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Doggone Safe! Mandate

Doggone Safe! Goals

Doggone Safe! Programs (including Be a Tree Program)

Many of these originate from a Coroner's Jury Recommendations into the mauling death eight year-old Courtney Trempe in 1998 by a neighbour's dog.  Download the jury recommendations

• to provide low-cost educational materials for use in schools

• to provide low-cost educational materials for use by community health departments

• to provide educational materials to veterinarians for office display

• to provide educational materials to family physicians for office display

• to develop children's television programming that teaches about dog communication and dog bite prevention

• to provide information and resources on raising puppies and training dogs in ways that do not promote aggression

• to provide information and resources for expectant parents with dogs

• to provide information and resources for professionals who must visit or enter the homes of people with dogs during the course of their job

• to promote the need for trauma counseling for dog bite victims and to provide victim support services

• to provide services for dog bite victims and their families

Evidence that education is important for dog bite prevention

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Find out how to become a Doggone Safe presenter

• Be a Tree^TM  - Dog bite prevention program for primary school students and community groups

• Visit the Be a Tree reference centre for detailed information

• Download Be a Tree license agreement - Fax completed agreement to 905-854-3271

• order the Teacher Kit on-line  - click here

• print and fax or mail the order form with cheque or credit card information

• phone 1-877-350-3232 to order using a credit card

"Hats off to the best educational package I have seen in years and a great public service that goes a long way to getting the message out about dog bite prevention and working toward eliminating dog bites to our children." Full Review Lisa Grey - Canine Behavior Consultant and Specialist; Bite Prevention Educator with BCSPCA (former); Senior Trainer - Canines with a Cause; Senior Instructor - Adolescents at Risk and Canines Ontario; Owner Natural Bond Canine Consultants, Ontario, Canada "Directions are clear, the guidelines accurate and user friendly. Pictures are very helpful. Every school should have a kit available." Carolyn Clark - Teacher, Director of Center for Applied Canine Behaviour, Owner of Carolark Family Dog Training, Ottawa ON Find out about the Be a Tree Teacher Kit

• Be Doggone Smart With Your New Baby^TM  - Dog bite prevention seminar program for expectant parents

• Be Doggone Smart At Home^TM  - Dog bite prevention seminar program for parents

• Be Doggone Smart At Work^TM - Dog bite prevention for utility, telephone, postal, landscaping and other workers

• Courtney Trempe Memorial Fund for Dog Bite Victim Support

                          To provide services not covered by insurance - such as trauma counselling, caregiver

                          support, support for communication with school and peers while in hospital.

                          To provide resource cards to hospital emergency rooms that provide information on the need for

                          trauma counselling, how to find a counsellor, legal rights in case of a bite by someone else's dog,

                          and help with deciding the fate of the dog that bit.

Contact us for more information or to book these programs.

Click here if you would like to find out about becoming a Doggone Safe presenter.