Archive for July, 2010

Love Me, Love My Dog

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Two companies, Unleashed Abilities (a dog training company) and Wylie Wagg (a dog and cat health food store) have joined forces to to promote a speed-dating program with dogs.  They’re looking for singles with dogs, ages 30-35 (humans, not in dog years).  Who knows, you may just meet some very like minded people or possibly love!  For more information or to register, contact Keri Putonen at 703.371.9800 or keri.putonen@unleashedabilities.com

Gulf Coast Dogs Looking for Local Homes

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Due to the recent oil disaster in the Gulf Coast, many pets are finding themselves displaced with economically stricken owners unable to provide continued adequate care.  In this time of need, animal shelters are especially hopeful for finding loving homes for the many dogs that enter their doors.  The article below was recently published by the Washington Post providing information on where to adopt some of these pets in need that have been transported to the DC metro area.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - More than two dozen dogs from the Gulf Coast arrived at the Humane Society of the United States in Gaithersburg on Wednesday, looking for new homes.

After a 20-hour drive, Miss Tee and other lab puppies are now almost a thousand miles from their former home in St Bernard Parish, Lousiana. “They’re sort of these unseen victims of something like this oil spill, where people just can’t care for them anymore,” said Betsy McFarland, the senior director of Companion Animals.
Thanks to what has become the nation’s worst environmental disaster, many people in the Gulf region are without work and giving up their pets. Some local animal shelters are at five times capacity. Among the dogs brought to Maryland include three Shih Tzus dropped off at a Louisiana shelter by an out-of-work fisherman.
“They’re crowded, you could see that they were crowded, someone had just dropped off a dog,” said the Humane Society’s Sarah Barnett.  The Loudoun County Animal Shelter is taking in a third of the pups, hoping — after a quick check up — each of them will find a loving home.

Gulf Coast Dogs Looking for Local Homes

If you are interested in adopting any of these animals, they are going to three different shelters:

The Loudoun County Animal Shelter

The Lost Dog Rescue Foundation
The Anne Arundel SPCA