Benny's Path: In Gallup NM: "We arrived in Gallup NM tonight. What a day of contrasts. First we were in the Mojave desert, before noon it was a sunny 70 degr..."
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Benny's Path: In Gallup NM
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Animal Alliance: Eyes on the Prize
Yesterday was a test. I finally made a decision to take Paris Hilton to the avian vet. For birds, this is a huge decision. I was not only concerned with allopathic treatment, but taking a sickly parakeet to the hospital is extremely stressful. When a bird is showing signs of weakness and frailty, a simple trip to the vet can do more harm than good.
I decided to take Valentina, Paris's cagemate and best friend. For over a month, Valentina has been feeding and caring for Paris. I initially became concerned when Paris has watery droppings and began fluffing out his feathers. I studied several homeopathy sources and gave Paris veratrum 30c which immediately firmed the droppings. However, he still remained quiet and feathers ruffled. He quit flying and although not completely lethargic, certainly no longer active as he'd previously been.
I made an appointment and took Paris yesterday to the avian vet. He had to stay all day to receive fluids and have x-rays. They allowed Valentina to stay there with him. This was comforting for her and well as for Paris. I got a call to pick them up around 6 p.m. The doctor had found a small spot in the x-ray on Paris's liver. I had suspected liver and not from any great detective work on my own, but I'd asked Paris to let me know what was bothering him. When birds act this disturbed, it's often serious as in the wild, any sign of weakness or illness will signal a predator. I was scared and didn't know what to do.
In my feeble attempts to find out on my own what was going on with Paris, I kept being diverted to liver. When I would look up homeopathic remedies and note his symptoms, liver ailment and disease would keep popping up. I've learned to trust these 'coincidences' over the years. I know it's Paris' way of telling me what is wrong with him. In his way, he must be as careful with me as he is being careful disclosing his ailment to predators. Were his symptoms to be misdiagnosed, his health and wellbeing could be compromised. Caution and intuition is the key.
It also helps to remain calm and remember to let go of all the anger. This is hard when one of our rescue dogs is mistakenly at Oakland Animal Services and we cannot seem to get her out of there. Suzie is suffering from demodex which is complicated and amplified by stress. I can't think of a more stressful place than a dog pound for a dog with all that clanging and banging. After speaking with the counter person today, I'm sure Suzie is debilitating in that environment.
The counter person was rude and passive aggressive on the phone. Certainly, Oakland Animal Services can use the kennel space occupied by our dog for another needy animal. Suzie has a rescue and place to go. This is a huge waste of time and energy...the problem with most shelters we deal with. It seems people like counter person Vera think being difficult and condescending with volunteer rescue organizations is a perk of the job.
Back to trying to breathe and let go of the anger for the sake of the animals. We are trying to arrange a transport for Benny today. He is due to leave Mendocino tomorrow with Patti by car. There is a long shot chance for him to ride along with a person traveling from Tuscon to San Antonio where I'll pick him up and bring him back to Austin. I'll need all my spiritual ducks in a row to help make this happen. I'll need the ducks to help me with Paris and to keep letting all these outside stresses go.
Again, I have to feel sorry for the people who obviously have no regard for animals and their welfare. I am lucky to have the gift of all these animals in my life. They truly are the prize and today, I'll try and keep my eyes on the prize.
I decided to take Valentina, Paris's cagemate and best friend. For over a month, Valentina has been feeding and caring for Paris. I initially became concerned when Paris has watery droppings and began fluffing out his feathers. I studied several homeopathy sources and gave Paris veratrum 30c which immediately firmed the droppings. However, he still remained quiet and feathers ruffled. He quit flying and although not completely lethargic, certainly no longer active as he'd previously been.
I made an appointment and took Paris yesterday to the avian vet. He had to stay all day to receive fluids and have x-rays. They allowed Valentina to stay there with him. This was comforting for her and well as for Paris. I got a call to pick them up around 6 p.m. The doctor had found a small spot in the x-ray on Paris's liver. I had suspected liver and not from any great detective work on my own, but I'd asked Paris to let me know what was bothering him. When birds act this disturbed, it's often serious as in the wild, any sign of weakness or illness will signal a predator. I was scared and didn't know what to do.
