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One Man’s Trash – Celebrate Shelter Pets

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Shelter Pets

Today is Celebrate Shelter Pets day and I couldn’t let the day go by without celebrating my special shelter girl, Delilah.

Delilah -

Holy woof, are you going to complain about me again?

 I know, I know.  She’s a little bit on the crazy side, but there are many, many people who get normal shelter dogs that aren’t as crazy as this one. “-)  Besides if Delilah was like Sampson what the hell would I blog about? 

My girl came to us via American Lab Rescue in May of 2007.  She was found in a high kill shelter in Lousiana, sent to foster in Tennessee and eventually made her way to us.

We were told she was between 2 to 3 years old, but our vet guessed her age to be about 18 months.  Not having the benefit of knowing when she was actually born, our vet’s office listed her date of birth as December 1st.  We choose to celebrate Delilah’s birth on the 14th.  A day that is very special to me, as it was my beloved grandmother’s birthday as well.  

The rescue told us she’d been spayed but we discovered shortly after us that she wasn’t.  When she went in for her actual spay we discovered that she’d already had at least one litter of puppies.

Having spent the last 7 1/2 years with this amazing dog it simply boggles my mind how people can so casually drop a pet off at a shelter without a second thought.  Someone, somewhere lost an amazing opportunity to have a life filled with love and laughter, all courtesy of this amazing being.

You know what they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”  And Delilah surely is a treasure to me.

Welcome to Day 2 of the #Advent4Dogs Giveaway hosted by Kol’s Notes, Dogthusiast, Heart Like a Dog, NEPA Pets & Wag’n’Woof Pets. Today’s give away is sponsored by Hugs Pet Products. Enter now for your chance to win 2 Silicone Baking Mats and 2 Chilly Mats.

Advent Day 2

 

Today’s trivia question can be found at NEPA Pets.

 

If You Love Pets, You MUST Follow a Pet Blogger

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Last week I was super excited to receive a box of goodies from Hill’s.  Now typically you wouldn’t find a post about Hiill’s on my blog, as we are raw feeders and truthfully I’m not a big fan of Hill’s. MIND, I’m not knocking you if you feed Hill’s, I promise.  If it works for you and your dog, great!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Check out the goodies in this box, 1-bag Kibble, 6-cans wet food, 1-doggie food bowl, 1-doggie blanket, 1-bag baked treats.  (This box of goodies I won in a give-away on Hound Girl.)

Full disclosure: I checked out the baked treats and decided that I could use those, so I kept them (in small amounts) for Sampson and Delilah.

So I’m sure you’re wondering just why I got all excited about the package, well even though I don’t feed Hill’s I know there are rescues and shelters that are always looking for donations.  And I was super excited to be able to donate my winnings to a local rescue in my area.  As I was scoping the box out I remembered I also won some dog food from Keep the Tail Wagging and that should be coming in the next month or so!

This got me thinking, how important it is for animal lovers to follow bloggers, whether they blog or not.

Because Bloggers work with sponsors and a lot of Bloggers have contests and product giveaways!  Granted it may not be something that you can use for yourself or your pet, but food, toys, beds, etc can be donated to shelters or rescues in need.

Heck, even other items can be donated to shelters and rescues for the purposes of raffles, tag sales or auctions.  It’s a win-win for everyone involved.

Like right now, a number of my fellow bloggers are doing a Zuke’s giveaway.  I mean Zuke’s is awesome but if for some reason your pet doesn’t eat/like Zuke’s why not enter to win anyway.  Treats make great Christmas gifts for the pet lover in your life and if you don’t have anyone to give them to, you could donate them to your local shelter and help dogs like this gal, who is currently looking for her forever home.

 

All her information can be found in the link under her picture.

They’re All Urgent

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Today is Tuesday’s Tails Blog hop hosted by Dogs ‘N Pawz.

Dogs N Pawz

 

I really like the idea of Tuesday’s Tails blog hop featuring shelter animals, but I have to tell you the truth.  Looking through all these homeless animals and choosing only one to showcase is hard for me.

The animal control organizations in CT (as I’m sure they are everywhere) are full.  Our larger cities, the ones where they have more poverty and crime are really overwhelmed.  And the majority of these dogs are pit mixes.

I have nothing against pit mixes, (but I have a problem with people indiscriminately breeding them and then dropping them at the shelter where they may or may not have an opportunity to survive.) But that is a post for another day.

My point is it’s rare you come across a dog that is not a pit mix in one of our ‘inner’ cities.

The other big thing is that most of our animal control offices aren’t no kill shelters, so most of the dogs listed are urgent.

This little gal is a Boxer/Lab mix.

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 Here is what her Petfinder page says about her.

Approximately 3 years old….approximately 55 pounds.  Very friendly girl.  Affectionate.  Great with dogs she has met.  Great on leash.  Tail never stops wagging!  Loves to give kisses.  NOT hyper…pretty laid back.

Her legal day of adoption is Friday, November 8th.  It’s also the day she can be euthanized.  She is currently at the City of Hartford’s animal shelter and she could use your help.

Her adoption fee is $50 for in-state residents and $5 for out of state.  Contact information is on her Petfinder page.

Many thanks to Lisa at Dogs ‘N Pawz for creating a blog hop to help shelter animals.  if you feel inclined, please share.

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