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JANUARY 2022 DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE 15

I was Monika’s Kennel Manager a few days a week for Most of all I have admired Monika’s resilience and
just over six months before I left – the work was hard determination to save the dogs’ lives who were in the
and I was too small and perhaps too old to cope with ‘too hard basket’. The sick dogs, the blind dogs, the
the lifting and the twelve-hour days. I did not leave elderly, not to mention the fear biters, and the broken
empty handed though, as I took the Doggie Rescue dogs who were so mistreated they no longer responded
magazine with me. “See what you can do with it to the human touch. These are the dogs who most other
Corinne” was Monika’s parting words to me. rescuers would leave behind but they have all been
given a home at DoggieRescue and the chance to trust
That was, how many years ago now…I think I took again because Monika never gave up on them.
over the magazine in May 2004 so this year it will be
eighteen years. In that time, I have seen a small 12 So, while my journey has been with the DoggieRescue
page black and white (with a touch of red on the cover) magazine all these years it has also been a journey of
newsletter grow to the 48-page full colour magazine rescued dogs’ lives. Over thirteen thousand dogs, many
that we know today. Also, the generation of our cats and other small animals, who should have been just
monthly cat and dog E-Magazine. Thousands of a statistic in a council’s records, have gone on to live full
beautiful, homeless dogs have graced the pages of lives, to be loved and a part of a family. When I receive
DoggieRescue magazine over the years, although the sad emails from families who have lost their beloved
breeds and sizes have changed from mostly small DoggieRescue dog I think... that dog should have died in
Maltese and Foxy crosses to the larger breeds of a pound, unloved and unwanted, and it has been so very
today. Not to forget the many wonderful sponsors who loved in its life. How amazing to be able to do that for an
have helped promote the dogs over the years. In fact,
many of the original ones are still involved with the abandoned animal! It makes me proud that I have even
magazine today. been a small part of the growth of DoggieRescue.
Whilst it is unknown just how many dogs and cats
DoggieRescue has been part of my life from when I this publication is responsible for rehoming over
was at Strathfield, then my move down to Nowra, and the years, what is known, is the passion and
now while I live in the country NSW town of Inverell. I commitment Corinne has to the animals and
have made many good friends, followed adopted dogs’ Monika’s vision. Thank you, Corinne, for your
lives over the years, seen DoggieRescue go from dedication to all creatures great and small.
various locations to the home it has now in Ingleside.

Dolly helps Corinne
sort through some old
magazines