Craig McInnes of the Vancouver Sun wrote this article in September which initially appeared to lament the dangers of loose dogs to children.The basic premise of the first third of his story, and certainly the gist of the headline, is that a child, when walking or playing in a place…
Media catches up
Tuesday uncovered a few more media outlets covering the story of the eleven-year-old boy ordering his dog to attack other children.I won’t be so presumptious as to pretend that letters to the editors from myself and others made a difference. It’s probably just the rest of the news organizations catching…
Where is the media?
Thank you to the Toronto Star for being the ONLY paper to print this story.I was not able to find the story in any other newspaper. This incident did not happen in a small, obscure town with only one daily or weekly paper. This happened in Toronto, with at least…
Agenda? Who? Us?
The blatant media pandering to an irrational public fear is starting to get a little old.Below, I’ve copied all three articles from the St. Catharines Standard about a dog and woman being bitten by a “pit bull”. I had to do this because, unfortunately, the Standard, like the rest of…
Dangerous and Disruptive Pets Survey
Here is a brief summary of a survery conducted by Ipsos Canada. The summary was also produced by Ipsos, so the “interesting tidbits” listed for each city have been selected by the editors of the news release and, as such, may not actually be the most revealing statistics. I’m hoping…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
As the clock clicked over to 12:00 AM, October 11, I found myself sitting in front of the TV, watching the final numbers roll in from the Ontario election. Probably the worst birthday present I’ve received in my life. Liberals 71 seats 42.12% popular vote PC 26 seats 31.55% popular…
VOTE TODAY
VOTE TODAY! Today, YOU can make a difference. YOU can change the lives of thousands of dog owners and save the lives of thousands of dogs in Ontario.To do this, you MUST: 1. VOTE If you don’t vote, don’t complain later about what you get. I hope that every dog…
AN "A TO Z" ELECTION TALE
Once upon a time, in a province called Ontario, a man named Dalton McGuinty wanted to become premier so badly that he made many promises. He said he would not raise taxes. He promised to close the dirty coal-burning plants. He would help autistic children, relieve gridlock problems and help…
That’s not true. That’s not true.
Dalton McGuinty completely ignores a terminally ill cancer patient at a hospital in Ottawa. Click here if you can’t see the video. How about these instead? “Dalton, you promised to close the coal plants” — That’s not true. That’s not true. “Dalton, you promised not to raise taxes” — That’s…
Woo Hoo!
Not much leaves me speechless, but this story at CNN sure did. Based on the history of cases like this in the U.S., I was not expecting a positive outcome for the dogs.Most of Vick’s dogs will go to families and a ‘sanctuary’ Thanks to KC Dog Blog and Donna…