What is going on with Republicans and dogs? First Mitt Romney boasted how he strapped the family furkid into a dog crate on the top of the family vehicle for a twleve hour trip. Now Delaware Republicans are auctioning off a Black Lab puppy to raise money at a fundraiser next week.

Someone needs to tell these folks that auctioning off a puppy is soooo last century. Puppies need to be carefully placed in loving homes, not auctioned off like a piece of jewelry or a painting.

I know there are lots of caring Republican Dogsters so I don’t think this has anything to do with being a Republican but, hey, can someone talk to these people?

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Those wild and crazy Huskies over at the Tails of the Tundra are getting wild and crazy again. Yup, our blue-eyed friends are being tortured with Ebay items to benefit their less fortunate fellow Huskies. Check out the pictures on Ebay for a Husky fun fix!

Nika, Rudi, Pandora & Fugas wrote:
NEEDLESS TORTURE OF SIBERIAN HUSKIES!!!

Yes that is right folks.. Tails of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue is ABUSING huskies!

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Here’s a reminder to us all to check homes around us that have been foreclosed on, especially if you have seen pets there before the families left. I have blogged about this before but it bears repeating as foreclosures hit every part of the US.

Thanks to Lynn K. for barking in this article from KPHO.com.

Foreclosure Victims Abandoning Pets
Delinquent Homeowners Ditching Dogs

November 29, 2007

PHOENIX — Real estate agents around the Valley said they’re walking into foreclosed homes and finding abandoned pets.

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Thanks to Kristin for barking in this new contest. Talk about some great prizes!!!! Even I’m tempted to enter this one to get that $50,000 prize for our local shelter! Wow!!!

I am currently working with Kodak to promote the Find the next Firedog contest - looking for a dog that represents the personality of Firedog - Circuit City’s technology services team, and thought that you might be interested in sharing this with your dog loving community.

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If calendars are on your gift list, how about these calendars with impressive, cuddly, sweet, beautiful big dogs? Lucy’s furmom, Nikki, is very busy getting out the good word on Pitties and other misunderstood big breeds. Part of her mission is Howll911’s Good Dogs Calendar.

Nikki W. wrote:
Hot off the presses — three new anti-BSL “Good Dogs” calendars for 2008, each featuring a bevy of all-new breed ambassadors!

Breeds and breed mixes represented in the new 2008 calendars are Pitties, Staffies, Rotties, Dobes, Bulldogs, Huskies, Wolfdogs, Mastiffs and more. At least one Dogster pup that we know of is featured, Daisy Mae and possibly more, as we posted liberally on the Dogster forums announcing our call for submissions. To all those Dogsters who sent in photos, thank you so much for your submissions! And if your pupster’s pic didn’t make it into this year’s calendars, keep trying; we are already accepting submissions for next year! Photos and your dog’s info should be emailed to calendar2009@howl911.com.

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If you’re in the vicinity of Baltic, Ohio and want to see firsthand the evils of puppy mills, the Buckeye Dog Auction is an excellent place to be on December 15th.

Thanks to our friends at the Ban Ohio Dog Auctions web site for letting us know about this auction.

Dear Companion Pet Lovers ~

The official notice has arrived from organizers of the Buckeye Dog Auction:

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If you live near Nashville, Tennessee please keep an eye out for this missing furbaby. Her family thinks Sweetie may have been stolen and sold to a puppy mill.

On a side note, this is another excellent reason to have furbabies, especially females, spayed so that if they are stolen they will be let go or dropped at shelters because no one can make money off their bodies.

Here is a link to the FindSweetie site.

OUR WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER, “SWEETIE”, WAS PICKED UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON AUGUST 23, 2006. WE ARE STILL DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND HER. SHE WILL BE 5 YEARS OLD IN JANUARY AND WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS. SHE WAS NOT ALTERED OR MICRO CHIPPED WHEN SHE WENT MISSING. SWEETIE IS A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY AND NEVER FINDING HER IS NOT AN OPTION.

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I don’t write many posts for other blogs due to major lack of time but when Gifts.com asked me to pick some items that I thought my pack would like, how could I say no? Gifts and dogs = FUN!!!!

If you want to see my picks, follow this link over to the Gifts.com post.

Happy Holiday shopping to all!

Thanks to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for this article.

Vick to pay $900K for dog care
QB had agreed on pit bulls’ care as part of plea deal

By BILL RANKIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/28/07

Michael Vick has agreed to set aside more than $900,000 to pay for the care and upkeep of 54 pit bulls found on his Virginia property during a raid in April.

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If this research is reproducable, it should lead to a new understanding and respect for canine cognitive ability.

Thanks to Science Daily for this article.

Dogs Can Classify Complex Photos In Categories Like Humans Do

ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2007) — Like us, our canine friends are able to form abstract concepts. Friederike Range and colleagues from the University of Vienna in Austria have shown for the first time that dogs can classify complex color photographs and place them into categories in the same way that humans do. And the dogs successfully demonstrate their learning through the use of computer automated touch-screens, eliminating potential human influence.

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