Dog Kennels Center

The Daily Woof has added a new link (see left margin) for Dog Kennels Center, an online store that should meet all your dog kennel needs including crates, fences, doors, strollers, and more.

Owned by Patrick Sedivy and his wife, Dog Kennels Center also deserves recognition for its numerous charitable givings to places such as Animal Haven, SPCA LA, Animal Rescue League of Iowa just to name a few.

The site is clean and easy to navigate with clear categories and great pictures and of course comparable pricing. Stop on buy Dog Kennels Center for all your kennel needs.

Michael Vick leaves jail

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick left a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, early Wednesday, according to his publicist and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

He will serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement in Virginia, his publicist Judy Smith said. He is a native of Newport News, Virginia.

Vick, 28, pleaded guilty in August 2007 to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia.

Vick plans to work with the Humane Society of the United States on anti-dogfighting campaigns, Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle told CNN on Tuesday.

Vick will work on programs aimed at preventing youths from getting involved in dogfighting, and also on programs to assist young people who have already been involved in the blood sport.
Pacelle said the Humane Society was approached by Vick's representatives.

He said he has traveled to Kansas twice to meet with the former quarterback, and during the second visit, the two discussed how Vick could use his sway over youths to discourage them from involvement in dogfighting, as well as help those who were apprehended in connection with it.

Old Dog Haven now on Facebook

One of The Daily Woof's favorite charitable organizations has just expanded their footprint in the digital realm.

Old Dog Haven, a final refuge and adoption facility for senior dogs in Arlington, Washington has just joined popular social networking site, Facebook. Congratulations.

Foster parent and volunteer, Lisa Black, set up the page for Old Dog Haven. Check it out here.

Won't you help sponsor a senior dog? For a donation of *25, you can help a dog for 3 months! This helps with the cost of food and medications. You'll receive a picture and note of the dog your helping.

What Old Dog Haven does: OldDog Haven is a small nonprofit group using a large network of people to provide a loving safe home for abandoned senior dogs. Our goal is to provide a loving, safe home for senior dogs abandoned at this stage of their lives. When we have room, and the means, we take these dogs into our homes; if possible we adopt out those with a reasonable life-expectancy. We care for the rest as long as they have good quality of life. In addition, we try to assist owners in finding new homes for their senior dogs through our website and referrals.

Glenn Close on Oprah to discuss Puppies Behind Bars

Thanks to Amber Caouette of KG Partners for sending this to our attention:

On Friday, May 15, a new dog toy from FetchDog and Vibram Pet Products to benefit Dog Tags will be featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Award-winning actress and longtime Puppies Behind Bars supporter Glenn Close will present host Winfrey with the FetchDog "Chewy Shoe” toy and discuss how inmates train the Dog Tags dogs to assist injured soldiers as they return to their civilian lives.

Through the Puppies Behind Bars Dog Tags program, returning soldiers receive — free of charge — dogs highly trained to assist them in their daily routines and restore some of the quality of life taken from them by their wartime wounds. Inmates in New York-area prisons train the dogs, learning empathy and the rewarding feeling of giving back to society in the process. Gloria Gilbert Stoga founded Puppies Behind Bars in 1997, and added the Dog Tags initiative in 2006.

2 Men Plead Guilty to Eating Family's Pet Dog

Two Hawaiian men pleaded guilty Wednesday to first degree animal-cruelty charges after they allegedly stole an 8-month-old puppy, took it home and butchered it, the Honolulu Advertiser reported
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In exchange for their guilty plea, police dismissed a second charge of theft against Saturnino Palting, 48, and Nelson Domingo, 49, the newspaper reported.

The pair allegedly stole the puppy, named Caddy, from the Moanalu Golf Course in December 2007, where the leashed dog was left near an equipment shack by it's owner, the Advertiser reported.

Palting and Domingo were employed by the golf course as groundskeepers

GA dognapping caught n tape.

COVINGTON, Ga. -- Surveillance video shows burglars leaving a Covington home with a homeowner's stuff -- including their dog.

The homeowner said he wants his son's best friend back -- and he talked to Channel 2 Action News reporter Linda Stouffer about the crime that he still can't believe.

Ken Carter said he knew he'd been burglarized the second he saw that his front door had been busted and his alarm panel had been ripped up.

Carter said his closet had been picked through. "I had my money jug sitting over here," said Carter, pointing to a corner of his clothes closet. "And they snatched that. And my kid's clothes were right here and they snatched all of his clothes."

Carter said the worst part is that the burglars stole his son's puppy, Zeus.

"That's all he talked about when he talked to me on the phone. Just his dog, he wanted to see his dog, and come play with the dog. And now it's gone," said Carter. "I haven't told him yet."

Carter's security cameras were rolling during the burglary and caught the suspects on tape.

Ten minutes after the men broke in, the tape shows two men leaving with a big, blue bag, apparently full of stolen goods, and one man has the puppy tucked under his arm.

"I was just angry. I was just speechless," said Carter. "I work hard for everything I've got. This is my first home, and I moved out here to get away from that."

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Newton County Sheriff's Office at 678.625.1400.