This is a really funny new web show about dog walkers in Los Angeles.

Check out the Unleashed YouTube Channel and tell a friend!

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A few more amazing pics of the dogs that keep America safe.

Have you kissed your pooch today?

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A Canadian dog is really happy to be home after being missing for more than a year.

Pollux the black lab mix was found in British Columbia last week. Pollux went missing in June of 2010 from her home in Montreal and was found on the other side of the country in Kamloops, B.C. and has become quite the celebrity. I mean, this dog basically traveled from the east coast to the west coast and nobody knows how she got there? Did someone pick her up? Did she walk the whole way? We will never know.

“It was crazy! We were afraid she’d be stressed out (by all the media) but everything went really well,” said Isabelle Robitaille, Pollux’s owner.

Robitaille’s kids, Antoyne, Lily-Ann and Morgane, were super excited to be reunited with their beloved pet. The kids begged their mom to go with her to the airport to pick up Pollux even though it was way past their bed time.

“For them, it’s a second Christmas,” said Mom.

The dog was identified from a microchip in her ear. “I’ve become the biggest microchip crusader,” Robitaille said. “The moral of this story is get your dogs chipped.”

“We’re not people who usually celebrate our pets’ birthdays or dress them up or anything like that, but this year we’re making an exception,” Robitaille said.

This is why you should make sure all your pets are microchipped people! Get on it!

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This is a call to action folks! You can help the dogs and cats of Glendale without even getting up from the computer you are sitting at right now.

The city of Glendale is considering banning all retail sales of dogs and cats. Yay Glendale! Let’s rally and make this happen!

If passed this ban would prohibit the retail sales of all household pets. An ordinance should be hitting the books for voting in the coming months which is why it’s important to let the legislation know how important this is to the people of their community (and the communities around them) that they do the right thing and make it illegal to sell animals!

Please take a moment and email the following people and let them know that you strongly support the ban on selling dogs and cats in Glendale. We need to speak for the animals because they can’t speak for themselves. Encourage the Glendale leadership to do the right thing!

Here’s who you should write to:

Laura Friedman – Mayor: lfriedman@ci.glendale.ca.us

Ara Najarian – council member: anajarian@ci.glendale.ca.us

Rafi Manoukian-council member: RManoukian@ci.glendale.ca.us

Frank Quintero – council member: fquintero@ci.glendale.ca.us

Thank you for taking the time to help the animals in our community!

Please take a moment and check out our current list of adoptable dogs!

Let me start this blog by saying that I’m not writing on behalf of Animal Advocates Alliance or any other rescue group when I write this. It’s just my opinion and you’re welcome to disagree with me. That said…

I saw a woman posting on Facebook. She was selling her latest batch of AKC and UKC purebred Corgi puppies. Ugh, more backyard breeders. Now they’re posting on people’s Facebook pages.

I left a comment… I wish I could find it to quote myself but something like “Please stop backyard breeding dogs. You are responsible for the pain, suffering and death of animals in shelters.” Something like that. I know, I’m an annoying dog rescue lady… but if you saw the things that I see… you might get a little emotional too when you see someone trying to sell puppies on Facebook for the love of God.

A few weeks later I get a private message from her…

Now here’s where I disagree.

Backyard breeders aren’t just people who hoard animals and keep them in small cages. That’s not what the term means to me. On Wikipedia it says that the term is used for breeders of dogs in a largely pejorative sense. I agree with that. A backyard breeder is someone who has been deemed not a reputable breeder. It implies that someone is a careless home breeder.

Now I’m going to tell you why this woman is, in my opinion, a backyard breeder… despite her best attempts at denying it.

She is not a reputable breeder. I do not know any “reputable breeders” who sells dogs on Facebook. I also don’t know any reputable breeders who breed dogs before they have homes. Reputable breeders have waiting lists of people who want one of their dogs. These people have passed background tests and in home inspections, and are waiting for their bundle of joy to arrive.

A “reputable breeder” would also have a micro-chip in every puppy that they sell so that, God forbid, that puppy might end up in a shelter later in life, this breeder would then take responsibility for the dog and re-home it. A reputable breeder would be responsible for every dog he/she creates until death… Just like dog rescue groups across the country do every day. When a reputable rescue group rescues a dog, they put a microchip in the dog with their information. If they ever end up back at the shelter, the rescue gets a call and then investigates to  find out why the dog ended up at the shelter and usually re-homes the dog. Reputable rescue groups across America re-home tons of dogs, and stick by each and every one of them to the end. Why can’t breeders do the same? The responsible ones do.

I’m guessing than anybody who is selling dogs on Facebook is not doing ANY of this kind of stuff.

Also she claims to be a retired animal control officer. Which means nothing. There are good animal control officers and bad ones and from what I’m hearing, she’s not sounding like she was the good kind.

If you buy a dog from someone who does not do a home check… you are buying from a “irresponsible breeder” which makes them a backyard breeder which means you are buying a dog from a backyard breeder.

If you buy a dog from someone who isn’t dedicated to this dog, for their entire life, you are buying from a backyard breeder.

If you buy a dog from someone after it’s born… you’re buying from a backyard breeder, because a responsible breeder would only produce enough animals to fill the homes that he/she already had found worthy of one of their beloved animals via the background and home check I mentioned above… there would also be a signed contract probably stating, that if for any reason in the future you could not keep the dog, that you would return it to the breeder for proper re-homing and not dump at the shelter or give away on Craigslist.

