Yesterday, the Coalition to Unchain Dogs unchained its 1000th dog. I’ve got a bunch of pictures and a video from the occasion, which had around 75 volunteers and visitors from Durham and beyond. I want to share those, but I’ve got one perfect picture of the celebrated canine, and it deserves its own post. This is King.
Now that the weather is cooler, I leave the windows open some, and so I hear Jade barking. She has been in her pen since late June 2007. Durham County’s landmark anti-tethering ordinance (which also requires dogs to be placed in adequately-sized enclosures) has been in full-effect since July 1. Or has it?
H, A, and Z don’t agree on much, but they are unanimous in praising Bull City Pet Sitting for providing the best, funnest, most loving care when daddy has to go somewhere. Heather and Jen treat them all like their own. H needs belly rubs, A needs lap sessions, and Z needs head-butts, and they all get plenty of TLC from Bull City Pet Sitting. A and Z have both had special medication and food needs over the years. H has special needs just in his social ineptness around other canines. Heather and Jen always do a tremendous job with my critters. I’ve been using them for nearly six years, and I recommend them whole-heartedly to the pet-owners of Durham!
H was absolutely thrilled to spend a couple of hours at American Tobacco tonight for some music and people-watching. He just loves people. Other dogs, not so much, but there were only a couple of them. I don’t know how he feels about fireworks. I have a feeling that, unlike a lot of dogs, he wouldn’t mind them, but we left before they started. I’m content to watch A Capitol Fourth on PBS. This year: Jimmy Smits! Watching the D.C. Mall show and fireworks is one of those experiences that really looks great on a high-def TV. It’s all great in person, too, except for the waiting five or six hours in the shade-less Mall heat for everything to start.
I’ve documented the plight of the caged mastiff dog Jade over the last few years. (I don’t remember why I think she’s a mastiff or mastiff-mix. Someone please correct me if she’s something else.)
My ill-will towards the owners has faded, out of necessity, I think, since being angry didn’t help. The new Durham dog ordinance, banning both tethering and enclosures that are too small, takes effect July 1, and the owners should be reported at that time. They take decent care of Jade’s pen, but Jade is entitled 200 square feet under the law, and she deserves a better life.
She was very glad to see me the other day.
H doesn’t like the snow so much.
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