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IN THE KNOW: Say NO THANKS to Backyard Breeders

TOP NOTCH PITBULL (Los Angeles)

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Date: 2010-07-14, 1:11PM PDT
Reply to: comm-turhw-1843067332@craigslist.org
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* Its a white rare pitbull with a blue patch.
* She is consider half abinol & blue
* I have 2 let her for $350-400
* Shes very intellegent and guard dog, very friendly with kids, baby’s and people in your yard.
* Shes going to be 2 y/o in december
* The first litter she had 10 puppies all of them survived.
* Sold each of them for 350 & up in dog show
* She comes from a champion line
ANYMORE INFO. CALL 323 206 0308

Location: Los Angeles
it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

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PITStop Community Assist: 2 Doberman Mixes looking for a new home

Email Mike for more information at jerca1982@yahoo.com

ACTIVATE: Boo on LATE NIGHT with David Letterman

Aww come on David Letterman….So disappointed with your Kyra Sedgewick interview….so many dogs die everyday at the shelters and you gotta knock em another blow with your comment + feed into the alarmist pitbull killer frenzy? Thought you were smarter than that man….if you were trying to be funny and make fun of the people that think and act like your “comments,” well…it didn’t work.

Here is CBS’s comments page to let them and Letterman know that this is unacceptable. Let’s make sure to let them know how we feel about David’s irresponsible, ignorant and callous remarks about pitbulls and shelter animals:

SEND EMAILS:

http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php

LETTERS:

LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

CBS

530 W 57th St.

New York, NY 10019

PHONE CALLS:

(212) 262-2133

LORI’s CORNER : Could you adopt an under socialized dog?

Over the years, we have rescued dogs that are great with other dogs but terrified of people. I’m not writing about human aggressive dogs or even fear biters, these are just dogs that would rather hide under a table if you look directly at them. In general, if the dog is over 16 weeks, it’s almost impossible to ever really change the super shy dog. This type of dog will always have issues being comfortable in new social situations. Now this is not to say that a dog that has not had a lot of human contact early in her life, if still young enough, can’t be adopted. It’s a process that takes time, patience and a lot of routine. I’m working with one now named Bernadette.

On Saturday, I took Bernadette back into our kennel. Like her brothers Dino and Curtis, they were probably all kept in a backyard in Compton without any human interaction until they were several months old. Fearful, skittish, whatever you want to call this, it’s a dog that hesitates and tries to hide when meeting new people or experiencing a new situation. For a rescue, showing a dog like this is extremely difficult at an adoption event and like my boy Curtis, the dog spends most of the time under the volunteer’s chair or hiding in a crate under a blanket. These are the dogs that, we, the volunteers, usually keep as our own personal dogs.

Bernadette had a great long term foster home, where she played with other dogs, for almost two years, until things changed and now she is back with us at age 3 ½ years. It’s difficult enough to be a black pit bull but forget getting adopted if the dog is a black pit bull who is terrified of people, keeps her tail between her legs and won’t make eye contact. She wouldn’t go in the crate, she went wild on the end of my leash when we were re-introduced to each other Saturday afternoon.

Then the change began to happen. We developed a simple routine of watching each other, moving from one run to eat, another run to relax during the day and a third run to sleep in, that was much smaller and had a nice safe feel to it. I am hand feeding Bernadette chicken and treats and allow her to just watch me and listen to me talk and interact with the other dogs. She has already calmed down considerable and understands the “OGs” at our kennel. Simon barks a lot but it means nothing, especially when he standing on the roof of his dog house, trying to get something going with Bertha who also has a lot of nothing to say. Sunshine likes to bark, “let me […]

FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!

After a short break, FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS is back with more thank you’s to give!

We would like to thank the awesome FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION for their sponsorship of the cost of vaccines for our JUNE Compton Spay/Neuter Clinics. Their sponsorship is crucial to keeping pets protected and keeping our costs down and so we are really happy that they’ve stepped up and chose to sponsor our clinic.

Well, that’s it for this week!
We’re rescuing dogs, one dog at a time!!!
With YOUR help!!!
See everyone next week!!!!!

