July 30th, 2009Front page smiles
It’s a great day when a local paper puts smiling pit bulls on the front page. Even better when the paper is celebrating a humane society’s decision to bring two fight bust dogs into its adoption program. HUZZAH!
July 29th, 2009Charlie Brown style karma
Happy nods and hat tips to Sula Foundation prez Ken Foster for this: A ’semi-official’ list of NFL teams that have said “No” to signing M Vick.
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July 28th, 2009A real hero scores a touch down.
We need more heroes like this. Yesterday in Kentucky, a waitress saved a pit bull thrown from a bridge. The quotes in the story and the quick, no nonsense way in which this rescue was performed are nothing less than brilliant. Just what the doctor ordered the day after .. well, you know.
July 27th, 2009Animal Cruelty Charge: "Not guilty"
I hit a dog over the head with a frying pan once. Complete accident. I was rushing in the kitchen, hand held pan just at the hip, foster dog sprung up to say hello just as I was twisting around – WHAM! – they connected, and the pup hit the dirt. Thankfully the dog didn’t hold it against me – all-forgiving pit bulls. But my dog, my pit bull – she saw it, she was horrified. She looked at me as if I’d hit her on the head – lowered her body, looked back at me over her shoulder as she slunk away into another room. OMG! Those moments that you wish you could take back. But the moment was indelible: Sally suffered for that dog; she put that event into a context I never imagined a dog could do – ‘the other.’ Based on what she saw, mom wasn’t safe when frying pans were out and it took a long, long time – years – before she’d start to believe that they weren’t going to hit her in the kitchen, too. She remembered. A dog remembered a moment, a fearful event that telegraphed down to her bones and embedded into her psyche.
July 25th, 2009A camp for special, dog-lovin’ kids
A group from Super Kids Summer Camp came out to meet our homeless pit bulls at the Oakland Animal Shelter today. They came out last year too, after camp director Andrea Vu Nguyen adopted one of BR’s pit bulls, Bailey – a hurricane Katrina dog. Bailey serves as an important mascot for this unique program, which is designed for kids with autism. The kids take turns caring for their dog friend during their weeks together – which includes a five day camping trip!
July 24th, 2009Barn-Tastic! We met the pledge today!
This is incredible. You helped us go over the $1800 needed to meet Aron Woolman and friends’ $8500 challenge today, and now we can finally raise that bar up above and beyond. Lookit this thing go. (See Petey graphic in sidebar) —>
July 23rd, 2009A thousand words. MO bust dogs hit the airwaves.
The Washington Post ran a slideshow of some of the dogs from Missouri today, along with an article about the difficulties of finding rescue options for this group of dogs. I’m glad the reporter is watching this story. After all, bust dogs are really shelter dogs but with a lot more stacked against them. (Tim calls the attention paid to bust dogs ‘affirmative action’ for pit bulls.)
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July 21st, 2009Summer dog toys and treat-dispensing toys
July 18th, 2009Anthem
This is exciting … We’re at our half way mark for the $8500 matching gift challenge that was made just a few days ago to jump start our fundraising campaign. Wow – halfway! This video is making its rounds right now and is worth playing more than once…(and hey, isn’t that Roo & Wallace playing kissy face in there?). Hat tips Shannon Karageorge.
