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Mallards- Bichons Faceoff

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Please comment on the blog in support of Winston!

http://www.silvieon4.com/2010/03/set-winston-free.html

I will forward the same to Judge Paty. A dog in Chattanooga, Tenn. who chomped on a police car like a giant chew toy, flattening two tires and ripping off the fiberglass front fender, is behind bars at a local animal shelter, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The pit-bull mix, named Winston, is waiting to hear his fate, to be decided at a hearing on March 25.

The story, which "sounds funny if you're not in the middle of it," says one person familiar with the case, began on Sunday afternoon. Officer Clayton Holmes of the Chattanooga Police Department was sitting in his patrol car "running radar," when he felt the car shaking and got out to investigate, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Officer Rebecca Rayval tells Paw Nation that Holmes "saw a dog chewing on one of the car's tires. The dog was apparently very aggressive."

Officer Holmes fired pepper spray at the dog, but it only moved from tearing up the tire to tearing up the front fender. "The dog had a hold of the front bumper and Officer Holmes used the Taser on him, which stopped the dog for about three seconds," Officer Rayval says. "But the dog ripped the Taser probes out of his skin and went back to chewing on the bumper."

When a second police officer arrived in his car, the dog flattened its tire too, says Officer Rayval. Winston also chewed the tires on two cars that drove by trying to get through the area, says Karen Walsh, executive director at the McKamey Animal Center, speaking to Paw Nation.

"It was awful. Thankfully nobody got hurt," Winston's owner, Nancy Emerling, tells Paw Nation about learning of the incident. "I think amazing restraint was shown by the officers in not shooting him."

Emerling has had Winston since he was a stray puppy who wandered onto the property at Mann Welding, a family-run business, in October 2007. "He was just a little guy, just a couple of months old," says Emerling. She named the puppy Winston because "he kind of reminded me of Winston Churchill," she says.

Winston lived at the fenced-in property, staying in an enclosed outdoor pen with another dog. "He's not a guard dog, he's penned up," says Emerling. "He's just a stray dog that we took in. He's a sweet dog and has never been aggressive towards people. He doesn't like a lot of noises, like the lawnmower or leaf blower. It just drives him crazy."

The best that Emerling can piece together, "something happened that upset the dog enough to break out through the chain link fence." Winston chewed through the strap on the gate, rammed into the gate until he bent the latch and got out of his pen, Emerling tells Paw Nation. Then he ran around the fenced property, across a creek and out to the road where the police car was next door.

Winston was impounded by animal control officers and Emerling was issued a citation for possessing a "potentially dangerous animal," a legal term defined by a city ordinance and the dog is being held as a "potentially dangerous dog."

The next step will be for a judge to rule in the case and if things go in Winston's favor, hopefully, a new home to be found for the dog as well.

"We would love to have Winston back," says Emerling, "but we cannot take responsibility of him doing something like this again."

But Emerling received a surprise offer earlier this week from someone who wants to adopt Winston: None other than Officer Holmes, who first encountered the dog chewing up his police car.

"Officer Holmes doesn't want the dog put down," confirms Officer Rayval. "He has talked to Nancy [Emerling] and she has agreed. It would be good for the dog to be out in the country." Officer Holmes has a large farm outside the city of Chattanooga and it would "be the best thing for Winston to get to go be a dog and run and be happy," says Emerling.

That, however, will be up to Judge Sherry Paty, who is scheduled to hear the case next week. "We're trying to treat this as a normal 'potentially dangerous dog' case, but it's not normal," says Walsh. "We've never had a dog attack a car before. And no one's ever asked to adopt a potentially dangerous dog."

"He has displayed no overtly aggressive behavior since he's been here," says Walsh, adding that some dogs will throw themselves at the bars, which Winston has not done. But neither has he seemed particularly happy. "No, he hasn't wagged his tail," says Walsh. "He's just here. He's noncommittal and that's okay. We're not his people."


Editorial: Look, Winston hates police sirens. He hates loud noises! That's all. Let him go live in the country and all will be well! Your Honor, Sherry Paty, please consider this our amicus brief in support of Winston's freedom. It was his only offense, and he has a great support group and family waiting to rehab him in a good environment. We would ask the officer to attend tranin classes with Winston and suggest that a vet check out Winston's hearing and general health.

There might be a physical reason for Winston's reaction to noise.

Thank you.

ALL IN SUPPORT, join me.
I will forward it to Judge Paty.

'vie

Lucy the lost boxer is HOME

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PLEASE HELP LUCY GET BACK HOME

Help Find Lucy the Boxer, lost in Bensalem, PA!

Lucy was let out of her apartment accidentally be a maintenance man.
She had her collar and tags on at the time. She was also spotted last night (10/30/09) in front of a 7-11 near her apartment complex, where she only has lived for 3 weeks or so. She's 2 years old.