Nobody who breeds a dog wants to think of themselves as a backyard breeder but guess what, the vast (and when I say vast, I mean VAST) majority ARE. I don’t care if it’s purebred AKC/UKC/MUTT. Until people start taking responsibility for the animals they are bringing into this world, the shelters are going to be full of all sorts of AKC/UKC/MUTTS and the truth is that like 65% of the animals that go into shelters… DON’T COME OUT. Not even the purbred AKC/UKC’s…

So seriously… stop buying dogs from backyard breeders and stop backyard breeding. If you’re not capable of taking responsibility for every puppy you create, you are irresponsible and a backyard breeder. Get use to the term, because it’s what you are.

Deal with it.

CHECK OUT OUR LIST OF ADOPTABLE DOGS AND SEE SOME DOGS THAT REALLY NEED A HOME because of backyard breeders.

I don’t know why, I guess because I’m a dog person, I was so happy to hear that of the 79 commandos involved in the operation that resulted in Osama bin Laden’s killing there was a dog. A dog who jumped out of a helicopter and into the compound with his unit. I see so many dogs who have been tortured, neglected and killed that it’s nice to see that some of them out there are kicking ass and keeping out troops company as they fight our various battles around the world. Dogs have been serving with our military since the Civil War. Here are some awesome dogs that you can honor on Saturday (Armed Forces Day).

Please take a moment and check out some of our adoptable dogs & a cute cat!

This Sunday May 1st we are having an adoption even at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles. We will have dozens of dogs brought to you from the Baldwin Park Shelter. These dogs need homes. They are not safe in foster homes, these are shelter dogs who are looking for loving forever home! Please come and see us and give the dogs some love!

And happily this will be another Featured Food Truck Adoption event! That means good dogs and good eats!

Our featured food truck will be the Vizzi truck!

“Vizzi’s a new Cali-cusine’d rolling wagon started by a former sous chef and his AV-centric cousin, who rigged it up with four speakers and three flatscreens that’ll be showing everything from SportsCenter to local filmmakers’ shorts, so you better hope you get there during SportsCenter. The seasonally-rotating, Asian-ish menu’s entree’d up with considerably classy options like sauteed lime-garlic blue shrimp w/ creme fraiche chimichurri sauce, a pita chip-abetted ahi/fruit poke salsa, and balsamic bbq braised wagyu sliders on Hawaiian buns (no surprise, they’re nicely browned). Sides and smaller dishes include a pan-roasted butternut squash soup w/ cumin and cream, caramelized broccoli w/ grapeseed oil, and popcorn spiced w/ pimento and topped with yakima salt, which unlike yakuza salt won’t cut off your pinky finger if you dishonor it.”

For more reviews check out their Press Page

Check out their delicious menu

15% of all food sales will go toward Animal Advocates Alliance to help the wonderful dogs that we save every day so EAT UP!

Where can all of this delicious food and furry friends be found?

Pan Pacific Park

Sunday May 1st 2011

12pm – 5pm

7600 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 (East of Fairfax, near the Grove!)

Please take a moment and check out some of our adoptable dogs & a cute cat!

JUST CLICK HERE TO SEND YOUR RSVP: info@animaladvocatesalliance.org

SHOP FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

Please join us for cocktails and shopping at the classy and stylish VINCE clothing store to benefit the wonderful dogs and cats that we rescue every day! VINCE will be donating a generous 20% of the proceeds from this night to Animal Advocates Alliance! Come between 6 – 9 pm… There will be complimentary cocktails served…  so come down, have a cocktail or two and shop for a good cause!

Not to mention you’ll get to chat with some of your favorite Animal Advocates Alliance volunteers who won’t be covered in hair and drool. We’ll actually smell nice.

We will also have pictures and bios of many of our adoptable dogs, so come and check it out! Support the businesses that support us! Even if you can’t make it to the fundraiser we invite you to visit VINCE and check out the merchandise! They have a lot of cool stuff.

Here’s a video that will give you a sense of their style and clothing CLICK HERE

Also CLICK HERE to see their press page with even more photos of their stylish line of clothing…

The more money you spend, the more money we make, the more animals we can help! Please share this link with all your friends! Facebook, Twitter, email!

Please take a moment and check out some of our adoptable dogs & a cute cat!

Sunday April 17th we will be having our first featured “food truck fund-raiser” at our Pan Pacific adoptions. The Ragin Cajun truck will be there from 12-5. They were featured on the Food Networks “Great Food Truck Race”. They will be donating a portion of sales to Animal Advocates Alliance. Come down, have some food and see some of our adoptable dogs! Yummy!

The Pan Pacific Park is on Beverly just a few blocks East of Fairfax on the South side of the street. We will be there from 12 noon to 5pm. You can’t miss us! There’s plenty of free parking and you will be able to eat delicious food and visit with our latest batch of adoptable dogs! Come down!

We will also be looking for volunteers for this event… if you’re interested volunteering email

sarahpg@animaladvocatesalliance.org

At our last adoption event we found homes for 18 of the 21 dogs that we brought out from the shelter… with your help this next event will be even more successful!

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Celebs show off their support for the ban on animal-tested cosmetics. Want your own temporary tat? Get one here for free! http://bit.ly/fiCjwM

The Office creator Ricky Gervais

Spice Girl Melanie C

British Singer Leona Lewis

To See More go to The Humane Society’s Facebook Page

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