Princeton Dog Training Club Donates Lifesaving Equipment to Hopewell Township's Union Fire Company

PRINCETON, N.J. - Jan. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- – Dogs and cats in Hopewell Township will be safer in the event of a fire now that the Princeton Dog Training Club has donated three respirator masks to Hopewell Township’s Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad, Station 53 & Squad 153, located in Titusville/Washington’s Crossing, NJ on the Delaware River.

         “We are delighted to be able to donate three ‘mouth to snout’ respirator kits that will fit small, medium and large animals,” PDTC Board Member Michele Carberry, of Hopewell, said at the recent equipment presentation attended by Union Fire Company’s Fire Chief Bryan Malkiewicz and Deputy Chief of EMS Anne Marie Soganic.  The respirators will be used to administer oxygen should a dog or cat suffer from smoke inhalation.

         According to PDTC President, Debra Fronheiser, the Club’s membership voted to donate the respirators as part of its annual charitable donation disbursement.  PDTC member Lynne Tatarowicz facilitated the purchase of the respirator masks and also attended the presentation.

         Princeton Dog Training Club was formed in 1952 and has nearly 100 members residing in and around Mercer County. PDTC offers classes and hosts various dog activities including Agility and Obedience classes, run-thrus, seminars and clinics; Agility and Obedience trials; Rally and Nosework classes; CGC and Therapy Dog (Therapy Dog International) tests with Obedience, Nosework, and Rally classes held at the Griggstown Firehouse, 1037 Canal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 and Agility classes held at 290 Rileyville Rd., East Amwell Township, NJ 08551.

         For details about classes, visit www.princetondogtrainingclub.com or call (908) 431-0460.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PrincetonDTC/?fref=ts

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Union Fire Company’s Deputy Chief of EMS Anne Marie Soganic, left, helps fit Michele Carberry’s Doberman Pinscher, “Alice”, with one of the new animal respirator masks recently donated by the Princeton Dog Training Club