Reigning Cats and Dogs: Who Sez there are no small dogs available for adoption ?????

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Who Sez there are no small dogs available for adoption ?????

I'd be a rich old gal if I had a nickle for every time I have heard someone say they would love to be able to adopt but that there are never any small dogs available for adoption!

Actually, there are usually at least a few to pick from around the province! Small dogs are just as apt to become orphaned when their caregivers pass away .... more so perhaps because they are often the first pet of choice for older folks. Nor does size have any effect on the odds of being lost in one of life's shuffles that humans can experience.

To make matters worse, small dogs can be readily had at the click of a mouse on Kijiji ... where those peddling the 'littles' are more interested in the monetary return than in ensuring the purchaser actually understands that small dogs are pets .. not fashion accessories ... and need all the same bits that their bigger cousins do.

Worst of all of course is that they are very vulnerable to being misused and abused for breeding ... and it is the lucky ones indeed that get a second chance through animal rescue.

That being said ... this morning there are 25 adorable adoptable little dogs on my site .... each and every one of them just a sweet Happy Tail in Waiting!

Alexa is at the Kings SPCA

Amigo is available from Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Bobbie is at Homeward Bound City Pound

Droopy is at the Cape Breton SPCA

Bruno is available from ARC

Elizabeth is at the Kings SPCA

Elmo is at the Kings SPCA

Flossie is at the Kings SPCA

Griffon is with Paws Across Borders

Jasper is at the Lillian Albon Shelter in Amherst

Jefferson is at the Kings SPCA

Distance is with NS Labrador Rescue

Opi is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Paris is at the Kings SPCA

Rascal is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

This little Rascal is with Paws Across Borders

Russell is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Snoopy is with PET Projects

Spencer is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Teagan is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Tina Marie is at the Lillian Albon Shelter in Amherst

Zena is with Atlantic Small Dog Rescue

Rock is with Paws Across Borders

Mildred is at Homeward Bound City Pound

George is at Homeward Bound City Pound

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BSL is NOT the Path to Public Safety because:

Many dogs are misidentified and consequently destroyed because of their apprearance
It is often difficult, even for experts, to determine the breed of a dog, particularly when considering mixed breed dogs
Breed -discrimination laws cause unintended hardship to responsible owners of friendly dogs who happen to fall within the regulated breed category
Breed -discriminatory laws compromise public safety by requiring officers to enforce regulations on dogs who may or may not be dangerous, instead of investing resources into proven, effective tactics that make the community safer
Every dog is an individual, with his or her own unique personality. A dog should be judged on temperment and not appearance.
The police and animal control will lose the public's trust by seizing and killing pets simply because of their appearance
Studies of pre and post-breed-ban dog bite rates in the United Kingdom and Spain concluded that their breed discriminatory laws had no effect whatsoever on reducing dog bites.
Italy recently revoked its breed restrictions, stating that the ban had no scientific justification.
Closer to home, Calgary has the lowest dog bite rates in 25 years without enacting breed discrimination.
Last but definitely not least, here in Nova Scotia it will create a conflict for any SPCA shelters who perform contractual work for animal control, given the SPCA official position of No Kill.