the best dog in the world is now in heaven

that is all i wanted to say.

Heart. Happy.

click here for the update on Princess aka Dandelion aka Danni.

Princess Dandelion

Click here for an update on my favorite little shelter dog.

excellent things today

This picture i came across, that could be added to my previous scary santa blog:


The fact that Princess is going to be available for adoption soon. Yay!!!

Madonna & Guy's wedding contract.

A sign I believe in.

A cool Yeti.

Tina Fey didn't want to meet Caribou Barbie. (we knew that)

Melissa Etheridge's homo family.

And, the secret is revealed. The explanation of Frito Feet.

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...

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.

nooooooooo.

Why do people have to be all crazy and shite? so, the other day, i was super psyched to see that the cloned puppy was a pit bull! yay good press for pittie pups! However, yesterday, my new favorite blog dlisted (so much funnier than perez, who has been banished from my life for good) posted THIS story.

Maybe i should have known something was a little off because she named her dog Booger. which, could be cute, but it is a little gross. I mean, i call Po "Boobie" all the time, but boobies are better than boogers.

Anyway, so here's this crazy story that the clone puppy woman may actually be Joyce McKinney, a woman accused of kidnapping and raping a Mormon man back in 1978.

WHATTT?

Yeah, read the story. i couldn't even follow it because it was so weird. and you know how i like weird. Mormon sex slave...it's a little too much.


and, this is my favorite comment from the blog:

Oh yeah.. that's the same "I won't be ignored, Dan!!!" smile in both pics.
You can gain 100 lbs and let your teeth go yellow.. but Time don't wash away crazy!!