Can You Even Believe This?? We Can Not!!!

All of us doggies (Casper, Buddy, Nikki and Meeko too) have at some time in our lives been in a dog shelter. We thought that shelters were places that were doing their best to help doggies move on in our lives and find Furever Homes. We know that we among are the lucky ones because we found our Forever Home !

Well after we read this we are kind a in shock. What do you think?

Mayor Orders Dogs Released Into Forest

Reported by: Betsey Martin, KARK 4-News
Friday, Jun 13, 2008 @03:00pm CST

You've heard it before.....Arkansas animal shelters struggling to take care of unwanted dogs and cats. One mayor has decided the best way to fix the problem in his town is to set the animals free. KARK visited the Helena-West Helena animal shelter back in January. Conditions were dirty and animals were in poor health. Thursday, KARK learned the town's mayor James Valley has taken the unconventional approach of releasing the animals into the wild. In a press release, the mayor says "we fed and watered them and took them to the St. Francis National Forest."
We're told about ten dogs, including several pit bulls were set free and that some of the dogs were sick.

Here is Wednesday's news release from Mayor Valley:Ladies and Gentlemen: This morning we began the process of dealing with our animal shelter problem. I have met, today, with Ms. Gloria Higginbotham. She is heading up a committee to create a county-wide animal shelter and perhaps with the participation of all governmental units, we can provide the kind of facility that will be deemed appropriate. In the mean time, we are or have released all but a few our those animals heretofore housed at the sanitation shop. We fed and watered them and took them to the St. Francis National Forest and released them to freedom. We are disassembling the pens or fences and will not any longer house or keep any of these animals. This problem is dogging us and taking away from our ability to focus on the greater good for the community as a whole. One of our animal control officers has been to the hospital three times in as many months. Twice for bites and once for a severally sprain ankle growing out of incidents with these animals. When Ms. Higginbotham's full plan is revealed, I plan to support it and assist her and the group in caring for our animals. I just wanted to let you know.

Sincerely,

James F. Valley

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/news/?cid=72681

Unbelievable!

Doggies dumped in the forest by Animal Control and it was done under the direction of the mayor!

Can this really be true?

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE ANYONE YOU KNOW?

I bet you think they are some lovely pictures of me- Casper!

But no you would wrong....

These are some wonderful pictures of our new foster dog

Meeko!

I'll let him introduce himself here:

Hi I'm Meeko and I'm about 1 year old. I'm quite energetic and sometimes quite excitable. Because of this my foster mom says that I need plenty of exercise and gentle discipline to keep me happy. I really am a very happy boy! I really like going for walks and I can walk without pulling on the leash. I'm thinking that I would like jogging even better. I also know how to sit, lie down and shake a paw. I come quickly when called. I am working on some more things like learning to stay and not to jump up on people. I am currently staying at my foster home with 3 other dogs. I am getting along great with them after having a slow introduction. Sometimes I am not so sure about other dogs that I don't know, so my foster mom is working with me on that too. I love to cuddle, be petted and lean up against my foster mom. Since I'm part American Eskimo I also just love to leave long white hairs on people's clothing. Ha ha ha - It's just something that all of us Eskies do so you will remember us! I also am very good at jumping and can easily jump over a short fence so a 6 foot fence is a must or I must always be on a lead when outside. I am housetrained and crate trained as well. However, my foster mom can leave me out in the house while she goes to work because I am well behaved in the house. I sleep on the floor beside my foster mom's bed although I really would prefer to sleep on the bed with her. I love to play with stuffed toys, play tug and chase after dog toys. I have not been tested yet to see how I am with cats or young children. However my foster mom thinks that because of how excited I sometimes get that I probably would like to chase cats and may be too much for little kids. I'll let you know how it goes once I meet some cats and kids. I'll soon have all my vaccinations, be neutered and microchipped too. So if you are interested in adopting me please fill out an application. I would love to meet you! Adoption Application

Isn't he a cutie?

The Answer To Where Momma was on Va-CAT-ion is...

Mexico!!

Yay Sparky - you guessed correctly!!!

But it is a very special place in Mexico called Rancho La Puerta. It is a " Destination Spa" - a mind , body , spirit kind of place. 'The Ranch' as they call it in short form is a pawsome place full of numerous positive things like rest, relaxation, exercise, meditation, hiking, yoga, pilates, massages, body wraps, gourmet food, hot tubs, swimming pools (and yes sometimes even movie stars... although Momma didn't see any).

