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DDB E-News: Trials & Tribulations
Grimes or Vick -- Who Would You Convict? |
Dogs Deserve Better
E-News 8/28/07 |
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Dear Tammy,
As
Dogs Deserve Better continues its 5th Anniversary Celebration,
we realize our trials and tribulations are far from over.
With the recent news of the brutal killings of dogs found on NFL
Atlanta Falcon's Quarterback Michael Vick's property, we are shocked
back to the reality of the horrors inflicted upon some of these chained
dogs.
During this time of legal conflict and critique of our
insufficient animal laws, we are also reminded of the trial of our
founder, Tammy Grimes, for saving a dying dog's life. During this time
of revelation one must ask: whom would you convict? Michael Vick for
fighting, torturing and killing dogs or Tammy Grimes for saving a dying
dog's life when no one else would come forward to help? It
is difficult to conceive that both are on trial because of
dogs when their positions are so opposite. The biggest difference
in these cases may be that Tammy Grimes is not asking for forgiveness, she is asking for justice.
Tom Reagan said: "All great movements, it is written, go through
three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. It is the realization of
this third stage, adoption that requires our passion and our
discipline, our hearts and our heads. The fate of animals is in our
hands."
No one knows these three stages better than Dogs Deserve Better.
As Dogs Deserve Better moves closer to the stage of discussion and into
adoption, we hope you can see that the fate of the backyard dog really
is in your hands.
Your membership
is your voice and together our voices are breaking chains! Friends, we
want to thank you for your continued support. At DDB we are a team and
each dog freed from life on a chain or in a pen, each law passed and
each owner educated, is a direct result of your contribution to our
TEAM effort! If you are not yet a member, please consider joining us
during our 2007 membership drive, as we continue our celebration of
Dogs Deserve Better's 5th Anniversary! |
 Adopt or Foster a Rescued Dog
Many
DDB Rescues like Spicy "Bean Burrito" here, aka B.B. (Note: This
is what happens when you promise the kids they can name the dog!) are
waiting anxiously for Foster Homes and Forever Homes!
The truth is, we could rescue twice as many dogs if we had a place to put them...or homes for current fosters.
If you could give one of our precious babies a home, or provide foster care for a dog off a chain, please visit: http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/adopt.html
and fill out the online adoption form or
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/volunteer.html and fill out the foster form today to make a difference in a previously chained dog's life!
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Featured Adoptable
Buster is in desperate need of a foster or forever home. Will you help?
Pasadena, MD-
Buster is skinny and the flies have given him a couple of marks on his
ears, but he is such a wonderful little boy you just have to love him!
His owners had him on a 2" chain wrapped around a tree, no food/water
or shelter. He is 3 years old, house-trained, very well mannered and
very loving.
If you can find a place in your heart and home, would you please consider being this handsome boy's salvation? Contact Tara Ekstrom at 410-360-0411 or e-mail tekstm@arinc.com
Read more about Buster and other rescues in need of good homes.
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DDB on Dog Fighting
As the Michael Vick case unfolds and the crack down on dog fighting continues,
we will all be reading about, hearing talk of, and discussing this
subject, with our peers. Dogs Deserve Better wishes to remind
everyone that chaining and dog fighting go hand in hand. Dogfighters
know that the surest way to make a dog vicious is to keep it on a
chain. If dogfighters can understand this simple equation of chaining=aggression
then surely our government can also understand. Now is the time to be
pushing for those anti- tethering and chaining limits in your
community!
While the issue is a hot topic for
discussion, seize the opportunity to educate others on the dangers of
chaining by acknowledging that chaining is the very tactic dogs
fighters use in order to cause their fighting dogs to become more
aggressive.
For help visit: Get Laws!
More resources:
DDB No Chaining/No Fighting Merchandise
Express Yourself!
Tell the world how you feel about chaining and fighting with stylin' DDB gear!
Order Your Copy of Julie Lewin's
Get Political For Animals and Win the Laws They Need: Why and How to Launch a Voting Bloc for Animals in Your Town, City, County or State
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Read Karen Delize's
The Pit Bull Placebo.
This 'must read' examines actual cases of severe dog attacks
during the last 150 years-the circumstances, the individual dogs
involved, the victims, and our interpretations of these events-in an
attempt to offer a reasoned and balanced perspective on the behavior of
dogs and the critical role humans play in the management and treatment
of our canine companions. source:www.fataldogattacks.com
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Meet Puggie! Another Dogs Deserve Better Rescue!
Illinois-
After
Puggie's owners of 3 years remodeled their home, they found that Puggie
no longer matched their carpeting! Puggie's shedded fur was just
too visible on the new carpet, so out the door and on the chain
Puggie went! A
neighbor and friend of DDB heard little Puggie's cries and his owners
agreed to surrender him. Puggie is a 3 year old male Pug (x),
neutered and completely housebroken.
Poor Puggie...if only he were born a chamelion!
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Success Stories
 Toronto, Ontario
- Ten months ago, Maria Tzavaras was walking back from the corner store
and heard the heart breaking whine of a dog she couldn't see.
