Saturday Survey: Do You Donate to Dog Shelters?
February 28, 2009
Last week’s survey about adopting from dog shelters drew our biggest response ever, so I had to ask the follow-up question: Do you donate to dog shelters? Since so many of you say you adopt, I’m curious as to the payback ratio!
New Doggies Video Den
February 26, 2009
Have you checked out our new feature yet? Click on the right-most item on the top menu to see dog-related videos, and let us know what you think!Â
I’ll be writing a few mini-reviews on the videos in coming posts, but wanted to give you a heads-up to check them out!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Fire at Dog Rescue Shelter
February 26, 2009
Received this today from Cynthia Sharpley about a fire at a rescue home in Mississippi. Sure sounds like they could use our help!
Homes Needed for 75 Maryland Dogs
February 24, 2009
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I find this truly hard to believe. A man in Frederick County, MD, asked his friend to “watch” his 75 (yes, that’s right, 75!) dogs, then took off.
Be on the Lookout for Abandoned & Neglected Dogs
February 23, 2009
Those of you who read this blog regularly may remember that I work for a major Midwestern US electric utility. They made me so proud today, I had to share it with you!
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Saturday Survey: Shelter Dogs vs. Dogs from a Breeder
February 21, 2009
Last weekend was PetSmart’s adoption event, where they tried to find homes for 13,500 pets. In addition, as you know, last week was the Westminster show, probably the premiere event featuring purebred dogs. So, it dawned on me that we should ask our readers which they prefer – shelter dogs or dogs purchased from a breeder. Please take our survey below and let us know what you think.
Do Dogs Have Souls?
February 20, 2009
Good post on the Three Dog Blog, concerning whether or not dogs (or any animals, for that matter) have souls. A frequent commenter on this site, TheThreeDogBlog.com has recently been added to our blogroll, and we offer him today a wag of the doggies.com tail for his good work!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Is the Economy Making It Hard To Keep Your Dog?
February 19, 2009
According to some sources, 10,000 homes are being foreclosed upon per DAY, and new foreclosure proceedings start every 30 seconds.
We have many victims of the economy who are losing their jobs and/or need help feeding their pets. Some just need pet friendly housing or security deposit help to keep their pets.
Can you help? Be a virtual or local volunteer and Help foreclosure/economy pets with their families or be placed safely! We have a whole new group of pet owners looking to place their pets who do not know the dangers that we know of!
Craigslist and Freecycle pets need us!
Help educate people on the statistics of owner surrenders in shelter/pounds.
Help raise awareness to the problems we face outside of our network.
Join ForeclosurePetRescue: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ForeclosurePetRescue
Also http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Peace4Pets/ Group for owner surrenders for any reason. This group was created to help foreclosure pets and economy victims find rescue or foster and to avoid shelters and pounds. We are here to help the silent victims and to help educate and raise awareness to this problem. We need to let people know there are dangers AND options.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
New Internet Dog Scam
February 18, 2009
Have you heard about the latest Internet scam, preying on your sympathy towards abandoned animals for the scammer to make money? Saw this article recently in the Hamilton Journal News. [Read more]
Special Tuesday’s Top Ten: If I Didn’t Have a Dog
February 17, 2009
This one was so good, we had to expand the Tuesday Top Ten to be a Tuesday Top Twenty! Things we could do if we didn’t have dogs:
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