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A request
The reason for this blog is to help get specific dogs adopted from TAS but equally important is to try to normalize the idea of shelter dogs being just as good and just as desirable as any other dogs including those which are regularly merchandised by backyard breeders, puppy millers and those few remaining pet store owners who still feel a need to sell live animals. The single greatest stigma shelter animals still face is the belief that shelter animals are substandard animals. Anyone who has had enough experience with shelter animals knows this is untrue but the general public hasn't had the same experiences you've had. They see a nice dog photo in a glossy magazine and too many of them would never think of associating that dog with a dog from a shelter. After all, no one abandons perfectly good dogs, right? Unfortunately, as we all know, perfectly good dogs are abandoned all the time.
The public still too often associates shelter dogs with images of beat up, sick, dirty, severely traumatized animals and while we definitely sometimes see victims such as these, they are certainly not the majority and, regardless, even the most abused animals can very often be saved and made whole again.
Pound Dogs sometimes discusses the sad histories some of the dogs have suffered. For the most part, though, it tries to present the dogs not as victims but as great potential family members. The goal is to raise the profiles of animals in adoption centers so that a potential pet owner sees them as the best choice, not just as the charity choice.
So, here's the favour I'm asking. Whenever you see a dog picture on these pages you think is decent enough, I'd like you to consider sharing it on Facebook or any other social media sites you're using (I know many of you do this already and thank you for that). And when you share it, please mention that the dog in the photo is a shelter dog like so many other shelter dogs waiting for a home. If we can get even five percent of the pet buying public to see shelter dogs differently, to see how beautiful they are and how wonderful they are, and to consider shelter dogs as their first choice for a new family member, we can end the suffering of homeless pets in this country.
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It breaks my heart too. What a handsome girl.
and she loves you!!!!!!!!!!!! Her rescuer and hero!
That is sweet. Jack does that with Paul's shoes.
SO CUTE! Ceilidh does that with wool mittens. Has to be wool and has to be mittens. She was pratically doing back flips when we brought out the bin of winter accessories.
The only thing I can say is that I'd want your sock close too.
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That's so sweet but kind of sad, too, she's getting comfort from your sock in your absence.
I had a dog, Elwood, that did exactly with my ex husband's sock. Always just 1 sock, always wool, always just kept it close by. Never chewed it, sometimes carried it from place to place around the house. A bit sad, but more heartwarming than anything:-)
My pup, Koya, does the same thing when I go on a business trip. My husband says she likes to sleep with one of my used socks....if he tries to take it and put it aside, she goes back and fetches it only so she can lay with it again. It's really sweet.
The Best Dog Ever, my sweet Cody, used to do that with my sneakers. I had sliding doors on my closet, and he'd learned how to push them open with his nose to get to the shoes. When I'd come home for lunch, there they were, on his bed. Unchewed.
I still miss him.
my year and a half westie sleeps on top of the shoes by the front of our apartment door. we have tried to put his bed there or something more comfortable than a pair of size 12 runners and a pair of size 5.5 heels, but no he moves his bed aside to sleep on shoes. silly bear <3