In my feeble attempts to find out on my own what was going on with Paris, I kept being diverted to liver. When I would look up homeopathic remedies and note his symptoms, liver ailment and disease would keep popping up. I've learned to trust these 'coincidences' over the years. I know it's Paris' way of telling me what is wrong with him. In his way, he must be as careful with me as he is being careful disclosing his ailment to predators. Were his symptoms to be misdiagnosed, his health and wellbeing could be compromised. Caution and intuition is the key.
It also helps to remain calm and remember to let go of all the anger. This is hard when one of our rescue dogs is mistakenly at Oakland Animal Services and we cannot seem to get her out of there. Suzie is suffering from demodex which is complicated and amplified by stress. I can't think of a more stressful place than a dog pound for a dog with all that clanging and banging. After speaking with the counter person today, I'm sure Suzie is debilitating in that environment.
The counter person was rude and passive aggressive on the phone. Certainly, Oakland Animal Services can use the kennel space occupied by our dog for another needy animal. Suzie has a rescue and place to go. This is a huge waste of time and energy...the problem with most shelters we deal with. It seems people like counter person Vera think being difficult and condescending with volunteer rescue organizations is a perk of the job.
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| Turquoise today...eyes on the prize |
Again, I have to feel sorry for the people who obviously have no regard for animals and their welfare. I am lucky to have the gift of all these animals in my life. They truly are the prize and today, I'll try and keep my eyes on the prize.
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Animal Alliance
Today, I'm starting my journal on the Animal Alliance. My own definition of the Animal Alliance is this. I believe there is a greater good, a universal truth at work. This is not of my own creation, but of information given me by the animals. I've only been given a tiny piece of it and this is for a couple of reasons. First being, I am just too human to get it. Not a behaviorist or a scientist, I'm not using correct terminology, however, I know what I'm supposed to know and that much I know for sure.
I read recently that writing a novel is like driving in the dark with your headlights on dim. That is how I'm being guided by the animals from one point to the next. Until I was perfectly ready to proceed in that fashion, to be guided rather than take the lead and go galloping off into the wild wonder, I was not receiving signals. In other words, I was unprepared to learn. Now, I am ready to discover my path and where it will lead.
Another part of my puzzle recently came from my friend, Clare. Clare is my guru. She very gently suggests to me how to prepare for this journey. I've been getting signals, 'coincidences', all my life, but never knew fully what they meant. The repo man in the movie explained it best when he asked his friend, 'have you ever been driving along and thought of plate of shrimp, then see a billboard with a plate of shrimp?' That's a pretty trailer park explanation, but it gets the point across.
Even though I don't eat shrimp, I get the analogy. When I'm walking or working, doing what I'm supposed to do, a tiny thing might happen. I'll look at one of the animals here and perhaps think of a song that reminds me of them. Persia likes Waylon Jennings...not! Maybe I'll look at Persia and think how wonderful he is, healthy and inquisitive. Then that song or another quirky Persia song will come on the radio.
My best moments happen with songs and that's why Pit Bull Nation is full of song references. Albert Schweitzer wisely said, 'man can cure all ills with music and cats.' So true. When I'm soothed with music and song, I'm able to receive the messages I need to receive.
I see a million sad faces across my computer screen each day. We are living in a bloodbath as Kathleen H. says. I will see that one I think I might be able to reach out to. Two weeks ago it was Benny. I got something so strong from Benny.
In truth, Benny was literally at death's door. He had given up on life. He had no hope. I asked Clare to help. I asked if Benny could be sent a message to hang on one more day. I was asking a dog who had never known hope to try and believe. This dog had never known one day of kindness in his life. He was beaten and burned with cigarettes. He was living by eating what garbage he could find.
Two weeks later, Benny is something of a messiah. He has a blog and is living in a wonderful foster home with Patti and Raven. He is being treated homeopathically and with good healthy raw diet. Benny is a seer. He gets letters from all over the world. People walk down the road where Patti lives and call out to Benny. Imagine a being like Benny in the horror where he was? Imagine the types of individuals who are incapable of understanding an incredible creature like Benny.
Benny came into my life at a time when I was able to understand. Benny has given me the connection from rescuing animals to a greater, more universal phenomenon. To prepare, I've been advised to give up all hate, all anger. I couldn't see this at all. How can one not be angry at all of the wrong going on? I would agree, but secretly harbor that self-righteous fury I held against all of the wrongdoers who hurt animals. Until Benny, I couldn't see that I was part of the problem. Even knowing I was part of the problem was not enough.