ACTIVATE: WHEN RESCUE DREAMS COME TRUE: The wonderful rescue of LUCILLE!

by Irene Soriano Brightman

When Lori sent me the appeal about Lucille, it broke my heart. When I saw the picture of Lucille, my heart sank even lower. Lucille was at the shelter and she easily could be overlooked by potential adopters online just based on her picture not looking the greatest. She was a senior and she had wounds on her body. When word spread that Chela was actively networking her, I’m sure there was a collective sigh of relief among those of us who knew the reality of what happens to older and non-pretty dogs like Lucille at the shelter…below is part of an email sent by Lucille’s official rescuer, Chela the day she sprung Lucille out of permanent lock-up. Hooray CHELA! Hooray Lucille…look at those wonderful eyes…

Description written by Lori of Downtown Dog Rescue for Lucille’s appeal :
She was one of 21 dogs that came into to LA Animal Services as Evidence Dogs. When she was taken by the animal cruelty task force, she was badly injured, her body covered in bite wounds, presumably from being attacked by the other dogs. The owner signed her and the rest of the dogs in this pending case over to the Dept of Animal Services. Now they are all up for adoption. The other 20 dogs are being held at North East shelter.

FROM CHELA
E-mail: 77dognights@sbcglobal.net

I just got home a few minutes ago with Lucille. She is a little chubby girl with no teeth. I stopped by Griffith Park on the way home to let her smell the grass and take a walk—I imagine it is the first time in a very long time, if ever, that she has done this. She has a lot of energy and I think some long walks with my boyfriend will trim some of the girth off her. She loves to walk and has a little tank like body.

She was very happy to hop into my car and after she stopped being so excited about being out of the shelter and a cage, she finally looked at me and gave me a little kiss. She has the most beautiful hazel eyes. We will take it slow as to how she is with other dogs and when she is ready I will start to walk her with my “easy” senior dog Claire. […]

BE IN THE KNOW: New Leader for LA Animal Services

Dear Members and Friends,

As manager of the Los Angeles Program of Best Friends Animal Society, I want to take this opportunity to welcome the newly appointed General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services, Ms. Brenda Barnette. I also want to congratulate Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on this appointment, which reflects his commitment to progressive policies and leadership for the department.
Ms. Barnette has a long and successful track record in animal welfare, most recently as chief executive of the Seattle Humane Society, where she achieved an impressive save rate for shelter animals through innovative programs and extensive community involvement.

As someone who embraces our shared mission of no more homeless pets, we are committed to working with Ms. Barnette on behalf of all the animals in Los Angeles, and truly achieving a time of no more homeless pets for the City of Angels.

The appointment is of particular importance to Best Friends’ no more homeless pets efforts in LA. With your support, our work in Los Angeles has been a proven test ground for innovative, life-saving model programs over the years. Many of these model programs have been shared freely and adopted by numerous communities around the country.

Some of these programs include Pup My Ride, which transports hundreds of small dogs from overwhelmed LA shelters to areas of the country that have a high demand for small dogs; Puppies Aren’t Products, a campaign designed to end the sale of puppy mill animals in LA pet stores and to promote a business model that features rescues and pets for adoption; Catnippers, a volunteer feral cat spay/neuter clinic that offers free services to community cat caregivers, and Pet Super Adoption events that find families for hundreds of homeless animals at a time.

We expect this type of model program development to continue and flourish in collaboration with Ms. Barnette as we work toward achieving no more homeless pets in Los Angeles.

We ask you, our members and our colleagues in the Los Angeles rescue community to join us in extending our warmest regards and encouragement to Ms. Barnette as she assumes her new life saving role

Jen Woodard, Manager
Los Angeles Programs
Best Friends Animal Society

ACTIVATE: Success! Great News- Fox 11 New Pet Policy

Great news everybody. We just got a message from Fox 11 saying that they are reversing their Anti-Pitbull, Rottweiler and Doberman policy. As we have said before, we have enjoyed a long working relationship with Fox, and we believe the policy was a result of a knee-jerk decision.

Thanks to everyone who sent messages to Fox stating their opposition to the policy. It just goes to show, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Let’s all take this as a valuable lesson, and whenever BSL raises its ugly head in the future, we need to calmly and intelligently voice our concerns.

If you have the time, we would appreciate your contacting the folks at Fox and expressing your gratitude for their thoughtful decision. We never viewed them as the bad guys, and we appreciate the fact that they were open to being educated.

Erica Rios Erica.Rios@FOXTV.COM

Lisa Kridos Lisa.Kridos@FOXTV.COM

Tom Searson Tom.Searson@FOXTV.COM

Josh Kaplan Josh.Kaplan@FOXTV.COM

Jose Rios Jose.Rios@FOXTV.COM

Carol Fracassa Carol.Fracassa@FOXTV.COM

dorothy.lucey@foxtv.com

mark.thompson@foxtv.com

jillian.reynolds@foxtv.com

Sincerely,

Rande Levine

Founder

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