Puppymills are one of the cruelest operations that are allowed and to make it worse, they are even permitted by our government. It angers me that they exist and I have fought against them for years – and will continue to do so. The difference between puppy mills and respectable breeders is similar to a person working a 9-5 job …
if you’re gonna give up on a dog – do so before you bring him home.
As much as it seems like such a great idea to get a new dog and change your life to adapt to this new creature of love, I urge you to think twice. Yes, I am asking you to consider it carefully before you do it. I feel it is a terrible thing to do to bring a dog into …
Laying the Blame
I’ve been kind of absent from blogging and such lately as I’m dealing with a very difficult personal situation right now. However I feel compelled to write this post because I am so pissed off. Having worked in rescue for several years and having instituted and developed programs that have saved thousands of lives I believe I have a right …
7x the love – 1/7th the lifespan
I think everyone that’s ever loved a dog ponders the question, “Why do they only live such a short time?” I don’t believe there is an answer to that question, if there was it would have to be wrapped in the riddle that they live life 7x more fully than us. In either case, we know their love knows no …
when we fail in trying to help…
As frustrated as many of us are with the shelter system, there are things we can do to make it better, and there are things people do to make it worse. I’d like to focus on the later. Oftentimes in an effort to help save a dog at a shelter, people will call in and place an IP (interested party) …
is this heaven?
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall …
another day – another opportunity
I’ve come to realize that each and every day gives us an opportunity to either do something, or the opportunity to do nothing. Today someone stepped up and did something. I’d like to focus on a group named PeiPeople, a local Shar Pei rescue group here in southern Ca. It’s run by two super women, Sue and Jody -both good …