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Suffolk News-Herald | A vote for Silvie is a vote for rescue
Suffolk News-Herald | A vote for Silvie is a vote for rescue
The Suffolk News-Herald


photo by Tracy Agnew

Silvie Goldstein poses with her beloved dog, who is also named Silvie.
A vote for Silvie is a vote for rescue
Local woman enters dog in contest

By Tracy Agnew (Contact) | Suffolk News-Herald

Published Saturday, October 10, 2009

Silvie Goldstein says she’s never been a stage mom — but her dog’s blog and entry in the “America’s Cutest Dog” competition beg to differ.

“Silvie is gifted in that the camera adores her,” says Goldstein, referring to her female Bichon Frise also named Silvie. “Silvie sees a flash, she poses.”

Goldstein, who lives in Chesapeake, already had two Bichons when the Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue, based in the Whaleyville area, called her about Silvie. A Labrador rescue in the area had seen Silvie listed on Craigslist as breeding stock — at only 6 months old. That rescue group bought her and turned her over to the Bichon Frise group.

Goldstein plans to repay the Bichon Frise rescue. If Silvie wins the America’s Cutest Dog competition, she has pledged the entire grand prize — $1 million — to the rescue.

The competition is sponsored by a new dog food company, All American Pet Brands, to draw attention to their product. Goldstein decided to enter Silvie to help raise money for the Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue.

“I recognize the amount of work that goes into rescue,” Goldstein said. She frequently bakes sweets of all kinds to sell at fund raising events.

A blog that went to the dogs

Silvie the dog also goes by the name “Silvieon4,” as in “on four legs.” Silvie the human is “Silvieon2.”

The dog’s blog, www.SilvieOn4.com, is written from her point of view, Goldstein said. “It’s her voice.”

Goldstein initially started the blog to draw attention to the need for rescue of Bichon Frises. The breed is generally considered an elitist breed because of its expensive maintenance, need for high-quality food and inability to be left alone for long hours.

“The purpose of the blog is to educate people,” Goldstein said. “I have a lot of people that say to me, ‘Oh get real, this breed would never need to get rescued.’”

Bichon Frises, however, are frequently abused by their owners, bred irresponsibly or simply abandoned by people who did not realize the amount of upkeep required.

“The idea of a blog evolved,” Goldstein said. “I’m a retired lawyer. I’m not a writer. But the truth of the matter is, people do write back, she does have a following. She’s able to say things to people that I couldn’t get away with.”

Motivation for the contest

“I initially was reluctant to enter a contest,” Goldstein said. “I was never a stage mom.”

However, once she realized she could win a lot of money for the Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue, she posed Silvie, seated on a leopard-print dog bed and wearing a tiara, and snapped her picture.

She also was motivated to enter the contest to try to change people’s perceptions about dog rescues in Virginia — in particular by one experience while traveling in Las Vegas this year.

When one person whom she was seated near found out she was from Virginia, the person responded, “Oh, that’s the Michael Vick state,” Goldstein said.

“My feet clinched,” she said. “I didn’t know that was possible. I have encountered that a couple of times. That’s the image Virginia has.”

People also told her she wouldn’t get enough votes for Silvie in the contest because “people still have dogfights there,” she said.

“I think we do a lot more than that,” Goldstein said. “I don’t want to live in a state that’s known for that and that alone. That compelled me to go ahead and do this. I want the rest of the world to know we have active rescue going on here.”

Almost winning the contest

To move ahead in the contest of about 60,000 dogs, dogs must collect the most votes in a given week to be named a weekly winner. Only two weeks are left, after which 12 dogs will move on to the next phase.

Members of the public can vote — once per dog, per person, per day — at www.cutestdogcompetition.com. Weekly winners receive $500, and move on to the next stage of the competition. The dozen dogs then are voted on once again by the public to choose the top four finalists. A panel of judges then will choose the grand prize winner. The three runner up finalists will each receive $5,000.

Silvie has placed as high as No. 7 in past weeks, but can’t seem to break through to the No. 1 spot.

What to do with the money?

Robin Gray, one of the leaders of the Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue, couldn’t imagine how much good the organization could do with $1 million.

“We often have to turn dogs away because we don’t have enough room at White Dog Cottage,” Gray said. “Money is always an issue.”

In addition, many rescued dogs need expensive medical treatment to heal injuries from years of abuse, poor breeding choices and medical conditions, such as bladder stones, that run in the breed.

“We are very fortunate that we have some of the best veterinary care in America, but it’s not cheap,” Gray said. Each month, Gray buys about 45 pounds of dog food to feed the 15-20 dogs at the rescue.

The organization does all manner of fundraising, from selling Christmas ornaments and entertainment coupon booklets to bake sales and soliciting donations. But it never seems to be enough, Gray says — the puppy mills up and down the East Coast seem to be breeding faster than the organizations can rescue.

Voting in the contest is a painless way of supporting rescue, Gray said.

“If they know about this, maybe we could get their support,” she said.

To vote for Silvie, visit www.SilvieOn4.com, and click the link at the top of the page.