I was thinking about this on my walk this morning. I met someone who owns a mastiff. He told me about how people are afraid of the dog even though it only ever tries to love people. This made me think of the stereotype around pit bulls, and how people walk out into the road [...]
Buddy is a pure white Boxer, and wasn’t def like most white boxers. I’m not sure how old he was. He was a dog that we pulled from SUVAS. He lived with Stacie for quite a while; then I’m not sure what happened to him. He got kicked out of daycare right before I got [...]
The Lost Dogs is a really interesting look into the Michael Vick dog fighting case. I have taken a lot of interest in the case of the last while because of my work with animal rescues. Most of my interest comes from the negative stereotype associated with pitbull type dogs, and the number that were [...]
I’ve finally started keeping a journal again. I kept one very inconsistently during my senior year of high school up until about the time I got married. I’m not sure what inspired me to start keeping one again, but I have. I bought a small Moleskine back in September of 2010 planing to start writing [...]
Jack is a 4-year-old German Shepard. He is fully papered, well-trained, and the first dog rescue I did out-of-pocket instead of working with a rescue. I met him in the shelter when I went to check on Ruby. His family surrendered for being “too big.” You could tell just from looking at him that his [...]
Ruby is an American Pittbull Terrier and I’m not sure of her age. She was a former CAWS rescue, but she ended up in the shelter again after biting a stranger who came into her back yard while her family was gone. Her family had left her in the back yard while they were gone, [...]
Hades is a red tinted Alaskan Husky, and was about 4-years-old when he stayed with me. Hades was returned during an adoption event. I had a mom, her 6 puppies, and Xander, but I’m a sucker for arctic breeds so I took him home. Hades was a master at escape, and a few times I [...]
Jersey was a 2-year-old Pittbull Border Collie Mix; who had boundless amounts of energy and a tennis ball obsession. I think Jersey’s life was a constant game of fetch. If you weren’t throwing the ball for her; she was finding some way to chase it. One of her favorite ways to do this was to [...]
I really loved Crush it! It is a short and simple book that can be read in one night. Gary Vaynerchuck gives a lot of great advice on how to make a living by doing what you love. I really like that he doesn’t pretend that you can do so in one night, like many [...]
Declare Media is a business directories network that allows business to list themselves on sites based on their area and business type. Businesses can also pay a small amount monthly to be featured on the front page of their directory. The Declare Media site is built on top of WPMU and has a small array [...]