"Ginger is a good dog." (great with kids and does tricks)

[Omaha Steve]

http://bestfriends.org/News-And-Features/News/Best-Friends-turns-fate-around-for-Belgian-Malinois/?utm_source=BSD&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CTA&utm_campaign=Best+Friends+News





A note, a transport program, and many caring people come together to help a special dog find a wonderful new life.
April 8, 2013

By Denise LeBeau

The handwritten note in the scrawl of a child said it all: "Ginger is a good dog." Employee Isha Willits found the message affixed to the dog's kennel in L.A.'s Baldwin Park Shelter, where she had been left by her people. In all the years Isha has worked at the shelter, she has never seen a message left for a relinquished dog's potential adopters. The note explained Ginger was left because her family was moving into an apartment. It also said she was great with kids, and that she did tricks.



Things could have been dire - not every dog gets adopted out of the shelter system - but luckily for Ginger, she was slated for Best Friends' Pup My Ride program. "Everyone here looks forward to the day of a Pup My Ride transport," shares Isha. "In this business, it's easy to be discouraged and lose hope, but knowing that those animals are on their way to new, loving homes almost lets us see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Robin Harmon (Pup My Ride coordinator) has found a way to bring hope and joy to thousands of homeless pets like Ginger, and to us as well."

On the road

Pup My Ride pulls small, often purebred (or "designer&quot dogs, by the dozens out of the Los Angeles city shelter system (where Chihuahuas and the lot are often killed) and moves them to rescues and shelters across the country, where there are often few small dogs available and where they are more easily adopted out.

Ginger isn't quite as small as a Chihuahua, but she is distinctive - she is a Belgian Malinois. In addition to helping small dogs, the Pup My Ride program also works with breed rescue groups to place dogs of every size. Luckily, there was a rescue in Montana that had room for this abandoned girl.

FULL story at link.

[Blue Owl]

1. Aww what a sweet puppy!

K&R

[Liberal Veteran]

2. My cat, Mischief, had a note from the family at the shelter as well.

It seemed they were moving and couldn't keep him, so the kids wrote a note for him telling me why they got him and had to give him up.

They also warned me he had a habit of escaping and turning up a few days later.

He's been a sweetie. I had already decided to adopt him before I saw the note, but it was nice to know a bit about him.

[xchrom]

3. sweet. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. ...

[LeftofObama]

5. Awww!

[Omaha Steve]

6. How did this get enough R's to be on trending now?

It's been out of sight on the second page.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. awww... so sad

[MsPithy]

8. When average people loose their homes for any one of a thousand reasons

caused by a bad economy, the tragedies flow out like ripples when someone tosses a pebble into a pond.

Obama met with 15 leaders of the biggest banks, today. To discuss the economy. Wonder if they care that kids had to give up Ginger?