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This girl won't last long given the explosive popularity of Game of Thrones -- she's a dead ringer for a dire-wolf. Good news for you though, she's perfect sized for the city and your Ikea throne. Think of it, instead, of having no connection to this fantasy land (which, in reality is you sitting there with your Doritos stained pj's, shoving donuts down your face while you chuff at the red wedding, pretending it's the Doritos dust in your eyes and that you're not crying).

You could be taking your majestic dire-wolf-dog to the park to look for any Drogo look-a-likes. Watching her trot through the grounds reminded me of dense swarthy forests -- Celtic flutes softly playing in the background. But, she's too sweet for GoT; not enough drama with her story line. They'd probably write her out since she's not sleeping with her brother and her darkest side probably consists of food creeping. Let's hope she gets to be a kept lady of a castle; with those baby blue eyes you'd be lucky to adopt her and get to be her keeper.

- Rachael




The best way to check on the adoption status of this dog (and other dogs and cats and other small domestic animals) is to visit Toronto Animal Services adoption website or call 416 338 6668 for the Toronto Animal Services South shelter. If the dog is no longer on the TAS adoption website, it's probably because it's been adopted already.



5 Comments to “Melissa - Husky”

  1. Anonymous says:

    She is a diamond with those beautiful eyes she is absolutely breath taking. Hopefully she will find the right person/family to adopt her. Please let us know if she does get adopted because that will be great news.

  2. Great looking pup! Hope she finds a forever home soon!

    RA

  3. Anonymous says:

    Fr ed do you know if Melissa the beautiful husky got adopted or is she at a rescue?

  4. Anonymous says:

    Thanks Fr ed for the update on Melissa.

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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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