At yesterday’s medium/large dog adoption event at the Richfield Petco we had Beulah (aka Bell), Chester, Sherman and Thunder make their appearance. With the exception of Thunder, who is an 8 – 9 year old St. Bernard/collie mix, all the others are new dogs into Pet Haven’s foster program and are beautiful black dogs … on the left is Bell who has already captured the heart of foster mom and foster dad. In the animal rescue world there is a term call Black Dog Syndrome … unfortunately big black dogs are euthanized at one of the highest rates in shelters and animal control facilities across the country (after pitbulls). To learn more about Black Dog Syndrome check out the MSNBC article.
The small dog adoption event at the Calhoun Chuck & Don’s was also hopping and we will have more info on these pups soon! Click here for a list of all of our available dogs up for adoption.
The following is a short 2 minute video of photos taken at the medium/large dog adoption event. We hope to see you at the next adoption event. For a list of our upcoming adoption events check out our website, www.pethavenMN.org.
At yesterday’s medium/large dog adoption event at the Richfield Petco we had Beulah (aka Bell), Chester, Sherman and Thunder make their appearance. With the exception of Thunder, who is an 8 – 9 year old St. Bernard/collie mix, all the others are new dogs into Pet Haven’s foster program and are beautiful black dogs … on the left is Bell who has already captured the heart of foster mom and foster dad. In the animal rescue world there is a term call Black Dog Syndrome … unfortunately big black dogs are euthanized at one of the highest rates in shelters and animal control facilities across the country (after pitbulls). To learn more about Black Dog Syndrome check out the MSNBC article.
The small dog adoption event at the Calhoun Chuck & Don’s was also hopping and we will have more info on these pups soon! Click here for a list of all of our available dogs up for adoption.
The following is a short 2 minute video of photos taken at the medium/large dog adoption event. We hope to see you at the next adoption event. For a list of our upcoming adoption events check out our website, www.pethavenMN.org.
We’ve had an exciting couple of months here at Pet Haven and the best part is that deserving dogs are getting a 2nd (or 3rd…or 4th) chance at a happy and safe life.
From our small dog division of Pet Haven, we’ve had several happy tails come true in the last couple of weeks.
Harvey, the grey Shih-tzu in the photo above, was one of our lucky pups who just recently found his forever home. Way to go Harvey! And thanks to foster volunteer Vicki for loving this guy until his new family was found.
Chucky was another Shih-tzu that was brought in with Harvey. Here’s a photo of now Chumley with his new mom, Pat. Chucky received lots of attention at our adoption event and we’re so happy we found him the perfect forever home! Thank you Lisa for fostering Chucky!
And then there’s sweet little Mia. Mia was only with Pet Haven for a couple of weeks before she found her amazing forever family. Mia now has a Mom, Dad and two human brothers who were so excited for her to come home that they made her this beautiful “Welcome Home, Mia” sign shown at the top of this post!
And many thanks to Michelle and Karen for fostering Mia.
We wish all of our Pet Haven dogs many long years of good health and happiness in their new homes. Please tell your families to keep us updated on your new life!
Our latest issue of our quarterly newsletter, Pet Haven Ink, is now available on our website. You can download or view a copy of our newsletter by clicking here.
Our June 2010 issue features a heart-warming happy tail on Jack and Geordie (who were both adopted from Pet Haven), a story on how Pet Haven assisted in a cat hoarding crisis, and how Pet Haven collaborated with Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue, MNSNAP (Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program) and Chuck & Don’s Pet Food Outlet in making possible a spay/neuter clinic up at Red Lake reservation.
If you would like to receive a hard copy in the mail of our newsletter please consider becoming a Pet Haven member for a tax-deductible donation of $25/year. For more information on membership visit our website.
We’ve had an exciting couple of months here at Pet Haven and the best part is that deserving dogs are getting a 2nd (or 3rd…or 4th) chance at a happy and safe life.
From our small dog division of Pet Haven, we’ve had several happy tails come true in the last couple of weeks.
Harvey, the grey Shih-tzu in the photo above, was one of our lucky pups who just recently found his forever home. Way to go Harvey! And thanks to foster volunteer Vicki for loving this guy until his new family was found.
Chucky was another Shih-tzu that was brought in with Harvey. Here’s a photo of now Chumley with his new mom, Pat. Chucky received lots of attention at our adoption event and we’re so happy we found him the perfect forever home! Thank you Lisa for fostering Chucky!
