The Barking Lot rescues dogs from area shelters, humane societies and Mexico as they are at risk of being euthanized and/or abandoned and they find them forever homes perfectly suited to their needs.

The Barking Lot is holding a BIG DOGS ROCK Adoption Event on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Fiesta Island in San Diego, CA. This HUGE adoption event features dogs over 50 lbs and they need volunteers. Please reply if you’re able to help!! stacy@thebarkinglot.net.

Learn more about the event and join The Barking Lot Facebook Group.

First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. This annual event asks pet lovers to celebrate the humane-canine bond and promote pet adoption by encouraging their employers to support TYDTWDay by opening their workplace to employees’ four-legged friends on this one special day.

GO FURRY to promote pet adoption on Friday, June 25. TYDTWDay is for a good cause – to promote pet adoption. This fun day of celebrating the great companion your dog makes could encourage co-workers to adopt a new best friend of their own.

On Friday June 25, 2010, businesses, animal shelters and pet-care professionals from around the world will work together to better the lives of shelter dogs everywhere. Thousands of businesses will GO FURRY to promote pet adoption by opening their doors to employees’ furry, four-legged friends on this day in celebration of the great companions dogs make.

Explore Take Your Dog To Work Day website to learn how you can participate, register your business and spread the word. And download the action pack to get you started.

Are you going to take your dog to work on Friday? Show Take Your Dog To Work Day how your company chooses to GO FURRY and win cash and prizes.

According to French animal welfare associations, there is a dearth of small, adoptable dogs that are suited to city dwellers in France. Because of the lack of adoptable small dogs in French shelters, dog lovers are buying animals in pet shops, furthering the suffering of animals bred in puppy mills.

In the United States, there is such a surplus of small adoptable dogs, 25% of them purebred, that shelters are killing them for lack of space and in France, there are not enough small adoptable dogs and there are people who would gladly adopt them. But Riviera Rescue/ Sauvetage Riviera needs your help to make this happen.

Riviera Rescue/ Sauvetage Riviera is a program that pulls a manageable number of small adoptable dogs at a time. The dogs are sterilized, micro-chipped and vaccinated, quarantined for 21 days, treated (if needed) for respiratory infection or parasites and then flown from death row to freedom in France. They are planning the first Riviera Rescue this summer, with French and American media covering the story. A film crew will be documenting the rescue from the worst Los Angeles shelters of seven lucky dogs who will survive. Once the first seven have been rescued, they will be ready for the next airlift.

Generous sponsors including American Dog Magazine, Hope for Paws and Air France are already on board. But they need more help to rescue more death row dogs. If you can help with the price of the fare ($112), please contact us at Hollywoodjinky@gmail.com.

Join the cause because animal suffering has no borders.

The Pixie Project is a store as well as an unique nonprofit pet-supply store, animal adoption and counseling center in Portland, Oregon, started by Amy Sacks and Karli Covington. At the store, 100 percent of every dollar they make goes right back into supporting dog rescue.

(Read more about The Pixie Project in The American Dog Magazine.)

The The Pixie Project rescues animals out of shelters and boards a doggie-daycare business located in the same building, where they receive socialization and exercise. More than 1,000 Oregon shelter dogs have found homes thanks to the The Pixie Project.

Become a Fan on Facebook and Follow the Pixie Project on Twitter.

For more information:
The Pixie Project
510 N. E. Martin Luther King Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Store (503) 542- 3432
Adoption (503) 512-3437
www.pixieproject.org

Since 2003 First Coast No More Homeless Pets has facilitated more than 55,000 pet sterilizations in the First Coast area of Jacksonville, FL. There has been an overall reduction in pet intake of approximately 31%, and reductions in puppy and kitten intake of 44% and 52%. Prior to their programs, admissions and euthanasia were increasing by as much as 10% annually.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets was founded in 2001 when Rick DuCharme, founder and Executive Director, developed the SpayJax program in response to a request by the City of Jacksonville for a city funded spay/neuter program. Following SpayJax, SpayNassau was developed along with two other low-cost programs. In 2006, their Trap-Neuter-Return program was developed to offer low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for feral and stray cats.

FCNMHP opened a high volume, high quality spay/neuter clinic in April 2009, to facilitate the needed increase in surgeries. Much research has been undertaken to ensure the success of this facility including touring many high volume clinics in the Southeast and seeking a mentoring relationship with recognized experts in the field of high volume pet sterilizations. The spay/neuter clinic is modeled after the most effective clinics in the country that focus on high volume and high quality pet sterilizations. The clinic is designed with the capacity for up to 200 daily sterilizations, making it one of the highest volume clinics in the country when at full capacity.

Learn more about First Coast No More Homeless Pets

NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports on the canine cast of ‘101 Dalmations Musical’. The cast of includes 15 Dalmatians, most of whom were rescued at shelters by the show’s trainer.

Meet Rascal who came from the Second Chance Dalmatian Rescue in Ohio. He was nursed back to health after having a broken leg.

And Hanna who was found as a stray by the Chesapeake Humane Society and taken in by Adopt-A-Spot Rescue. She has high energy and a playful personality, making her one of the cutest Dalmatians in the show.

