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Comment on Pet & People Chiropractor: Dr. Doval by Chiropractor Buford ga

Chiropractor Buford ga — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:58:11 +0000

Yeah, Chiropractic treatment is the most powerful natural curing method. I also like this natural method because it, the most viable treatment method than any other treatment method.

Comment on Vote! Henrietta’s Reader’s Choice Awards 2010 by Allison Piccirillo

Allison Piccirillo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:36:55 +0000

Guys! Please vote for Canine Health Institute! It is a fabulous facility with a great staff! CHI is more than just a dog’s doctors office….it is a place that cares about the quality of your furry friends life. Each pet comes out happier and healthier! Here is their website! http://www.caninehealthinstitute.com

Comment on VOTE For Henrietta’s Reader’s Choice Awards! by Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:47:23 +0000

Houston Dog Ranch is great!! I would like it if I could stay there.

Comment on Tails Up: What Is Your Cat Trying To Say? by Carrie@MaineCoonCatNation

Carrie@MaineCoonCatNation — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:44:15 +0000

Cats use many more signals than I realized! I found the explanation of why a cat attacks with their belly up very interesting. I always thought they were just proctecting their stomach, but it makes sense that they would be able to attack easier from this postion. Great explanations of some common behaviors!

Comment on Houston Metro’s Dog Cop To Undergo Surgery by Teddy

Teddy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:15:59 +0000

He could not have a better surgeon, he’s the best!

Comment on VOTE For Henrietta’s Reader’s Choice Awards! by Kitty Duckett

Kitty Duckett — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:03:55 +0000

I have used ABC Pet Resort and Spa for numerous things numerous times and I love going there. Everyone is so nice and u can tell they really love the animals.

Comment on Vote! Henrietta’s Reader’s Choice Awards 2010 by Cheryl Sullivan

Cheryl Sullivan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:33:21 +0000

VCRC is a great facility. The people are very caring, professional,and helpful. We take our horses to VCRC for chiropractic services. The horses respond very well to Dr. Ette and her staff. On one of our visits with the horses, a dog came in for rehabilitation services. We were about to leave but I had a question I needed to ask Dr. Ette before leaving. Although she was already in the room with the sick dog and it’s owner. She took the time to answer my question without hesitation. That to me was priceless. I vote VCRC the best. Cheryl Sullivan

Comment on Houston City’s Proposed Site For New Animal Facility: A Very Bad Choice by No Kill Houston

No Kill Houston — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:49:49 +0000

Tiffany,

You really need read Nathan Winograd’s book, Redemption, and do some more research on successful no kill shelters. You should start with http://www.NoKillAdvocacyCenter.org and http://www.NathanWinograd.com.

The fact is that, with leaders who are NOT satisfied with the status quo of killing and who are determined to stop the killing, they have in fact stopped the killing. Not only have they done it, but they have done it very quickly as in within about 1 year.

Bonney Brown, the director of the Nevada Humane Society turned a high kill shelter, just like BARC, into a no kill shelter in about a year. This is despite having an animal to human per capita intake rate much higher than Houston and despite being hit by the economic downturn MUCH harder than Houston or any place else in the country. Bonney Brown did it by throwing out all the programs that did not prove to stop the killing. (Read more about Bonney’s work here: http://www.examiner.com/x-16635-SF-Animal-Shelters-Examiner~y2010m2d25-Reno-leads-the-pack). She is but one of many who have stopped the killing.

One of the things that does NOT help get animals out of shelters alive, and therefore prevent their killing, is when shelters are located in remote locations such as the Wayside location. This was one of the problems with the San Francisco SPCA when it was a high kill shelter… it was in a remote location and the public simply did not go there in large enough numbers to adopt enough animals to stop the killing. In order to get the pets adopted so he could stop the killing, Richard Avanzino took those animals to high traffic, highly visible locations all over the city every single day. He got the animals out to the places where the people/potential adopters were so they would be seen. This is one of the programs he started so he could stop the killing. It is cornerstone of the No Kill Equation. http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/nokillequation.html

All the marketing in the world will NOT cause enough people to go to the Wayside location in order to adopt out 27,000 animals every year so that BARC can stop killing. It just does not work that way. If you had done any research at all on no kill sheltering, you would know this. But it is clear that you have not.

You really need to educate yourself on what has been done in other communities to stop the killing, before you continue speaking on this subject, because by advocating for a pet adoption facility at Wayside, you are advocating for a project that WILL cause more animals to die. For you to keep speaking on this topic that you know nothing about, and to continue passing along false information, is irresponsible to say the least.

Additionally, to say all of Houston is in a flood plain is absurd. Please visit FEMA’s website and you will see that this is not true. You can look at the maps on our website and see that this is clearly not true. But, I’ve heard a city employee say this same thing so I am assuming that someone at the city told you this lie in an another attempt to cover for their bad decision.

And, the statement that this project is “of BARC, and for BARC, but NOT BARC” is also absurd. The city is spending money from Ann Young’s estate that was left for BARC on this project. They will also be spending CIP funds on it which are our city tax dollars. It is all city/BARC money funding this whether a non-profit later runs it or not.

The bottom line is this is a disaster waiting to happen. It is a huge waste of money on a project that will not save lives. The one and only goal of building a pet adoption facility for BARC animals should be to increase adoptions exponentially so the city can stop killing. This location will not accomplish this.

Comment on Houston City’s Proposed Site For New Animal Facility: A Very Bad Choice by Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:57:22 +0000

BARC kills 27,000 pets a year! That’s CRAZY! ANYTHING that could possibly make that better seems like a great idea to me. Somehow the idea of killing over 2,200 pets a month doesn’t sit right with me. Even if this isn’t in a great location, if people want to adopt, they’ll get there. I don’t know of any shelters that I would happen to drive by and just decide to drop in and adopt a pet.

Comment on Chef Michael’s Dog Food by Purina Debuts Dinner Parties For Dogs by Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:59 +0000

I do understand that when you have a picky eater and you find something your dogs eat with relish you will buy it. However, what you are feeding them is equivalent to feeding your children a regular diet of MacDonald’s. Yes the kids love it but what is the true nutritional value. Please do your homework. There are so many alternatives to the big brand name dog foods that spend more on advertising and promotion than the ingredients they are putting into their food.

Do you remember who sponsored all the major sporting events….THE TOBACCO COMPANIES who denied, and kept on denying there was anything wrong with what they were doing.

Please read the book “The Foods Dogs Die For”.

I love my dog and have been involved in the dog world professionally for over 25 years and I will never feed my dog(s) Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, or Science Diet. Anything that has Animal By Products, Corn, and other fillers just isn’t what I’m paying for.

Thank you.