Toby's Foundation AussiE-Update

Greetings from Toby's Foundation,

Please support the blood draw for canine epilepsy research at the ASCA National Specialty in Bryan, Texas in November 2014

ASHGI is collecting blood samples for Dr. Ned Patterson’s Aussie epilepsy study at the University of Minnesota. Blood samples from affected dogs are greatly needed to keep the research going. If you cannot provide a blood sample from your dog at Nationals please go to our website for information on sending blood samples from your dogs directly to the University of Minnesota.

RESEARCH BLOOD SAMPLES will be collected ONLY on Tuesday November 4, 2014 from 9 – 11 a.m. Please click on the ASHGI link for more information for “Epilepsy (U Minn)”.

In Memory of Stetson

Please see Toby’s Foundation ad “In Memory of Stetson” in the September / October 2014 issue of Aussie Times and the Australian Shepherd Journal and on our website and on our facebook page.

I had the privilege and honor to meet Stetson in September 2013 at the ASCA Nationals in Greeley, CO. His mom Margie had brought Stetson there for his 13^th birthday. It was also the venue where his promising show career had begun but was cut short by epilepsy. Stetson had a gentle and loving spirit. He was kind and beautiful even at thirteen. He greeted me as a friend and posed for a few photos with me. He made me feel right at home with him.

Stetson worked side by side with Toby for many years to help bring Toby’s Foundation to the forefront in the fight against canine epilepsy and raise awareness about this disease that claims so many precious lives and devastates so many families. Stetson did so many ads for us that it would have been very difficult for Toby and me to have fought the good fight against canine epilepsy without him and his mom.

If you have not seen our 2013 TF Scrapbook from the ASCA Nationals in Greeley, CO please check it out. It includes photos of Stetson with his mom, Margie and Toby’s mom.

In Loving Memory of Stetson,

Toby’s Mom

Pamela Douglas, President of Toby’s Foundation

Charitable Giving

Your gifts help us to support the research to find the genes responsible for canine epilepsy and develop a screening test.

Please make Toby's Foundation part of your charitable giving. Toby's Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our Federal Tax Identification number is 74-3135217. Your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law and helps us in our efforts to stop canine epilepsy.

Please check with your employer about a Matching Gifts program.

If you would like to make a memorial or honorary gift to support canine epilepsy research, an acknowledgement card can be sent to whomever you specify.

We accept donations online (see link below) or you may mail your check to:

Toby's Foundation
P.O. Box 7321
Laguna Niguel , CA 92607

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AussiE-Update Volume VII, No. 52
September 5, 2014

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