Friday Feature - Fads, Social Contagion and Dog Breed Popularity

Do you remember when I wrote a post about how when dogs are in the media, people rush out to buy them? Then within a year or two the shelters/rescues are generally overwhelmed with that breed?? That was last June. One year ago. My blog entry was a Featured Rescue post in response to the Disney movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua.



Since I started actively monitoring the numbers of dogs/breeds in

News Reel - Rescues are Overwhelmed

This was emailed to me and I thought I would share. Not that it's new news, but the more publicity we can get about pet over-population, spay/neuter necessities, adoptions and euthanasia the better.



MEDIA ADVISORY


Pet Rescues in Southern Ontario are overwhelmed


(Markham, ON - June 8, 2010): Homeless pets urgently need the assistance of

the public to avert a disaster created in part by

Asshat Award - Congratulations! I hear you're expecting

CraigsList ... I don't even know where to start. I think it is a great idea because it offers people a place where they can have a chance to re-home their pets without them going to the shelters ... you KNOW how much space we don't have in our shelters! The more that are rehomed without walking through that door, the better in my opinion. Unfortunately, CL also opens the door for BYBers, dumping,

Adgitize Summer Promotion

I'm sure you all know that I have advertising space on my blog but for those of you who have only recently joined us, you may not be aware that all the money I earn from advertising (above and beyond my costs) goes towards the animals. I donate this money to a dog related rescue (please remember that readers are always welcome to comment and make a suggestion regarding who this money is

Featured Rescue Followups March, April and May

Today's Featured Rescue Followup will be March, April and May. It will be a relatively long list but LUCKILY, I have figured out how to clip my posts so you can click the "READ MORE" button to see the entire post! Cool, eh? Ok, so I am super-excited about it anyway.


Here goes nothing!








Rafe and Redman the Rhodesian Ridgebacks

Status: Redman - Adoption Pending. Rafe - Not adopted; now

OffTopic ... EntreCard Top Droppers and Advertisers

Sorry to get off topic from dogs ... but I think I should post something about Entrecard here since it brings me so much traffic on a regular basis. It has increased my readership as well as increased the amount of Followers to my blog.




I have gone into Entrecard and written a review as well as rated each of this month's Entrecard Top Droppers from my Blog. I end up visiting each of your

DDF ~ A Rescuers Answering Machine

I can't remember if I've posted this already or not but since I can't find it when I search through my posts, that leads me to believe that I have not. I did not write it but I am crossposting it so we can all enjoy. Please click "Read More" to read the entire post.



A RESCUERS ANSWERING MACHINE



Hello: You have reached ___-____, Tender Hearts Rescue. Due to the

high volume of calls we have