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Follow-Up Friday, July 19, 2013

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Thank you for joining me for Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my co-hostess this week is the fabulously wonderful Jodi Chick from Kol’s Notes.  Don’t just take my word for it.   You know Kol’s Notes is a finalist in this years Petties, right?  I mean Holy Woof, my co-hostess this week not only won a Nose to Nose Award for best Bark Blog, she’s also up for a Pettie for Best Dog Blog.   Some of our other blogging friends are up for awards as well, so make sure you go vote.

I feel like I’m blogging with royalty.  Thank you so much for co-hosting this week Jodi!

You Make Me Smile

Emma said, “Mom says the ultimate lazy dog move was about 2 years ago when she took me out to pee and I laid down and peed while lying down.”

Wow Emma that is either really lazy or you weren’t feeling well at all.  But I’m with mom, I would probably find that disgusting.

Kim said, ” I can’t lay down and eat, so how do they?”

Good question Kim I wonder that myself!  I also worry that he’ll choke.

Flea said, “My dog makes me laugh when he’s running away from the duck.”

That would make me laugh too Flea, except I’ve seen how mean Petey is.  I’d run from him too. 😉

In CT it’s Against the Law

Marie asked, “what is a pig gestation crate?”

I’m not sorry to tell you that I don’t know.  I don’t want to know either.  Sue knows, and she will tell you but please NOT HERE.  While I love to advocate for animal welfare there are some things that I just can’t read about because it gives me such anxiety that I cannot sleep.

Suffice to say, it’s horrifying.

2 Brown Dawgs commented, “Some of those things are good, but why do the animal rights people always have to go after the hunters?”

I would say because just like everything else, certain people take advantage of or abuse privileges which ends up impacting everyone.

Pam asked, “Why have a pet if you’re just going to tie it up outside?”

Probably because it’s not really a ‘pet,’ at least it’s not treated as such.  Some people have such horrible views about animals and proper treatment.

Little Lady No Name

I love how some of you gave her a name.  There is something so inexplicably sad to me that she has no name.

I don’t know if she made it out or not, I was too afraid to call the pound.

Such Intensity

Top of stairs

 

You had a lot of good guesses, but no-one guessed right.

My favorite comment came from Elyse, “I’m gonna guess that Delilah was acting crazy at the bottom of the stairs and he was giving her a “WTF?” look.”

The funny thing is, I totally picture him rolling his eyes when she does some of her crazy antics.

So here’s what he was looking at.

You guys remember Bob? Bob Stone?

You guys remember Bob? Bob Stone?

 

Yuppers, it was Bob Stone the cat.

This ‘N That Thursday

Blueberry’s Human said, “Yay – loved the calendar – it really is good quality and the photos are excellent!”

Thank you.  The reason this means so much to me is she bought one of the calendars.  In fact, Blueberry is the featured dog for the month of October.

Blue

 Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s mom said, “I’ll be glad to send you some bugs … hehe”  And Donna said, “Jodi – you are so lucky it hasn’t been buggy by you.”

Perhaps I wasn’t clear.  Walking the dogs around the neighborhood at 9:00 pm was fairly bug free, going out on our normal walks in the woods and we are bombarded.  We are not lacking bugs, thank you very much!

Now this one is going back a ways.

Seven Ways to Pissed Off

Remember this?

PicMonkey Collage

Yesterday when we went to the park, all the signs were gone.  I’m not complaining, but I am curious as to what happened.

That’s it for me, thanks again to my co-hostess Jodi Chick.  This is the Follow-Up Friday Blog hop hosted by Kol’s Notes and Heart Like a Dog.

In CT it’s Against the Law

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There’s not much about my state government that impresses me, I’m not impressed with the Governor with the exception he’s very good about signing bills regarding laws protecting animals.

On June 4th of this year he signed H.B. 5844:

“AN ACT CONCERNING THE OVERNIGHT TETHERING OF DOGS OUTDOORS AND THE TETHERING OF DOGS OUTDOORS UNDER CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS.

To prohibit the overnight tethering of dogs outdoors and to prohibit the tethering of dogs outdoors during certain weather conditions unless shelter is readily accessible to such dog.”

It’s not ideal, but it’s a start.

