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Ottawa Senators Adopt Black Labrador Retriever

By Molly Kett for a visit,” says Kelly. “Usually
we pass the equipment manager’s
office, John Forget and his staff
he Ottawa Senators have are the first to greet Rookie and he
Twelcomed a new furry always looks through the door as
teammate to the roster! Rookie, the we pass looking for them before
black Labrador retriever was born we turn the corner into the dressing
in Australia but now resides with
room. The odd time at the end of
the Sens.
practice with some players still on
“CNIB contacted me (about it) the ice, Rookie gets excited to get
and I presented it to Aimee Deziel, out there and chase pucks, which
the Chief Marketing Officer for the he usually brings back to my office.
Ottawa Senators, and with Eugene I have a stack on my desk now.
Melnyk’s enthusiastic approval, Rookie would rather chase a rolling
four days later we had a puppy in puck on carpet than a ball.”
the office,” says Mark Kelly, Senior Photo Mark Kelly
Graphic Designer for the Ottawa Clearly, Rookie is having a great the NHL becoming puppy raisers dogs that need homes,” says Kelly.
time hanging out with the Senators
Senators. for different dog organizations is so “Dog rescue organizations bring
and is adjusting just fine to the
The team interacts with Rookie important we couldn’t pass up this puppies and older dogs in to help
hockey lifestyle.
on a daily basis, either in the weight great opportunity to help.” raise money and awareness. The
room when they walk by and yell “Aimee, myself and the Sens Once a month, Kelly takes Sens have a suite full of puppies
his name and Kelly unleashes him thought it was a great opportunity Rookie to the CNIB facility in and dogs to watch the game called
to go in and visit, or when the dog to help the CNIB and raise Carleton Place ON, and train with the Pawttawa Senators. Four Dogs
goes for training walks through the awareness, since she helps run 13 other dogs, including Rookie’s have been adopted this way by
arena and outside. an animal rescue/vet clinic in the brother Pilot. Sens Players.”
Barbados to help dogs and cats and
“When the team is in the building “The Sens started Furry Fans Want to see this adorable
and we walk past the dressing I volunteer at the Ottawa Human Night this year. We have another puppy in action? Check out
room, Rookie knows there is a Society on Sundays walking dogs,” one in March, where we have pens “RookieTheSensPup” on
says Kelly. “The influx of teams in
room full of people who can’t wait set up at the top of each stairs full of Instagram!
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