Want to help out with your local animal rescue group or shelter but don’t know how? Maybe your lifestyle doesn’t allow you to foster a pet. Maybe your work schedule or family obligations prevent you from helping at an adoption day. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t help local homeless animals in other ways. Take a look at these YouTube videos which aim to raise awareness about Black Dog Syndrome, get attention for a Retriever rescue group and (in a wonderfully humorous and touching way) counter breed discrimination.


If you have the time and just a little bit of know-how, here is your chance to unleash your inner Frances Ford Coppola. Consider creating a YouTube video which your local rescue or shelter can use can on their website, send to supporters, include in their fundraising appeals, link on their Facebook or MySpace page and yes, post on YouTube for extra exposure. You’ll be reaching a huge online audience that may include potential adopters, new foster families, volunteers and donors. So contact your local rescue group, break out the laptop and get ready for “two paws up” from the homeless animals who you’ll be helping!


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Peace to your pack,


Heather Rosenwald
Founder, startseeingblackdogs.com

If your rescue group or shelter organization is serious about increasing adoptions, stop and ask yourself – are you making the most out of the free P.R. opportunities in your community? If the answer is no, this excellent guide to getting P.R. to increase your adoptions from Maddie’s Fund is a must-read:


http://www.maddies.org/Resource_Library ... y_101.html


Maddie’s Fund, the Pet Rescue Foundation, is a family foundation established in 1999 to help fund the creation of a no-kill nation. Since its inception, Maddie's Fund has awarded animal welfare organizations and universities $71.6 million to save dog and cat lives.


Peace to your pack-


Heather Rosenwald
Founder, startseeingblackdogs.com



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Many people I meet are unaware that black shelter dogs are often overlooked by potential adopters. Opinions vary about why this happens -- see our web page on "Black Dog Syndrome" -- black dogs are more challenging to photograph, people think they look alike and they also tend to "disappear" in the shadows of often dark shelters. No matter the reason, most in the animal welfare world agree that darker colored dogs may get passed over by families looking to add a pet to their lives. This great YouTube video is a wonderful way to raise awareness about "Black Dog Syndrome."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dyxo1Y-lkg



For ideas on how to make black dogs stand out in a shelter environment or at an adoption day, our website provides a few ideas that can get you going. Once people realize that mixed-breed black shelter dogs are truly “underdogs", they often deliberately seek them out the next time they are looking for an animal to adopt. Help us spread the word and save more lives!


Peace to your pack,


Heather Rosenwald


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When I heard that one of my favorite past times -- eating -- could actually help dogs in need, I couldn't wait to spread the word! Join the friends of Animal Ark, Minnetota's only no kill shelter on Saturday, July 18th from 8:00 to 9:45 at the Applebee's, 1335 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. $6.00 buys the pancakes and a huge dose of good will for helping with this very worthy cause. Hope to see you there - I'll be the one in black, of course!


Peace to your pack,


Heather Rosenwald
Founder, startseeingblackdogs.com

This Independence Day weekend here in the U.S. has me thinking -- as always -- about the literally thousands of black dogs patiently waiting for homes in rescue groups and shelters across the country. Check out this interesting article written by Casie Clough in Birminghm, A.L. with wonderful, simple ways you can help draw attention to the often overelooked black dogs and help increase adoption rates:


http://www.examiner.com/x-10831-Birming ... g-syndrome



Peace to you and your "pack" ,

Heather