with Rachel; Renee, her parents and Anita; Lisa, Gregory and Kamea; Ron and Artica; Rachel and Andrew and Rhett, their Mal wannabe; Howard and his honorary Mal; Margie, Kim, Carl, Nate and the Mal cousins (Mocha and Aurora) and their friend Krista, Sasha and Sergei were there were there but didn't quite make it in time to join in the parade! Click here for a few pics!

Pack Hike (2/1/09)

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We had a big group show up today to do the Pack Hike. There were 6 Mals, 1 husky, and 1 scared hound dog! While the husky and hound went on to do the 10 miler, the Mals broke off and ended up just doing a 5 miler today. We had to save our energy for Super Bowl party tonight :) Check out pics here!

January's Adoption Dayz

We had our first Adoption Dayz event yesterday, 1/24 at Natural Pawz Sugar Land. It was a cool, windy day but it was a good event as we had a lot of people stop by to meet Nate and Malachi, who made his event debut. Malachi is a big goober puppy and was quite the hit whereas Nate was a refined gentlemen trying to show Malachi how he should really act at events! :-)

Thanks to Carl, Kim and Delilah for being at the event! Click here for pics!

Weight Pull 1/10-1/11/09

Miki participated in her 2nd weight pull in Austin this past weekend and she won 1st place in her weight class and 1st place in highest body weight percentage on Saturday, 1/10 with a pull of 1586lbs and 1st place in her weight class on Sunday, 1/11!! Woo hooo!!! She was a little tired today so she ONLY pulled 1817 lbs! Miki has completed half the number of pulls required for her Weight Pull Title. Guess she and her parents are taking this new sport seriously!! ;-)

Roadside, Nova Scotia Duck Toller, also participated on Sunday and pulled 926lbs which is awesome considering she only weighs 30lbs! Way to go Roadside! View pics below:
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