A while back, a provincial petition was being circulated to implement standards for shelters and pounds in Quebec. This petition was urging that shelters and pounds provide basics like:  veterinary care, taking measures to reunite lost animals with owners (FYI – 5 months after their damning expose, the Berger Blanc still has no lost/founds listed on their website) , mandatory …

  Thanks to Nat Gabriela, a friend and fan of Montreal Dog Blog, I was able to visit SPCA Laurentides Labelle this past Monday.  As we walked in, a cute little Shih Tzu girl was first to greet us. The team of the SPCALL welcomed us and introduced themselves and described the work they do. We left the reception area …

The following is a courtesy listing.  MDB knows nothing further about this case other than what is listed below.  Please consult the contact info  for further details. Hi I am fostering a black lab/pit mix and can no longer keep him. He needs to be adopted asap. The adoption process has to go through paws for life. Cooper is a …

The following is a courtesy listing for Refuge RR for Horses. Please consult the contact info below for more details. Please can someone give King a foster or permanent home? He is a 23 year old canadian gelding who is blind and he only has until sept 1,2011 then he will be homeless. His owners, who adopted from an animal …

Yesterday August 26th, 2011 our veterinary clinic went right to work on Remi and took biopsies of several areas of Remi’s affected skin under sedation and pain control. This will be key in diagnostics, and will save us the time wasted on trial and error in treatment. The first veterinarian to evaluate him was afraid he might have an autoimmune …

Read all about it! Virgin America Launches "Operation Chihuahua" Airlift: No Chihuahua Left Behind on August 30, 2011 Dog Rescued from Backyard Sinkhole plus "Pawlooza" Ultimate Dog Party Video!

Remi – at veterinary appointment (VIDEO) Remi was found in Saint Henri running on the rail road tracks as a stray about a month ago, emaciated and covered in skin lesions. He was taken in by a wonderful caring lady who did everything she could for him, but could not afford to take him to get medical care. His medical …

Time Wednesday, August 31 at 8:00pm – September 1 at 3:00am Location Hémisphère Gauche  221 Beaubien est Created By Les Productions Corsaires, Karine Chatillon, Jake Godfrey, Iris Campo, Tasha Class, Yan Xu, Melyssa Elmer, Raïs Richard Zaidi, Claude Lapointe More Info a 10 minute walk from the Beaubien metro station, westwards

Read all about it! Dogs rule at Michael Vick's former Surry estate (video) Puppy Recovering After Being Thrown Against Wall (video) Dog shot twice in its head survives, owner charged Atlanta (video) Wylie the Afghan mutt shows how every dog will have its day The heart-breaking images of 1,000 dogs stuffed into cages to be sold as meat…

This one’s for you PEPPER! As you may recall, several blogs ago I wrote about Cruelty-Free Beauty and how we should all be aware that animal testing exists, and that it all comes down to consumer choices – there are many products today that don’t test on animals, and it’s up to all of us to make better and more ethical choices …