Former Bait Dog Finds Solace in a Fellow Homeless Pup

Hey guys, Cappuccino here! As many of you may have heard, my Bromeo Dill got adopted. He's now living the vida loca with his new human family. Nice score, Buddy! Before Dill got adopted, we lived here at Hounds Town doggie daycare (I guess you could say it was more like squatting) where we got to play, run, learn, and hang out together.

Dill, my Bromeo :) 

I'm happy for my Bro Dill but I've been sad and lonely without him :( It's been a rough month without him, I lost my playmate and buddy :( I thought I was doomed to spend the rest of my time here at Hounds Town in solitude patiently waiting for a home of my own until SHEEEEE walked in a few days ago...

My new leading lady, Ice 

I was just sunbathing one day, minding my own beeswax, when I spotted her through the fence of my run. Brown and white with a big Pittie head, Ice was a real beauty! I didn't know what she was here for, I assumed her owners brought her here for a doggie vacation (this is like a Sandals resort for dogs with owners, for us homeless folks it's a temporary spot while we wait for a forever home).

Soon, the humans put us next to each other and we laid up against the fences of our runs giving kisses through the fence! Awwwww, isn't this sweet so far?

OK, so back to me. Luckily, the humans here at doggie daycare saw how much we loved each other and opened our kennels and let us hang out together. It was love at first bite. That afternoon, we were running on the field together, exploring new things, walking side by side, and napping together. I soon found out that Ice, like me, had no family to call her own. She too was homeless and she was passing through Hounds Town in hopes of learning some new manners to make her more adoptable (learning some doggie etiquette if you will). In my eyes, she's perfect as she is.

We just met and she's ALREADY bossing me around. Women!

You see, everyone deserves a second chance in life and I've sure had mine. After experiencing horrible abuse and being used as a bait dog (can you imagine?) I now spend my days hoping for a new family while being well taken care of here at Hounds Town doggie daycare.

Ice will soon return to her lonely spot in the shelter and I'll once again be left without a companion. I remain forever hopeful not just for me, but for all the homeless doggies out there that have so much beautiful life to offer someone like you. Even if you don't adopt one of us, please consider adopting a dog from a local shelter instead of buying one of us from a store.

For more information on us or Hounds Town Charities (my very nice sponsor), please contact our human spokesperson Jackie at Jackie@houndstownusa.com or 631.873.9486, and follow our story on Facebook. 

We're like two peas in a pod

World-renowned animal behaviorist Dr. Temple Grandin will be joining us on Hounds Town Radio Saturday, March 26th, at 3 p.m. on 103.9 F.M. Dr. Grandin, an international bestselling author, autism activist, and animal advocate, has been responsible for positive changes in the livestock industry and how the industry treats animals. She has also done extensive research in the animal behavior field and has a solid understanding of animals, how dogs view the world, and how we can better communicate with them.

Here’s one of the questions we asked her about our misunderstanding of our dogs:

Hounds Town Radio: What do you think the biggest misunderstanding about animals is? What are we as humans not understanding about how to communicate with animals?

 

Dr. Grandin: I think in some cases, people don’t let dogs be dogs. I had a student who did a study at an animal shelter and what she found is, if you give dogs in a shelter 45 minutes a day of good fun with a person, doing lots of things, the next day the cortisol goes down (a hormone released in response to stress). But you have to keep doing it! So for shelters, one of the most important things they need to do is have volunteers that take each dog out for 45 minutes each day. Dogs need people. We have bred them to need people, that’s what some of the latest research has shown.

For privately owned dogs NOT in a shelter, there are just too many dogs left home alone. Some dogs get stir crazy, they never get a chance to do stuff with other dogs! We have bred dogs to be hyper-social … dogs have a social emotionality. If you take a dog and leave it home alone all day, then you wonder why he’s chewed up the house! It’s because it doesn’t have any social life. We’ve bred this hyper-social animal, and where I live in Fort Collins, we have Draconian leash laws. You’re not allowed to have your dog off the leash except a park, so a lot of dogs don’t even get the chance to play with other dogs off the leash in a normal way. That effects all behavior.

Tune in Saturday, March 26th, to 103.9 F.M. at 3 p.m., listen live on www.linewsradio.com, or go to houndstownradio.com to listen to the full 1-hour interview! We’ll be discussing:

-Why dogs behave the way they do

-Theories behind animal behavior 

-What we can do to make animals’ lives better

-How we can address certain behaviors like fear and aggression

-Why socialization is so important

-How dogs view the world

You won’t want to miss this show!

Hey guys! Dill and Cappuccino here. I'm not sure if you've seen us, but we're pretttttyyyyy popular on YouTube right now, thanks to Cappuccino's adoption video. We've gotten so many inquires, since, you know, we're so popular, that I thought we'd start a blog to send all our fans out there updates on our life as we search for our new families.

Things are pretty spectacular since we hit the jackpot and went viral. I have to say, I get ALOT of the credit I think because all the humans at Hounds Town (that's where I'm squatting right now) thought Cappuccino was just a WILD NUT until I came along and really showed him the ropes. I mean, he didn't even know how to walk on a leash until I came into the picture. After I showed him, he picked it up pretty quickly and BOOM it's like a lightbulb went off and now the guy is walking on a leash like he owns the place! You're welcome, Cap!

In other news, Hounds Town is like a cruise ship. Cap and I somehow made it to the luxury doggie overnight boarding suites and BOY are they nice. We have our own window to look out of (hey, the view of the parking lot wouldn't be my first choice but beggars can't be choosers), waitress service, and planned activities throughout the day (like interactive doggie daycare where we play with lots of friends!). What could be better?

OH, I know, finding a home so that more of my friends at the shelter get to experience this life. It's nice to be a 1%-er, I'll tell ya. I'm like the dog version of Donald Trump over here.

Anyhoo, I plan to update you all, my loyal fans, a couple times a week to let you know what's going on with us and keep you updated on our Bromance. Since we went viral, I'm expecting a lot of fan mail so we'll be waiting by the mailbox for any and all adoption applications.

Sinfully yours (not really, I'm a good boy),
Dill Weed (my pen name)

Hounds Town USA offers each and every four legged guest a safe, loving and healthy environment. Our large indoor/outdoor play areas allow dogs to fully interact from morning to night.

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