Upcoming Events February Sun Mon Tues Wed Thrs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March Sun Mon Tues Wed Thrs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 RabbitEARS holds frequent educational and community events. We generally list in the Berkeley Daily Planet and at About Kensington. We often coordinate events with the Kensington Farmer's Market, which happens right outside our front door. February Saturday, February 13, 2-4pm, Rabbits are Sooooo Sweet Adoption Fair and Fundraiser, kids get to make Valentines for their own pets or shelter animals, enjoy special homemade Valentine refreshments, adopt a pet or sponsor a shelter animal. The best Valentine you'll ever get is waiting for you at RabbitEARS! Sunday, February 14, 2-4pm, Valentine's Day Small Critter Adoption Day and Rat Care Class, kids get to make Valentines for their own pets or shelter animals, enjoy homemade refreshments, adopt a hamster, rat, rabbit or guinea pig, learn all about loving and caring for pet rats. Your new pet will be your Valentine every day of the year! March Saturday, March 13, 1-4pm, Rabbit Adoption Day, meet Pepsi and Satchmo, Momo, Doolittle, HotDog, and Shortcake, learn from the experts about habitat, grooming and health, Saturday, March 13, 2-3:30pm, Calming the Aggressive Bunny Does Floppy growl at you before a full-frontal lunge when you feed her? Do you put on boxing gloves to clean Thumbelina's litter box? Does Ace hold the world championship in kick-boxing? Good news! Floppy, Thumbelina and Ace don't hate you. They most likely have a behavioral problem, rather than an inherited or learned response, that might be corrected with a little understanding and constructive training. Michelle Miller is a volunteer at Contra Costa Animal Services Department in Martinez. She has always loved animals and grew up with a dog that taught her how to train an animal without yelling or abuse. In college, Michelle studied animal behavior and learned how to observe and train an animal through operant conditioning and using enrichment. Using her background, education and determination, she developed her own method for training a biting, cage-protective bunny, which is now bonded to her. Michelle can help you with your own self-motivated little she-devil or were-rabbit. On Saturday, March 13 from 2-3:30pm, Michelle will teach simple techniques for dealing with your aggressive, nervous, frightened, grumpy, thumping, boxing, biting or downright tyrannical rabbit without blood, sweat or tears! Remember, you can't hit back but you can learn how to defend yourself and retrain your angry bunny. Space is limited, so please phone 510-525-6155 to sign up. Suggested donation is $20 to further rabbit rescue efforts. Saturday, March 20, 1-4pm, Small Critters Adoption Day, meet the guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits and more at RabbitEARS! Saturday, March 27, 1-4pm, Cats and Kittens Adoption Day, meet rescued cats from local shelters and back alleys, learn how to take care of feral cats in your neighborhood and how you can help out at your local shelter. Sunday, March 28, 1-4pm, Beds and Bones Campaign to Support our U.S. Military War Dogs Show your support for the deployed K-9 working dog troops serving our country in the Middle East, their soldier handlers, and adoptions back home when the dogs retire, Donate money for bones and beds, send a postcard to a war dog, enjoy music, refreshments and meet a real live military war dog handler!