Friday, May 18, 2012
Barrio Dogs at the East End Street Fest
The Cinco de Mayo Street Fest sponsored by the East End Chamber of Commerce was a huge success. The weather was hot but that did not stop the crowds from the East End and throughout Houston from attending the Street Fest, the first in what will undoubtedly be an annual event. Barrio Dogs was pleased to be there too along with our literature, t-shirts and volunteers as we continue to spread the word that spay and neuter is the only solution to animal overpopulation.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Second Anniversary Celebration
Barrio Dogs celebrated its second anniversary with a fun and lively party at Bohemeo's in the East End. A large crowd turned out for the event on Sunday, April 22, 2012, and by all appearances, everyone had a great time!
Billboard Ideas
We are working with local billboard companies to try to post these great Barrio Dogs' billboards. However we can, we are trying to spread the word.
Monday, April 16, 2012
KIPP Students Rehearse for Barrio Dogs Celebration
We had an exciting rehearsal day at KIPP last week with Norma, Ernie and Javier Zenteno for the Barrio Dogs 2nd anniversary celebration that will feature music by the Norma Zenteno Band and local superstar musicians. The event will include a special performance by students from the KIPP Explore Academy.Thank you to Karen Shuster at KIPP for helping us organize the performance!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Easter Pictures at Browning
Our Rescue Education Ambassador Dog, Chloe, took some time off from her Tails to Tails sessions and Youth & Paws presentations to have some fun with the students at Browning Elementary by doing Easter photos. Big thanks to everyone that made this a fun day for the students.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Youth and Paws at DRAW Academy
Barrio Dogs visited DRAW Academy recently as part of the Youth and Paws program. Volunteer Maria Ivanez and rescue dog Henry had a full house of students interested in learning more about the importance of proper animal care. We had a wonderful time with the students at DRAW Academy and hope to visit again!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Program
Do you shop at Kroger? If you do, you can help us raise money. Please print this form and take with you on your next trip. At the register, ask them to scan the bar code and then scan your Kroger Plus card and it permanently links it to your card. From that day forward,every time you shop at Kroger and use your Kroger Plus card, a donation will be sent to us. The current bar code expires at the of April and we’ll have to do this again but the next one will good for a year. Please share with anyone you know who shops at Kroger!
Friday, March 16, 2012
The Barrio Dogs Myth Series - Myth #1
Myth #1: Barrio Dogs is a rescue group.
We are actually NOT a rescue group. In fact, we are only an animal group at all by proxy. We are actually a “people” group. Our mission is to educate and empower people so that they will take better care of their dogs and the dogs living in their community, homeless or otherwise, and in doing so, better their community. We love dogs and we hate seeing the crisis that they are enduring in the Greater East End. We love rescue groups and we think there is a real need and place for them in the world. But we could scoop up every single homeless dog in the entire East End this evening and by tomorrow morning, 10 more will have been dumped and abandoned and the problem would live on through breeding of those dogs.
We believe strongly that changing the mindset of people in our community towards dogs is the only way to solve this problem. We teach spay/neuter, use of leashes and fences, no chains, proper nutrition and vaccinations. We speak about not tolerating cruelty and neglect of animals and report, report, report when you know of a situation. And we offer assistance in the form of vetting for people willing to foster homeless animals, literature for those willing to share our message and reporting resources to those who know of a cruelty situation.
We realize that because we have dogs in our program that we are adopting out, our role in the animal crisis is a bit confusing. Let’s just say that there have been cases where it was simply inhumane to pass a dog by and we felt we had to intervene. But our message is bigger than that, our focus is not on rescue work and to be frank, we don’t have funds to support that line of work.
Next - Myth #2: Barrio Dogs has a long list of people ready and wanting to foster and we just don’t have enough dogs to give them.
We are actually NOT a rescue group. In fact, we are only an animal group at all by proxy. We are actually a “people” group. Our mission is to educate and empower people so that they will take better care of their dogs and the dogs living in their community, homeless or otherwise, and in doing so, better their community. We love dogs and we hate seeing the crisis that they are enduring in the Greater East End. We love rescue groups and we think there is a real need and place for them in the world. But we could scoop up every single homeless dog in the entire East End this evening and by tomorrow morning, 10 more will have been dumped and abandoned and the problem would live on through breeding of those dogs.
We believe strongly that changing the mindset of people in our community towards dogs is the only way to solve this problem. We teach spay/neuter, use of leashes and fences, no chains, proper nutrition and vaccinations. We speak about not tolerating cruelty and neglect of animals and report, report, report when you know of a situation. And we offer assistance in the form of vetting for people willing to foster homeless animals, literature for those willing to share our message and reporting resources to those who know of a cruelty situation.
We realize that because we have dogs in our program that we are adopting out, our role in the animal crisis is a bit confusing. Let’s just say that there have been cases where it was simply inhumane to pass a dog by and we felt we had to intervene. But our message is bigger than that, our focus is not on rescue work and to be frank, we don’t have funds to support that line of work.
Next - Myth #2: Barrio Dogs has a long list of people ready and wanting to foster and we just don’t have enough dogs to give them.
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