Sentences with phrase «shelters drive dogs»

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Denny McLain and his wife, Sharyn, drove together to the Humane Society animal shelter in Tampa on Oct. 16, thinking they might find a dog or cat to bring home.

Blood Will Out By Walter Kirn Liveright • $ 15.95 • ISBN 97816314902249 In 1998, novelist Walter Kirn (Up in the Air) wanted to find a home for a shelter dog so badly that he offered to drive the dog all the way from his home in Montana to a wealthy prospective owner in New York City.

In January 2008, Wendy Miller was arrested on six counts of cruelty stemming from dogs and horses that were tied out in sub-freezing temperatures with no access to food, water or shelter and on October 16, 2008 a black Escalade driven by a man later identified as Cody Wayne Hahn allegedly dragged a small dog behind the truck for entertainment.

From uncertain beginnings in a Lawrence, Kansas animal shelter, each of these dogs displayed the potential and drive trainers look for in prospective working dogs.

I had lost my beloved rottweiler two years prior and immediately drove to the shelter to see this dog.

The Nathan Adelson Hospice Pet Therapy Program is holding a dog bedding and blanket drive through December and January to benefit local animal shelters.

Mass Vet was proud to support the efforts of the Northeast Animal Shelter by donating 110 stockings full of dog and cat treats & goodies for their «Pictures with Santa» fund raising drive in December 2010.

Even if you can't commit to a specific task or number of hours per month, you could help save a dog's life by evaluating a dog in a shelter waiting for rescue or by driving a leg of a transport.

This CEP will also teach you to demonstrate building drive in shelter dogs, pet health and consideration, labeling training goals and challenges, circumventing behavioral issues, training dogs for a family setting.

these laws will serve to drive good responsible breeders out, yet will encourage importing thousands and thousands of dogs, and smuggling even more into the country to «meet the need» for adoptable puppies in shelters - dogs that are not bred for good health or temperament - just for a fast buck.

When she is not at the shelter, she is a barista - her favorite part of her day is getting to see the dogs when they pull up at the drive - thru and seeing how excited they become when they get their treats.

August 17, 2016 Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, awarded Portraits of Hope (POH) $ 300,000 to support their public art initiative to make animal shelters more inviting, appealing and attractive public spaces to help drive people to those venues to adopt dogs and cats in need of a home.

It is best to organize a food or supply drive, a coin collection contest, organize a day to make home - made dog and cat toys, and we can even visit your school to provide an educational component about shelter pets.

Proving that it often «takes a village,» to coordinate the rescue of a dog in dire need, one person volunteered to pick up Chips and deliver him within a 2 hour drive of the shelter.

Thanks to Hayward Shelter for driving there to take in many dogs... Read more

Offer to drive shelter dogs to / from veterinary appointments, mobile adoption events, or to their new homes.

Cheryl Felps, left, and Katie Beirne load a group dogs as more than 50 dogs from BARC were driven to local shelters in Colorado as BARC.

Foster mom, Michelle Marlette kisses one of the thee puppies she fostered as more than 50 dogs from BARC were driven to local shelters in Colorado, as BARC.

«They all get adopted, and it helps drive even more traffic to their local shelters and their dogs that they already have in them,» said Pozzezz.

According to the shelter's Facebook page, it was often seeking donations to improve the shelter, and had recently launched a GoFundMe drive to build roofs over the outdoor pens where dogs were kept.

And as I said before, it would be great if every shelter could be no kill and use aggressive adoption drives to find homes instead of killing animals, but that costs money and there are unfortunately, many, many tax payers who just aren't willing to spend it on saving dogs and cats.

Most helpful review about this best dog clicker: «I recently adopted a 6 month old German Shepherd from the shelter and quickly realized that she was completely food driven (she'd been left outside to fend for herself and was hardly fed by her...»

Fear of noises is a normal adaptive response to a real threat, resulting in behavioral and physiological survival responses that drive the dog to seek shelter or otherwise avoid the imminent danger.4 However, when the fearful response to noise is persistent, exaggerated in intensity and duration and results in what appears to be an anxiety attack, this is not normal.

Donation pick - up / drop - off Pick up food and deliver to foster homes Drive dogs to / from vet or grooming appointments Transport — drive to shelters, pick up dogs and take them to their foster Drive dogs to / from vet or grooming appointments Transport — drive to shelters, pick up dogs and take them to their foster drive to shelters, pick up dogs and take them to their foster homes

November 22, 2016 — Following UVS» week - long «Thanksgiving for Shelter Pets» pet supply donation drive, Upstate Veterinary Specialties doctors and staff presented 525 pounds worth of dog and cat food and cat litter to the Warren County SPCA.

