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PITStop Community Assist: DAMIEN!

DAMIEN: The NEW one eyed wonder!

We’re trying to find Damien a foster home!!!!! Read his appeal — remember STRUMMER (now Ahab)? Damien is now our new Strummer – the one eyed wonder!!!! Here is something about Damien!

Jay and his lady due to a family dispute last year lost their Section 8 and are now moving.

Jr (a red nose mastiff built pit) and Congo (a grey and white mastiff built Pit)have jumped over Jay’s fence twice and attacked Damien. The first time it was just facial. The second time, Damien lost his retina.

Damien is now a handicapped dog blind dog getting ready to lose his family because the owner of the apartment has a “NO DOG POLICY” and they are on the 3rd floor.

I was told that they only plan on staying there for a year and then finding another place. They are hoping Damien could be placed in a foster home until they can move . . . .

Damien is really a super kool dog non-aggressive, well trained by Jay.

CONSIDER DAMIEN as a foster love for you till he can be reunited with his guardians!

Contact LORI at lori@modernica.net

for more information!

DDR Doggy Snippets: Awaiting Summer

LARRY

From Lori:

If someone is looking for a quiet, mellow, very loving dog, look no further,
it’s Larry. We walked over a mile at lunch time today and I could have held
the leash with one finger. He walks so beautifully, always one step behind
me, waiting for my direction. He is so out of place at this knuckle head
pit bull kennel. He loves Janey and Medira!

VIDEO FUN!

To watch a fun video of Precious, Pearl, Janey, Edwina, Sasha, Cosmo, Clancy playing in Lori’s yard, visit this LINK

From: Geo (DDR Volunteer)

“KURO ON DEATHROW”

Here’s a new pic of Kuro at Wed. cruise night last night. Everytime I bring him to an event, everyone shows him love and vice versa! They always say they’d adopt him if they didn’t already have one (or more) pets…He could pass for “Clancy Jr.”!

DDR DOG SPOTLIGHTS: JADE & CICELY

CICELY

JADE

Hi! I’m Jade! I’m about one and a half years old and LOVE my walks, I wag my whole body when I see you and I am ready to learn whatever you want to teach me. I’m in training class now with other dogs and I am a really fast learner, and, uh,..er… I’m a “Flat-Coated Poodle!” Yep, that’s it, “Flat-Coated Poodle” be the first on your block to have one! What’s that? I look like a Pit Bull….oh, uh, ok, I know, no such thing as a “Flat-Coated whatever” yes, I’m a Pit, a happy, huggy, healthy, love to by yours Pit…aw gimme a chance, I’m a good buddy and a swell listener!

Jade is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

DDR APPLICATION FORM

FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!

It’s our favorite day of the week! THANK YOU DAY FRIDAYS!
We want to give special thanks to two groups of people this week!

The first one are our fosters!
The second are the donors that gave to Lori Weise’s CAUSE Birthday Wish
to help fund OPERATION SAFETY NET!

Who do we have to help us this week?
Of course a recently fostered DDR dog!!!!
Our handsome PITStop dog of the week 2 weeks ago!
COSMO!

Ready Cosmo? Because, you will be thanking
the sweet family that will foster you!
GO!!!!!

I would like to thank Esther and Steve for agreeing to take me in as a foster. My brothers and sisters Copper, Sugar, Turbo, Louie and Henry still need fosters or adoptive homes so if anyone out in DDR PitStop land are interested, please let Lori know .

I also want to do shout outs to awesome DDR volunteers Brittany Fulgoni and Linda Bruce who have fostered our little DDR dogs!!!!

Thank you Brittany and Linda!!!!!!

Brittany, Coco, Cosmo and Abba. Sandy’s in the background!

Secondly, I wanna thank all our old AND new Operation Safety Net donors who heeded Lori’s Birthday wish (April 1st, 2010) on CAUSES (FACEBOOK APP!) and donated various amounts to help replenish the funds for this program.

$1,180 was raised!!!!!!!

I am an OPERATION SAFETY NET dog. Lori and DDR volunteers left and right have worked on me and are trying very hard to place others to adoptive or foster homes to keep us out of the shelter system.

A lot of us are older dogs and we wont stand
a chance once we enter the shelter system.

Thank You to all of of you….

Jackie Reich

Carol A. Letus + Skipper (RIP)

Frankie, Speck (RIP) and Indie Printing

Steven E. Siebert

HELP US PLACE COPPER in a great home!

MESSAGE FROM LORI WEISE

Copper is a great dog who has lived with dogs and cats. Very sad situation, her owners just have too many dogs are being forced to reduce the number of dogs on the property. No abuse, neglect or breeding, it’s just about the numbers! If they can’t find homes for the extra dogs they will be euthanized which we are not going to let happen. Please help us.

