RAINY’S PUPS update from Best Friends PUPPY CENTER
Puppy Adventures!
March 31, 2010, 4:20PM MT
By David Dickson
An extremely cute litter of puppies delights
caregivers and everyone else!
Dynamite, as the saying goes, comes in small packages. So what happens if you have nine such small packages bouncing around a single room? Well … you’d better be wearing your hard hat! Or, at the very least, some really thick pants.
Nine impossibly cute puppies came to Best Friends not long ago from a rescuer in California. Best Friends’ puppy mom Analia Gutierrez sums it up best. “They’re crazy!” In other words, they’re the kind of dogs who will do a back flip for joy every time somebody stops in for a visit. Or anytime somebody pulls out a treat …or hands them a toy, or … okay, so just about anything will get their dials up to ten. (At least they’re easy to please.)
Even so, all that potent puppy energy can be hard on the wardrobe. Analia will go in to work or play with the puppies and, afterward, come out with holes in her clothes. Nothing like death by kisses, right? They are so affectionate you can’t help but fall in love on sight, even if you do have to replace your jeans now and again. And their names couldn’t be more fitting. Known collectively as “the adventure pups,” the lineup is as follows: Quest, Trek, Cruise, Voyager, Odyssey, Trip, Journey, Adventure, and Safari. Rest assured this group won’t be spending too many lazy afternoons watching television reruns. They want to see the world! And see it they will.
All nine puppies will soon be ready to join the puppy socialization class at the new puppy care center. For those unfamiliar with the puppy class, it has nothing to do with learning tricks and everything to do with playing and having a great time together. When it comes to a school where having fun is the name of the game, there will be nothing short of […]
DDR PROGRAMS: Compton Spay + Neuter Clinic Announcement
On May 8th, Downtown Dog Rescue will be hosting our monthly free spay/neuter clinic for COMPTON dog owners. We accept ONLY Compton dog owners.
Our goal in 2010 is to spay/neuter 700 Compton dogs. If you know of a dog owner who lives in Compton and needs to get their dog done, please tell them to call us. We are in the park on the corner of Atlantic and Compton Blvd the second Saturday of every month with a mobile spay/neuter clinic.
DOG CLINIC
GET YOUR DOG FIXED FREE
SATURDAY MAY 8TH
EAST RANCHO DOMINGUEZ PARK * COMPTON
YOU MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT!!
CALL: 213-403-0129
SOUTH LA SHELTER RESCUE ME SPOTLIGHT: Doe, Ray & Mee A1103207, 208 and 209
ONCE A SEPTET. NOW A TRIO. (all on alert)
DOE : A1103207 Initially shy but quickly becomes a little scoundrel. Stole treats out of my back pocket and scattered them on the grass for her sister and brother to enjoy. What fun they had after that!
RAY : 1103209 Ray is the super shy guy. Though the biggest of the bunch, he found a way to sneak off into the bushes and hide. His eyes are pleading for another chance.
MEE : 1103208 It’s definitely all about Mee. She’s the star of the show — though she will run and hide her big sister for protection until she’s ready to take the spotlight. Then, it’s non-stop entertainment.
Doe, Ray and Mee were part of a septet of evidence dogs that were quarantined for biting. These puppies — just 3 months old when they arrived at the shelter (now nearly 4)– were released — obviously not under suspicion. They are utterly charming, having a smidgen of timidity mixed and stirred with a gallon of of love that they are waiting to give. The timing is right for their audition. They want to forget their past and, with your help, have a fantabulous future.
If they touch your heart, call the South L.A. shelter at (213) 485-0117 or (213) 485- 0119. And kindly let us know that you are the lucky one(s) who will be singing and playing with them forevermore.
Many thanks,
Andrea & Mindy
ivegonetothedogs@gmail.com
(323) 363-4909
LA MAGAZINE: What’s a Dog Worth?
Photo by Jennifer Leigh/Flicker
Los Angeles kills more animals in its shelters than any other metropolitan area in the United States. For that to change, we will have to figure out what to do with the pets none of us want
By Jesse Katz
Los Angeles Magazine, May 2006
His name is Roy. At least for now. Whatever it was before, whatever it might be again, he will live or die as he is known here. The staff of the South Los Angeles shelter came up with it, turned him into Roy, to help improve his odds—of winning someone’s heart, of leaving on a leash. Without a name, he would be just A774623, which has been written on surgical tape and fastened to a chain around his neck. He looks like a Roy. He is old and skinny, the color of faded cinnamon. He has a wrinkled brow and flabby jowls, a face that is weary but earnest. Whenever a stranger enters the kennel, Roy springs to his hind legs, pawing at the metal grate that covers his cinder-block cell. He wriggles his snout between the gaps, sniffing and snorting, his tongue a gush of sloppy kisses. He turns himself sideways, scratching his bony hide against the bars, inviting human fingers to join in. His tail wags. His eyes beg.
