You know it never ceases to amaze me how many people give up their dogs, so just let me vent here for a moment. Whoever came up with the excuse, “I have to give up my dog because I’m moving…” should be slapped up side the head – hard. For the past several years I’ve heard a plethora of excuses …
Divided We Fall
I know this post may fly in the face of many people in rescue, but I have to say what I feel. Since I entered into this field I’ve found a lot of egos present in the animal rescue community. Everyone knows a better way to do things, and people are very divided on their stands. This is very evident …
Dogs Poisoned in Washington State
Here’s a story that should shake up everyone who has a dog. In Washington state someone is killing dogs using poisoned laced meatballs. I’ve heard about this before and its one of those things that can only be explained as absolute idiocy. Please watch the video and spread the word. There are ways to train your dog not to eat …
The Revolution Has Begun
I received an email the other day and it floored me, I wanted to share it with you. I met Dennis through my good friend Kim a few months ago. He runs a pet store in Camarillo and his passion is saving dogs. He is a one of a kind guy and a real stand up person. He told me …
Dealing with Fear Aggression
Last week a friend of mine asked me for some help in dealing with a pair of German Shepherds that were adopted to a very nice lady living in Santa Barbara. The best part of the story is that after these two a father and daughter had sat in the shelter for almost a year, they were adopted from a …
Don’t Adopt a Dog Because You Feel Bad
I’ve had a note to myself, sitting on my computer for the last month to write this particular blog post. It might be hard to understand what I mean by “don’t adopt because you feel bad,” so I will explain. It seems all to often people are swayed by their emotions when it comes to adopting a dog. Having created …
Give Them a Forever Home
If ever there was a pair of dogs that needed a chance, its Roger & Ginger. We found them at the shelter and created a campaign for them. The great people at PEIPEOPLE.COM pulled them and fostered them. Every one of their fosters fell through. This is crazy to me because these two are great with people and other dogs. …
PeiPeople Rocks to Save Another Life
So…. I did a video of Lola, the sharpei that was living at the shelter after her pups were taken away from her. She was on the short list to start. Then she had an incident and “bit someone on the face.” And, for this, she was set to be killed. I could not let that happen for several reasons, …
Blind Joey Update – Great News
It was almost two years ago that I wandered into the shelter in downtown LA and found a small, black dog sitting all alone in the middle of a kennel. This dog intrigued me and I could not figure out why. I studied the dog and upon closer examination found out she was blind. A seven year old BLIND dog, …
Welcome to Kentucky – where killing a dog ain’t a crime
Is this picture disturbing to you? I received it in an email from a fellow rescue working. Seems a guy in Kentucky gets in a fight with his wife and then decides to kill her dog. Guess this is the same area of the US where not too long ago a black man could be hung and not much would …