This week is a CRAZY week for pet rescue benefits. I've barely been able to keep up-My dance card is OVERFULL  and I don't think I can keep up! I'll only be able to give you the FULL HEAD COUNT when the post is done-so let's get started.

Wednesday April 18th  in Greenpoint

Greepointers Calls this poster "sexy"-I can't fully disagree....---------------------------------------------------------------
Also on Wednesday the 18th @ The Gotham Comedy Club
a JOINT fundraiser for Stewie to the Rescue Inc and Empty Cages Collective!

It's only a $20 cover and a two drink min - The whole cover goes towards the rescues!
ANDREW MARTINEZ (Last Comic Standing), SHEILA KAY (Law and Order: SVU),OPHIRA EISENBERG (VH1),TIM KROMPIER (MTV), EXIENE LOFGREN (LAUGHING SKULL FESTIVAL)
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THURSDAY APRIL 19th in the EAST VILLAGE @ Upright Citizens Brigade, 153 East 3rd Street, possibly the "weirdest" & "wildest" of the bunch....the LEAST TAME for sure I suspect.
To benefit WAGGYTAIL rescue
Hosted by Dave Hill and starring Janeane Garofalo featuring Adam Sank, Liam McEneaney, Mike Amato, and a very special surprise guest.
BUT WAIT! there's MORE!! A no-cover afterparty and raffle at Double Down Saloon on Avenue A, 8:30-10:30 PM

I just don't think you can compete with wacked out prizes like  BOTOX, Lessons from a Dominatrix and 5 minute speed date with a Playboy Model...clearly something for everyone...well, maybe nothing for your Nana-nope, wait wellness exams from Cooper Sq Veterinary are also on the table.

* I might STILL be missing a benefit ...it seemed like there were MORE.
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UPCOMING!!

WOOF WOOF WEDDING
ANOTHER benefit for WaggyTail Rescue! [that gal is BUSY!] and North Shore Animal League.
Broadway STAR ORFEH's dog BOO will marry DJS EVENTS founder Dawn Strain's dog daughter- a rescue dog VIA waggytail rescue...
This should be something! More later....

DID I Miss anything? let me know...

This is HINTO, a Rat Terrier Rescue dog that just finished small dog class..and with a BANG!

He came in as the most shy dog in the class, and is slowly warming up and coming out of his shell. Small dog class is a great way to remedially socialize small dogs with other dogs of a similar size so they are "less scary" and then you can slowly work up to more interactions with larger or mulitiple dogs. Small dog class also help focus on some of those annoying small dog centric issues like EXTENDED housetraining issues, barking and hand shyness.

Jumping through the arms is a great trick to reduce fear of proximity to people's hands/arms and LOOMING OVER-which is a BIGGIE.

IN case you've never seen a circus-y dog show, you can get some trick ideas HERE

This TRICK  is surprisingly easy to teach. Next week I'll show the steps to this trick!

xoxoxo Denise

 

So I really like this Chihuahua -it looks like my PI...

You know you ALWAYS wanted one of these! I certainly did/do! I think this would look awesome in the studio..and make for good socialization weirdness for the pups who will clearly be baffled by this stiff noble plaster beast

The Pink Princess hat makes it! It does it does!

Ha! No comment here..

FEED or FED! Which is it? My dogs try to trick us when we have multiple family members attending to them. Don't panic and double feed ever again. Like a DIRTY/CLEAN sign for the dishwasher but for dogs.

When good crafts go to the DOGS...it's REGRETSY TIME.

 

Have you heard of Regretsy? It's a fantastic BLOG/SITE that highlights some of the MOST HORRID selections of crafty merchandise you might never otherwise run across from ETSY.COM, a very popular commercial site for artist, craftspeople and resellers. Etsy brings crafters and their wares to a unified marketplace where like-minded people can browse online and buy  them, like a MEGA renegade craft fair 24-7.

Before I move on to comment on my VERSION of Regretsy, First things first...