But nobody comes for Roy. Not an owner, if he ever had one. Not the people who found him on the street and called the city for help. Not even the rescue groups that scour the shelters for overlooked mutts, fostering them until they can be placed in a permanent home. Roy is not anyone’s idea of a pet. He is not cute. He is not fluffy. He is not tiny. He is not exotic. He is an eight-year-old pit bull, a mastiff-and-Staffordshire mix, whose singular misfortune is to belong to a breed for which supply exceeds demand. Roy is surplus. In our system of animal control—a system few of us have seen, a system most of us will never encounter—dogs like Roy are doomed from the start.
Los Angeles fusses over its pets. We primp them and we perfume them, we drive with them in our laps and we sleep with them in our beds, we […]
PITStop Community Assist: DIESEL
REMEMBER EMMA? Well, here’s her twin DIESEL!!!! Let’s help CUTE DIESEL’S current guardian find him a new home! They are moving back to the UK, and there is a breed ban there for pitbulls.
Thank you to our DDR Volunteer Linda Bruce for this COMMUNITY ASSIST and helping spread the word about Diesel!
Name: DIESEL
Sex: Male
Age: ~3 Yrs
Breed: Pitbull
Location Found: San Gabriel Mountains
HELP ME:
The mission…should you choose to accept it…is to help find a FOREVER HOME for Diesel. The following pages contain photos and pertinent information that will hopefully allow us to find Diesel a loving home.
Thank you to anyone willing to help me out. He is a great dog that needs lots of love, attention, discipline, snuggles, and exercise.
We have been fostering a pitbull for a year and a half. We have had him since December 28th, 2008. We are still trying to find him a home! We are desperate! My husband just moved to Oxford, England to start a PhD program and I’m supposed to follow ASAP. We are not allowed to take a pitbull into the UK.
I desperately want to find him a good home but time is running short.
Please! help! I love the poor guy but I’m running out of ideas…
I refuse to take him to the pound!
Background…
My husband was followed […]
SOUTH LA SHELTER RESCUE ME SPOTLIGHT: INNOCENT CLOWN
Get ready to have a ball because
this gal is a real clown,
except its not so funny when
you’re doing you’re act behind bars!
This 5 year old Dalmatian mix will keep you laughing – she was so much fun when we got her outside – a non stop gorgeous contagious smile and a spotted tail that never stopped wagging. She loves wearing props and tries to sit in your lap (she’s too big to fit).
She loves to gallop along side you, sniffing and hunting – her coat is incredible – not just the millions of spots – but it feels like velvet – it is amazing. She is just a joy to be with – and full of energy.
Sadly all that love and fun and energy is trapped in the shelter – that’s not where she belongs !!!!! We were laughing so hard we didnt even have a chance to ask her if she had a name ! Please help save this gorgeous gal – just think how your day will change when you come home to that smile (and a lampshade on her head)!
This stunning funny girl is A1107183
at the South LA Shelter:
213-485-0117 or 213-485-0119
BE IN THE KNOW: ADOPTION EVENT on MAY 1st!
The Pet Care Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the advocacy of shelter animals in Los Angeles City and County Shelters. All donations are tax deductible.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW DDR Dog Alum Spotlight : MIA!
Mia at the Dog Bone park in Culver City, May 5, 2008
MIA
by Denise LaChance
I should back up a bit to explain how I first saw Mia’s photo on petfinder.com In 2004 I was able to have my own dog, for the first time since my first month in college when my dog was injured and ultimately killed by a car after a neighbor let her out of the yard because she was barking too much. In the years after that, I had traveled a lot for business and for pleasure. I had housemates who had dogs a couple of times, and that’s how I came to know English Cocker Spaniels, in one instance, and fluffy terrier mixes in another. A wonderful cat had found me,chasing me down the road while I was jogging, and shared life with me for 18 years. One cat led to another and then another. Then in 2004 I moved to an apartment that was 3 miles away from work. Finally, it was time for a dog.
I found an eight-year old black Cocker Spaniel at the Carson Animal Shelter on petfinder.com,adopted him and named him Ben. My cat Francis died at age 16, most likely because of the food poisoned by the ingredient from China. Word about that had not come out in the press yet and so we had no idea why Francis suddenly suffered kidney failure. After that loss I began thinking about Ben being an older dog and my cat Clara being an older cat. As I was looking for another apartment, one with a yard, it occurred to me that it might be time to get a second dog. The second dog, I thought, could keep Ben company, and also ease my way through the grief that was bound to come with having two elderly companion animals.
I was specifically looking at Cockapoo’s and terrier mixes. I had briefly met an Australian Terrier when I was considering Ben. I liked him and liked what I learned when I went home to think about the two of them and to do more research about terriers. I had learned that there are terriers who do not bark constantly, and the one I met had clearly demonstrated that. He was the only dog in the shelter other than Ben who seemed not to be barking. My decision between Ben and the terrier was simplified when a rescue group pulled the terrier before […]
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