The Beautiful Part is they ARE Yours, You Own Them!
I sent out the story and pictures of the white
pitbull that I was able to get fencing donated for.
He lived on a chain on dirt but the fencing provided
him with 300 square feet of free area. I called the
owners up asking to come by to see the dog before I
moved. Sure enough, the night before I called, the
dog (whom they named Danger, but the dog is deaf so
it doesn’t even respond) got loose. It got loose
because they had to remove the fencing for a few
days because the neighbor’s fence that I was
connected to was getting taken down. Turns out they
never called any authorities. Well, Danger was at
the county shelter on Monday!!! And he was
scheduled to be put down the following morning at 6
am. Megan and I split the cost of $200 to save this
dog from euthanasia, I took him home, gave him
plenty of fresh food and water. Danger is getting
neutered today (the county neuters pit bulls for
free) and hopefully will soon find his forever
family that will love him and give him all the
attention and training that he never had before. My
husband took him on his first walk and gave him his
first bath. He was amazingly good for his bath. He
had never been that clean before. So that is my
even better happy ending to this story! That was
the best $100 I’ve ever spent. –Laurie Clark, former
Phoenix area rep
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Snoopy, the formerly chained beagle from Halifax is
now safe and warm. He will be vetted on Thursday and
go into temporary foster care. I promised his new
foster mom that I would make every effort to find
him a forever home quickly, so if any groups would
be willing to cross post him, I would greatly
appreciate it. —Michele Moyer, the Phoenix Rescue Group
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I'm currently fostering a dog that was left chained
to a tree when the owners moved. Someone cut him
loose and he became a stray. He was scheduled to be
PTS Nov 7 so I volunteered to take him in and find
him a home. He's so cute, 10 mos old black lab mix
and he's virtually housetrained already! I'm doing
a housecheck tomorrow evening and if all goes well,
he'll have his new family!
—Jennifer Reiman, Kansas City Rep
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Anti-tethering Laws passed in Indianapolis, Indiana
with the help of FIDO (www.fidoindy.org); also in
Norfolk, Virginia, Carroll County, Maryland;
tethering is now PROHIBITED in Scotland; legislation
is favorably pending in Litchfield, Illinois.
Efforts are ongoing in Forsyth County, Ga, where
they have over 85 people pledged to be at the next
meeting December 7th! They need even more, e-mail
Stacey Sarros at staceysarros@adelphia.net; Chains
Free Austin is moving forward in their bid for
lesser chaining and wants to now build fences. To
help them contact Lyndon, their site is
http://www.chainfreeaustin.org; Spalding County,
Georgia, Here is a link to the proposal made by
Kelly Palmatier:
http://www.spayspalding.com/proposal.htm;
Huntingdon, WV is considering legislation as well as
Lee County, FL
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Just rec'd my "Snowman Unchaining the Dog" Christmas
cards and I just love them. This illustration
really tells a story and tugs at my heart. Can't
wait to send them out. THANK YOU for being such an
inspiration to all of us and for your tireless
effort to make such a difference in the lives of so
many amazing dogs!—Sheri Jackson, Williamsburg, VA
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A small black Lab with no fur, heart worm, and
starving to the point of near death, found dragging
her chain in Litchfield, Illinois was rescued by
DDB, treated and is in perfect health. She is what
I would consider the most perfectly behaved dog I
have ever known. She is being adopted by a lovely
family with a 2 year old son and a 2 year old
Maltese. The husband is from England and grew up
with two large labs, the wife is a stay at home
mother with the gentlest heart, and the son is a
silly, rambunctious, though very intelligent boy.
Now a small black Lab with barely a chance at life
will be part of their family after this
Thanksgiving. On Friday afternoon she will join
this happy home, where the husband speaks to his son
ever so softly, saying things like "Would you like
to stroke her before she leaves?" I JUST LOVE
IT!—Dawn Ashby, IL DDB Rep
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Tammy WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU.Thanks to you I was
brave enough to warn two boys that had a boxer on a
chain in the weather that if they did not start
taking care of this dog I was going to take it
further. Well a few days later in a terrible rain
storm I saw the dog walking down the street dragging
a cinder block chained around her neck. She is a
wonderful dog that now sleeps in my bed with me and
my other boxer as the two college boys have since
given the boxer to me. Keep up the good work—Steve,
Florence, South Carolina
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I bought materials last week for a Mexican family to
build a fence for their two chained dogs, Lily and
Smokey. I rode by the house last night to see if the
fence had been built, and it had. It looks really
good. PAWS of Athens is providing the spay and
neuter for both dogs next week. I believe this
family truly does love the dogs but simply doesn't
know what to do and can't afford it. I will give
them the DDB literature, in Spanish, to read and to
pass on to friends and family who may have dogs on
chains. I'll send you pictures of the dogs in their
new fence. They are so cute.—Chamblee Abernethy,
Athens, Georgia
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Since I read about Doogie, it forced me to consider
how our dogs feel being chained, and also to do more
reading about the dangers and effects of chaining
dogs. Our dogs are inside with us a lot more now.
—Jen Olson
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I just made a small donation to your website in
honor of Midnight. Midnight was my neighbor's dog,
he was the last of three dogs living in small pens
and fed once a week or less. I say "was" because we
just rescued him and now he is living comfortably
and getting fat and happy at a shelter for pit bulls
in Georgia. Without people like you, these doggies
would not have a place be rescued to. —Kim Foland,
Georgia
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Shortly after reading your story in the magazine, I
called your 1 800 number and purchased some
christmas cards to help support your cause.
Ironically, the next week I adopted a "chained dog"
that lived in my neighbourhood. I had noticed the
dog for some time, as he was always tied outside. I
live in North Toronto where the weather is not so
forgiving in Summer/Winter. I spoke with the owners
who said her child was allergic and they could not
let the dog inside. She realized quickly that I and
other neighbous noticed the sad/lonley conditions
the dog was confined to. She accepted when I asked
her if I could adopt Simba and give him a good home.
I am writing just to let you know, that one more dog
(simba) is now out of the cold and is living in my
warm/loving home with my 4 year old black lab Nelly.
Keep up the great work and together we can make a
difference. —Regards, Robyn Shields, Toronto
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They are willing to try bringing Rocky inside the
home for one month. While I know this is not really
a fair amount of time for Rocky, I believe this is
enough time for the PEOPLE to see if they can fit
Rocky into their schedule and if Mr. Argentari can
deal with a dog inside the home. It was also not an
overwhelming amount of time. Mrs. understands that
this might not be enough time for Rocky to adjust
but it was a good start after much listening,
discussing and negotiating.—Doriane Lucia, CT Rep
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I am so happy right now that I can hardly contain
myself! A very sweet Lab in Swansea, MA was living
in terrible conditions and living a lonely life of
solitude has been given up to rescue! —Jenn Pavao,
MA Rep
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