National Shelter Appreciation Week Event Saturday November 8th

November 2-8 is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week so Dallas Animal Services and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Animal Welfare Committee are teaming up to help hundreds of pets find a home!

On Saturday, November 8, Dallas Animal Services will offer discounted micro chipping services for $15 for eligible pets who are adopted or brought to the shelter.

The DAYL will sponsor the cost of pet registration for the first 200 eligible pets who are adopted or brought to the shelter.

Companions For Life and Metroplex Animal Coalition will host an educational table at this event. We’ll educate guests about the new ordinances and provide spay/neuter resources.

Join us! Details below:

• Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008
• Time: 10am-4pm
• Location: The Dallas Animal Shelter, 1818 N Westmoreland, Dallas, Texas 75212
  

Eres mucho gato, Homer

This is a story for all those people who think that a black cat is bad luck, or that a blind cat is helpless.

Author Gwen Cooper is writing a book about her black cat Homer - a slip of a thing at 3 pounds, and blind after the surgical removal of both eyes due to a bad infection as a kitten.

On her blog, she tells stories of Homer. One particularly gripping post recalls a night when Homer proved that he truly was larger than life, and GOOD luck to boot! You'll have to read the story, no spoilers here - but hopefully you'll think twice when you overlook that little runt or that black cat in the shelter...

Saturday night fever

This footage of frolicking felines will have you laughing out loud - enjoy!

(Found on geniusbeauty.com and shamelessly cross-posted)

Some Monday puppy play

This puppy is having a grand old time and getting some exercise while he's at it - without ever having to leave the yard! Who needs to go for a walk when you have a trampoline?

Thanks to Cute Overload for the video!

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You're invited - save the date: Oct 26, 5pm!

Meet Spotty, a recent adoptee from Dallas Animal Services - you can see he's on TOP of the world!

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We're on TOP of the World!
SAVE THE DATE & CELEBRATE WITH US!
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008

We're on top of the world because The Ordinances Passed (a.k.a TOP) - we hope you will plan to join us to celebrate this important milestone!

Our exciting TOP of the World celebration evening will include:

A Silent Auction to raise money for the Shelter Fund that will support and promote the animals at Dallas Animal Services.

A Raffle to watch the Cowboys play their Farewell Game at Texas Stadium!

You could win tickets for two in Sec. 29, Row 39, for the Cowboys’ Dec. 20 game against the Baltimore Ravens, plus reserved Blue Section parking and a delicious Sunday Brunch at Café Pacific—a total value of over $360.00!!

Where:

Sambuca Addison, Morrocan Room, 15207 Addison Rd, Addison, TX

When:

Sunday, October 26, 2008 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Cost:

$25 per person entry fee includes light hors d'oeuvres and 2 drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic)

We will also be welcoming back TOP Dog, Kent Robertson, as Manager of Dallas Animal Services.

On-line event registration will be available soon.

Have a question or want to donate a silent auction item?

Our gratitude to Holly Forsythe and Sambuca for generously underwriting this event.

http://www.metroplexanimalcoalition.org/

Pet limits and tethering - are you legal?

Time's up for Dallas pet owners who have yet to comply with the city’s pet limitation and tethering regulations!

The two ordinances were part of a package of amendments to the City Code approved by the City Council on June 25. Pet owners were given 90 days to comply with most of the new regulations - that 90 days was up on September 25.

Pet Limits 411

According to the amended regulations, a resident of a single-family home is limited to a total of six dogs, cats or any combination of the two. If the resident’s lot is a half-acre or larger, the pet limitation increases to eight dogs, cats or any combination.

The limit for dwelling units that share a common wall, such as apartments or townhouses, was not amended - it remains at a total of four dogs, cats or any combination. The pet limitations do not apply to puppies or kittens younger than six months of age. Other details of the new pet limitation are explained in Section 7-4.6.

Pet owners who had more than six animals on June 25 must apply for an exemption for any cats and dogs over the limit of six. Exemption forms are available at Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center and may be filed there: 1818 N. Westmoreland Rd., Dallas, TX 75212.

The low-down on Tethering

The new tethering regulations ban the practice of tethering or chaining a dog unless it is in the owner’s immediate possession and control. According to Section 7-3.1, the only exemption is if the dog is properly tethered “for a period no longer than necessary for the owner to complete a temporary task.” Proper tethering and confinement requirements are spelled out in Sections 7-4.7 and 7-4.9.

You still have time to get your pet spayed or neutered!

The City’s new Intact Animal Permit requirement, also approved on June 25, goes into effect on October 25. The new ordinance requires pet owners to have their cat or dog spayed or neutered unless they obtain an annual $70 Intact Animal Permit for that animal.

Exemptions include puppies or kittens younger than six months; service, assistance and police dogs; purebred competition animals; animals exempted by their veterinarians, and others listed in Section 7-4.10. Applications for Intact Animal Permits are available at Dallas Animal Services.

For more information about these ordinances call Dallas Animal Services at 214.670.8246. To view Chapter 7 of the City Code or to download permit or exemption forms, log on to http://www.dallascityhall.com/.

DFW Pet Net

If you’ve ever lost a pet, you know the heartbreak - the endless searching; the guilt; the fear...

The SPCA of Texas understands that sinking feeling, and has taken steps to help reunite more Metroplex pets with their owners by launching PetNet, a website where anyone who has lost or found a pet can post a photo and description of that pet.

This isn't just another website with a database of lost pets though - PetNet is unique in that the SPCA staff actually help you through the process by searching the lost & found records of participating shelters throughout the area.

Participating organizations to date include the municipal animal control agencies in Denton, Arlington, Collin County, Frisco, Irving, Rowlett, Addison, University Park, Wylie, Watauga and more! Dallas Animal Services and Operation Kindness are both in the process of signing up, and the SPCA is working hard to sign up even more partners.

For more information, or if you’ve lost a pet, visit the PetNet website or call 214-742-7722.

For information on lost pet behaviors and search techniquest, also check out Missing Pet Partnership.

Posted with a special thanks to Skip Trimble of Catyln Capital Corporation for providing the initial funding for this project.