DDR APPLICATION FORM

Contact: lori@modernica.net or call (818) 407-4145

LORI’S CORNER: Introducing Jade to the Pack

Introducing Jade to our pack was not something that I did overnight. She is a big girl who is full of what appeared to be “crazy energy”. When I would let her out in the yard with just Cookie, my girl hid from Jade, didn’t want to play, which gave me a lot of good information on Jade. My plan was to wear her out a bit before I introduced her to some dogs. She had given us no indication that she was going to be aggressive, no growling, no guarding the gate, some barking in her crate, but nothing out of the ordinary. I released her with Askim, Bruno, Sasha, Curtis, Janey, Black Pearl, Cookie and Medira, all dogs who love to play. Jade was quickly overwhelmed and decided to lay down in the sun. In fact, she didn’t display any of the crazy puppy-like energy that she normally displayed because she was psychologically exhausted by the pack of dogs sniffing her, checking her out and in Curtis’ case, pushing her to play.

When she did decide to play, she picked Bruno, who is a favorite among a lot of the dogs. He plays just right, not too hard, always high energy, but knows when to slow it down and back off. I wish that I could say that same for Curtis or Janey who are my “pushers”. They will push and push a dog to play, regardless if the dog is done. This is always a good test to see if the new dog is going to display aggression, telling those two to back off. Jade didn’t, she simply retreated into a corner where she decided to lay down with Bruno and sun bathe.

Jade is a wonderful dog who has never had a real home. She has had several litters of puppies back to back when she was just a pup herself. She loves people, is fully obedience trained, walks well on a leash and is ready for her forever home. Please come out Saturday and check out Jade if you are looking for a beautiful blue. I want to thank the Amanda Foundation who spayed and vaccinated her and put close to a year of boarding and training into her before she came to me two weeks ago. The volunteers and staff at the Amanda Foundation did a great job socializing her with dog and people. Jade is a real gem of a dog!

ACTIVATE: Top 10 Reasons To Adopt A Senior Dog

by Irene Soriano Brightman

I have 2 senior dogs, my 13 year old Miniature Schnauzer, Mackie & 11 year old Dachshund, Cadi. Before I got these two lovelies, I had Ocha, a Maltese who was about 13 yrs old when she passed and Sophie, another Dachshund mix who was about 14 yrs old when she passed. I also served as a caretaker to a wonderful 15 year old Rottweiler, Radar who just passed last month. He was a sweet old boy who “calmed” me down during stressful days and I miss his sweet disposition very much.

Cadi

Mackie

Radar

Senior dogs are a joy…they kinda putz around the house all old and sweet. They like to cuddle and dont need super activity which is excellent for me, a writer, who’s always behind a book, watching a flick or locked behind my computer screen.

I’ve read many cases of senior dogs being dumped in the shelters due to their advanced age. I could never see myself doing this but I realize that for financially challenged guardians with limited incomes who cannot afford the medical bills incurred by a senior pet that becomes ill, this may be the only alternative they think they have.

Now it’s a different story if a senior dog is dumped because owners want to make room for a young pup or younger dog in the household. Now that is just…well…sad. It tugs at my heart when I hear stories of older dogs made to live out their final days in a cold shelter run or worse, be put to sleep because the odds are against them in terms of getting adopted.

So this is my pitch for the older dogs, I know that Downtown Dog Rescue has a couple of senior dogs that need homes like Charlie. Please consider him, and the others when you think of getting a new companion. We are also looking for a foster for him…

ACTIVATE: UPDATE on South LA Pitbull — You made a difference!

A wonderful update on the USC South LA Pitbull featured last week!

His name is TOMMY!

A special thanks to Heidi Lese for one of many

who responded and acted on behalf of Tommy!

Tommy was found near USC by Taryn and Cortney. He was malnourished and looked to have been on the streets for some time. He had no tags or other identifying information to help locate his previous owners. Tommy was a sweetheart and was perfectly content being fed and given attention by his rescuers. After being denied by any of the Pitbull rescue agencies in the area, and after feeding him a few Burger King burgers, Animal Services was called to pick him up. Once at the South LA Animal Shelter, veterinarians discovered that Tommy also had a fractured leg. He was scheduled to be put down as soon as legally allowed: 5 days after his arrival.

Meanwhile, in both LA and San Francisco, people were working to help Tommy. Taryn and Cortney were looking for a foster home or rescue agency to help Tommy. Up north, Sophia and Dave were doing the same. Despite everyone’s great efforts, no rescue agency had a place for poor Tommy.

Now, thanks to efforts by all of the above and more, we may have found a way to help Tommy. He’ll need surgery, but he could have a chance at a normal life. The two options available now are to amputate his fractured leg ($500) or to invest in repairing the leg ($2000). The prices are estimates, and time is a factor. That said, we need help to get Tommy the surgery he needs to survive.

Tommy at the LA shelter

UPDATE (March 20, 2010): Tommy’s now officially bailed out! He’s with his current foster and has spent a significant amount of his freedom getting checked out by the vet. The prognosis on his leg seems decent so far. Surgery next week. Thanks to all so far. More to come!

Tommy resting in his foster home

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From Tommy’s #1 Advocate:

From: Patricia Raquel

Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 12:30:20 PM

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