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Oh my God Susan. This is the most horrible thing to read at the start of the day. This turns my stomach. The shelter is supposed to be the SAFE ZONE for these animals for god's sake. God this makes me want to disembowel the humans involved. ..... ...
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Last week I wrote about the ASPCA Forensics Team being sent to collect evidence in an animal cruelty case at the Memphis Animal Shelter. The investigation began after a local resident took pictures of starving and abused cats and dogs at the city-...
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Thanks for all the insight in stuff with fur, Julie! It's great advise...something to definitely be aware of when shopping. As far as the cranes....sorry, no pine scent but I made a few Christmas theme ones today...I am also making breast cancer ...
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Great Scoop today, Ben! That little Rico just keeps on giving back to Santa Fe. The Inoues are the most generous, caring, and innovative animal loving couple I've met in Santa Fe. They set such a great example of ways businesses can help. Claudia'...
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Ben... great work on publicizing Felines & Friends' plight... and what great results! Bless that organization... they do such good work. I will try to carve out some time to help at adoption events... I am a huge cat lover, altho unfortunately, m...
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How the HELL does this happen?? Mary M. can you give us any insight? They did a "nationwide" search and didn't turn up the abuses in ABQ? WTF??
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Thanks for the great article on the fundraiser, Ben...and thank you for mentioning that I love cats as well!!! :)
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From The Associated Press: Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has fired the director of the city’s animal shelter following revelations of mistreatment that included at least three dogs starving to death. The Commercial Appeal reports Wharton said he fir...
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What kind of pet do you have and what's his or her name?
Our family is blessed with Zach, a 3-year-old Shar-pei and Labrador mix. Zach and I belong to the Santa Fe Dog Dancing Club. He's the one with talent. Beta, my 14-year-old Shar-pei-Dalmatian mix, died at the end of April 2008. We miss her dearly.
We adopted an abused and neglected dog from The Animal Support Center in Las Vegas, NM, Bear, who is slowly overcoming trust issues. In January we adopted Jimmy, aka James Bond, a puppy rescued from Clovis. He is a pit bull-Labrador mix, although our friends tricked us by telling us first he was a Shar-pei mix. It was obvious he isn't, but he did steal our hears.

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Off leash: Doubled donations help double the fun

Those who spent last weekend’s Halloween festivities decked out in funny garb probably would have felt right at home at Zoe & Guido’s Pet Boutique. Crazy was the order of the day, from owner Pam Hagan’s green skin and black hat, to a unique “pet psychic” with her own big hat and helpful suggestions. There were plenty of costume-clad canines and owners, although Cindy Roper’s homage to recycling won top honors from the judges.

And if you’re into canine freestyle, the Santa Fe Dog Dancing Clu… Continue

Posted on November 8, 2009 at 1:30am — 5 Comments

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Off leash blog: Changing hearts and minds – with a little push

Those who work to improve the lives of animals know that it’s an often frustrating effort, marked more by setbacks than anything else.

So it’s great when a group of like-minded animal lovers can come together to simply celebrate and acknowledge that there have been successes along the way, despite what sometimes seems like insurmountable odds.
Last Sunday, Animal Protection of New Mexico celebrated 30 years of working toward the humane treatment of all animals at The Chalk Farm Gallery on Canyo… Continue

Posted on October 25, 2009 at 12:41am — 2 Comments

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Found dog in Cerrillos area


A female, black-haired Chihuahua mix showed up at Liz Stefanic's rural home on Sunday. I told her I would post the information on Scoop, in hopes that someone recognizes the dog. Here's her note:

She is a female, black haired chihuahua - graying on the nose and a little bit of white on the throat - otherwise… Continue

Posted on October 15, 2009 at 4:48pm — 11 Comments

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R. Thomas Berner: Farewell My Lucy

R. Thomas Berner recently wrote about his family's beloved golden retriever, Lucy, and said I could share it with fellow Scoopers. Here it is:

A couple of years ago we replaced our noisy garage door with one that was so silent, Paulette and I never knew when one another had come home. On the other hand, Lucy would usually jump up from wherever she was and mosey down the hall to the laundry room and await the person or persons who had just driven into the garage.

We knew, though, she wouldn't b… Continue

Posted on September 24, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

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Dog training with a twist

Dog training is a great tool, but if you really want to make progress with your animal companion, it helps to open up the lines of communication.

So says Suzy Godsey, a professional dog handler who's gone around the world trying to get people to understand that they can communicate with their animals for great results. Godsey is offering a series of workshops and talks in Los Alamos, and may be offering workshops in Santa Fe on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, depending on interest.

Classes throug… Continue

Posted on September 8, 2009 at 11:12am —

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At 1:13pm on October 28, 2009, Jay Cawley said…
Hey Ben-Thanks! Hank's a winner.He didn't know what to think when I strapped the camera to his neck, though.Baxter Roberston wrote/performed the music with his band "Tiger Club." We made some records together in the 80's. I'm still a musician, touring with Juice Newton.
Stay tuned for "The Adventures of Hank & Cash!" (posted soon!)
Any way I can post a vid over 100 megs?
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At 2:31pm on September 27, 2009, Celia Hildebrand said…
Ben ~ A new member of your team here, very impressed with what I see. I'm the director of health for a local pueblo and with one of our nurses, have been rescuing puppies and dogs who need treatment, help, and usually adoption (on occasion we have to put them down). We're paying for it ourselves but it's getting expensive. I'm thinking about starting a foundation to help us ++ a few other reservations that have similar problems. We need some help identifying the networks that can help us place / foster these little guys after we get them, a vet or two in ABQ and Santa Fe that would help us with reduced costs, a vet or two who would be willing to help us gather and spay / neuter / treat the animals, and much more that I can't yet imagine. Do you know of anyone else who is doing such things, and any resources to network us in to? Thanks for all the goodness .... Celia
At 5:47pm on September 21, 2009, Arielle said…
Hi Ben,
It was nice to meet you and Zach yesterday@ the Scoop dog park mtg. Looking forward to getting to know you (-:
At 6:42pm on September 9, 2009, cathy g said…
Ben, I just checked again with Explorer browser -- still doesn't work. However, I tried with Opera and Apple Safari and it does work, ie., you can enter http://www.santafescoop.com and the URL changes to http://santafescoop.ning.com with Scoop appearing correctly. I'm using Internet Explorer version 8. May be a glitch with this version of Explorer.
At 5:11pm on September 9, 2009, cathy g said…
Ben, take a look at the link to the Santa Fe Scoop on the Santa Fe New Mexican site. It's incorrect . . . it's shown as http://www.santafescoop.com/. (Click on leisure first). I tried to access the Scoop several times from there and thought it was offline. Also I believe the print edition has incorrectly shown the URL as well.
At 11:39am on September 2, 2009, Donna Leshne said…
Ben, who is the point of contact for the Pumpkin Fest dog adoption portion? I understand that is being sponsored by the Santa Fe New Mexican...? Thanks!
At 11:14am on August 30, 2009, CindyR said…
Ben, meant to mention -- that is a prize winning photo of Salvador and Ulla. Seriously, you should consider submitting it for contests.
 
 

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