#1 I LOVE people making stuff, so KUDOS to anyone for making stuff.

#2 Finding hideous stuff on Etsy was harder than I thought. Maybe I'm just a happy optimist.

#3 If any of this is yours, please don't take it personal...I probably LOVED your other stuff for $ale, but you gotta ADMIT, it takes a special person to LIKE THESE items...I HOPE you sell them!

Here's some of the words i searched to try to get AWFUL regresty worthy dog stuff DOGS + FLEECE Dogs + COLORFUL DOGS + WOW DOGS + RAINBOWS DOGS + LITLLE +FLUFFY +CUTE I might as well have searched DOGS + JAPANESE...let me try that now.
NOPE! Japanese stuff is CUTE & GLITTERY!

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You could pretty much sell me ANYTHING with a chihuahua on it...but NO not this. This is like a Badgerhuahua. It reminds me of Caddyshack and also the toothbrush commercial in the movie Grease.
Creepy neo-natal chihuahua sketch for $ale. 2.50 GBP
New life ACEO Chihuahua Print by majestikart on Etsy

 via etsy.com

 

WOW! you say you did that on a COMPUTER, Really? I couldn't tell...
AT ALL.  Dog of All Colors Original Digital Drawing by CoolBlueDog ONLY $75.00
 

 

 

Apparently, that's FABRIC....I thought it was a melted bottle cap of some sort...ALSO the description tells me that's a GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppy in the center.  "Are you certain?' ---"of course-Look at the ears!"

hmmmm...once it's covered with hair [In case you HAVE NOT GUESSED-it's a hair clip] who can tell.
Bowwow by Nanniegoat

WOW...was "Crosseyed" and "Needs Grooming, but has had recent pedicure" searchable-Who knew?
Adorable Vintage Dog Planter Made in by 23burtonavenue $12.00

So THERE is a BLANKET in there?...and a LOOFA? LIke a SPONGE?  Oh a LOOFA toy? I think that's confusing for most people.
I thought it was going to be a Bonzai Kitten when I ordered it-Drat.
DOG Blanket w/FREE Loofa Toy medium by KingMtnTreasures $18.00
   

 

Found this last night at the corner of Union and Metropolitan next to Macri Park bar...I LOVE THIS....PETEY got a gun!

anyone know who's this is, or for the record-what kind of gun that is?

[Empire of the Dog does not condone violence as a means to solve disagreements, but "ritualized aggression" has been known to be an effective means of resolving conflicts non-violently and with a realistic outcome]

This fall Empire of the Dog in Brooklyn is proud to host THE PIT BULL GURU, Drayton Michaels.

Drayton has petitioned tirelessly for the cause of Pit Bulls. His documentary The Pit Bull Hoax is available online and he operates PITBULLGURU.COM.

This fall we will host Drayton for a very special seminar in BROOKLYN at our EMPIRE of the DOG studio in WIlliamsburg. We are very excited-stay tuned for details. In the meantime, prove to yourself the difficulty with BSL [Breed Specific Legislation] by taking the CAN YOU SPOT THE PITBULL quiz online.

A question many new [and seasoned even] dog owners often ask me is, "Is that play TOO ROUGH?", in regard to their dog's play style or the style of a play partner for their dog. Sometimes what they mean is "Is that play too LOUD?". It's true that rough play can often accompany loud and growly play. However, more often than not, loud play is simply that-LOUD PLAY. A great way to try and look at dog play without being negatively biased by the sound is to turn the volume down in your head and focus on how it looks rather than how it sounds.

Banjo [ shown here in Australian Terrier Red] and Truman [ a pretty picture in Mixed Brussels Brown] engage in some growly but mutually satisfying consensual play. There is 'turnabout', meaning that they each swap 'dominant' or rather PUSHY roles if you will, and each is in turn the 'chaser' and the 'chasee'. If everything "looks" good, you can often chalk up the sound to preference or personality, but not "intention" to do harm or it being TOO rough.