Category Archives: Shelters

Shelter Sunday: Delaware Puppy Rescue / Hockessin, DE

Meet Daisy! I’m thinking she may not be as sweet as she appears! I’d love to get a look at the other guy! Just kidding. This little tough girl is being fostered by Delaware Puppy Rescue in Hockessin, Delaware. Here’s what their website has to say about her.
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Tonight’s the Night: Join the ASPCA as we finish out National Adopt-a-Shelter Dog Month

Join the ASPCA in a live Ustream event TONIGHT from 7 to 8 p.m. when veterinarians and behaviorists will be chatting and answering your best pet questions. A Halloween costume contest will also be held, with prizes being awarded in several categories.

Be there or be square!

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

Ohio County Shelter Euthanasia Rates


Wow! This article from the Columbus Dispatch is worth reading, even if you don’t live in Ohio. It compares euthanasia rates between shelters run by the dog wardens or sheriffs in each of Ohio’s counties. At the “good” end, only 1% of dogs are put down, while one county actually puts down over 80% of the dogs it takes in. That’s so disturbing!
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Dogs Saved by Aviators

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Check out this video from NBC News about the Pilots-N-Paws organization. It’s worth watching (if for no other reason) to see the adorable puppies!

Pilots-N-Paws picks up dogs from shelters where they would be killed and flies them in small private planes to more urban areas where people are looking for animals to adopt.

What a great show of cooperation to keep these dogs from being euthanized!

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!