FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW DDR Dog Alum Spotlight : ROCKET!
as told to his mother,
Patti Harris
Hello everyone, this is Rocket speaking (formerly Yoda) and I would like to say WOOF WOOF to all my friends at the Downtown Dog Rescue. Boy, while I was walking those streets of Compton, I never imagined that life could be so cushy. When the authorities finally caught up with me, I thought it is was all over! Then they took to this place where I had ‘nip and a tuck”. Ouch that hurt!
Then I was on my way to a new foster family in Pasadena. I was finally on the receiving end of treats. One day in the middle of January, a family came to visit to check me out! I wasn’t looking my best yet and my ears were way too big for my little body (Hence the name Yoda). This was a nice family and the mommy came with treats for me! I wasn’t sure if they had a name picked out, so I just knew what to do. I made a quick break and I ran fast down the street and made my new momma chase me. When we finally made it back to the house, I knew I had secured my new name – Rocket Dog.
I had a little difficulty settling in at first…I mean, who invented this thing called a “doggie door”? It kept hitting my tail until I figured out how to speed up! My first night was so sweet…I slept on the bed, in-between my new mommy and daddy. I knew right away that this was going to work out fine! I have this yard all to myself, except I cannot figure out what to do about this big thing of water in the middle. No matter how many times I bark at it, it doesn’t move.
About a month ago, my new doggie siblings arrived for a visit. Both rescue dogs, both Maltese. It has been fun when they are over because we are all the same size and have fun together. If you look at the picture of me lounging in the back yard, you will see a cute Maltese – her name is Gizmo. Isn’t she pretty?
Thank you Debbie from me, Lori and the whole DDR family —- A lot of the work that needs to be done on a weekly basis…well would be hard to do without your presence and assistance! And of course there’s all us dogs that would be nowhere if not for you and Lori so from the very bottom of our hearts!!!!!THANK YOU! Nice job Cecily…flash us that one last pretty smile girl and go run to Spencer!
This Friday is all about the ladies — one of our pretty ladies will be thanking two lovely young ladies who help us with our DDR work! And who is this pretty lady doing the honors? It’s ROXY!!!! Just as soon as we put up her information as being available for a forever home, a family snapped her up right away! Of course, we’re not surprised! She’s a sweet, beautiful girl! Ok Roxy —- great job, go run to your new family and live a wonderful, new life! Thanks Carly and Katie! We at DDR are thankful for your presence and dedication!
FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!
1) She submits a weekly DOG OF THE WEEK feature for the DDR PITStop blog AND
2) She takes many of the adoption plea videos of my co-dogs for DDR AND the West LA Shelter AND
3) She helps run a listserv and the training classes on Sunday at the Coliseum with DogMan AND
4) She help run errands, reaches out to her connects, heed last minute requests Lori might have AND a hundred more of doggy related things like BlackJack’s Bark outside DDR!!! And THEN, she even has her own 3 doggies (1 of them is DDR homeboy RILEY!) work and a hubs at home!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW DDR Dog Alum Spotlight : Mr. Bojangles!
by Raizy Goffman
I have a real Wheaten Terrier clip on him now, and one of the Mom’s at our horse show said she is a Wheaten Breeder and that he is definitely a full Wheaten. Who knows? We did a DNA test that said Cocker, Mini Pin, & Maltese. No way! I’ll accept the part cocker, but not the other breeds. They say if you laugh out loud every day you will live a long time. Well, Milt & I are going to live forever! We laugh at Bojangles every day! He is just too cute, too funny, too loving, too joyous, etc, etc, etc! He does everything at full speed with total joy. He is the official greeter at our horse shows, and his job is to greet EVERY person and dog that comes on the place! The sleeping picture is what he is like on Monday mornings after a weekend of horse shows at Camelot Riding Club. When he starts snoring, we laugh at that too.
Everybody (and I mean EVERYBODY) loves him. I have tons of friends that would steal him in a heartbeat. He goes to the barn with me everyday and has a very full social life. He ignores the horses, knows to stay out of the arenas, and is very busy keeping an eye on me all day while greeting all the clients as they arrive to ride their horses. We are starting to obedience train him with the thought of maybe making him a therapy dog. He would be a great one (and it would keep Milt busy too).
If you have the time, come up and see us and […]
Lori’s Corner: Coco Puff has found his home
On Saturday, Coco Puff, our older, mellow, white, big boy, American Pit bull Terrier was adopted after being in our rescue for three years, YAY!!! I’m sure that everyone who reading this post is wondering, well, who adopted Coco? Did he get a home with a nice family where he will have his own dog bed, toys and a forever home with kids and yard? Not exactly, and that’s definitely not any of the types of living situations that would have interested Coco if he could pick and give us his opinion. Sadly, in three years, this great dog never received one application despite being on three adoption sites, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, he was networked, yet no one wanted him. No one wanted him until Errol met Coco Puff. It was love at first site!
Errol is an experienced pit bull owner, who lived with a dog aggressive Male APBT named Petey for 12 years. He rescued Petey after an abusive owner let him go. The two were inseparable until Petey became ill and had to be humanely euthanized. I could see that it was tough for Errol to talk about Petey at our meeting. When I told him that Coco was not exactly cool with male dogs, it sure didn’t compare to the level of aggression he had endured with Petey. In fact, it seemed like Coco was going to be a walk in the park compared to his former dog, literally because that’s where they will be spending the majority of their time, the park. Errol lives outside and Coco is going to be his road dog. I wasn’t hesitant at all about the idea of Coco not having a traditional home, he was going with a great dog owner, with lots of hands on experience with the breed, and a track record of caring for a dog that surpassed most wealthy pit bull owners. I know a lot of stereotypical middle class dog owners who would not spend their life’s savings on their dog, something that Errol did with his last dog. Good dog owners come in a variety of socio-economic, education levels, as well as ethnicities.
Each month, Errol will be entitled to a small stipend to be used for whatever Coco might need. Downtown Dog Rescue will pay for any medical care that Coco might need for the rest of his life. None of this would have been possible without the introduction and support of Cynthia Larkin, a dog […]FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!
HOORAY! She will now be in a lovely home!!!!! Roxy!!!
Here she is with the new fam! So Roxy…ready to extend our thanks to your human counterparts?
READY! GO!!!!! Carly and Katie! Thank you, you two!!!!!
Helping Downtown Dogs one dog at a time
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SI! SE PUEDE! WHERE ARE THEY NOW DDR Dog Alum Spotlight : MIA!
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.LORI’S CORNER: Adoption Extravaganza at DDR!