Turtle Gardens began on April 8, 1988 as a no-kill facility to address
a very real need for a safe haven for unwanted animals. There were no
shelters of any kind for 250 miles – from Prince George to Terrace -
17 First nation Communities and 11 Villages and Towns. Twenty years
later there is still Turtle Gardens. We have adopted over 4000
dogs since inception; an average of 227 to 250 dogs per year. Turtle
Gardens began like any other shelter – with kennels and has evolved to
a Group Foster Home and Rehabilitation Centre. Turtle Gardens has
undergone extensive renovations to ensure the comfort and safety of
our dogs. We live with the dogs as a family group; sharing our home so
they learn to be a FAMILY companion. Turtle Gardens is a family
operated group home who specializes in stray/feral dogs from First
Nation Communities and Municipal Pounds. Most of our dogs are first
and second generation strays – they have never been in a building let
alone a home. First we help them become dogs to heal their “inner
puppy” and develop a relationship of mutual respect with lots of TLC.
We teach them with positive reinforcement to learn how to learn. We
give them the skills needed to adapt to city life where doggie social
skills are so important in day to day living. 90% of our dogs are
internet adoptions – there just isn’t enough population in the north
to find families for so many dogs. All of our dogs are vet checked,
vaccinated, wormed and spayed or neutered. Turtle Gardens is
continuing our renovations and upgrading our fencing. Turtle Gardens is situated on 27 acres of woodland and hills.
Realizing that the flow of dogs is not slowing down Turtle Gardens has
instituted a Low Cost Spay Neuter Voucher Program. We have all four
veterinary clinics in our area participating in our program. We do
extensive outreach programs in schools. A daily blog about day to day
activities can be seen on www.turtlegardens.org
©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.
Met with Cynthia and her doggles Sassy last night for our home visit prior to approval. Although confident with our decision to welcome a canine into our little family, I was still nervous of being judged. Cynthia and Sassy are an amazing team. Sassy is friendly with good manners and does her own assessment of the people and premises. Cynthia is so warm and open I doubt she wouldn’t be able to calm a train wreck. Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the care you take in placing your dogs.
March 25th, 2010 | #
hi! i am not sure this is the right place. we adopted blue (aka peppy blue) from a no-kill shelter in granisle, BC in late spring 1994. she is a tri-colour border collie blue heeler cross. she was one year old when we adopted her. she is now 17, blind, deaf, and now reaching her end of life. i am not sure how long she has but despite her issues with strangers and other dogs she has been very well loved, we have finally had a farm these last few years and she is able to wander at will. we love her so much, so if you are the people responsible for her, i just wanted to let you know how long we’ve had her and how well she is loved, so thank you from blue and the rest of our family,
jacqueline
May 17th, 2010 | #
Thank you so very much for the update from so very long ago. Yes it was me who you adopted Peppy Blue from in Granisle! We (Dave and I) now live in Topley! You have reaffirmed why we do what we do!! Thank you so very very much for your comment – you have made my evening so very much brighter!
May 17th, 2010 | #