My Annual Public Service Announcement

Here comes my annual lecture, uh, public service announcement about getting/giving puppies/dogs for Christmas. Most of these things are common sense, but bear repeating especially given the release of Marley and Me this holiday – after which even though Marley is ill-behaved people will be rushing out for new lab puppies I’m sure.  And while [...]

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Giving Thanks

I can’ t think if a better way to kick off Thanksgiving week than to post this:
http://www.igpr.org/
Remember when I posted this?  You *all* listened, reacted and responded. And now you can see the results of your generous actions. Emma and Pearl have a new lease on life and are happy, healthy and 1 of them is  [...]

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Milo and Emma Need Your Help

I blog often about dog rescue – sometimes telling stories and sometimes asking for help. Our rescue always needs help – especially foster pyrents. I’m getting ready to put a plea for help out again  – but this time the plea is a different.  The need is always urgent of course but this time the [...]

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Goodbye Charley

It hit me after I arrived home yesterday that Charley Bear is gone. I found out midday he was getting adopted by an incredible forever mom and didn’t really process it then as I was mid-workday and preoccupied. Bella and Jobear still have been a bit mopey – though a healthy dose of daycare yesterday [...]

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Say No to Puppy Mills

I think I kind of made the point earlier but wanted to punctuate it. Puppy mills are all about supply and demand. You buy a puppy store puppy and you are keeping puppy mills in business. Plain and simple. Whether you buy 1 dog or 5, so long as that dog comes from a puppy store you are part [...]

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Reserving Judgement (Or Not)

If you read this site ever you know I’m more than committed to the dog rescue thing – I could probably be categorized as militant about it. It’s my cause – I’ve decided I need to speak and care for those who can’t speak and care for themselves.  So today when someone I know was excited to tell me [...]

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The Things I Do For Dogs (Many of Whom Aren’t Even Mine)

It’s been an interesting week on the foster/rescue dog front. Actually, there are 2 good stories and one not so good. One of the good stories is about Jag. Jag’s an English Sheepdog. His mom has cancer. He needed to find a foster home while she gets better.  Courtney and Charlie (among others) volunteered to take [...]

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And Then There Were Two (Then Three Again…)

Sweet, sweet Darby was adopted this past Friday.  I had the chance to spend quite a bit of time talking to his new mom – I can be a little militant about where my fosters go. Darby’s new family includes 2 pyrents, a rescued husky (and she and her husband got rave reviews from the husky rescue) [...]

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Back in the Saddle Again

I believe I used this title once before about dating. Now it’s about fostering dogs. For a long time after I moved, I felt emotionally out of sorts. Add in 2 very smart, energetic dogs (along with my job and just trying to run a household as a single person) and well my bandwidth was basically depleted and then some. Then [...]

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‘Tis the Season to be Philanthropic

I was just talking with my friend Dana about how I get frustrated at what seems to be the constant requests for donations (the conversation started because I went to Kroger the other night  – on November 10th  – not even Thanksgiving yet - and the Salvation Army “Santa” was already out there.) I know it’s a [...]

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