We simply couldn't exist without the help of our wonderful volunteers, who assess dogs at shelters, drive dogs to the vet, foster, transport dogs to adopters, organize adoption events, fundraise, read adoption applications, conduct phone interviews and home safety checks, update our website, respond to calls and emails... and so much more.

Fee - waived and reduced - fee adoptions, especially for adult cats, helped drive traffic to the shelter and increase both cat and dog adoptions overall.

They need people who can drive animals to / from vets or shelters, to answer phone calls and especially to foster dogs and cats.

Mahle is used to sleeping in his truck: Twice a month he leaves his wife and home in Zanesville, Ohio, to drive a familiar route through the Deep South, making stops in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to pick up dogs that have been removed from «death row» at high - kill shelters by local rescue groups.

To encourage people to make donations, the Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County shelters are hosting a FALL FULL - BELLY PET FOOD DRIVE now through October 15, and will give the person (s) who donate the most cat food and the most dog food each a $ 25 gift certificate to L.L.Bean.

A Shirley animal control officer immediately drove Lilly to an emergency animal hospital in Acton where Boston Police Officer David Lanteigne, who adopted the once shy and anxious dog five years ago from an animal shelter, recovered her and rushed to Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston.

X saw her yesterday but didn't have time to work with her at all because the shelter workers couldn't meet her until 9 A.M. and she had to pick up the 2 dogs and meet me an hour's drive later so I could make my vet appointment.

Driven by a fearful reaction to fireworks and other loud sights and sounds, dogs and cats that flee from their homes end up at shelters, making it the busiest time of year for Los Angeles Animal Services shelters.

It is our responsibility when we chose to own a pet not just get a cat or dog and give it food and shelter, but to educate ourselves on the species, how they communicate, how they view the world they live in, their innate drives that reside in the very essence of everything they do, and then take the time to raise them properly, socialize them, and train them.

Los Angeles County is the lead jurisdiction for Portraits of Hope's latest civic project which will see the program revitalize and visually makeover animal shelters and care centers across the country in a bid to highlight the sites as public destinations and drive more people to visit and take home a shelter dog, cat, rabbit, horse, or other animal.

These imported dogs are flown, driven, shipped, transported and sent to shelters throughout the United States.

The funds support the animals in the shelter; improving the life for the dogs and cats at the shelter and supporting adopt efforts and drives.

While the Assemblyman touts that this is, «a life - saving bill to mandate adoptions of rescue and shelter dogs, cats, and rabbits offered in pet shops,» it will only drive consumers looking for specific breeds toward underground and unregulated markets and Craigslist - type websites — places that are notorious for selling unhealthy dogs from unknown sources and offering no consumer protections.

«Similarly, stop finding dogs in shelters that are a five hour's drive from you and posting, «I'll take this baby, but I can't drive.»

Naming the Cairn Terrier — or any breed — Kansas» state dog would drive up demand for these dogs and entice puppy mills to churn out litter after litter of the breed, meaning fewer dogs would be adopted from your state's animal shelters,» said Martin Mersereau, director of the Cruelty Investigation Iepartment for PETA.

This family drove 16 hours to adopt a dog from our crowded shelter!

I chose to go that route because I couldn't find a tiny dog right for me at any shelter I could drive to.

Spay / neuter drives down birth rates, which takes future cats and dogs off the streets and out of the countryside, reducing shelter intake.

I once drove a dog cross-country that Tara saved from a shelter and found a home for in Georgia.

If animal rights groups are successful in driving responsible dog breeders out of business, Strand fears that nonprofit shelters will turn increasingly to sources in China, India, Egypt, Iraq and Puerto Rico, all locales that have exported rabid rescue dogs into the U.S. To address these issues, the NAIA is seeking changes in federal and state laws to:

His years as a Marine serving in Operation Desert Storm inspired Rep. Grimm's concern for wounded veterans, but his compassion for animals drove him to add language encouraging the use of shelter dogs for the program.

Someone more than likely drove the dog to the shelter and that was his or her final experience with transportation.

The Pet Club has, among other things, raised money for a local animal shelter, set up a Pet Memorial Garden, put up a school bulletin board, spotlighted students and teachers who have helped companion animals, gotten involved with bringing a soldier's dog back to Maine from Afghanistan, submitted an article to Downeast Dog News, and donated $ 500 to MFOA from a penny drive and sale of gourmet dog bones made by teachers and parendog back to Maine from Afghanistan, submitted an article to Downeast Dog News, and donated $ 500 to MFOA from a penny drive and sale of gourmet dog bones made by teachers and parenDog News, and donated $ 500 to MFOA from a penny drive and sale of gourmet dog bones made by teachers and parendog bones made by teachers and parents.

By determining the gaps in shelters» programs for older cats and dogs, shelter management can address the factors that have driven this population to be one of the most at - risk for euthanasia.

Newspaper Drive — Heartland Animal Shelter uses newspapers for bedding in our cat and small dog cages.