KAZU — one little guy in New York

Chief Joseph said "It does not require many words to speak the truth."

The truth about KAZU is that he needs our help. And quickly. As does the lady who took him into her home, vetted him, gave him safe haven, warmth, love. This is quite simply a time to help a beautiful four-legged by helping his two-legged guardian. You can read his story, see more pictures and videos here.

"When we speak of "mitakuye oyasin" [all my relatives], we know always that the growing and moving things of the earth, the winged, the four-legged, and the two legged are all children of the earth and they, too, want to live. So we say mitakuye oyasin." Black Elk Sphere: Related Content

One little guy in Tennessee —

BJ was named after his dad, BRAVO. Who was married to BJ's Mom PEACHES. BRAVO, JR. was shortened to BJ by the caregivers at Kingsport Animal Shelter in Kingsport, TN. His parents were confiscated during a cruelty case investigation two years ago. BJ was born and raised in the kennels, adopted out as a puppy when he was eight months old. He was returned last week with neck wounds, which are being treated. According to the owner, BJ had disappeared a month ago, then showed back up at his house on Saturday March 19. The owner surrendered BJ because he said he was aggressive towards his Min Pin. Caregivers report that BJ is very sweet tempered and loves two-leggeds. He recognized the shelter staff — and seemed relieved to be back with them. Here are more pictures of BJ, whose favorite song is "Penguins" by Lyle Lovett. Number 14 on videos link. BJ is available for adoption or transfer to rescue. Please contact the shelter at 423-247-1671. One little guy in Tennessee needs your help. Sphere: Related Content

I ask Great Spirit

If you do not like unpleasant photographs move on. If you honor Great Spirit and the four-leggeds who walk this earth beside us please take a good look. Then call SC Governor Nikki Haley's office. 803-734-2100. Respectfully voice your disappointment that SLED declines to intervene in the case of [ up to 22] dogs shot in the head by ACOs in Chesterfield Co SC. Respectfully ask Governor Nikki Haley for an independent investigation. I ask Great Spirit to help me honor the four-leggeds brutally slaughtered in Chesterfield County SC. May there be no more killing. Mitakuye oyasin Sphere: Related Content

I think maybe now —

I think maybe now I can get on with life. Move forward instead of sideways and backwards. Sounds silly but I realized yesterday I never finished grieving for Edna. She died April 9, 2009. Maudy Thursday. And not a day goes by that I do not wonder what bridge I'd be living under were it not for her. And not a day goes by that I do not say dear God, I do know that so much of me is my crazy Dad John Abraham from Spotslvania County VA who gave new meaning to the phrase blue blood as well as to the phrase crazy mfer. But dear God I do also know that I am daughter of Edna, who was born in RoughEdge NC, Union County. I am finding ways and will find more. To honor her memory, her talk, her way of living a life of purpose and love. Her Cowboy Ethics. Thank you CP for those. You'll just never know.
1 Live each day with courage
2 Take pride in your work
3 Always finish what you start
4 Do what has to be done
5 Be tough, but fair
6 Make a promise, keep it
7 Ride for the brand
8 Talk less and say more
9 Some things aren't for sale
10 Know where to draw the line Sphere: Related Content

Parking lot puppy and Cowboy Ethics

OK. So fair is fair. I headed out to CMPD Animal Care and Control yesterday to assist a friend get some records about a very sad situation. And drive the agency's senior counter agent crazy with my requests for records on another situation, as well as question her about the possibility of resolving yet another situation for which I was not requesting records. So you can see I'm kind of annoying. I'm also on record as having a few issues with this agency. So is my friend Shirley. But I am daughter of Edna, and that means you play fair and speak the truth. As it happens. As you see it. So I gotta go on record and say that when I left, ran into a father and son looking woebegone because they had a puppy they'd found but could not keep and did not want to turn in to the shelter, I stopped, said hello, asked some questions, went inside, and asked the front counter staff of the agency with which I have some issues if there was not somewhere somehow someone who could help me find a home for the pupster so she would not have to go in the system. Annie Oakley introduced me to a lady on a mission to rescue another dog who then asked her — Annie, that is — if she could get the phone number of the lady who runs Lucky Labs Rescue. Which she did. Annie that is. The lady on a mission for another dog came out to the parking lot, met the family, called one of the ladies that founded Lucky Labs Rescue, and that lady agreed to meet the father and son and take in the parking lot puppy. It takes a village. And Cowboy ethics. Thanks to Cedar Posts and Barbwire Fences for hipping me to these. Four paws up, sixteen pads wiggling. Here's looking at you CP.
1 Live each day with courage
2 Take pride in your work
3 Always finish what you start
4 Do what has to be done
5 Be tough, but fair
6 Make a promise, keep it
7 Ride for the brand
8 Talk less and say more
9 Some things aren't for sale
10 Know where to draw the line Sphere: Related Content

Notes from the Wheelbarrow

After the big brouhaha about Facebook pictures of CMPD Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department's Animal Care and Control animals there was a nanosecond of sensitivity re photos taken of incoming dogs. So that those going to CMPD's Animal Care and Control's web site to click on the big red button that says "Look For Your Lost Pet" might not see their lost dog in front of a wheelbarrow used to place bodies of destroyed animals. Albeit draped with black material. That sensitivity has disappeared. Along with Joe Gibson's dog DIESEL. Guess some of the workers didn't get the memo. Sphere: Related Content

Edna weighs in — I listen

Call to come to church. Animal Farm Foundation. ASPCA. Best Friends. HSUS. NACA. No Kill Nation. YesBiscuit. Anyone else? Change does not and will not happen until we can all let go of —.

Edna was a smart lady. Heart with no boundaries no judgment not one single drop of malice. But also wise. And put her trust in what I think of as Great Spirit. Grandmother Earth and Grandfather Sky. Edna was above all a lady. I drove her nuts w/my swearing and foot stamping and 'hissy fits' for the three years we lived under one roof. And for the remaining 11 months and four days she lived on this earth. Though I did stop the foot stomping and the hissy fits for the last four months.

Were she here there are things she would tell me. In very few words. She was a few words kinda gal. So I'm listening to Edna. Who is channeling Martin Luther King, Jr. "Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." Sphere: Related Content