Happy Mother's Day! Be a Mom to a Shelter Dog.

In the past two weeks, 54 of the 55 animals on the Urgent list at Dallas Animal Services have been rescued or adopted—only THEO is left, and he has until Monday, May 10, or he will be euthanized.

Theo is 1 year old and weighs 57 pounds. He’s a handsome fellow, a pit mix with a few red-orange freckles on his snow-white coat. Theo is friendly and good with people but doesn’t like other animals, so he needs a home where he’s the only pampered pet. Surely there’s a home out there for Theo! He’s neutered, has had all his shots, is heartworm negative and microchipped.

To adopt: 214-671-0249; teresa.cleek@dallascityhall.com; Dallas Animal Services, 1818 N. Westmoreland at I-30, in Dallas .

Rescue groups: 214-670-8298; mark.cooper@dallascityhall.com

Please spread the word. Thanks for your help.

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On Vacation

(Look! Some doggie sized hats for Halloween! Won't they be happy!)

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Have a Good Irish Day

Just a couple of cute pics from Ihasa Hotdog and My Little Cottage:

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Brooklyn Terrier Mugged; Doggie Coat Missing

via NBCNewYork: (This dog's owner is very lucky she didn't get her dog stolen!)

Getty Images Now that's just cold.

A Brooklyn woman says a mugger stole a doggie coat right off the back of her mild-mannered terrier.

Donna McPherson says she tied up Lexie, her 10-year-old Westie, outside a Park Slope supermarket "for two minutes'' while she bought milk.

She heard a "funny bark.'' When McPherson went outside, she found the little white dog shivering. His green wool coat, with leather trim and belt, were nowhere in sight.

"How could anyone steal a coat off someone's back in the freezing cold?" the 42-year-old investment banker complained to The New York Post. "I was so angry, but in the end I was grateful that it was just the coat and not him."
McPherson said the dog coat was worth $25. She looked all over the neighborhood, hoping to spot the burglar who stole the coat off her pup's back, but couldn't find him.

McPherson said that, fortunately, Lexie wasn't wearing his pricier Burberry, but she bought two new coats anyway to make it up to him.

 
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 (A word to the wise; don't leave your dog tied up outside of a store when you can't see him or her the ENTIRE time. A person can run up and take the dog and drive off. Why risk it? I carry my dog in the store with me, if I can have a dog in there (or I don't go to the store during his walk), and there is only one store where the meter pole is directly in front of the entrance and the cash register is directly by the door, so he sees me the entire time and I see him. Otherwise, it's not worth it.)

Moscow Strays Ride The Metro

via Susanne Sternthal  for the Financial Times: (an excellent article, worth the time to read)

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/628a8500-ff1c-11de-a677-00144feab49a.html

There are some 500 strays that live in the metro stations, especially during the colder months, but only about 20 have learned how to ride the trains. This happened gradually, first as a way to broaden their territory. Later, it became a way of life. “Why should they go by foot if they can move around by public transport?” he asks.

I've been known to raid the breakfast buffet for food for stray dogs whenever I travel internationally (Sicily and Chile most recently), to the sometime-annoyance of someone I'm traveling with, and at least a little chagrin on my part. The words "Loco Americano" come to mind whenever I think of my taking five portions of lunch meat and stuffing it in my already prepped ziplock in my oversized bag. Hey, a five pound bag of kibble is ten American dollars in Chile!  Someone has to feed them. I didn't even see any dog food in Italy; I think they cook for them. In Chile the dogs are in all the public squares like this very good article (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/628a8500-ff1c-11de-a677-00144feab49a.html) discusses about Russian dogs (Ruskies?), and in Italy the dogs preferred to lounge in the sun near the most historic sites. Go figure.

And I love this:
http://www.metrodog.ru/

In case you don't speak Russian, passengers on the metro system in Moscow take photos of dogs they see via cell phone and post them to this website.

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The Unexpected Pit Bull

I missed this in the holiday gift links.  But here's a nice looking calendar with some great pics that I found trolling around the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals - an impressive collaboration of organizations who do good work.

http://www.theunexpectedpitbull.com/calendars/view/3

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A Movie About Katrina Pets: Mine, by Geralyn Pezanoski

I have not seen this film and I don't know if I will. I get my full dose of dogs in bad situations from volunteering at a shelter (and one that allows us to dote over them). But I want to pass this along. After Hurricane Katrina, and the terrible situation that ensued (and before, when people ought to have been evacuated), thousands of pets were left to fend for themselves. I can tell you with complete seriousness, there is no way I could have left my dog, and it's likely a people rescue person would have had to chase me around getting me to leave.  But that's neither here nor there, and I wasn't in those people's shoes. My heart ached then, and now, when I think of it.

An interesting thing has taken place. With the online sites like Petfinder, where you can find thousands of dogs or cats that you can choose from to adopt, people began searching for their own pets after they made it to safety. In numerous cases, it seems, people who rescued them or those who adopted them, and who have held onto them for many months or even a year or two, aren't so willing to give them up again.  So here we have more people speaking up for various pets than there are pets. I would not have imagined such a problem. I feel terrible for all involved. This film speaks to the whole issue.

http://mine-the-movie.blogspot.com/2009/11/stills.html


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