Sadly, today I have two posts regarding lost dogs. I just received word from photographer Mark Rogers that one of his clients has lost their standard poodle.
Readers of this blog will remember Raven, a standard poodle I photographed a few weeks ago.
Raven’s owners need your help: She escaped from a home where she was being watched in San Jose California and has been missing since the afternoon of September 30th.
Full details can be found on this page her owners have set up but if you live in or around San Jose or know someone there please be on the lookout for her. Here are the basics:
Monica Vigil Dombeck (510) 387-1367
* She’s a black standard poodle with a non-traditional cut
* She’s friendly but can be initially shy around new people
* She was last seen in San Jose moving along Junipero Serra Lane (parallel and just north of Moorpark; just south of 280) heading East
* There is a $500 reward for her safe return
If you see her or have any information at all about her, please contact
The CEO of Richmond’s SPCA, Robin Starr, left her 16-year-old dog in her car where he suffered heat stroke and later died.
The blind and deaf dog was put into the backseat of the car by Starr’s husband Ed because she often took him to work with her. Unfortunately her husband forgot to tell her and she didn’t realize until four hours later that Louie, their cocker spaniel/poodle mix, was in there.
It wasn’t until she left her office about noon that day — after the dog had spent nearly four hours alone in the car — that she discovered Louie in the back of the station wagon, showing signs of heat stroke.
She took the dog inside to the SPCA clinic, where it was stabilized and taken to the Veterinary Emergency Center in Carytown. Veterinarians worked unsuccessfully to restore kidney function in Louie, and the dog died about midnight.
“I just forgot . . . and didn’t think about it until I got this frantic phone call from Robin. I knew immediately what I had done,” Ed Starr recalled yesterday at the SPCA offices on Hermitage Road.
He added, “It wasn’t her fault. It was mine.”
Robin Starr has been one of the area’s most outspoken advocates for animals. While her supporters are standing by her there are those that think she should resign. I cannot imagine anything more painful than knowing your beloved dog died on account of your actions.
In Kaufman County Texas almost 600 dogs, along with some cats, were seized when the Humane Society and sheriff’s deputies raided a puppy mill.
The society said it started investigating the kennel, which is located near Prairieville just north of Mabank, when someone came to them asking for dog food donations. Representatives visited and found poor living conditions and malnourished dogs.
“If loving the animal is a criminal, then maybe I’m a criminal,” she said. “Because I work 6 o’clock in the morning until 11:30 at night taking care of these animals.
Representatives said most of the dogs were living in their own waste and many were under fed. Three dogs died after being rescued and several others have skin or foot conditions.
Deputies said kennel owner, 72-year-old Margaret Boyd, faces animal cruelty charges.
Boyd told FOX 4 she is fighting to get the animals back. A court hearing is scheduled for Friday and both she and the Humane Society plan to ask for custody of the animals.
A woman in Phoenix, AZ. has been fined $940 and sentenced to three years probation for her barking dogs.
Reness Maurer’s neighbors had filed a petition earlier in the year to have her prosecuted for allowing her dogs to bark non-stop over three years.
Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Certa told Maurer that she is not required to report to a probation officer, and the $940 will be reduced to $296 if the terms of her probation are completed successfully after the three years.
Other conditions of the probation included keeping Corky and Koo-Boosh, Maurer’s two dogs, inside when she leaves, and putting bark collars on the dogs if they are outside for longer than 15 minutes.
Maurer said she was disappointed about the sentencing and about her neighbors.
“I feel ostracized in my own community,” said Maurer, adding that neighborhood relations will now be “extremely awkward and uncomfortable.”
I realize how annoying incessant barking can be, it’s happened before in our neighborhood. After a while it can start to drive you a bit nutty. Maurer has two small dogs that are obviously not outside dogs, she should not be leaving them there for hours on end. As a pet owner she needs to take responsibility for her dogs and deal with the problem.
However, the real reason I posted this wasn’t because of the barking issue but because of the penalty. Read the rest of this entry »
Really, it doesn’t get much crappier than this. Jason LaMunyon of Salt Lake City, UT picks up dog poop for a living.
Realizing that the pet industry was growing and tired of being on the road working in sales he decided to start his own business, Fido’s Poo Crew.
“It’s extremely busy,” he says. “It’s a lot of work. Let’s put it this way: It’s really picking up.”
LaMunyon picked up his first dookie about a year ago, shortly after adopting a Labrador from a friend. At the time he owned an independent sales agency and estimates he spent about 140 days a year on the road – often with his dog riding shot gun. And at every hotel they stayed, they found the same thing: a stinky brown mess all over the designated pet areas. The poo – and an article from a business magazine that showed how fast the pet industry was growing got LaMunyon thinking.
“So I decided I was going to start my own bus and be home every day,” he says. And thus one crappy job was exchanged for another.
