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After the walk, I bring Buddy back inside and as we pass the front desk, he stops to say hello to the staffer there. She says hello back and Buddy jumps onto the desk like a cat. And he sits and he wags his tail. On the one hand, I should be admonishing him but on the other hand, I'm very impressed. I know dogs can jump but no other dog has ever done this particular jump before, that I've seen anyway, and he managed the move with grace, knocking nothing over and landing confidently on a slippery surface.

I lift him back down onto my side of the desk. He's going to love kitchen counters.





The best way to check on the adoption status of this dog (and other dogs and cats and other small domestic animals) is to visit Toronto Animal Services adoption website or call 416 338 6668 for the Toronto Animal Services South shelter. If the dog is no longer on the TAS adoption website, it's probably because it's been adopted already.



4 Comments to “Buddy - Labrador Retriever mix”

  1. Anonymous says:

    He is so adorable and smart that look on his cute face will steal anyone's heart what a handsome boy.

  2. Anonymous says:

    Has Buddy been adopted today? Does anybody know? He's no longer in the website. I really hoped that he did.

  3. Fred says:

    Buddy may be going into rescue. I'll post more info when I find out.

  4. Fred says:

    Buddy is back in adoption.

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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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