SHELTER TAILS: Shelter dogs

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A Welcome Change

via The Toledo Blade:

Lucas County Commissioners hire Michigan woman as new dog warden

Photo credit: THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Lucas County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to hire Julie Lyle as the new county dog warden.

Ms. Lyle, 31, who owns a dog training facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and also works in child day care, said she hopes to start the job within three weeks.

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"I think she will foster a lot more progressive and welcoming atmosphere at the dog warden [department]," said Commissioner Ben Konop, who motioned to approve her contract. "She will move us into the modern era."

Full story:
http://toledoblade.com/article/20100330/NEWS16/100339960/-1/news10

Back story:
http://shelter-tails.blogspot.com/2009/11/lucas-county-dog-death-toll-rises-as.html
http://shelter-tails.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-contrast-to-lucas-county-ohio-wood.html
http://shelter-tails.blogspot.com/2009/11/lucas-county-dog-wardens-resigns.html

(Congrats to Ms. Lyle and to the dogs of Lucas County! Thanks to The Toledo Blade for sticking with the story!)

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Dog Thought To Be Vicious Might Have Been Euthanized

via You Tube:

This video, which ends very well but is hard to watch, is a perfect example of some dogs almost being euthanized because their terror is seen as aggression. That is, until someone with an experienced eye comes into the shelter, and a little life is changed. Watch the video; pass it along.