the best dog in the world is now in heaven

that is all i wanted to say.

emotional roller coaster & a one-eyed dog

Okay, where do we sign up for the 1st time home buyers support group? Seriously.

You come across an article like this, read the comments, and your heart kind of explodes a little. Maybe renting (and paying for my landlord's Lexus SUV) isn't THAT bad? ARGGGGG!!!!

Oh, and we've could have written this.

anyway...

This video makes me want to sharpen the ends of rainbows and shoot them at these idiots. Lightning bolts!? Where are the volcanoes, tornadoes, and earthquakes the gays are responsible for too?



(don't they look so sad and concerned? maybe they should be more mad and concerned about this, this, this, or this. .)

PS. here are the audition tapes for that shitty video. So, wait...which one is really the doctor!??

And, really, today is pretty shitty all the way around. I had no idea that our staff morale ("morale") breakfast wasn't being paid for by our work, I keep hearing budget cuts, budget cuts, budget cuts (when is one gonna cut me??), and something that seemed hopeful (not a house, something else) may not be as hopeful anymore. sigh. what could make it better?

WINK could make it better. I feel in love with her last night. I really wanted to just take her home on the spot, but Puddin' would be so mad. Anyway...she's on my mind...

Love for sale.

Now available...kisses, sunshine, and roses. The sweetest cuddler you'll ever find.

bedhogs.

Lots of dogs remind us of our pups, but this takes the cake.
This guy's name is Luda.

check it:
puddin
luda
puddin
luda


we may need to get these two together for a photoshoot. if we can wake them up...

trout pout. and more!

I'm feeling random. Here are some things that have caught my attention today:

Pete Burns, the lead singer of Dead or Alive, is going to receive money from the plastic surgeon who apparently turns his lips into a "TROUT POUT." "Since the disastrous treatment by Dr Maurizio Viel, Mr Burns has undergone more than 100 further operations by specialists in Italy in an attempt to correct the damage, but has said he fears he will always be disfigured." I just have to wonder, did Pete come up with the term Trout Pout, or did someone call him that?

Husband kills wife because of Facebook. Damn that Facebook!!! "The couple had separated four days before the murder in February and Forrester later told police he had been provoked by his wife changing her marital status to "single" on her Facebook entry, the court heard."

In lighter news. Check out the Loverslead, the "leash for lovers." Ha, that's kinda funny and kinda dumb. (thanks to The Daily Beast's Buzz Board for this)

This is funny. Thanks to two of my friends who have shared that with me. As you can see by my blog's main picture, I truly appreciate it.

This is a fun game, and hopefully will never be a reality.
North Koreastan...ha ha ha.

HERE, this is for everyone who didn't think Ellen was doing enough for No on 8. Now, go back to fighting the real enemy, gosh darn it.

Posh is sporting my hair------>




and last but not least, check out this awesome No on 8 video:

Princess diary: the follow-up

So, if you read my previous blog about Princess and her puppies, there is a second part to the story.

I ended up writing the shelter's deputy director an e-mail, asking for more information about the decision to euthanize Princess' puppies. She wrote me back and today I went to the shelter to meet with her. I'm glad I did, because 1. it was a personal challenge; I hate confrontation and this was hard for me and 2. I received more information and had a good talk with her.

I'm not going to say that I now think it's the greatest thing ever that the puppies were euthanized, but I did get some clarification about the different levels of complication that led to the decision. Such as:

1. Princess and her mate were surrendered by their owners, and these people's grandmother said she would take responsibility for the male, and perhaps also Princess, but not the puppies. This may not happen for sure, but if a dog has a chance to go back to the owner, that is the shelter's first choice. So, the decision was made to euthanize the puppies to better the chance of this situation happening. That I understand, because Princess is the priority here.

2. There is a major lack of foster homes right now. Sometimes dogs from our program do go to foster/rescue, but finding a place to take puppies...very, very hard.

3. The housing crisis/economic crisis has resulted in more and more dogs being owner-surrendered. This is causing a strain on the shelter as a whole.

4. Being in the shelter with puppies is hard on a dog, because that means they will be in there for at least a few months.


So, I do feel some closure. I feel good that I questioned this decision, and it was good to get the whole story. Like she pointed out, and I already knew, these decisions aren't made lightly, and this decision was the result of many layers. And it just reiterates my point that human irresponsibility started this whole chain, and it is the dogs that suffer. I wish that every backyard breeder could spend a day at the shelter, and maybe they'd realize that their stupidity and greed very often results in a death. Or 6.

Princess. Now it's all about her. There is something very, very special about this little girl, and I will do my very best to do whatever I can to help her find a good home if her owner (the grandma) does not claim her. In my heart, I don't want this, but have to believe that she will be okay if that is the end result. But, if there's anyway she can go to someone I know, or someone that I know will love her like she deserves, then I will be one happy human.

this is for everyone who has ever asked "are you going to breed her?"

Sometimes things make no sense, and that's especially true when it comes to the decisions made at the shelter at which I volunteer. I don't run the place, and I try my best to focus on what I am there for...making the dogs' lives a little bit better for that moment...but sometimes decisions are made that I don't agree with.

Princess came into the shelter on a SNAFF violation. She was heavily pregnant, and was taken away from her owner, along with an unneutered male, because they weren't fixed. It is SF law that a pitbull has to be fixed...and I actually agree with this law. I'm sick of people breeding dogs for their own greedy purposes. And, guess what happens to the puppies when stupid people don't know how to take care of them/abuse them/dump them, etc? That's right...they end up at the pound, are labeled "high risk dogs" (something I think the shelter is not handling correctly), and are passed up repeatedly by potential adopters for cute, little fluffy dogs. (There are several pits in the shelter right now that have been there for months.)

Anyway, Princess had her puppies. Good news, right? Well, no. Someone in the shelter decided that the puppies would be...I don't know for sure...unadoptable, I guess. I believe that the decision was made due to the money needed to care for these puppies through their babyhood, into their "available" age. If I'm wrong, please prove me wrong. This is just my opinion.

So, the puppies were put to sleep. Princess was not. I don't know what is going to happen to her...will she be returned to her owners after she is fixed? I hope not, look how they treated her to begin with. Will she be rescued by a rescue group? I hope so. She is the sweetest girl I have ever met. She crawled into my lap and wouldn't leave my side the entire time we spent together. Will she be put into the "availables" to sit next to Huggies and BabyFace, hoping that someone will see past their reputation and "higher risk dog" warning?

But, how cruel...how terribly cruel, to take away her puppies. She is heavy with milk, and was looking for her babies.

So, if you think it's okay to breed your dog, remember that 6 babies were put to death because they were pitbulls. Six babies were deemed unwanted, right from the start.

The next person who asks me about Puddin: "are you going to breed her?" I may punch you in the nose, really really hard.

Six times.

when the dog bites, when the bee stings

Today I am going out of my way to find things that make me happy. I know, weird, huh? Well, I've been a little stressed out lately (more on that later) so, I thought this would be a good exercise in positive thinking. okay, go:

mohawk turtle!



Free at last turtle.


Deer/dog friends.



if my dogs were puppies.



hungry shark.


dog art.


little dogs.


big dogs.


and of course...my dogs.