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Yesterday I was in a Petland and one of the customers had her cute little Pitbull puppy with her. I asked if I could pet her and was told yes, she's friendly. This beautiful little dog had angry pink scars on the edges of her recently altered ears. Was she intentionally disfigured because she was friendly and wasn't intimidating looking? Th… read more

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Thirteen hours ago I wrote a reply to a comment someone had made on a journal I'd written. Here's an excerpt from it: "Bobbi and the Strays will lose its Vetport facilities in December. That's when our lease is up and DHL, which bought the building, has other plans for the property. We are desperately searching for an affordable, commercially z… read more

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July 24th When I originally wrote this journal I had no idea what an impact it would have on people, and on the future of the shelter I volunteer for, Bobbi and the Strays. I expressed my feelings which were due in large part to the fact that we will lose our Vetport facilities in December. The hopelessness that many of us have been experi… read more

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Nikki was only one day old in the picture I use for my profile. Her story was this... Some people heard a noise coming from under their deck. They thought it was a raccoon so they squirted the hose under it and instead of a raccoon running out, a cat ran out. A little while later they heard mewing so they crawled under and found Nikki. Her mothe… read more

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It's already been a year since Milo joined us. He was found shivering in the cold, matted and miserable, scared and alone, just before a major ice storm his last year. The month before we had fostered Gizmo, a Pug we had rescued from Animal Care and Control, who brought a severe case of kennel cough into our house. It broke my heart when Gizmo… read more