Happy Howlidays

Happy Howlidays from my pooch Buddy... I am not a big dog blogger. I love Buddy to pieces but I would not write about him often it's just not my thing. Buddy is adopted from the Capital Area Humane Society. Not my biological child, if you could not guess. Buddy is about 8 years old. I adopted him when he was about 8 or 10 months old.

There is a sad story on the front of the Columbus Dispatch today. About home foreclosures and evictions putting dogs in our local dog shelters. Housing meltdown hits dog shelter The Columbus Dispatch article is about The Franklin County Dog Shelter and has some great advice about how to deal with pets when your home is in foreclosure.

It is not the first time I have read about foreclosures displacing pets. A local blogger, co-worker, and big time dog lover, Elaine Reese wrote about in on ActiveRain (and her own blog?)... of course the Dispatch used that holiday twist in their story.... Elaine's entry was about another local dog shelter, the Capital Area Humane Society.

The Columbus Dispatch story by Barbara Carmen gives facts and figures about foreclosures but the owner they chose to focus on gave up two dogs because of eviction from an apartment, not a foreclosure says:

"The Meads, who had been out of work and evicted from their Gahanna apartment, saved three months to afford a security deposit on another apartment."

They gave up two dogs at the Franklin County Dog Shelter... earlier this year?????

A quote in the Columbus Dispatch article "That's an incredible marker when you're giving up a member of your family," by Mary Jo Kilroy, a county commissioner.

The Columbus Dispatch article also says Monday will be a big day for people to discard their family members.. I mean pets at the Franklin County Dog Shelter...

That's ok the family that the Columbus Dispatch article focuses on has a new family member.. but the easy come, easy go.... makes me sad...

" They're finally settled, and a friend brought them a new puppy, a boxer mix, this week."

Merry Christmas to all....