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I always find it endearing when a dog has a perpetually worried look on its face. Sunny shouldn't be worried, though. He's a handsome lad with a great personality and I'm sure he'll be quick into a home.

Sunny is a transfer from a pound outside of Toronto where he would've had a hard time being adopted out. That would've been a shame because then he would never have been given a chance to enrich someone's life with his wonderful disposition.






5 Comments to “Sunny - German Shepherd Collie mix”

  1. Anonymous says:

    Sunny is indeed a lovely lovely fella. Who would not want a dog who looks to its master as though to say, okay, what would you like now best friend in all the world? He probably looked at you Fred as though to say, I want you as my master, how come that can't happen? Your reply would be, Sunny, if I could I'd take every last one of you home. Gawd, we all would, if only we could.
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  2. NK says:

    Love that goofy expression!

  3. Anonymous says:

    What a worried little soul.

  4. Rosa says:

    He looks anxious, but very bright.... Once he has his forever home I can picture him relaxing and being so happy. Has anyone inquired about him yet?

  5. Fred says:

    Hi Rosa, Sunny's been adopted. Thanks for inquiring.

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The reason for this blog is to help get specific dogs adopted from TAS but equally important is to try to normalize the idea of shelter dogs being just as good and just as desirable as any other dogs including those which are regularly merchandised by backyard breeders, puppy millers and those few remaining pet store owners who still feel a need to sell live animals. The single greatest stigma shelter animals still face is the belief that shelter animals are substandard animals. Anyone who has had enough experience with shelter animals knows this is untrue but the general public hasn't had the same experiences you've had. They see a nice dog photo in a glossy magazine and too many of them would never think of associating that dog with a dog from a shelter. After all, no one abandons perfectly good dogs, right? Unfortunately, as we all know, perfectly good dogs are abandoned all the time.

The public still too often associates shelter dogs with images of beat up, sick, dirty, severely traumatized animals and while we definitely sometimes see victims such as these, they are certainly not the majority and, regardless, even the most abused animals can very often be saved and made whole again.

Pound Dogs sometimes discusses the sad histories some of the dogs have suffered. For the most part, though, it tries to present the dogs not as victims but as great potential family members. The goal is to raise the profiles of animals in adoption centers so that a potential pet owner sees them as the best choice, not just as the charity choice.

So, here's the favour I'm asking. Whenever you see a dog picture on these pages you think is decent enough, I'd like you to consider sharing it on Facebook or any other social media sites you're using (I know many of you do this already and thank you for that). And when you share it, please mention that the dog in the photo is a shelter dog like so many other shelter dogs waiting for a home. If we can get even five percent of the pet buying public to see shelter dogs differently, to see how beautiful they are and how wonderful they are, and to consider shelter dogs as their first choice for a new family member, we can end the suffering of homeless pets in this country.
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