Puppy Tales Annual Fundraising Calendar
With Trick Dogs Australia Amazing Dog Photography Fundraising For the Australian Cancer Council
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Paws for a Cause
The Puppy Tales & Trick Dogs Australia Fundraising Calendar …. biting back at cancer!
Each year, Puppy Tales creates a stunning calendar filled with photographs of your furry friends in beautiful locations to raise money for a worthy cause.
Starting off, we auction the calendar covers and the monthly spots. The highest bidder’s best bud/s win the opportunity to be one of our puppy pin-ups! Feel the joy of your dog being photographed in magnificent locations which showcase Australia’s beauty. It’s a tremendous experience guaranteed to put a smile on your face and create memories you’ll treasure for many years to come.
This year’s calendar sessions can take place in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane & more (check our Travel Itinerary for 2024 for all the places we’ll be heading).
We’ll be photographing canine characters as varied as the beautiful seasons we have here in Australia. Little or large, young or old, it doesn’t matter because I’ll bring out the “Wag-factor” that brightens your day and that of everyone who purchases their own copy of the Calendar.
In honour of my dad, Bob Fairbrother, all proceeds from the auction for Calendar spots and profits from calendar sales will be donated to the Australian Cancer Council.
If your dog has the “Wag-Factor”, then why not share it with the world by winning their spot as a Puppy Tales Pin-up?!?
On Location Photography Experience with Puppy Tales
We'll be having a ball while capturing incredible memories.
Design Consulation & Session Planning
Every dog is unique, so this is our chance to plan the paw-fect session for them & you!
Session Planning
We'll give you all the tips and guidance needed for a fur-bulous photography experience
Preview & Artwork Appointment
The big reveal! View the beautiful photos we've captured and select your favourites to keep fur-ever.
Small Canvas Wallart Piece
The first print of your collection! A stunning, lasting tribute to your best friend.
The 2025 Puppy Tales Calendar (starring your dog)
& Shipping of your Wallart & Calendar
A few places you may have seen Puppy Tales
What Previous Dog Loving Calendar Paw-ticipants are Saying
Thank you SO much for our photos! They are simply gorgeous, so happy with them. We cannot believe how well the jetty one came up with no duck poo! Thank you for these, we will be able to cherish these for life! Thank you again for your generosity and help throughout this process. I can’t wait to the final products to display in our home.
Kerry is a fantastic photographer with such a love for dogs. She captured my cheeky rescue in a beautiful setting at Bright. The quality of her work speaks for itself and all my family and friends make comments at the wonderful photos of my dog Ron. I will never regret getting these taken, and could whole-heartedly recommend her to anyone looking at getting photos.
The photo session was very relaxed and enjoyable, and Bonnie was very much at ease (and obedient!). Bonnie's personality is truly captured in each shot, and the quality of the prints is excellent. I shall cherish them forever!
Fundraising Calendar Auction FAQ
If you’re a winning bidder, you’ll receive:
- A Session Design Consultation to discuss your dog/s, ideas and preferences, and together we’ll plan the pawfect session experience.
- Your pawsome photography pawtrait experience in the location you’ve won in the auction.
- An in-person Preview & Artwork Appointment to see your stunning photos and select your favourites for your included auction artwork piece and more (if you’d like!) If you’re wagging for additional wallart and photo products, this is the time for that!
- A small canvas artwork piece.
- A copy of the 2025 Calendar – starring your dog/s!
- Shipping for these items.
The minimum value of each cover and month’s winner auction prizes is $900.
All photography is to take place by October2024. Please refer to travel dates we have already scheduled for an indication of when sessions for this fundraising project will be conducted. If the location you’re interested in isn’t scheduled or you’d like a date outside those scheduled please get in contact to discuss prior to placing your bid.
Travel or accommodation costs for the location of the photography session are not included. If required, these are responsibility of the auction winner
All dogs/pets and humans in your immediate family are welcome to be part of the photography experience.
Payment is to be made within 3 days after the auction closes. If you fail to make payment, your spot is offered to the next highest bidder.
All donations raised via the auction will be donated to the recipient organisations once payments have been received. Subsequent donations will be made following calendar preorders, sales and/or any further sponsorships.
As the funds will be donated in full, auction payment is non-refundable.
In the event you are unable to undertake the session you’ve won, the spot is transferrable or I’ll arrange a dog model in that location to be photographed for that month.
We work with you to find the preferred date and location for your session. In the event you’re unable to undertake the session you’ve won for some other reason, the spot is transferable. That means, you can pass it on to a furiend or family member’s pooch. If this cannot be arranged, I’ll find another sweet doggo to be photographed and substituted for that month.
If you have somewhere specifically in mind, you’re encouraged to reach out ([email protected]) prior to bidding closing to discuss options or possibilities and see if something you’d like to do can be incorporated.
No. Auction prizes cannot be combined with an existing photography session or order. The Fundraising Calendar project cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion by Puppy Tales. It’s a fundraising project so we’re aiming to maximise our impact.
Puppy Tales is always looking to connect and collaborate with other dog and pet lovers in business! This calendar is a great fit for pet stores, companies who sell dog-related products, and dog-friendly accommodation or establishments. I’m also open to exploring pawsibilities for how those who offer a service could get involved.
Contact Kerry ([email protected]) and we’ll discuss more!
Sponsoor our March Charge efforts!
March Charge is a virtual challenge that runs throughout the month of March. You can join the team and raise money for cancer support with every kilometre you walk in March. Or you can pledge a once-off donation to the Puppy Tales Team! As it is a virtual campaign, you can take part from anywhere in the world.
For press and publicity inquiries regarding the Fundraising Calendar Auction, please contact Kerry ([email protected])
If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss further with Kerry ([email protected])
Meet Kerry
behind thE AWARDs, Behind the camera and behind DOGS all the way
Kerry Martin – award-winning photographer, author & pet parent!
Kerry Martin is a passionate dog lover. Crazy some may even say 😉! She’s dog mum to two much-adored (and much-spoilt!) dogs, Keiko & Summer. ^^^^ that’s them!
For Kerry, as the human behind Puppy Tales and a community aiming to help and inspire pet parents live their most pawsome life together, dogs, photography & travel are what matters most to her.
She has been a professional photographer for over 12 years. She’s a Master of Photography and has won multiple National & International Awards. The most notable of these awards include Australian and Victorian Pet and Animal Photographer of the Year. These awards were with photos taken for pawrents just like you. Each pet offers something incredibly unique and special, and each session is treated like an award-winning one.
Kerry also loves to write & share about dogs, travel and adventures together. In addition to content for Puppy Tales, she’s written articles for popular dog publications including Dog Life Magazine, Pets and Dogs NSW. She’s also been interviewed and/or contributed expertise to articles in publications including Travel with Dogs by Lonely Planet, Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Tasmanian, Capture and Digital Photography Magazine. And she’s appeared on television talking about travelling with dogs (Channel Nine TODAY Show) and dog photography (Channel 10 Pooches at Play and Channel 10 Animal Extra). Her first book Dog Tales of Australia is available now.
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