NEW!!!! BEGINNING CLASS FOR LIFE SKILLS INTRO TO OBEDIENCE AND ALL KINDS OF TOOLS TO START TRAINING THE DOG YOU WANT TO HAVE.
STARTS TUESDAY, MARCH 6TH, AT 6:30 PM
CALL AND SIGN UP AS THE CLASS IS FILLING UP FAST!
Steve SeRine is going to start another handling class.
Details are:
Starts: Monday, February 26th, at 6:15pm .
Class goes until approximately 7:45 pm -- every Monday for 8 weeks .
Cost is $100.00.
Class will be limited in size so please get your reservation in quickly!!
...by calling 317-996-2215 or 317-403-1222 or by sending an e-mail request to: pwsforfun@yahoo.com
*Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might be interested in the class.
Thank you! *** STARTED BUT HAVE A COUPLE OPENINGS, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN
Brenda Staley
Paws for Fun Training Center
Maybe if more people knew peta thought this way- they'd have less influence.
Colorado Governor: PETA “A Bunch Of Losers,” “Frauds”
As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm, and National Guard units are helping ranchers in a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers are airlifting bales of hay and hoping for the best. But as Coloradans are learning, the wealthy People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) isn't about to lift a finger. Not for those animals -- the ones destined to be flame-broiled, grilled, or roasted. Appearing on Denver radio station KRFX yest erday morning, Colorado Governor Bill Owens spoke for all of us. PETA, he declared, are "a bunch of losers" and "frauds".
The dustup started when KRFX morning hosts Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax (yes, that's his real name) called PETA to ask if the group would help feed and rescue the snowbound herds. PETA spokeswoman Reannon Peterson took the call, and bluntly replied: "You're going to save them, and then in six months they're going to be killed and end up on someone's plate. So I don't know th at it's really the most noble cause."
Peterson added that wild animals caught in the blizzard's wake -- the same animals PETA routinely criticizes hunters for bagging -- also weren't worth spending PETA's money to save. "It's an act of God," she said. "There's really nothing to be done".
Enter Governor Owens. In addition to labeling PETA "losers" and "frauds," he expressed amazement that "PETA doesn't want us to feed freezing cattle" and stated that "it's symbolic of what PETA stands for". Finally, Owens declared that PETA is "a strange group of people. Don't send money to PETA". Asked a few hours later by KRFX sister-station KOA-AM to reiterate his position on PETA, he put it plainly: "What a bunch of losers. Don't give your money to PETA."
We couldn't agree more. As we're telling the media today, the Colorado snowstorm is exactly the kind of emergency that should send PETA into action. But PETA -- whose president publicly wished for a foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2001 -- has a stubborn anti-meat bias. To this group of tofu-devouring loonies, seeing the livelihood of cattle ranchers evaporate is a cheap thrill. This may also be the reason why the vegetarian-oriented Humane Society of the United States isn't spending any of the $145 million it raised last year on Colorado helicopter rentals and hay bales.
To listen to the entire phone call with PETA, click here. Governor Owens' entire interview is also available, thanks to KRFX radio.
Okay, I have pinned Bonnie down. She will be here this Saturday the 6th, starting time will be 2:00. Adjustments are $45.00 with additional charges for accupuncture.
Please let me know if you need a specific time, I am sure slots will fill fast as she hasn’t been here for awhile. She usually stays til about 9pm if I fill her up. Let me know if you want a slot.
I know this is short notice and some may not be able to make it this time, I will have her again, but it will probably be 2 months. By email, or use phone below.
Brenda Staley
317-996-2215
317-403-1222
pwsforfun@yahoo.com
Please see info below regarding upcoming laws in Louisville. Of course dog fanciers would be exempt from this while at the fairgrounds for the March show, but while off the show grounds? At your hotel, at a gas station, taking your dog out for a walk, etc.
One of the things in this 92 pages of ordinances is a mandatory spay and neuter; come on, fix the problem don’t hurt everyone.
Brenda
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Louisville proposed law
Posted by: "Michele Kasten" schipnut58@yahoo.com
schipnut58
Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:39 pm (PST)
Hello all,
I just got off the phone with Kathy, secretary to Mayor Abramson in Louisville. She is taking statements from all concerned about the proposed animal ordinance. It is VITAL that you each take the time to voice your opinions on this issue. She has been instructed to take notes of all calls and the mayor is also reading emails. He is set to either sign or veto this ordinance next week. Please make your opinion known to them. His office number is 502-574-2003.
I told Kathy that I thought there were much fairer ways to implement this kind of law that did not unfairly target the already law-abiding citizens. I spoke about the possibility of turning neighbor against neighbor and the waste of time for their animal control officers that would now have to respond to every minor tussle with folks perception of their neighbors' dog being vicious or annoying. I mentioned that the trend on the many internet lists I belong to was to not only boycott Louisville but to not even drive through the state. She seemed genuinely upset about that but I told her that most of us would not feel safe driving through there with our dogs.
I also spoke of the economic impact to the city and that I had attended the Louisville shows for the past 18-20 years. I gave her a brief biography so that she knew that I was more than a pet owner, dogs are my life. I also mentioned my work background, which is in the security business for those of you who do not know. I have first hand knowledge of how criminals regard laws and how they avoid them. I told Kathy that the dog community was opting to try and do more education so that the next generation would have the knowledge to be responsible dog owners.
In addition, I mentioned the fact that many are of the opinion that the mayor and others on the council have benefited from donations from animal rights' groups such as PETA and I informed her that these organizations rely on politicians following the money rather than writing and passing fair laws. Kathy told me that of all the politicians that she knows, the mayor is more of a straight arrow and not easily swayed. I do hope she is correct.
I left her with the idea that if the mayor veto's this ordinance that there would be many who would help with amendments so that the law was fair to all and targeted the people they intended.
Make your call today, this is the most important battle we've had so far.
Michele Kasten
Schipperke Club of Greater St. Louis Rescue Chair
Midwest Schipperke Rescue
www.midwestschipper kerescue. petfinder. com
www.schipperkeclub- usa.org
Victoria Schipperkes
618-632-1567