The Underdogs at Family Day

Today was Family Day in Westmount Park. The Underdog club was there to let people know about the work they do and to try to create awareness about the club and maybe get some dogs adopted. Sophie's dog rescue brought 5 dogs their names are: Babe, Spike, Flow, Idefix and Bungee.

Bungee has been there for a really, really long time. It makes me feel bad for him. I really like him. I walked him around the park and whenever he saw food he would try to get it. My cousins Amy and Izzy fed him some little bits of hamburger. Bungee is the greatest, craziest dog in the world and I hope he is adopted very soon. Now! This minute!

Babe is deaf and Sophie thinks she might be autistic. When Sophie wets her head she doesn't shake. She was from a breeder who didn't care about what happened to her. Spike was found the night before Family Day. I think he was tied up in an alley. A lady came to see Spike. I think he got adopted. Someone also came from Ontario to meet Babe. Babe and Spike are the two puppies playing together.

Idefix and Flow are very shy and sweet. I didn't spend a lot of time with them because they were sitting on people's laps.

The underdogs are very nice dogs and even if some of them are old, ugly or unpopular they are fun and loving and they deserve good homes.

The underdog website is http://www.underdogclub.org/

Update: September 12, Bungee and Babe are both adopted!!!

The 3 dog transport

Today me, my mom, Dorothy and David transported 3 cute, cute, cute dogs from a pound where they would not keep them anymore. They were being rescued by Paws for Life. It was really fun! There were two big dogs and one small dog. Even though we were in a big van they all crowded in the front. The little dog Dori kept jumping on David's lap even though he was driving. We had to take Sisi who is the white dog to the vet because she had a bladder infection and could not pee. We had to wait at the vet a long time while she got x-rays and tests. On the way to the fosters Harley, the golden retriever sat on my mom's lap for the whole ride.

Sisi's owners just dropped her off at the pound because they were moving. That is a really dumb reason. There are a lot of people who just decide to stop taking care of their animals. It makes me feel very angry that people don't take care of their animals. My mom said imagine how Sisi feels being sick and scared and not even knowing any of us. Dori got dropped off at the pound because her owners had a baby and didn't want to keep her anymore. Harley was found by somebody but nobody came to find him. Paws for Life found them foster homes to stay at and then they will be adopted. I hope the people who adopt them are nice and responsible. I am glad that there are nice people to help take care of animals that don't have homes. Today I spent 6 hours because it took a long time at the vet.

Note: Paws for Life rescues many dogs and cats from high kill pounds. The rescue pays the release fees, has each animal vet checked and then sends them to foster homes where they are safe until adopted. Most rescues are foster based. If you aren't sure you can commit long term to a dog but would like to help one in need on a temporary basis, fostering is a great way to support the rescues. Transporting animals from the pound to fosters or to the vet is also an important way to contribute your time. CK

You can find paws for life on facebook or go to:

http://search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=QC47

http://www.pawsforliferescue.ca/

Long day

Today my mom and I went to the SPCA. We had not been there for two weeks. It was a very rainy day and we were the only two volunteers there. First we walked the hound dogs. Three of them were in cages in the front room because they are trying to crate train them. The ones left are all very shy and nervous. First we walked Benson and Candace, then Chloe and Suzy, then Justin and Melanie. After that my mom walked Walker, Tia and Baxter and I played with some of the cats. This is a picture of me with Suzy. She had her tail between her legs because she was nervous but she was hugging and licking me. My mom told me she needed to feel safe and loved.

After all of the dogs were walked it was late and we were going to leave but Kalifi was the only person working there so my mom asked her if she needed some help feeding all of the cats. There are about 40 cats there now. She said yes so we decided to stay.

First we had to put all of the cats into cages to make sure they didn't fight over the food and to see which ones ate. It took awhile to get them into their cages. Then we had to feed them dry food but for the ones that didn't eat much we put some wet food in. After that we had to collect all their bowls and empty all the food that they didn't eat into the garbage. We also let them out of their cages. Before we left we helped wash the bowls. Kalifi was really nice and I found out that she also knows a lot about how bad palm oil is.

I was really tired so we asked my dad if he could come pick us up. At first he didn't want to because he was watching the hockey game then he felt bad because we had done so much work so he did come to get us.