Thursday, December 4, 2008

Good News

Another week has come and gone and it is very hard to believe that it is already December. We've had some great news this week up at the Lodges and there are some exciting things happening. We found out yesterday that Ann Allums, one of the trainers, has chosen our lovable Mason to be her project dog in an upcoming season of National Geographic's "DogTown" TV series.The film crew arrived yesterday and spent the day getting acquainted with Dogtown and discussing which dogs will be filmed for the next batch of shows. I believe the next season of "DogTown" is already finished being filmed and is somewhere in the post-production process now, the filming that will be happening now will continue for several months, (in my completely unofficial, simply speculating opinion) I would guess that these episodes won't be airing until sometime late next year at the earliest. Mason has been without a home for quite sometime, I was told that he arrived at Best Friends when he was about a year old and he is now about eight. He is really great with people and CGC certified, but he is not so great with dogs or cats which is a stumbling block for many of our dogs. For those of you wondering, CGC stands for "Canine Good Citizen", it is a nationally standardized training and evaluation program to promote responsible dog ownership and well behaved dogs.
Elsewhere at the Lodges, one of our solo girls, Synergy, has made a new friend!All week she has been going on play dates with Mowgli, and after several years of living the single life, she may have found herself a run mate. After several days of short play dates, she spent the entire day with him yesterday and from all accounts, so far, things are going quite well. She has been solo for so long, because she is a very dominant female that has a tendency to hump other dogs (an expression of dominance) and get very overbearing. I don't know Mowgli personally, but I have been told that they have somewhat similar personalities, in other words, he won't take her nonsense, and it seems to be working out well. So if everything continues to go smoothly, Synergy will be moving up to Conrad's and Leopold's, a pair of octagons near the Lodges, and we will be getting one of their dogs.
Well, that is about all I can think of for today. If anyone has any questions about BF or Dogtown or what I do everyday or the nature of the universe, feel free to post them here or email them to me and I will do my best to answer them. Questions are good, they help me find things to talk about when I am trying to come up with ideas for posts. More tomorrow . . . (All photos copyright Best Friends Animal Society.)

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