Comments on: Monday is good news day today!

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:41:31 +0000

Was the same on NPR this morning from the shelter directors: Blame the people, blame the “breeders” (all breeders are bad, all the same, and all responsible for “pet overpopulation,” NOT) and take no responsibility for the failure of leadership in the shelter industry.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:37:01 +0000

The chihuahua migration has made the Monitor too:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2.....-pets-east

But I have to wonder about organizations that are NOT No Kill (such as the ASPCA) wanting to import more animals from elsewhere, even as they continue to kill animals who have a a place to go already lined up, and to use the same old, same old rhetoric about ‘pet overpopulation’.

By: Snoopys Friend

Snoopys Friend — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:31:22 +0000

Pai,

The music was upbeat and the characters seemed not bothered too much by rejecting the dog - he was a skinny ugly dog and he had an adopted home for awhile but then he was kicked out to fend for himself and he lost weight and was ugly again so the children took him around to houses in the neighborhood and no one wanted him - he was sent back to this lonely dry desert place. And this is a Charlie Brown Christmas TV Movie commentary on how to treat homeless ugly pets?

So much for wanting a “Dog for Christmas” -

By: Pai

Pai — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:24:52 +0000

Was that supposed to be a happy ending?!

By: Snoopys Friend

Snoopys Friend — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:12:43 +0000

David, yes it was. “I want a dog for Christmas” - no one wanted the poor ugly dog and they sent him back to the desert - hitch hiking to live alone.

By: David S. Greene

David S. Greene — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:33:12 +0000

Thanks for the links!
Snoopys Friend, was that the story about Spike?

By: Snoopys Friend

Snoopys Friend — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:53 +0000

A very odd Christmas Special aired last night on ABC http://abc.go.com/shows/i-want.....rlie-brown

Snoopys brother came to find a home and no one wanted him - he was ugly and he was sent back to live alone in the desert where he strung a cactus with Christmas Lights.

Strange………….

By: straybaby

straybaby — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:41:05 +0000

Pets2Vets article at Mother Earth about pairing Vets with shelter dogs:

http://www.motherearthnews.com.....12009.aspx

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:50:26 +0000

A dog that has really gotten around-and in a good cause
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....ation.html

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:24:54 +0000

A pink sweater! LOL!