I’m not talking about the fun game on Dogster where you try and guess what breed a dog is by looking at a picture. Can you guess what breed of dog a person might own by looking at them? According to one study the results show it’s possible.
A group of 70 people who do not own dogs were asked to match photos of 41 dog owners to three possible breeds – Labrador, poodle or Staffordshire bull terrier. They matched the owners to the dogs more than half the time. Yet given three choices, they should have been right only about a third of the time.
“This suggests that certain breeds of dogs are associated with particular kinds of people,” said study leader Lance Workman, a psychologist at Bath Spa University in the UK.
The analysis runs deep: Those who don’t own dogs used stereotypes to match the dogs to their owners, Workman figures. “These stereotypes persisted into judgments of the dog owners’ personalities: non dog owners considered the owners of each breed to share certain personality traits, such as level of conscientiousness and emotional stability.”
The real connection is only skin deep, however.
“But when we tested the dog owners’ personalities, we found no strong links between any particular personality trait and choice of dog breed, so any shared qualities are only skin deep,” Workman said.
The findings were presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Brighton. What do you think about the study? Do you think some people look like their dogs? Give me a bark.
* In memory of Bo’s friend Bull Boy who left us too soon on March 28, 2009.
A puppy mill in Mt. Vernon, Washington has had hundreds of dogs removed in a two part raid.
Nearly 200 dogs were confiscated from two separate kennels south of Mount Vernon after authorities served search warrants for animal cruelty and neglect, Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt of the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office said.
The dogs were mostly Chihuahuas, Shih Tzus, poodles and Yorkshire terriers.
There was also a room that was housing about 20 female dogs that were nursing litters of pups.
About 25 volunteers removed about 150 dogs Wednesday that were evaluated to be in need of better care.
Those dogs were taken to a temporary shelter at the Skagit County Fairgrounds in Mount Vernon or to the homes of volunteers.
Another 40 dogs that were living in small crates, many of which were contaminated with their own feces and urine, were seized from another location on West Big Lake Road, Reichardt said.
The dogs were mostly Australian Shepherds. They are being housed temporarily in private residences of local volunteers until other accommodations can be made.
This is a huge operation, a second raid on the property seized over 300 more dogs.
Two of the 135 dogs seized in the original warrant have tested positive for a potentially deadly intestinal disorder called coccidia, and three more dogs seized Friday are suspected of being infected with it.
The dogs are being moved to the Skagit Valley Fairgrounds for treatment. Then they will be moved to shelters and foster homes.
Animal control officers are asking that anyone who has purchased a dog from the Mountain View kennel belonging to Richard and Marjorie Sundberg to call the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office as this information may be important to their investigation. Call Animal Control officer JoHannah Deterding at 360-336-9450 or e-mail Officer Deterding at johannad@co.skagit.wa.us
The group Saving Pets One at a Time is helping the dogs. People interested in volunteering or donating can find out how at the group’s site.
Also, the Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic is helping the rescued dogs. They can be reached at phone: 360-757-3722 or e-mail: info@chuckanutvet.com.
The small poodle was making a ruckus, leading owner Alice Ferrari to think he needed to go out.
Owner Alice Ferrari thought the dog needed to go outside, but when she opened the door, he ran out and right back in. She then discovered there was a fire in the ceiling of her laundry room.
Luckily, the couple and their dog escaped unharmed. However, they have a cat that is still missing, hopefully to be found safe and sound.
A DOG owner, who tried to prove the difference between labrador and poodle poo to council officials, has been given the benefit of the doubt by magistrates.
For Elliott the arthritic Labrador landed David Murray in court after his old legs gave way and he was wrongly accused of pooping on the pavement.
Mr Murray was handed a £50 fixed fine by wardens for dog fouling in the street.
But the 45-year-old refused to pay, claiming the mess did not belong to 11-year-old Elliott, who had only squatted because his back legs had given way.
He refused to pay and was taken to court after insisting that the dirty deed had been carried out by a poodle.
Mr Murray even bagged the offending mess before collecting a sample from Elliott and then took them to the offices of Hartlepool Borough Council to “provide a comparison” – demanding officials send the number twos away to be tested. They refused.
OK, I have to ask…how many of you would go this extreme to prove your dog’s innocence? … and who knew there was a difference between lab and poodle doo?
I love the sign Mr. Murray created for Elliott to wear. It reads “Not Guilty. Squatting – but not dropping”
I could use that for my girl Copper. She’s a squatter regardless of whether she’s doing a number one or a two.
It’s good to see the magistrates cleared Mr. Murray and Elliott of any wrong pooing. The last thing anyone wanted was this to turn into a smear campaign : )
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Sadly, today I have two posts regarding lost dogs. I just received word from photographer Mark Rogers that one of his clients has lost their standard poodle.* There is a $500 reward for her safe return
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