And then there’s sweet little Mia. Mia was only with Pet Haven for a couple of weeks before she found her amazing forever family. Mia now has a Mom, Dad and two human brothers who were so excited for her to come home that they made her this beautiful “Welcome Home, Mia” sign shown at the top of this post!
And many thanks to Michelle and Karen for fostering Mia.
We wish all of our Pet Haven dogs many long years of good health and happiness in their new homes. Please tell your families to keep us updated on your new life!
Does Vegetarianism progress? Yes and no, according to the expectations, reasonable and unreasonable, that its supporters have been cherishing. If we have fondly hoped to witness, in the near future, the triumph of the humaner living, it must be allowed that the actual rate of progress is extremely disheartening; but if, on the contrary, we work under a rational understanding that a widespread change of diet, like any other radical change, is a matter not of years but of centuries, then we shall not find in the slow growth of our movement any reason for dissatisfaction. Revolution in personal habits, be it remembered, is even more difficult than revolution in political forms, and needs a greater time for its fulfilment; and looked at in this light, Vegetarianism has made as much progress, during the past half-century, as any other cause which aims at so far-reaching a change.
(Henry S. Salt, The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues [London: The Ideal Publishing Union, 1899], 114)
A Humane Egg
The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. In late June, a compromise was reached in Ohio that will gradually put an end to the tiny pens used for raising veal calves and holding pregnant sows, spaces so small the animals can barely move.
In California last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring that all whole eggs sold in the state conform to the provisions of Proposition 2, the humane farming law that was embraced by state voters in a landslide in 2008. By 2015, every whole egg sold in the state must come from a hen that is able to stretch her wings, standing or lying, without touching another bird or the edges of her cage. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.
Since California does not produce all the eggs it eats, this new law will have a wider effect on the industry; every producer who hopes to sell eggs in the state must meet its regulations.
Heartening as these developments are, there is also strong resistance from the food industry and from fake consumer-advocacy groups that are shilling for it.
In fact, there is no justification, economic or otherwise, for the abusive practice of confining animals in spaces barely larger than the volume of their bodies. Animals with more space are healthier, and they are no less productive.
Industrial confinement is cruel and senseless and will turn out to be, we hope, a relatively short-lived anomaly in modern farming.
We received an update from one of our more recent adoptive families on Flopsy who came in from People For Pets this May. Flopsy was adopted by a young family who already had a papillon named Lucy, who is very attached to the Dad. Mom and the two young daughters were excited to bring Flopsy into their family to spread the puppy love around for everyone to enjoy!
Here’s an update from Sarah, Flopsy’s new mom:
“Oh, she is sooooo sweet!!! We just love her. And no, Flopsy did not get a new name! Both my daughters won’t let me. I don’t think they understand the concept of changing a dogs name and they think I’m crazy for trying! So Flopsy it is!! She is doing really well. I’m so excited to say that she is WAY more attached to me than my husband!! She spent her first few days following me EVERYWHERE (to the point where she was exhausting me!) and trying to get out of our yard. I think she was trying to fine your husband!! We had to rig up our fence so she couldn’t escape!! Now she is much more relaxed. She still follows me around a lot but after a while I will find her sleeping on the couch!! We brought her on her first boating trip last week. I was really nervous about it but she loved it! She was so good in the car and excellent on the boat. We stopped at a secluded beach and let her off her leash and she stayed right by us. We are taking her camping for the first time this coming up weekend. Wish us luck!!”
And here’s a recent photo of Flopsy showing off her new summer hairstyle:
Congrats to Flopsy, Lucy, Sarah and the rest of the family!! And many, many thanks to Agnes and Chris for fostering this sweet girl!
We recently got an update from Mac Daddy’s new family who adopted him in December of 2009. Mac Daddy has a new brother, Pickles … it appears Mac Daddy and Pickles are happy to have each other 
“Hello I am happy to report that Mac Daddy is doing well in his new forever home. It didn’t take much adjustment to his brother Pickles and both myself and my boyfriend George. He has been playing well with our friends dogs and at the dog park. He is still somewhat reluctant around other men but is making a lot of progress. I’ve attached some pictures of Mac and Pickles from this past weekend. Thanks for the work you do and for introducing Mac Daddy into our lives.”
If you have adopted a dog from Pet Haven we would love to hear from you. Send us photos and an update to dogs@pethavenmn.org.
