Dog Center Blog

I do not share the extreme vegetarian view that food reform is the foundation of other reforms, for I think it can be shown that all cruelties to animals, whether inflicted in the interests of the dinner-table, the laboratory, the hunting-field, or any other institution, are the outcome of one and the same error—the blindness which can see no unity and kinship, but only difference and division, between the human and the non-human race. This blindness it is—this crass denial of a common origin, a common nature, a common structure, and common pleasures and pains—that has alone hardened men in all ages of the world, civilized or barbarous, to inflict such fiendish outrages on their harmless fellow-beings; and to remove this blindness we need, it seems to me, a deeper and more radical remedy than the reform of sport, or of physiological methods, or even of diet alone. The only real cure for the evil is the growing sense that the lower animals are closely akin to us, and have Rights.

(Henry S. Salt, The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues [London: The Ideal Publishing Union, 1899], 109-10 [italics in original])

We recently got an update on Jasmine from her family, and we just had to share!


“Jasmine Marie Humphries  came into our lives on a cold day on January 22nd
2005. We met her at a Pet Haven adoption event where we got to meet her 2 brothers.
Jasmine had started her life with  her 4 other siblings and mother by being thrown away into a dumpster. Luckily  someone found them and rescued them the first time. Two of Jasmines siblings  didn’t survive to get the chance for rescue number two like Jasmine did.

I knew the instant that I  laid eyes on her, that I was totally and helplessly in love with this little fur ball. At that time, my husband and I were in the process of building a brand new  greenhouse business. So from day one, Jasmine came to work with us every day and  became part of our team! She had many family members to play with and follow  around all day, and free reign of a nice warm place to work/play. She also  got to spend the day with her Gramma and Grampa, and her new best friend, Uncle  Baily! (Gramma and Grampas big ole yellow lab). Oh how she loved to play in the  dirt, and un-plant things we had just planted We had also found out how she  really likes to roll in stinky things, so we have since nick named her Stinky.  She has stolen the hearts of all who worked with her. Jasmine’s photo’s have been  in several greenhouse publications as our mascot.

During her puppyhood, we  attended puppy kindergarten and puppy social hour weekly, so she had plenty of  interaction with other puppies while growing up, and even a  cat! Eventually it became time for us to leave that job, we didn’t know  what to do about leaving her home. She is such a social girl, that the thought  of her home alone all day just broke our hearts. So Gramma and Grampa daycare  was born! Each morning, she gets picked up by her Gramma and Grampa and her uncle Baily, and they go on a four mile walk on the Gateway  trail. (that is, when she will get out of bed when Gramma comes to get her,  sometimes we have to lock her out of the bedroom in the mornings when we leave  for work, or she won’t come downstairs when my Mom comes to get her!) Then she  spends the rest of her day at their house, and gets to play with her Uncle  Bails, run around in their huge yard, and sometimes even gets to go bye-bye.  Then either Mommy or Daddy pick her up on their way home from
work. Its a pretty  good life.

We miss her each day  while we are at work, and are so happy to see her when we get home. Jasmine has  been with us camping, stayed in a cabin in Northern MN, even walked around  Gooseberry falls state park. She sends her allowance to a dog with a  heart condition each month and has for the past 3 years. We do our best to make  sure that if we go anywhere, it is dog friendly so we can bring her with. We  once brought her to an open house event that a home builder had that was dog  friendly, where she could get a free scarf, a photo taken, and even got to  ”speak” to a pet psychic. The psychic said that Jasmine thought her name should  be Jackpot, because she is hit the jackpot when she found her new  Family. We also asked the psychic if she minded being called Stinky, and  she said No! I love to be Stinky!! She is loved by all, wherever she goes.


We  love our little girl more than anything, and thank God Pet Haven brought her  into our lives for her second chance at a great life. She has filled a hole in  my heart I never even knew I had and I don’t know what I would do without my  little Stinky. To anyone who is reading this, please open your heart and home to  a rescue, they will spend the rest of their lives paying you back for doing  so.”