What I needed to discover and what Benny is teaching me is a simple reality almost scientific in nature. If I am full of wrath, whether I'm right or wrong irrelevant, I cannot receive guidance to continue and be a part of this great truth. We are being advised from sage sources our planet and very existence is in danger. Without getting into world ecology and debate, I will simply note the certainty of that prediction. My own personal reality is my work cannot progress if I do not release this anger. To Benny, to myself and to all of the animals before and ahead, I would like to go on record today saying I release this anger. I am now ready to serve.
I read recently that writing a novel is like driving in the dark with your headlights on dim. That is how I'm being guided by the animals from one point to the next. Until I was perfectly ready to proceed in that fashion, to be guided rather than take the lead and go galloping off into the wild wonder, I was not receiving signals. In other words, I was unprepared to learn. Now, I am ready to discover my path and where it will lead.
Another part of my puzzle recently came from my friend, Clare. Clare is my guru. She very gently suggests to me how to prepare for this journey. I've been getting signals, 'coincidences', all my life, but never knew fully what they meant. The repo man in the movie explained it best when he asked his friend, 'have you ever been driving along and thought of plate of shrimp, then see a billboard with a plate of shrimp?' That's a pretty trailer park explanation, but it gets the point across.
Even though I don't eat shrimp, I get the analogy. When I'm walking or working, doing what I'm supposed to do, a tiny thing might happen. I'll look at one of the animals here and perhaps think of a song that reminds me of them. Persia likes Waylon Jennings...not! Maybe I'll look at Persia and think how wonderful he is, healthy and inquisitive. Then that song or another quirky Persia song will come on the radio.
My best moments happen with songs and that's why Pit Bull Nation is full of song references. Albert Schweitzer wisely said, 'man can cure all ills with music and cats.' So true. When I'm soothed with music and song, I'm able to receive the messages I need to receive.
I see a million sad faces across my computer screen each day. We are living in a bloodbath as Kathleen H. says. I will see that one I think I might be able to reach out to. Two weeks ago it was Benny. I got something so strong from Benny.
In truth, Benny was literally at death's door. He had given up on life. He had no hope. I asked Clare to help. I asked if Benny could be sent a message to hang on one more day. I was asking a dog who had never known hope to try and believe. This dog had never known one day of kindness in his life. He was beaten and burned with cigarettes. He was living by eating what garbage he could find.
Two weeks later, Benny is something of a messiah. He has a blog and is living in a wonderful foster home with Patti and Raven. He is being treated homeopathically and with good healthy raw diet. Benny is a seer. He gets letters from all over the world. People walk down the road where Patti lives and call out to Benny. Imagine a being like Benny in the horror where he was? Imagine the types of individuals who are incapable of understanding an incredible creature like Benny.
Benny came into my life at a time when I was able to understand. Benny has given me the connection from rescuing animals to a greater, more universal phenomenon. To prepare, I've been advised to give up all hate, all anger. I couldn't see this at all. How can one not be angry at all of the wrong going on? I would agree, but secretly harbor that self-righteous fury I held against all of the wrongdoers who hurt animals. Until Benny, I couldn't see that I was part of the problem. Even knowing I was part of the problem was not enough.
What I needed to discover and what Benny is teaching me is a simple reality almost scientific in nature. If I am full of wrath, whether I'm right or wrong irrelevant, I cannot receive guidance to continue and be a part of this great truth. We are being advised from sage sources our planet and very existence is in danger. Without getting into world ecology and debate, I will simply note the certainty of that prediction. My own personal reality is my work cannot progress if I do not release this anger. To Benny, to myself and to all of the animals before and ahead, I would like to go on record today saying I release this anger. I am now ready to serve.
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
John Wayne wannabe out to kill pit bulls
Ex-judge Cynthia Kent has decided to grab her black robe and step back into the ring. This time, she’s going after pit bulls. Kent’s decision making involves the guidance of her hero, John Wayne, whose portrait hung in her courtroom.
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| By-products of breed specific legislation |
Kent retired from the bench in 2008 to join her husband’s law firm. The quiet life has proved too uneventful for her and unlike the dogs she hates who’ve retired from fighting, this gal seems to miss the frenzy.
A horrible mauling occurred involving Justin Clinton in June 2009. Rather than look for real solutions to prevent dog attacks, Kent saw this death as an opportunity to put herself in the limelight. She is working with the Clinton family to draft legislation which would make pit bull ownership in the state of Texas a federal crime. Owning the first American native dog breed would land a normally lawful citizen in jail.
