Our Rick James went missing after last nights thunderstorm!

FOUND!!! Rick James Lost!!!

HUGE thanks to Lynn (see comment :), Rick James is now home, safe and sound, with his family! Had he not been wearing his Ring Dog Rescue tag, with our phone numbers, his reunion would've been delayed, or not even at all. So as a reminder, please ensure your pets have proper identification tags on at all times — inside or out.

For Over One Hundred Years, Americans Knew Pit Bulls...

for What They Did Best. Babysitting. Part I.

Astoundingly, for most of our history America’s nickname for Pit Bulls was “The Nanny Dog”. For generations if you had children and wanted to keep them safe you wanted a pit bull, the dog that was the most reliable of any breed with children or adults.

The Nanny Dog is now vilified by a media that always wants a demon dog breed to frighten people and LHASA-APSO BITES MAN just doesn’t sell papers. Before pit bulls it was Rottweilers, before Rottweilers it was Dobermans, and before them German Shepherds. Each breed in it’s order were deemed too vicious and unpredictable to be around people. Each time people wanted laws to ban them. It is breathtakingly ironic that the spotlight has turned on the breed once the symbol of our country and our national babysitter.
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Best Friends "Fix at Four: Afternoon Stroll" PSA

Are pit bulls "inherently dangerous"?

A ruling this week in Maryland's highest court puts certain dog owners and landlords on a tighter leash.

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving a pit bull attack that it is no longer necessary for those attacked by a pit bull or a pit bull mix to prove that the dog is violent—the owner or landlord "is strictly liable for the damages caused" by nature of the breed. Continue reading...

Do you think the Maryland Court of Appeals was right in its recent ruling that pit bulls are inherently dangerous?  Click here to vote and see the results! 

Thank you, UUCC Glen Allen!

We were chosen as the Charity of the Month for April and received a generous donation from the congregation of this small church. On April 1st, I said a few words to those folks about our organization, and even got to bring an RDR dog with me. Gretchen was SO good and everyone just loved her. But then again, what's not to love about a pittie-ful face?  :)

http://uuccglenallen.org

AbsolutTwilight: All for a GREAT cause

AbsolutTwilight: All for a GREAT cause: I am hoping you all follow most if not all the "twilight" actors and actresses, if you don't well shame on you. ;)  If you only follow one ...

What is GFYS?

GFYS originally began as a practical joke using a naughty word. GFYS4Charity emerged as a movement for good.

GFYS4Charity’s mission is to identify and assist under served,local non-profit organizations, focused on services for children or animal welfare, through publicity and fundraising for the organizations.

Metro Richmond Pet Savers Celebrates Two Years of Saving Lives

(Richmond, VA) – On April 14th, MRPS will celebrate its second birthday with its biggest ever adoption event at the PetSmart on CarMia Way (1276 CarMia Way, Chesterfield VA, 23235). This month’s event, which begins at 11 and concludes at 3, will include music, cupcakes from Carytown Cupcakes, the Richmond International Raceway pace car, and activities for kids. As always, the centerpiece of the monthly Adopt-a-Thon will be the over 100 adoptable animals from more than a dozen rescue organizations who will attend the event in the hopes of finding the perfect family.

Metro Richmond Pet Savers (MRPS) held its first adoption event two years ago this month. With the goal of increasing pet adoptions and ending unnecessary euthanasia, animal rescues across the area banded together to form Metro Richmond Pet Savers; approximately 1,800 pets have found their forever homes through monthly adoption events held at local PetSmart locations.

MRPS is a collaborative group of animal rescue groups and shelters who take part in large, monthly Adopt-A-Thons in the parking lot of Richmond area PetSmart stores. The goal is to accelerate the adoption of cats and dogs from county/city shelters that may otherwise be euthanized.

Questions and rescue organizations and shelters interested in joining Metro Richmond Pet Savers should be directed to metrorichmondpetsavers@gmail.com.