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To raise awareness for shelter dogs everywhere and their need to connect with people, we are announcing the “Bound Angels Banana Challenge,” the vegan version of our “Bound Angels Hot Dog Challenge.” The challenge is simple, take 3 pieces of banana and get them from your mouth to your dog’s mouth without using your hands. Ideally spitting them from your mouth to …
I often get nostalgic and think back on the work we did in the past. One of my all-time favorite rescues was a dog named Puppy. He belonged to a local here in Malibu and had gotten in trouble so many times that Animal Control eventually took the dog and would not give him back to the owner. I couldn’t …
More than 6 years ago, I was somewhat new to the shelter community and the way in which I would shape Bound Angels. I came across this dog that some claimed was a purebred Belgian Malinois, I realized he had many Mal traits, but there was a lot of other stuff going on. Zeus was a handlful. The disclaimer I …
Every time we talk about the shelter crisis we hear Adopt Don’t Shop. It’s become sort of a mantra among those fighting for shelter pets. But I ponder the question, “Is this the answer?” I do not doubt that adopting animals from shelters is the right thing to do, but the question remains, “Is this THE answer.” People adopt …
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday and said, “Man, this Shelter Training has really taken off, and it has. What started off as me helping a few people here and there has turned into shelters from around the US asking me to come and give lectures and training. The demand is getting higher and higher. I remember …
Although flirt poles or prey sticks have been around for many years, it seems that Flirt poles are the newest fad for exercising dogs. It seems whenever something new comes along to “help dogs”; its main intention is to make the training of the dog easier for the human. It is stated “exercising a dog on a flirt pole for …
According to the January 2014 “Survey of Successful No-kill Facilities” Report by Franklin D. McMillan DVD of Best Friends Animal Society The greatest reason preventing the attainment of 100% save rate is medical disorders, followed closely by behavioral issues. It has long been my opinion that behavioral issues should be treated with the same scope as medical issues. Shelters …
So, another thing I am not good at being consistent at is fundraising. I guess that’s because I see so many other groups fundraising more than doing the work, so I think that everyone thinks like me. Therefore, I don’t do fundraisers. Since starting Bound Angels in 2007 we’ve done 3, yes 3 fundraisers. We run on a super shoestring …
Well, obviously it has been a while since I blogged and as you can see that is quite normal for me. I think I should hire someone who can post blogs for me. I have a lot of great stuff I want to write about, but every time I go to do that something else comes up. Needless to say …
When I first toyed with the idea of starting and organization to help animals there were several things I considered. Most importantly was the fact that so many other “rescues’ existed: why does there need to be another? Then I realized that I didn’t want to start another rescue, I wanted to do something different, and I did. The …