Pit bulls have always attracted a negative element and their most recent opponent, Kent, is as formidable as Michal Vicks on a Saturday night at the dogfights. People like Kent who spew opinions disquised as fact are even more deadly and especially formidable when carrying a law degree even if that sheepskin came from South Texas College of Law.
The question is where Kent gets her statistics and her dog behavior experience? This woman might know law, but fact remains, she does not know dogs. Anyone who pushes such extreme hate-filled legislation like making pit bull ownership a felony is ignorant of both scientia caninus and breed specific legislation that has never worked and never will.
The real danger facing the country is not pit bulls, but legislators who are looking for fame in all the wrong places. This means you, Cynthia Kent. The criminal horror of dog mauling is unforgivable to which all pit bull lovers will agree, but the solution is not banning an entire breed. The answer will only be found in education and training.
If Cynthia Kent has her way, all of her state and our state’s beloved pets will be confiscated and destroyed. She’ll have her career and her old John Wayne movies, but thousands and thousands of innocent dogs will be slaughtered. How can fear based mass destruction be considered a sane fix?
When considering the amount of research and thought behind Kent's drastic measure, the pit bulls and their owners might stand a better chance in John Wayne's wild west when law came from the barrel of a gun.
An open Facebook group, Stop Justin's Law, has been formed by dog lovers who seek a rational solution to insane legislation.
Please send all pit bull stories and tips to doggirl1@earthlink.net
Continue reading on Examiner.com: Lady John Wayne comes out of retirement to kill pit bulls - Dallas Pitbull | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/pitbull-in-dallas/lady-john-wayne-comes-out-of-retirement-to-kill-pit-bulls-1#ixzz1BtmjD0MV
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Business of Rescue
From my perspective, you have a slick ad campaign and lots of resources, or a houseful of dogs and more in your computer who are desperate at a chance at life. Instead of opting for the nice website and marketing strategy, I kept saving dogs. Ok, call me a hoarder, but at least I'm a high class hoarder.
I wrote Pit Bull Nation about my experiences rescuing pit bulls. I shared how I did it on a shoestring, literally and how to treat homeopathically and through diet. I share how we've successfully dealt with mange, cancer, rabies vaccinosis, aggression, and on and on and on. Every penny is directed to Reunion Rescue to try and save more dogs.
Instead of selling books, doing radio interviews and figuring out how to buy copies to send to reviewers...the only way to get your book reviewed...I'm still saving dogs. I can't seem to just say no, that one doesn't deserve to live.
My day, and yeah, I'm venting, is spent answering emails, phone calls, questions and pleas about dogs in need, personal pets with cancer, evil shelter directors who kill seemingly for the fun of it. I am pretty much done in today. I'm certainly sympathetic to those people and their beloved pets who are so sick, but there is so much great information on the internet to help. I know I certainly make use of Mr. Google.
This is one of those sad days when I just don't have enough to give back. I feel very sad and empty. I have been writing checks to cover the dogs in foster care, the ones in boarding, ordering homeopathy and supplements to send to them and even to the private dog owners. Not one person offered to help Reunion Rescue. I guess that makes me a little sad.
Mr. Sweets and Benny need donations and little Suzie Wong is in a boarding kennel. She didn't even get a chance to go into foster care for her homeopathy. I have Pearlie Girl in boarding at $100 a week with no sign of her ever being ready for adoption. Glory is in boarding here and Pip is with me. Thank goodness I decided to keep the kittens. They are the joy of my life. They rescued me. I think I'll go pet a kitty.
I wrote Pit Bull Nation about my experiences rescuing pit bulls. I shared how I did it on a shoestring, literally and how to treat homeopathically and through diet. I share how we've successfully dealt with mange, cancer, rabies vaccinosis, aggression, and on and on and on. Every penny is directed to Reunion Rescue to try and save more dogs.
Instead of selling books, doing radio interviews and figuring out how to buy copies to send to reviewers...the only way to get your book reviewed...I'm still saving dogs. I can't seem to just say no, that one doesn't deserve to live.
My day, and yeah, I'm venting, is spent answering emails, phone calls, questions and pleas about dogs in need, personal pets with cancer, evil shelter directors who kill seemingly for the fun of it. I am pretty much done in today. I'm certainly sympathetic to those people and their beloved pets who are so sick, but there is so much great information on the internet to help. I know I certainly make use of Mr. Google.