After
speaking to a neighbor, she found the dog lived next door and Maria was
welcome to come into his backyard and take a look through his fence.
What she saw sickened her.
A
poor hound-mix, not only completely enclosed in a fence, but within the
enclosure there was a doghouse to which he was also chained. He
suffered this way in minus 35 and plus 35-degree weather, alone and
never walked. Read more |
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Grimes Trial Continued Again...
DDB Founder, Tammy Sneath Grimes' trial over rescuing a dying dog
has been a long hard road with a lot of U-turns! If we have
learned anything from the Doogie Trial, it's that court appearance is
subject to immediate or not so immediate change.
8.27.07 Grimes showed up for her jury selection, only to find out that the trial had been continued again. The DA requested another continuance, and was granted one by the judge, even though Grimes attorney objected. The paper newsletter that are just coming out state the trial is September 13th...please disregard that!
We did warn everyone...seems nothing is as you think it will be when it
comes to this trial. We will update again as soon as we know more. In
the meantime, please continue to call the DA's office and tell them to
stop postponing the hearing. They do so love to hear from our
supporters!
Read More About Tammy and Doogie.
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We Love, We Love, We Love Our Calendar Dogs...
Each and Every Day of the Year!
Why does DDB love their calendar dogs so much? Because each and every
one of them was a formally chained/penned abused/neglected dog rescued
by Dogs Deserve Better! Due to the enormous strides our
team has taken in rescue, our 2008 Calendar of Chained and Penned Dog Rescue Successes is sure to be the best ever!
A
note to our Reps: If you've rescued a chained or penned dog, and
can send before/after pics in high resolution along with 3 paragraphs, your dog's story will be considered for the 2008, 14-month calendar, which will feature 28 dogs and their stories. If you don't have a before picture, your dog still can be considered for the small features with just an after shot.
This year we plan to vote on the cover photo for the first time, so even if you've had a rescue in our calendars in the past, feel free to take a gorgeous photo of your dog and enter him/her into our cover contest! We will choose 5-10 great shots for everyone to vote on.
Whose face will grace the cover of our 2008 calendar? Will it be Connor from British Columbia (pictured above) or maybe Levi,
the little Cocker Spaniel rescued by Tammy Grimes or any one of the
hundreds of other chained/penned dogs rescued by Dogs Deserve Better
Representatives all across the U.S. and Canada!
Please note: All dogs in the calendar MUST have lived chained/penned to be considered.
Email your hi-resolution photos and stories to Dawn@dogsdeservebetter.org by September 15th, 2007 to be considered.
Don't
forget to watch for the 2008 Dogs Deserve Better Calendar when it
goes on sale! They make great gifts with proceeds going to an
even greater cause!
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The New DDB Brochures are...
finally HERE! Well, not exactly here yet...but they are at press, and are expected to arrive in-house September 10th.
The NEW, 5th Anniversary, Dogs Deserve Better brochures.
Full
color, better than ever, more kid-friendly (no graphic images), 18
photos in one tri-fold brochure(!), easy-reading, and even includes
dog-fighting! Puts total emphasis on bringing your best friend into the home and family, and is written from the dog's perspective.
The Number One Way to make a difference in the lives of chained dogs and penned dogs in the short term is to get educational information into the hands of the caretakers. These
brochures will help you do that. Keep them in your car to deliver
wherever you see a chained dog or penned dog; if part of a humane
agency or rescue group, hand them out at booths, adoption fairs, or
send out with packets; as an animal control officer or policeman/woman,
pass them out to those keeping chained dogs or penned dogs, dogs in
need of help and better living conditions.
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| NEW! Large Dogs Deserve Better Vehicle Magnets
Mini Mobile Billboards at an Affordable Cost. They are a nice size, at 12"x18", not huge, but definitely large enough to be seen and noticed.
With a full color photo of a sad chained dog who looks like he/she's seen her share of dogfights...and unhappiness. Her eyes are saying, please, don't do this anymore. Let me into your home and family!
The mini-billboards are magnetized, for the
doors or back of your vehicle, or any other creative use you can find
for them.
ORDER YOURS TODAY! DDB Store on the site: http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/store.htmlDDB Cafepress store for all your attire and other needs: http://www.cafepress.com/dogsdeserve |
 Help DDB Celebrate
With 5th Anniversary Merchandise!
Dogs
Deserve Better is very proud of our accomplishments over the last 5
years and we hope you are too! Please help us celebrate with New
DDB 5th Anniversary Merchandise!
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Our movement is growing, expanding, making HUGE strides, thanks to your help. Please stick with us, we really CAN change the world for chained and penned dogs.
Sincerely,
Dawn Ashby, Rescue & Public Liaison dawn@dogsdeservebetter.org
Tammy S. Grimes, Founder, Dogs Deserve Better
1.877.636.1408 · http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org
Dawn Ashby, Rescue & Public Liaison dawn@dogsdeservebetter.org
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