Obama Wins

So Obama and McCain will go head-to-head in November. They are also level pegging in their responses to our communication about the condition of U.S. animal shelters. No reply from either!

Vacation Time

I've persuaded Meredith to take me on vacation. Seven days in the gloriously named Isle of Dogs heads my list of places to visit. What could be better? Meredith, on the other hand, says what's wrong with the Jersey shore, though she did say she will check out my doggy island on the internet.

Letter to Barack, Hilary, & John: A Week On

A week later and the candidates aren't exactly courting my vote. Hillary wrote back to say she was too busy to take questions from someone who resided outside of New York. She hoped I understood. Barack and John have yet to respond.

Gladstone has barracking me (geddit) for some blog time. He wants to run through some of the basics of dog language. After all, if he understands Australian; you should learn a little dog.

Letter to Barack, Hillary, & John

I sent the following email to the three presidential hopefuls. I'll give them a reasonable amount of time to respond - after all, there is the little matter of an election to worry about.

Dear ____,

More then 9 million animals are euthanized every year in the US. Deaths that could be avoided if politicians paid more attention to the desperate condition of so many American animal shelters and helped to fund their upkeep.

Millions of dollars are raised in taxes levied on sales of pet products. Animal lovers will vote for a candidate who they perceive will act in the best interests of abandoned animals.

What's your position on using tax dollars to directly fund the running of animal rescue shelters?

Politicians Never Talk About Dogs

I haven't had time to answer Gladstone's witterings recently because I've been closely watching the presidential election contest and wondering why politicians never talk about dogs. Why is that? Because they don't have a vote? Dogs are still constituents though, and deserve their barks to be heard.

More then 9 million animals are euthanized every year in the US. Deaths that could be avoided if politicians paid more attention to the desperate condition of so many American animal shelters.

I'm going to write to the three candidates and ask them what they intend doing about it. I'll let you know the outcome.

Dog Language

I've been teaching Meredith dog language. It's a bit like sign language for the deaf, but has a lot fewer signs on account of us dogs don't have fingers. We have to utilize all of our limbs and organs to communicate with other dogs and you humans out there. My friend Jonathan, who owns the shelter that I called home for a while, has it down pat. That guy is of superior intelligence. Merdith, alas, athough she is a sweeheart, hasn't quite got it yet.

Another Meredith Rebuttal

I've had a tiring weekend at the shelter and don't really need a litany of complaints from a dog wearing wire-rimmed glasses, a dog-toothed vest, and a Trilby. Okay, that's not strictly a true statement. I had a lot of help from Photoshop. Gladstone hates that picture. It's now in a frame on my bedside table.