As it happened, no one of the gentlemanly persuasion was able to attend our recent discussion so Aubrie and I talked on our own about shelter dogs being killed for behavior. https://youtu.be/F5NaSbY6EbE
Category: behavior
Welcome Home, Previously Outdoor (or Kennel) Dog
Photo by Shirley Marsh Over the years, I've taken in a number of adult dogs who had, either definitely or most likely, never lived in a house. While every dog is an individual and every home environment is different (number and types of other pets, number and ages of people, absence or presence of yard, … Continue reading Welcome Home, Previously Outdoor (or Kennel) Dog
OH Shelter Clings to Its Terrible Behavioral Assessments and Its Fatal Plus
That asinine plastic hand is waving more shelter dogs into the kill room - this time at the Franklin Co Dog Shelter in Ohio. Just how many dogs are being killed because they don't wag their tails and exclaim, "Thank you sir, may I have another?" when someone jabs them in the face with a … Continue reading OH Shelter Clings to Its Terrible Behavioral Assessments and Its Fatal Plus
One Dog Dead, Two Others Injured as Adopter Selects a Pet
Montgomery Co in Texas is investigating itself to determine how one of its off duty sheriff's deputies visited the county shelter to adopt a dog and ended up allegedly beating three dogs with a two-by-four in the back before having his adoption processed out front. (You probably want to go back and re-read that so … Continue reading One Dog Dead, Two Others Injured as Adopter Selects a Pet
MO Police Chief Shoots Caged Pet
Elizabeth Womack and her family recently moved to a home in Sparta, MO. When her mixed breed dog Chase went missing on November 10, she immediately began searching for him. After getting the runaround from Sparta police chief Andrew Spencer for a week, Ms. Womack was finally given Chase's dead body along with a story … Continue reading MO Police Chief Shoots Caged Pet
Orange Co Shelter Director Intent on Killing Service Dog
An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled this month that a service dog named Karma must be killed at the Orange Co shelter in CA before October 20. The ruling was based upon the recommendation of the shelter's director/veterinarian: OC Animal Care Director and Chief Veterinarian Jennifer Hawkins has deemed the husky mix too dangerous … Continue reading Orange Co Shelter Director Intent on Killing Service Dog
Sangamon Co Suspends Volunteer Who Changed Cage Card
When a 16 year old volunteer took an exuberant dog out of his cage at the Sangamon Co shelter in Illinois last week, the dog was very excited. The dog, called Alpha, hadn't been walked in more than a day. In expressing his enthusiasm, Alpha scratched the girl. She reported the scratch to the staff who … Continue reading Sangamon Co Suspends Volunteer Who Changed Cage Card
Be Here Now: Loving Pets Available in Shelters
I was researching a public shelter and couldn't find a website for the facility so visited its page on Petfinder. At the top of that page, the shelter had a quote from another website which reads, in part: ALL SHELTER DOGS WERE ONCE NORMAL PUPPIES eager to learn how to live with people. Yet far too … Continue reading Be Here Now: Loving Pets Available in Shelters
Arkansas Pound Kills Dog Whose Owner Tried to Reclaim
Two dogs belonging to Yadria Dorantes jumped their fence and were picked up by Beebe Animal Control on March 13. Ms. Dorantes says she contacted AC to reclaim her shar pei/lab mix Muneka and her other dog. Ms. Dorantes says AC told her that because the dogs kept jumping her four foot fence, she would need … Continue reading Arkansas Pound Kills Dog Whose Owner Tried to Reclaim
San Diego Police Officer at Wrong House Pets Friendly Dog, Watches Partner Shoot Him Seconds Later
Two San Diego police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call at 5am Sunday reportedly knocked on the door of the wrong house. Resident Ian Anderson was awakened by the knocking as was his 6 year old service dog who began barking. The dog, called Burberry, can be seen on surveillance video approaching the first … Continue reading San Diego Police Officer at Wrong House Pets Friendly Dog, Watches Partner Shoot Him Seconds Later