Our Fall Benefit is just 9 days away! Be sure to purchase your tickets soon. The event will be on Saturday, November 7th at 6 PM at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park. You can purchase your tickets online on our website.

As an all-volunteer foster-based animal rescue, all funds raised will go directly to supporting our adoption and spay/neuter programs.

Here is a website for your consideration. I have added it to the blogroll.

As the holidays approach, consider shopping for your friends and families at Twice the Gift and supporting Pet Haven and/or other local non-profits. Twice the Gift is a unique shop in downtown Minneapolis that showcases the products and services of over 50 Twin Cities non-profit organizations, of which Pet Haven is one. At Twice the Gift, shoppers can purchase products provided by each of the non-profits (including Pet Haven’s blankets, treat jars, and other products), or purchase a Share Card, which honors a recipient’s interests by providing a donation to one of the non-profits [Bode, a Pet Haven alum, was our quality control officer and ensured that the doggie treats were up to high standards ... as Bode says "only the best for Pet Haven supporters!]


Twice the Gift is located in the IDS Tower’s Crystal Court, 80 South Eighth Street in downtown Minneapolis … on Nicollet Mall and 8th Street. A grand opening celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 28 from 3-7 p.m. Pet Haven and A Rotta Love Plus will be the featured non-profits on Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5.


The store is open from mid-October to December 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on the three Sunday’s preceding Christmas, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and December 24 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See http://twicethegift.org/ for more information. We hope you’ll stop buy to purchase some of our products or a Share Card in Pet Haven’s name! And another HUGE thank you to the volunteers who helped make the products!

As the holidays approach, consider shopping for your friends and families at Twice the Gift and supporting Pet Haven and/or other local non-profits. Twice the Gift is a unique shop in downtown Minneapolis that showcases the products and services of over 50 Twin Cities non-profit organizations, of which Pet Haven is one. At Twice the Gift, shoppers can purchase products provided by each of the non-profits (including Pet Haven’s blankets, treat jars, and other products), or purchase a Share Card, which honors a recipient’s interests by providing a donation to one of the non-profits [Bode, a Pet Haven alum, was our quality control officer and ensured that the doggie treats were up to high standards ... as Bode says "only the best for Pet Haven supporters!]


Twice the Gift is located in the IDS Tower’s Crystal Court, 80 South Eighth Street in downtown Minneapolis … on Nicollet Mall and 8th Street. A grand opening celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 28 from 3-7 p.m. Pet Haven and A Rotta Love Plus will be the featured non-profits on Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5.


The store is open from mid-October to December 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on the three Sunday’s preceding Christmas, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and December 24 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See http://twicethegift.org/ for more information. We hope you’ll stop buy to purchase some of our products or a Share Card in Pet Haven’s name! And another HUGE thank you to the volunteers who helped make the products!

As the holidays approach, consider shopping for your friends and families at Twice the Gift and supporting Pet Haven and/or other local non-profits. Twice the Gift is a unique shop in downtown Minneapolis that showcases the products and services of over 50 Twin Cities non-profit organizations, of which Pet Haven is one. At Twice the Gift, shoppers can purchase products provided by each of the non-profits (including Pet Haven’s blankets, treat jars, and other products), or purchase a Share Card, which honors a recipient’s interests by providing a donation to one of the non-profits [Bode, a Pet Haven alum, was our quality control officer and ensured that the doggie treats were up to high standards ... as Bode says "only the best for Pet Haven supporters!]


Twice the Gift is located in the IDS Tower’s Crystal Court, 80 South Eighth Street in downtown Minneapolis … on Nicollet Mall and 8th Street. A grand opening celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 28 from 3-7 p.m. Pet Haven and A Rotta Love Plus will be the featured non-profits on Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5.


The store is open from mid-October to December 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on the three Sunday’s preceding Christmas, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and December 24 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See http://twicethegift.org/ for more information. We hope you’ll stop buy to purchase some of our products or a Share Card in Pet Haven’s name! And another HUGE thank you to the volunteers who helped make the products!

One of my students directed my attention to this news story.

One of my students directed my attention to this news story.

One of my students directed my attention to this news story.