There is so much to do there that it is impossible to do it all. It just goes on and on. Momma says it is totally pawsome.

We think it would even be better if it allowed doggies - especially us !

Oh well!

Here are some more pictures. Enjoy!

If you want to see more pictures of The Ranch check this out :

http://www.rancholapuerta.com/home/photo-tour.html

Can You Guess Where Momma Went On VaCATion?

Here are some hints. Can you guess where she went and what she was doing? (besides petting kitties).

Hi all DWB friends,


So as I said we went into lockdown and Momma went on Va-CAT-ion. Now at first I thought it was just a regular vacation, but then I realized it was actually a Va-CAT-ion when I found these pictures on her camera. See the proof is here. What do you think of that? We are in lockdown and she is visiting and taking pictures of cats!!

Hummph!!

Were Back!

Hi all doggies, kitties, hammies and wheelies (LOL),

I can't believe it has been almost a whole month since I blogged. So much has happened!

Here are some tidbits. We will blog on the details later.

- We went into lockdown for awhile.

- Momma went on vaCATion. Did it really involve cats? Momma says yes. Hey no fair!

- We went to an agiltiy trial.

- We got some agility ribbons. Yay!

- And we have a new foster dog living with us too!

Sorry, no time for details now.

Gotta go

NO DOGS FOR LAPORTE!!!!!

Here is one of the Laporte dogs after being in a foster home. Happy and healthy.



Scroll down in this post to see what this dog looked like when the dogs were removed from Laporte.


Warning this post shows pictures of dogs that have been SEVERLY NEGLECTED.The pictures are difficult to look at. Do not read any further if these type of pictures are disturbing to you

You may have seen the picture and link to the petition " No Dog's For Laporte" on the top right of my blog. It's about the nearly 100 Wire Fox Terriers rescued from the Montreal, Canada puppy mill owned by Marc-Andre Laporte.

To read about this case when it first happened in November 2005 check here: http://www.spcamontreal.com/english/pages/whats_new/news.html

These are the conditions of some of the dogs that were saved from under Laporte's 'care'.

Well on May 6/08 the verdict finally came down.

Judge Sirous sentenced Laporte as GUILTY!!! YES!!

He will be fined $2000 and have to do 200 hours of community service. He will be unable to own or breed dogs for 3 years and most of all he will NOT be able take back 18 of the Wire Fox Terriers that he was trying to get back!These 18 dogs have been called "the Blaineville Wires"

Ya- we know it really doesn't sound like all that much of a sentence when you see how he kept the dogs that he supposedly 'loved so much', but it was the most that the judge could give him.

Nearly 15,000 people signed the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/no-dogs-for-laporte to stop Laporte from getting the dogs back and to make sure he was sentenced as guilty.

Watch this video to see the full story and how happy and healthy some of the dogs are now.

Thank- you Judge Sirois for sentancing him as guilty! We wish you could have given him a stronger sentance including jail time. We wish he would never being allowed to own a dog again!

Sad News From The Agility World - Lis' K. Has Passed On

No I never met Lis' but I am truly saddend to say that I have recieved the news that she passed on yesterday. A few weeks back I posted about Lis' and her Chinese Crested Diva running in their last agility trial together.

Lis' had been told she had 3 weeks left to live. She convinced the doctors to let her out of the hospital that day so she could run one last time with Diva in the agility trial.

Lis' and Diva recieved a Super 'Q' and their ATCH that day!

Her spirit and love of her dog and agility are so evident on the video! It is inspiring to watch.

Lis' is an inspiration to so many people within the agiltiy world. She reminded us to 'Seize The Day' and treasure the time we have with our loved ones including our much loved dogs!

My previous posting and the video of Lis' and Diva's last agility run can be seen here.

Peace be with you Lis'.

How Smart Is My Bloggie?

I always knew Eskies like me were smart but look at this:

I'm a genius!!!!

Dogs With Blogs Anniverssary Chat Pawty

Hey Doggies, were you at the Chat Pawty?

I was. See:

Here I am getting ready for the Chat Pawty.

Here I am typing in my login name












Oh - this is fun!!!

Here I am chatting with all the pwetty girlie doggies!
I even kissed the screen ;)

That was fun, fun, fun!