Moo Moo actually fostered with me earlier this year after she was re-rescued from a very unfortunate situation. Here she is with her forever mom, Dhyann, exuding happiness at all times which is certainly Moo Moo’s everyday calling card. They are seen here discussing the rescue missions that go from the East Valley shelter, up and into Canada that are organized by the numerous volunteers from both sides. All I know is that the Moo is pretty much one of the illest dogs on the planet.

This is Falcor, and he was actually found roaming an LA freeway while my girlfriend was driving to work… When she stopped to pick him up, he just rolled over onto his back right there in the middle of the slow lane! This speaks to Falcor’s personality, as he is very submissive and really aiming to please.
He’s about 2 years old, weighs around 60 pounds, is very easy going around the house and makes very little noise. On top of that, Falcor is crate & potty-trained, dog-friendly and a grade-A snuggler…
One thing that you are sure to see is that Falcor’s tail is constantly wagging, showing that without a doubt he thoroughly enjoys life and has an appreciation for being cared for.
Truthfully, he simply wants to be a companion to someone that will love him unconditionally, just as he will certainly love you back. The ideal adopter would be an engaged leader who will appreciate and embrace the task of being a Pit Bull Guardian. Falcor is also neutered and current on all vaccines. We are the ones actually fostering him until an amazing home can be located, so if you are interested you can contact me directly by hitting the “Objective” tab » “Contact” link, or by clicking the “Adoption Application” link to your immediate right and filling out/submitting the form.

Falcor playing around Melanie’s yard:

Falcor interacting with Snooki:

Falcor interacting with Barstow:

Falcor interacting with Monique:

Falcor interacting with Vanderlei:

Falcor interacting with Dante:

Falcor chasing the invisible flies:

Falcor playing with Neola:

Prior reading: LA County passes draconian “dangerous” dog law amendments

In many shelters across this state, dog cages (primarily those housing Pit Bulls) are being left without having kennel cards attached… My video attempts to illustrate this, by doing a random walk-through where all of the video clips were taken within 1 hour of each other. This specific example was shot at the Carson shelter in Gardena, California.

What this creates is a MUCH more difficult time for the general public, be it networkers or worse, the actual potential adopters. Instead of having all of the relevant information displayed correctly, many dogs have nothing, which then forces people to have to go into the office and wait (sometimes multiple hours when busy) just to ask a question concerning an ID# or anything else that may be of interest. This drastically reduces the already slim chances that a dog has to make it out alive. Also, the phone system is just as bad, so if someone opts to go home and instead call at a later time, they may find themselves on hold for 30+ minutes, or at times FAR longer. This is UNACCEPTABLE.

Apparently some people were actually surprised by yesterday’s outcome. Count me as not one of those people. Does that make me a pessimist? I don’t think so. I just know that for the most part, so many politicians (big and small) are out to serve the private industries, institutions and corporations that so freely give them money for their cooperation. Some of us call that “hush-money.” Show me a politician that doesn’t take the easy way out and I will be glad to sing their praises. Not saying that there aren’t any out there, but the list is small in comparison.

All that aside, I could fully tell within 5 minutes of viewing the online stream of the “hearing” (what a joke) that “Mayor” Antonovich was:
1) Checked out.
2) Rude.
3) Uncompassionate.
4) Inconsiderate.
5) Inappropriate.
And 1 better, he was a complete asshole… At one point (and this is true, see video below) telling one of the public speakers that her deciding not to have any more children was probably a good idea and then laughing about it! I mean, correct me if I’m wrong but those are the types of comments that people in his position get fired resign over.

Anyways–I’d originally intended to physically go there and make a public comment, like many other citizens did and did very well. My dog Neola got hurt the night before and by the time I contemplated an early morning vet visit, then ruled it out, it was already an hour into the meeting. I still drove up but then couldn’t find parking and ended up driving back home for an all around pointless day. Luckily I found out there was an online live stream of the meeting, so I tapped into that and waited for the appropriate item to come up.

