Bark Radio co-hosts Terry and Dee talk in today’s episode about programs that move animals from point A to point B and ultimately to forever homes. Check out Pilots n Paws. Theses great folks fly dogs all over the country. Bravo! Then there’s ground transport. Terry and his wife, Vickie, recently drove a leg of a ground transport for Catahoula Leopard Dog through the Rescue Railroad. That’s the beautiful pup, below. Last but not least: beware of products for your animals that are made in China!
Some interviews are just SO good that they need to be heard again. That’s the case with Bark Radio’s interview with Deborah Parker from Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary in Ohio, they take in special needs animals, especially dogs. Don’t miss this very special interview with Deborah Parker. This wonderful woman is an inspiration to all animal lovers. Learn more at www.saintfrancisanimalsanctuary.org and donate generously to this worthy cause.
Terry and Dee welcome Aimee Sadler to the studio today. Aimee is from Longmont Humane Society in Colorado. Hear about play groups as a tool in her work with shelter dogs. This is a fascinating look at a model you may not be familiar with. Longmont is an open admission shelter and boasts a 92.5% live release rate. And, Longmont has gone green. Bravo!
Tim Crum, founder and president of the Philanthropy Team, joined Terry and Dee recently for an interview that is a must-listen for anyone involved in animal rescue. The Philanthropy Team assists nonprofit (501c3) rescue groups with cost-effective fundraising campaigns. They also offer affordable workshops, grants and scholarships. Listen and learn how your rescue group can benefit.
That’s Terry with the two handsome Rottweilers he met recently. In this episode of Bark Radio, Terry shares his first experience as part of an animal transport team. Learn how dogs are rescued, then moved along a pipeline of volunteers to a destination with a rescue group (in this case breed specific). There they will be safe until their new family finds them and they move into their forever homes. These two sweet Rotties would have died in a kill shelter in Georgia were it not for the heroism of a few good people. Be like them. Volunteer today.
Bark Radio’s Terry Griffith met Jon Dunn at the Best Friends conference in Las Vegas. In this episode of Bark Radio, Terry and Dee talk with Jon about the role of social media in the animal rescue community. Help Best Friends create a world of no more homeless pets. Visit Best Friends Network: Social Networking to Save Lives. Your local rescue group (must be a 501c3) can benefit from Best Friends’ global presence. Learn how.
Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary in Ohio takes in special needs animals, especially dogs. Don’t miss this very special interview with Deborah Parker. This wonderful woman is an inspiration to all animal lovers. Learn more at www.saintfrancisanimalsanctuary.org and donate generously to this worthy cause.
Terry and Dee talked recently with Shanna from Bully Paws rescue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Like so many people in the rescue community, Shanna and her team of volunteers are overwhelmed with the number of dogs who need homes. Yes, the economy has made it worse. There are not enough foster homes. Volunteer today. Adopt today. Give generously to this and all rescue groups. They are all bursting at the seams.
Today’s episode is a little good, a little bad, a little ugly as Terry and Dee rant a bit about Michael Vick and BET and what’s this – Jay Leno? Breed specific legislation (BSL) is back in the news. The good news: books about dogs. Terry ran across Recycled Love: Foster Dogs Have Tales Too. And Dee is listening to the audio book of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Reviews of both to come.
What is Dogs Deserve Better? To find out, Dee and Terry interviewed DDB founder Tami Thayne, who you may know better as Tammy Grimes, animal activist. Tami is passionate about her mission – that all dogs deserve to be part of the family, not to be chained or penned outside, removed from their pack. If you know of an abused or neglected dog who is chained or penned, you can go to the Dogs Deserve Better website to report it anonymously. Do it today. Because you can make a difference. Because dogs DO deserve better.
“Would you for one second choose to live the life of these dogs?
No matter what reason is given, the bottom line is that it is NOT ok to chain a dog for life
Dogs should not have to live chained or penned as prisoners, yearning for a place in a family,
craving acknowledgment, respect, and love. They DESERVE BETTER,
and we as caretakers have the obligation to provide it for them.”
- from the Dogs Deserve website
