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 …
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 …
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 …
Leave NONE Behind – the rescue of Daisy aka Annie
Last week I posted “DO NOT ADOPT THIS DOG” It was my ploy to see who would step up. This campaign was a huge success. I found a home for the dog I named Daisy. Daisy was the dog that was in the cell with Hope… we all remember Hope. Well, I had a home for Hope, but I knew …
From Hope-less to Hope- FULL
One of my happiest days… All of you know how much saving Hope has meant to me and it is a dream come true. I pulled Hope from the downtown animal shelter on Thursday and drove her to San Diego. I had a few people offer to do it for me, but I had to do this myself. I almost …
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