When I say that I “waited” it literally means that I waited hours, plural. This thing was definitely a snail-train of carelessness from the point-of-view of our glorious “elected” officials. These individuals sat there twiddling their thumbs as they rattled off issue after issue and ignored public comment after public comment. It was kind of stunning and yet not at the same time… Every issue–no debate, approved, and then on to the next one. Their reaction to the constant flow of public emotion was a silent monotony of foolishness. Not bothering to entertain even a single point, just going through the motions like the bought-and-paid-for schmucks that they probably are. With the dog amendment item specifically there were numerous attorneys who gave public comments, as well as a doctor and a dog behaviorist, but yet ALL concerns fell upon deaf ears.

Now–due to the Board’s utter lack of care or concern for this (as of yesterday) potential change, the definition of “severe injury” has changed and been broadened, the definition of “potentially dangerous dog” has changed and been broadened, and most insanely, animal control officers (who are completely unqualified and bias beyond imagination) now have the right to play judge and jury with these animals lives. It is downright shameful. It is downright tyrannical. It is downright unconstitutional what has happened.

Since the Board of Supervisors and county officials (including entrenched drone Marcia Mayeda) were so set on focusing their energy on rearranging definitions, I was set on giving a public comment based around “other” definitions… Here is what I would have said if given a few minutes:

Allow me to present a few definitions for you guys to knock around in your mind… Starting with the all-encompassing word “potentially” that you place in front of the already vague phrase “dangerous dog,” then defining the words that may appear in the definition of the first word, in an effort to get to the “root” of what these types of words basically mean…

Potentially ~ possibly but not yet actually
Possibly ~ perhaps; maybe
Perhaps ~ maybe; possibly
Maybe ~ perhaps; possibly; a possibility or uncertainty
Uncertainty ~ the state of being uncertain; doubt; indeterminacy; indefiniteness
Doubt ~ to be uncertain about; considered questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe; distrust
Distrust ~ to have no trust in; to have no faith or confidence in

Hmm… That kind of speaks for itself, right?

Now let’s take an individual case of crime, centering around an individual of a certain race (which would be comparable to a “breed” of dog in the below scenario). If this individual, who for examples sake was caucasian, robbed a liquor store with a .45 caliber pistol and ended up shooting the attendant in the neck, fatally injuring him, does that then make HIM “dangerous”? My answer would be YES. Now let’s take the same exact scenario, except the individual doesn’t fire the pistol, but robs the store with the clear verbal intent to fire… Does that then make HIM “potentially dangerous”? My answer would be YES. Notice my emphasis on the phrase “HIM.” That’s me making a distinction based on the individual cases, and I’d think that that is all okay by any rational person. What is not okay is when you take and encompass ALL from any area or group or type, based on a common trait instead of a common action. So taking the above example into account, as well as the fact that I’m also clearly caucasian, does that then make me “potentially dangerous” as well? *Waiting for an answer from the Board* Because this is the standard that is essentially being rubber-stamped.

What kind of pandora’s box is being opened when using this kind of loose/non-specific/vague language? It quickly turns a person (in this case an animal control officer) into a dictator… No court, no jury, no debate–“It just is” because someone says it is.

Pit Bulls specifically have been and will continue to be more victimized by this type of broad-sweeping discrimination than any other type of dog. Animal control officers are the same people that generally, by policies that they themselves instituted, fail Pit Bulls on temperament tests, deeming them unfit for public adoption and literally sticking the needle into their arms in droves. Nice people indeed. And now these same people, who represent the entrenched and failed sheltering system, are now put into a position to legally decide what fits the bill of “potentially dangerous”? Well how about I save them all some time and proclaim that ALL OF US fall under the definition of “potentially,” just by definition alone, as we are all “possibly” capable of taking that gun into the liquor store… It’s an all-encompassing word based around a not yet actual act. Basically like the infamous concept of “precrime” from the Tom Cruise-movie Minority Report.

Fact: Animal control officers are patently unqualified to make these assertions. The phrasings of the definitions themselves, which the “assertions” would be based around are beyond flawed and non-specific. This is a magnificent cluster of criminality and yet it was rubber-stamped by these bozo’s quicker than a toad could pull a fly out of the air. The fact of the matter is that this “Board,” in tandem with our county shelter institution (LA County DACC), are absolutely peddling in a gigantic steaming pile of tyranny.