Meet more of the canine stars of ‘101 Dalmatians Musical’.

Unfortunately the show is not coming to Denver, but maybe it it coming to a town near you.
Minneapolis, Oct. 13-18
Appleton, Oct. 20-25
Atlanta, Oct. 28-Nov.1
Dallas, Dec. 1-20
Detroit, Nov. 17-22
Austin, Nov. 24-29

The mission of Pets2Vets is to pair homeless pets with combat veterans, law enforcement/emergency personnel, and those affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorderin order to:

Raise public awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Dave Sharpe is a combat veteran who served overseas in Operation Enduring Freedom. Upon his return to the U.S., Dave found that the hardships of war started to take a toll on him. However, with the aid of pet therapy and his loving dog, Cheyenne, Dave was able to get his life back to normal. Motivated by this experience, he and other combat veterans formed Pets2Vets.

According to the Washington Animal Rescue League’s Facebook page, “Lundy was our first successful adoption through our new Pets2Vets program! He went home over the weekend to provide happiness, love and companionship for a veteran. Several more Pets2Vets adoptions are pending, including homes for Ernie and Rima! Pictured here is Rima and her new loving dad/veteran, Dave.”

LEARN MORE ABOUT Pets2Vets

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On “A Day In Their Paws” on November 7, Brittany Foundation volunteers are going on “lock-down” in the kennels with some of their adoptable dogs for 24 hours. Volunteers will live for one day how these dogs live every day. Freedom for breaks, food, etc., can only be taken when time has been sponsored / purchased for that individual.

This summer we enjoyed following the Dog Days Road Trip that one of the participants, Michelle, and her travel companion Loren, a pitbull rescue, this summer as they traveled around the country educating people about dog rescue. One of the goals of the trip was to find a forever home for Loren. Unfortunately she has found her soulmutt yet but we haven’t given up hope that it will happen.

You can make a donation via Paypal at the Brittany Foundation’s website – scroll down until you see their photo, then use the donate button at right. Or you can make a donation to any of the other teams.

On the “Day In Their Paws” on November 7 at the Brittany Foundation they will also be giving sanctuary tours, have a raffle and silent auction as well as vendors like Cookie Lee Jewelry, and refreshments from Margo’s Bark.

Also DogOscopes is donating $1 from the retail sale of their Pet ID Tags to the Brittany Foundation until the end of the year.

Learn more about the “Day In Their Paws” and Michelle and Loren.

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Big Dogs – Huge Paws Rescue is a 501c3, non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding forever homes for unwanted giant breed dogs that have been mistreated and/or abandoned. Every dog is evaluated medically and behaviorally and placed according to their special needs.

Giant breeds can be very expensive and sometimes overwhelming due to their massive size and need for constant human attention. Big Dogs – Huge Paws Rescue focus their rescue efforts on Great Danes, Great Pyrenees, Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards, Mastiffs, Irish Wolfhounds, and Scottish Deerhounds.

Comprised of volunteers, Big Dogs – Huge Paws Rescue has a number of volunteer opportunities, from fostering to event planning to accounting to transporting. Whatever your expertise or interest their is something that you can do to help these big, loveable dogs who are looking for forever homes.

And of course monetary donations are always welcome. All of the money donated goes directly to the dogs and helps to cover costs which include transport, food, behavioral training, supplies, vet care, and medical supplies. Every foster dog is spayed/neutered, gastropexied(when possible), vaccinated, heartworm tested, dewormed, microchipped, and they treat any pre-existing conditions that they might come in with.

Big Dogs – Huge Paws Rescue was founded on the core philosophy is that every “BIG” dog deserves a chance.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Big Dogs – Huge Paws Rescue

]]> http://www.leavingourmark.com/blog/2009/10/14/big-dogs-huge-paws/feed/ 0 http://www.leavingourmark.com/blog/2009/10/10/texas-german-shepherd-rescue-camp-wolfgang-closing/ http://www.leavingourmark.com/blog/2009/10/10/texas-german-shepherd-rescue-camp-wolfgang-closing/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:39:56 +0000 admin http://www.leavingourmark.com/blog/?p=1220 The dogs at Camp Wolfgang need our help.

The non-profit rescue group, located in Ennis, TX, is suffering budget shortfalls and is closing Oct. 30, 2009. While Camp Wolfgang primarily rescues German shepherds, there are also many other breeds, including a significant number of Rottweilers.

Sadly, there are nearly 200 dogs in the rescue and it is being reported that the dogs who are not adopted by month’s end will be moved to high-kill shelters, or euthanized. People throughout Texas and nearby states who are considering a new dog should consider adopting from a rescue.

Local rescues are trying to help Camp Wolfgang, but there is limited space. Every dog that is adopted out (from any Texas rescue) creates an opening for an at-risk dog at Camp Wolfgang. If you are able to foster a dog, please consider doing so now.

If you live in the area and are able to help one of these dogs, please contact the Kennel Master, Leisha Livengood at 214-755-1627.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Camp Wolfgang

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