This is one of those sad days when I just don't have enough to give back. I feel very sad and empty. I have been writing checks to cover the dogs in foster care, the ones in boarding, ordering homeopathy and supplements to send to them and even to the private dog owners. Not one person offered to help Reunion Rescue. I guess that makes me a little sad.
Mr. Sweets and Benny need donations and little Suzie Wong is in a boarding kennel. She didn't even get a chance to go into foster care for her homeopathy. I have Pearlie Girl in boarding at $100 a week with no sign of her ever being ready for adoption. Glory is in boarding here and Pip is with me. Thank goodness I decided to keep the kittens. They are the joy of my life. They rescued me. I think I'll go pet a kitty.
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Just another dead pit bull.....
Well, Garland, Texas, I'm saying something. I'm saying shame on you and your excuse at what you call an animal shelter. You robbed this girl of a life today. You robbed the rescue community and animal lovers of their time which could have been spent saving other animals. You robbed everyone when you killed this girl, but most of all, you robbed the city of Garland.
You do not own the animals. They belong to the city of Garland the taxpayers that pay your salary. We are going to remind those taxpayers that your are robbing them blind. We are going to remind them every day until we see justice for A#145385.
Shame on Garland, Texas. Texas is a big place, but tonight, I can't get far enough away from the stench of that hole you call your animal services.
I will quote the brilliant words of Neil Young tonight. He wrote this song about scumbags like the ones that run Garland Animal Services.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
I won't run. I did not know this girl, but I tried to save her. I am still waiting on a reply from the director who ordered the slaughter, her rescue coordinator, Luis Martinez and a reply to the official computer record in which they are required by LAW to respond.
A nationwide petition is being circulated which demands the immediate dismissal of Oats.
An innocent dog died today at Garland Animal Services. Director Diane Oats ignored the pleas of several rescue organizations and killed the dog just because she could. There has been a history of unfortunately experiences between this facilty and the rescue community who works to save Garland animals.
January 4, a private rescuer was attempting to exit the momma dog and her newborn puppies from Garland ACC. As with reports about this shelter which only recently was forced to shut down their inhumane gas chamber, the incident was fraught with anxiety and mistake. The woman was in a hurry and reached to pick up the sore dog as she was being hastened out the door. This dog, who'd passed all temperament tests with flying colors, bit the woman in surprise.
The woman issued a written document stating the mishap was her own fault, that this dog who never even had a name or a chance at life was not at fault.
Pleas came in from the local community and from around the United States to save the dog. Diane Oaks was left multiple phone messages and emails sent unanswered to her government email address. Reunion Rescue, Buddy's Rescue and Rehab as well as several others stepped forward with formal requests to take the dog into their program. Notes in the dog's official computer file, messages and requests to issue legal documents to pull the dog and messages left at the front desk were all ignored by Oats and her staff.
Like so many of the shelters today, Garland is operating as if the dogs belong to them. They are killing, because they can. Today, they led this girl down the hall to her death as she wagged her tail and looked up at the staffer with a smile. This was not an aggressive dog and she did not deserve to die.
Two crimes were committed. A life was stolen, not only from this beautiful creature, but from the many people who fought around the clock to save her.
A worldwide petition is being circulated to demand the immediate dismissal of Oats.
A worldwide petition is being circulated to demand the immediate dismissal of Oats.
ID# A145385
CONTACT THE CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE NOTIFIED BUT DIDN'T RESPOND:
Contact city officials as shown below:
Mayor: Ronald Jones (mayor@ci.garland.tx.us); cc to his assistant Beth Dattomo (edattomo@ci.garland.tx.us); phone +1-972-205-2471
A Facebook page has been set up for this girl who never had a chance or a name.
A petition has been prepared for signatures so that hopefully, other dogs will not suffer the unkind fate met by this girl whose biggest crime was to wind up in Garland Animal Services.
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
Reunion Rescue has just launched a new newsletter to share our resources with all dog lovers, animal people, rescues, shelters and their communities. The goal is the stop the killing and lower shelter numbers. Please join us at reunionrescue.com/sign-up. We can do this together!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Rosie and the whole wide world....