I’ll end this article with 2 definitions…
1 which this decision is FULL of:
Tyranny ~ unlimited or unrestrained exercise of power, absolute abuse of authority.
and 1 which this decision has NONE of:
Common sense ~ sound practical logic that is independent of specialized training.

Relevant links:
The online petition that was given less than a week to gather signatures prior to this “change” being secretly shoved down our throats at a rapid pace.
The letter created by a group of attorneys and presented to the Board in opposition to the proposed amendments to Title 10.
The press release entitled “Mayor Antonovich hands down death sentence,” based around the result of the “hearing.”

Yesterday I posted this on Facebook:

Here is the applicable statement, taken from an email capture:

Please click the below thumbnail to see the entire screenshot of an internal email between the shelter manager and the head volunteer:

This news is just devastating. There’s no other way to state it, and so I will state it how it needs to be stated… This shelter is quite literally a Pit Bull concentration camp. Yes, I said it. And please know that I will continue to say as much, and there is nothing this shelter can do to intimidate me from relaying this message that I currently believe to be true.

It’s disgusting what they did to this dog. Not only the fact that they murdered her this morning, but just as equally how they suppressed her genuine chances of ever making it out the door safely.

She originally came into the shelter on 6/12, and was held as a “confiscate” due to her prior owner being imprisoned. From the very first day I ever saw her, she was being held in the back of their building–fenced off from the public, in their “quarantine” section. Okay, that makes sense at the time–her being “unavailable” while her owner goes through a legal process… What doesn’t make sense however is how the staff made her “available” for public adoption, but then didn’t move her out of the “quarantine” section.

There are numerous problems with this:
01) Visually, the impression that is given is that she is UNAVAILABLE!!
02) The public CANNOT interact with her because there is a big steel fence blocking access to the front of her kennel. (Yes, if you go around the back like I did in the below video you can then play with her, but that still doesn’t discredit any of my points concerning the average shelter-goer)
03) There was never any access to her kennel card (see: fence), which not only re-speaks to point 01) but also creates a scenario where any potential adopter would then need to go into the lobby and pull a number, waiting to be called. During Carson’s “busy” times (which is almost ALWAYS) this wait could take anywhere from 2-4 hours (like was the case when I went to get Lyla and Bart).

This type of shit is UNSPEAKABLE!! It’s just patently absurd to the highest degree. It is no exaggeration that this animal was literally the friendliest dog on the entire property!! Not only that, but she was highly adoptable and would consistently beg for public interaction from anyone within a 10 yard radius…

Please view how submissive she was, and how she would beg for attention:

Now–after watching that video please be aware of ANOTHER HURDLE Carson placed in her way: She scored a “C” on their ridiculous temperament test.
This test was automatically given to her because of her mix which included Pit Bull.
»a “C”!?!?«
Once again, this marks the finest example yet that Pit Bulls/mixes ARE PENALIZED/MARKED DOWN if they are considered “very submissive” or “shy” or “scared.” How is that not a complete travesty? This dog was the definition of an “A” temperament. If I had a huge rooftop to shout this from then I’d be up there right now losing my voice…

It has also been stated by others that there was 3 rescue-related IP’s on this dog’s file. And at least 1 of those individuals WERE NOT called to place a firm CTA on the animal prior to her being killed. If that was the case then this could possibly be in violation of a stipulated order. If you are one of the rescue’s that feel as though this dog was killed without notice to you, I urge you to please CLICK HERE and fill out and submit this stipulated order violation form…

Lastly I will just say: Whomever walked this animal back to the kill room and didn’t say “screw it” and run the other way, or didn’t refuse and beg for more time or didn’t quit right there on the spot is a coward. To the person that willingly stuck the death needle into this animal: You are a coward. To the person that ordered that this animal be killed: You are a coward. It’s a choice that these shelters are making, to not reform/change/adapt etc. Anything that they say otherwise is a deterrent to the truth, and anyone taking side with their shit is an apologist or scared for their current position.