I’m still stoked about this Ohio County Dog Warden Association souvenir I won in the auction at the recent NACA Conference we attended in Columbus, Ohio last week. It represents a piece of pit bull history to me – not the best history. But history nonetheless. How you feel about this item will probably depend on what you know about the pit bull situation in this state… Read the rest of this entry »
I will post the full story soon, but because I am so anxious to share, here are photos of my newest family member, currently named Rod Stewart. He needs a “My Little Pony” type of name! He is a…
A wonderfully detailed report below from Salvador’s adopter Jackie Gunby after a particularly busy day doing therapy work. They showed up ready to work in a locked psychiatric ward with a multitude of challenges. It sounds like the just the kind of job for a bulldog like Sal, who’s overcome some tough challenges himself.
We’re getting to the point where we can say that – for the most part – highly adoptable pit bulls are not dying in our east bay shelters anymore. It took ten years of mind changing and networking and spay/neutering and educating and laying good resources out for adopters – but, we’re just about there. We aren’t completely out of the woods yet, tho. While the number of sheltered pit bull adoptions has skyrocketed in recent years, the quality of adoption matches varies widely, with some shelter dogs going to very prepared homes and many to not-so-prepared homes – and, everything in between. As a community of dog advocates, we gotta work on that – for sure. I spoke about that in this blog post since it’s been one of our ongoing hot buttons.
Like many familiar sayings, The dog ate my homework is probably based on a true story. And the dog was most likely a Lab. Besides food, a typical Labrador will eat everything from socks to rocks….
If you’re going to be in Columbus, Ohio next week for the big NACA (National Animal Control Assoc.) Conference, we’d love to meet you.
We’ve barely broken a sweat with the warmer weather, and already our dogs have been majorly skunked, one ripped a toenail bloody and another broke out in hella hives. Yay Summer!
After several weeks of travel, our rambling friend Phatman is finally sitting still after his cross country adventures. Lucky Portlanders … you have a new neighbor.
This week I finished a new pet portrait of Maddie and Butch, owned by my friends John and Janet. Over 10 years ago I did a painting of their first two labs, Sarah and Jack, and the two portraits will…
We’ve been smiling big since watching this video of BR-alum Martin and his person Tina Vickrey navigating a Rally course at a recent competition. They both walked that course with the poise and confidence of champions and earned Martin his RN (Rally Novice) title. I’m going to let Tina tell us about Rally in an interview below, but first I have to goo some more about her boy….