Tethered dogs are typically dogs that haven’t been socialized either with people or other dogs. They live their lives on a small length of chain.  They have nowhere to run should an animal or person threaten them and their world is limited only to what their chain allows.  Many times they are left outside in rain, heat and snow with inadequate veterinary care and many times they lack the necessary food and water needed to survive.

This little guy lives right on the edge of our park. He is always on tether and I worry that someday he will get loose and get hurt.

This little guy lives right on the edge of our park. He is always on tether and I worry that someday he will get loose and get hurt.

 

Recent studies show tethered dogs are 2.8% more likely to bite than non-tethered dogs with the majority of victims being children.  This is not a surprise considering their lack of socialization.

As I said, it’s not ideal but it is a start. Our current legislative office also passed:

  • a bill expanding benefits to pets in low income households
  • a bill requiring euthanasia to be performed by a licensed veterinarian
  • legislation forbidding municipalities from enacting breed specific legislation
  • a bill allowing students to opt out of viewing or participating in animal dissection
  • shot down a lottery for bear hunting
  • defeated a bill allowing bow hunting on Sundays

The bill most important to me, banning the sale of COMMERCIALLY bred puppies and kittens was tabled this session and instead a task force was assigned to investigate pet shops and the origins of the animals they sell.Hopefully the task force will present their findings to the legislative body and a bill will be introduced and passed in next year’s session.

Sadly banning the use of pig gestation crates and provisions for a volunteer to advocate for animals that are the victims of cruel and violent crimes were not brought up this session.  The goal is to reintroduce these for the next session in 2014.

One of the reasons CT is enacting tougher animal welfare laws is because of an organization called Connecticut Votes for Animals.  This is a not for profit organization that is really being the change for animals in CT.

Interested in getting some animal legislation passed in your state?  I bet CVA would help you get started.

Blog the Change

Dead Dog Walking

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For the dogs of  Cartwright Street, there’s only one way out.

If it’s not an illness or injury that kills them, chances are they’ll wind up in a plastic bag tied to a machine that gases them to death.

This is what happens in a city, over-populated with dogs.   Animal control works 24 hours per day trying to round up strays.  Shelters are over-flowing and the Humane Society is filled to capacity. Local vets have helped as much as they can, but there’s only so much they can do.

There are laws on the books regarding spaying, neutering and breeding,  but they are seldom enforced. When they are the fines and punishments are minimal, and so the dog population in Dallas, Texas continues to rage out of control. 

Dogs that do get rounded up, have 72 hours before someone claims them. When the 72 hours are up, they are euthanized to make way for the next dead dog walking.

With the shelters full and nowhere to take the dog, a conscious choice is made to drop the unwanted animal somewhere.  So they choose a remote place, like Cartwright Street. It leads into an industrial park, and the odds of the dog finding its way back to the main street are slim. If it does manage more than likely it will get hit by a car or picked up by animal control.

Some of the animals dropped there are not altered, they will continue to breed and bring more and more unwanted dogs into the area.

For some of the lucky ones, workers in the area will pitch in to help buy food.  But some of the dogs aren’t so lucky.  Companies in the area are frustrated with the dogs, and the mess, so they take matters into their own hands.  They capture the dogs and tie them into plastic bags and gas them to death.

Not a pretty picture is it?

Pup-4 Dogs like this little guy.

What’s the reason for the dog over population in Dallas?  Truthfully, it’s greed.  Greedy back yard breeders and puppy millers trying to make a buck.

Let’s just spell it out, there are responsible breeders.   You know them and I know them.  They will make sure every puppy has a home.  They will take the puppy back if for any reason you cannot keep the puppy.  They will retire a bitch or sire with health issues,  they will help you with unexpected health expenses with your dogs. 

They are responsible breeders.

The people responsible for the dog over population in Dallas, are not responsible breeders.  They are puppy mills, they are people who care only about one thing, and that is making money, they care nothing about the animal itself.  They use a dog up and then toss it aside like it was a candy wrapper.

Pup-3

I’ve been reaching out to people I know that do animal rescue in hopes that one of them will know someone who can help. 

Will you help?  Will you share this on your social media sites?   Will you share it with people you know that do animal rescue?

Pup-2 Will you be the change for these animals?

Be the Change for Animals is a quarterly event, where bloggers unite and raise our voices in hopes of making real change for animals in this world.

Please join us.  Please be the change.

 

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