{"id":20507,"date":"2025-07-09T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/?p=20507"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:37:30","slug":"pets-of-patrollers-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/2025\/07\/pets-of-patrollers-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pets of patrollers \u2013 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20478\" src=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115440\/CSP-Email-Banner-July-2025-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115440\/CSP-Email-Banner-July-2025-12.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115440\/CSP-Email-Banner-July-2025-12-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115440\/CSP-Email-Banner-July-2025-12-560x187.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\"><i><b>By Diana Lee, Communications and Marketing Manager (<a href=\"mailto:diana.lee@skipatrol.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diana.lee@skipatrol.ca<\/a>)<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">In early 2025, we launched our new <a href=\"\/newsletter?p=19173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pets of Patrollers<\/a> feature to highlight the happiness and comfort we experience when our animal friends interact with us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">For our sixth feature of the year, here are the July stars:<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>Otis and Potato, Calgary<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20507 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/img-072025-otis-01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-560x747.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115704\/img.072025-Otis-01-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20488'>\n\t\t\t\tOtis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/img-072025-otis-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-560x747.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115634\/img.072025-Otis-02-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20486'>\n\t\t\t\tOtis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/img-072025-otis-and-potato\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-913x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-913x1024.jpeg 913w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-267x300.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-768x861.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-1369x1536.jpeg 1369w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-1826x2048.jpeg 1826w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115608\/img.072025-Otis-and-Potato-560x628.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20484'>\n\t\t\t\tOtis &amp; Potato\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Otis is a 1.5-year-old Bernese Pyrenees and Potato is a two-year-old Corgi. Despite their size difference Otis (rocking the red jacket) and Potato love to wrestle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Owner: Christina Hackett, Sunshine Ski Village, Calgary Zone.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>Callie, Nova Scotia<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20490\" src=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115708\/img.072025-Callie-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115708\/img.072025-Callie-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115708\/img.072025-Callie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115708\/img.072025-Callie-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/08115708\/img.072025-Callie.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Callie is a six-year-old Nova Scotia Duck Toller Retriever. She loves the snow, morning walks in the park, and treats!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Owner: Glenn Mason, Ski Wentworth, Nova Scotia Zone.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a6192e;\"><b>How to get your pet featured<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Please send an email to Diana Lee (<a href=\"mailto:diana.lee@skipatrol.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diana.lee@skipatrol.ca<\/a>) with the subject line: \u201cPets of Patrollers: Your Name, Your Pet Name\u201d and the following details:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<li>Name, age, breed of your pet (e.g., Onyx, two years old, German Shepherd dog).<\/li>\n<li>Fun fact or an interesting detail about your pet and what they mean to you.<\/li>\n<li>Attach a photo of your pet (bonus points if they are wearing CSP gear).<\/li>\n<li>Your zone and the name of the resort(s) you patrol at.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Mental health is an important aspect of the Canadian Ski Patrol. We hope that these pet photos spark joy throughout your 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Even for those who don&#8217;t have pets, interacting or even seeing an animal can boost their mood. Just think of the positive impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/not-just-another-furry-face-the-scientific-benefits-of-therapy-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">therapy dogs.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Diana Lee, Communications and Marketing Manager (diana.lee@skipatrol.ca) In early 2025, we launched our new Pets of Patrollers feature to highlight the happiness and comfort we experience when our animal friends interact with us. 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