It had been almost a year since I adopted Zeus to Joey, Tim and Lori and even though I’ve had regular contact with them, I still missed seeing him. Lori and I arranged to meet last Sunday. She had some questions regarding Zeus’ training and thought a visit would do him good. If you forgot Zeus’ situation, he was the …
Adopt Ozzie…. the Prince of Barn-ness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxGGz20WXs&feature=channel_page Ozzie was dropped off at the shelter in a shopping cart. For the first two days he was in a state of shock and merely laid on the floor of his cell. I took him out and slowly he got up and licked my hand. A few days later I got a call that he was die to be …
Chaining is STUPID…
Take a close look at the picture above before you read the story below… and know that this dog is dead because of human stupidity. Dogs are not meant to be chained up…. just like people are not meant to be chained up. However, people can stand up and complain, dogs just die. If you see someone who chains their …
Sweet Judy SAVED!
Sweet Judy sat in the shelter for almost 2 months when she was pointed out to me. I introduced her to some people via a short youtube video, see link below, and suddenly everyone wanted her. Anton stepped up and contacted Pei People through a friend of ours, Nancy… and the rest is history. Sweet Judy has a very nice …
Sweet Judy will Steal Your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sECVBIO1nhI&feature=channel_page I visited the NOC shelter here in downtown LA yesterday and saw an all too familiar face. I could not believe that Sweet Judy was still there and now she’s on the short list. Her owners dumped her and she has no clue why. Won’t you open your heart to Sweet Judy. Adopt or foster her or donate so …
Putting a Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound
http://www.lincolncountyjournal.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=47&idarticle=3211 Do yourself a favor and read this article above carefully. See if you can find anything wrong with this way of thinking. Imagine for a second if the animals that were being discriminated against were human animals and someone took the leisure to make a decision as to what race would be tolerated and what race would not be …
Selling Pets on Street Corners is Wrong
I often get into discussions as to what contributes to the severe problem we face in trying to solve the shelter crisis in this country and beyond. The answer, in short, is ignorance. People are not aware, or simply do not care what they are doing. In part to greed, people sell dogs that they are breeding themselves in their …
A Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
I contacted the governors office with regard to the proposal to shorten the hold times placed on animals in local shelters, an issue that is at the heart of those concerned for animals. Here is the response the governor sent me, and then my response to his response: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM, wrote:Thank you for sharing …
California Legislation to shorten Shelter Animals’ Lives
I just put in a call to Governor Schwarzennegger’s office. It seems that there is legislation on the table to shorten shelter animals holding times before killing them. The lady I spoke to said that they have been getting a lot of calls about the issue. I would urge anyone living in California to call right away. These animals barely …
Updated Pics on Maggie (formerly known as Hope)
Just check out this happy girl… Diane sent me these pics earlier today, I jsut had to share them with everyone who knows how hard I believed in this old gal that no one else believed in. Thanks to people like Dianne for reading my emails and posts and thanks to all of you for supporting Bound Angels, beautiful Angels …