Rosie was adopted by Cornelia one year ago from the high kill Martinez Shelter. She was a dog who'd been used as a breed sow and money machine in the hood like so many others. Rosie was one of the few lucky ones. When Cornelia contacted me and asked if I knew of a dog she could meet and potentially adopt as a companion for her older boy, Scout, I jumped at the chance to pitch Rosie. At the time, her name was Sunni and she was literally moments away from euthanasia. I asked Cornnelia if she'd consider meeting Sunni. The next thing I knew, Sunni, now Rosie was saved. Cornelia right out adopted her!Even though we have a solid foster to adopt
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| Dudley and Gunner |
Since Rosie has begun her new wonderful fairy-tale life...fairy tales DO come true....Cornelia has helped rescue other pitties in need at local shelters in her area and her brother in LA rescued Gunner and Dudley!
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| Scout and the sleeping Rosie |
It isn't hard to make a pit bull happy and they will spend their lifetime repaying the favor. Please consider saving a life today. Do not breed and buy while homeless animals die.
First, you should read my nutrition page below and consider raw feeding. I would hesitate on the vet visit. The shelter doesn't let out sick dogs and the vets see you coming..I have had really bad experiences with new adopters really being taken to the cleaners because they wanted to do the right thing. I cannot warn you enough to perhaps take a breath and do a little healing from within. I can show you how to feed your dog nutritionally, how they were designed to eat, cheaply and you will probably never ever need to go to the vet.
I know it sounds radical, but hope you will at least take a look at the Nutrition Page. I also give all of the dogs and cats here and in my rescue homeopathy. If you get a virus, parasite, etc. while transitioning over to raw (once a dog is grounded in the raw diet they rarely pick up any diseases) you can call me anytime 512-762-8963 or email me and I can tell you what to pick up at Whole Foods (7.99) for homeopathy and kick that acute problem out while the system and immune system are strengthening.
Next, visit Junior's Page. There are two docs on there that will change your life and jumpstart you and puppy to a perfect life with your perfect dog. The first Step 1-2-3 pit bull starter kit is a one page crate training doc. If you don't have a crate, pick up one on Craigslist for pretty cheap..I like the plastic ones Vari-Kennel, but some prefer the wire which can be broken down for travel. If you follow the directions explicitly you will have a crate trained dog and a crate trained dog is a happy, secure, confident dog. The next doc is the Kong. If you follow the directions explicitly, you will have a dog who loves her Kong and has something to do in the crate. A properly Kong trained dog will never need another chew or toy..they will all be about the Kong..the doc below that has about a million recipes for things to fill the Kong with, but that comes after level six.
For transitioning her through all those awful shots and who knows what kind of diet, etc. order Emergency Essence and Adol Essence from nolareiki@gmail.com. If you call the guy Monday and tell him you have a new shelter adopted dog, he might recommend another essence for her besides Adol, but order the Emergency for initial transition. You will give the essence starting with Emergency by pounding five times on your palm and dropping 7 drops into the water supply. If you order three bottles, no charge for shipping. Quite a bargain. I would also give her Chlorella to pull the metals out of her body from all of the shots she's been given..see the vaccine information linked at the bottom of the Nutrition Page. Every dog who has had these vaccines should be given a series of Waiora Cellular Defense which you can order through the website. It's kind of expensive at about $58 per bottle, but will pull the toxic metals injected into your pet when vaccinated. These metals and toxins cause horrible side effects like aggression, hair loss, allergy and food intolerance, behavior, over chewing, fear, and on and on. Just visit the Links Page on our site: http://www.reunionrescue.com/id8.html and click on the Waiora Zeolite link under Animal Health and Wellbeing.
Last, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks. Call Bob Gutierrez linked at the bottom of Junior's Page and arrange for a basic obedience class. Tell him you are an Animals First/Reunion Rescue dog saver and the code words are either 'Kharma' or 'Junior'. Bob will give you a substantial discount with punch cards for classes. He is our dog whisperer and the best trainer I've ever heard of. Bob has been training for over 30 years and has trained just about all of our rescue dogs for over 10 years. There is a reason we can say we are the 'home of the world's friendliest pit bulls'.
Please join our online group by linking to the button on the home page. We would love to have you and are transitioning over from the old Topica group to the new Yahoo Group, Reunion Rescue Play Group. It is a great support group of other animal and dog lovers who have saved a life just like you. Welcome to the club! It's a wonderful life.
I've been rescuing animals for as long as I can remember. I've written Pit Bull Nation about my experiences as well as other novels...Jackson, Jules, the Truth Finder...Currently working on The Color Blue, Free Lunch, The Legend of Sky Diamond...blogs Fuck You I'm From Austin Film Talk and Pit Bulls and Other Animals....directed The Dicks From Texas and The Dicks From Texas and Friends covers cd.
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