First things first. I love the Shelter Pet Project, a joint effort of the Ad Council, Maddie’s Fund, and the Humane Society of the United States to end the euthanasia of healthy animals. I wrote a three-part series about it a couple of years ago. In Part 1, I covered the first phase of the…
Frankie’s Fund: When You Can’t Do, Give. When You Can’t Give, Share.
It hasn’t been the best last week for me. Well, really, month. Okay, year. But I’ll save the whining. Because whatever I’ve gone through, it’s a heckuva lot better than what’s happening to a lot of senior dogs this time of year. ‘Tis the Season [olimometer id=1] Goal: [olimometer_target id=1] Left to Raise: [olimometer_remaining id=1]…
Portuguese Water Dogs & Pit Bulls: The Politics of the President’s Pets
Anything that President Obama does is news, which goes with the Leader of the Free World territory. And when the President does something warm and fuzzy, like getting a pet for his family — as opposed, say, to making recess appointments of agency heads — more sections of the blogosphere than just the usual political…
Underdog to Wonderdog: Frankie!
People who are involved in the animal welfare community are oddly insulated. We tend to think that everyone knows about the importance of adoption, the evils of buying from pet stores. But according to the Humane Society of the United States, “Nationwide, only about 20 percent of dogs in homes come from shelters—the rest come…
The Dog, the Butcher and the Big Picture
Ask and ye shall receive. At least that’s been my experience with a lot of pet bloggers. On a recent post that included a video of hot dudes with kittens, I mentioned that a nice transition between this blog and my soon to debut one, Freud’s Butcher, would be hot butchers with puppies. Karen Friesecke…
Dog Bloggers Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Guilt
I may be winding down this blog, but I’ll never stop caring about dog rescue. How could I when one small rescue dog, Frankie, made such a huge change in my life? And I’m pleased that I’ll still be around to participate in a big push that some of my fellow bloggers are making on…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want To Kill Myself: Men with Cats Edition
To finish off a week that somehow got hijacked by cats… Let’s face it: Men and cats don’t go together in the popular imagination — and especially not macho guys. We know it’s only lonely single woman who are feline fanciers (hey, why do think I got a dog? Just kidding, Frankie.) This means that…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself: Cats!
Will my dog hate me* if I blog about cats? Not if you don’t tell him. In looking through my draft files for the blogs I’ve always meant to post, I found several feline-oriented ones. This pet adoption video isn’t really funny, but that was never my sole criterion for the series. It’s charming, it…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself, 6/23
This video was made for No-Kill Los Angeles, an initiative of Best Friends Animal Society along with a coalition of animal organizations across Los Angeles. I like Kevin Nealon, and of course I like the message, but I thought a little too much time was spent on the lead in to the money shot: A…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself 6/16
Speed dating meets pet adoption in this very funny entry into Will My Dog Hate Me’s Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself series