Pet Finder Pet of the Week - Billy

We haven't had a Pet Finder Pet of the Week for almost two weeks (although I did tell a woman who was looking for a dog to adopt about it so maybe that counts). So this week we will spotlight Billy the French Bulldog in honor of my new roommate whom I affectionately like to call "Little Bit". So we will spotlight Billy the French Bulldog.

Billy, the lovable stray found in NYC, certainly has a lucky star watching out for him, or maybe it’s the Mickey Mouse face that appears on his back! Billy was found wandering in one of the 5 Boroughs of NYC and ended up in a big, overcrowded NYC shelter. Thankfully, one of our volunteers was able to spring him and arrange foster care for him.

We think Billy is 2-3 years old, but he hasn’t had much in the way of training and still thinks he is a puppy. When he came to us he needed medical attention, and has since had his cherry eyes, nares and palate fixed, as well as the obligatory neutering. He had obviously been without adequate care, as he was very thin; he is still working on gaining weight. His paws were very tender, and it was obvious he had not been walked or taken outside to do his business.

Billy is a big, goofy adolescent frog in need of some training, but the payoff for his forever family will be huge. Billy is full of love and needs someone to share it with. He is diligently working on his housebreaking and is slowly getting the concept. He must be taken out frequently, so someone who is home all day is a must for him. He is crate trained, but will occasionally relieve himself in his crate if the wait to get out is too long. His forever family will have to consistently follow a routine. Like many puppies, Billy will still find ways to amuse himself if left alone, so puppy-proof the house!

Life is one big adventure for Billy, and everything is something waiting to be discovered. From wood chips to his foster mom’s coffee table, nothing escapes Billy’s attention--or his teeth. He is very good at giving big slobbery kisses, playing with his toys and zooming around the house. This guy needs a fenced in yard to burn off his energy, as well as explore the great beyond in. He is quite flexible and would do fine with other animals or kids in the house. Being a big kid himself, he would enjoy some playmates! However, if he is an only he can amuse himself: he has even learned to throw his ball to himself!
Billy is looking for his forever home and hopes that maybe you are it. He is currently enjoying spring in northern NJ. If you are his forever family, plan on visiting our nation's garden state in person, as he will not be shipped.

To apply to adopt Billy cut and paste this site:
http://www.frenchbulldogrescue.org/htdocs/onlineapp.html

This pet is up to date with routine shots.
This pet has been altered.

Wow! Billy sounds awesome! He would make the perfect pet. If you know anyone who would be interested please pass the info on and make your aura a little bit brighter.

Chow for now!

Natalie Rivera Jewelry and Inphorm Activewear Trunk Show

Now for some gratuitous advertisement. The PPP is proud to announce:

Spring 2009 trunk show for Natalie Rivera Jewelry and Inphorm Active/Yoga Wear.

Natalie Rivera Jewelry is jewelry that brings a spiritual & holistic approach to life with contemporary designs.

Inphorm apparel is fashioned for comfort and function - easy separates for spa, gym, beach; for yoga or lounging. The materials and the energy to produce them are green - eco-forward clothing created at earth friendly facilities.

Trunk show will take place Thursday April 30th, 2009 at John Robshaw Textiles showroom from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Refreshments will be served.

John Robshaw Textiles
245 West 29th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave), Suite 1501
New York, NY 10011
212-594-6006

www.nrjewelry.com

Please come and support me (um my mom) as my food count on the success of her jewelry.

Chow for now!

After

Well this morning I was rudely awaken early with my mommy practically force-feeding me my food and then telling me we were going for a walk.

I was as you can imagine very excited to be going for a walk on such a beautiful day. My mom brought along my red doggie bag so I knew we were going to take the subway which connotes an adventure.

I was right, we got on the train and a few stops later we got off at 28th Street. I was quite happy doing my puppy prance until we turned the corner and there it was, the building that houses all my nightmares; the groomers!! I tried my best to not walk there and pulled away but mom just scooped me up and into the little shop of horrors we went.

I don't know if you know what happens in when you go to the groomers but it is the equivalent of going to jail and having the prison guard do "the search". Literally every orifice of your body is violated, washed, lathered, snipped, shaved and then to top it off I am put in a box with a small hole to stick my head out that acts as a blow dryer. I literally shiver dry. Then when I am done I languor in wait for my mom to come pick me up hoping she doesn't abuse the "pick your dog up by six" rule and pick me up when they are done.

Anyway, as you can see I was given a very close cut but they left hair on my head and tail so I don't look like a freakish white rat like the California groomer made me look like.

Please forgive the penis shot and the little bit of lipstick showing as I was quite excited to be home when this shot was taken.

See, there WAS a morning after and I now have my spiffy summer hair cut.

Chow for now!

Before

Well, I haven't had my hair cut since November 13th, 2008. I had a very short haircut previously so my mom waited till we got to California because she thought it would cost less but it didn't. It was almost twice as much as she pays in New York and even though I was a little matted, the woman decided to shave all my hair off (tail hair included).

I scared my family members when they saw me as they thought I was a big white rat. When we returned to New York I had to have a sweater on 24/7 since it was winter. It took a long time to grow my hair back.

By late March my mom realized that my hair was getting long and it needed to be groomed. We go to New York School of Dog Grooming and it is $30 per cut as opposed to $75 to go to any other groomers. Students train on me but I have been going since I was a puppy and they always did a good job. Well, someone did a documentary on the school and between that and the bad economy it now takes a month to get an appointment where in the past it took two days.

So the last month has been H-E-Double hockey sticks on my hair. I am as you can see in the photo quite matted on the areas where my harness goes. And a few other places. With this recent hot weather I am hot all the time. From all the running around in the park I look like a dust mop. Mom walks as far away from me as she can as she feels my looks are not up to par with hers. So tomorrow I go to the groomers and chances are quite likely that I am going to get all my hair cut again.

So tomorrow I will head out in the morning with my mom and take the bus downtown and get completely violated from top to bottom and come out looking very tiny and vulnerable. I instructed my mom to bring my Lacoste top so I don't go home looking quite so naked. I guess it will be my summer cut and I will feel much cooler.

This is the first time that I am going back to NY School of Dog Grooming without Q-Ball so that will be sad. The people on the phone couldn't believe the story of Q-Ball's death as they have seen us since we were little puppies.

Anyway this is my BEFORE picture. There's got to be a morning after!

Chow for now!

Golden Gal - Bea Arthur, Gone But Not Forgotten

Noooo!! Say it ain't so! Today after a day of gallivanting around town with my mom as she looked for jewelry supplies and took me to the park we came home to find out that our beloved Bea Arthur has passed away. We here at the Rivera household are shaken, I had to cheer up my mom up by placing my paw on her lap and looking at her meaningfully.
Here is People Magazine's tribute to Bea Arthur.

Beatrice Arthur, the larger-than-life actress who scored on Broadway as the original matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof and the hard-drinking actress in Mame before she went on to star in the groundbreaking '70s TV series Maude and, in the '80s, the beloved sitcom The Golden Girls, died early Saturday morning. She was 86.

Dan Watt, a spokesman for Arthur's family, told the Associated Press that the star had been suffering with cancer, though he did not specify what kind. She died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family by her side, said Watt, who remembered Arthur as "a brilliant and witty woman."

Maude, which debuted on CBS in 1972 (and ran until 1978) was a spin-off of the hit All in the Family. As the liberal cousin of archconservative Archie Bunker's wife Edith, the much-married Maude wasn't afraid to broach such controversial (especially for TV at the time) topics as abortion and civil rights.

Golden Girls, a popular NBC Saturday-night staple from 1985 to 1992, featured Arthur as the outspoken Dorothy Zbornak, who shared a Florida home with three other retired women, including her mother, played by Estelle Getty – who died last July, at 84. The other stars were Rue McClanahan and Betty White.

New York Origins
Born Bernice Frankel in New York City but raised in Maryland, where her parents ran a women's clothing store, Arthur debuted on the Off Broadway stage in New York in the 1940s, with her Broadway musical triumphs – though her singing voice was deep and scratchy – in the mid-'60s.


Married and divorced twice, Arthur took her stage name (in part) from her first husband, the screenwriter, director and producer Robert Alan Aurthur, whose credits include the Bob Fosse film All That Jazz. With second husband, Mame director Gene Saks, she adopted two sons, Matthew, 47, and Daniel, 44. They survive her.

Of her powerful stage and TV persona, which often found her cast in the same sort of role, Arthur once said, "Look – I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting."

Peace out Bea! Chow for now!

Gossip Friday - April 24th, 2009

We here at the PPP have not had a Gossip Friday for some time. Perhaps we were trying to take the high road and be a more serious post but we here pride ourselves in covering both the high and low so "here now the news!"

Britain's Got Talent and new Scottish internet singing star Susan Boyle did the inevitable, she got a makeover. Not the heavy duty Hollywood kind of makeover where she got lipo, surgery, new lips and Madonna's cheek implants (along with breast implants). She got the "How Do I Look?" type of makeover. She got a weed whacker and got her eyebrows done (much to my relief as I as a dog have a pet peeve against bushy eyebrows), her hair was styled and she had her grays dyed away. Plus she is now sporting a new wardrobe that screams "virgin librarian!" Many people are disappointed that she is changing herself but personally I think she may have been a little bit depressed as people who are down can let themselves go a bit and now she has the world at her feet so why not brush herself off and enjoy the ride?


This weekend kicks off Salma Hayek's second wedding ceremony to her French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault on Saturday. There was some reports stating that the celebration was going to cost over 2 million dollars. In these times that seems very insensitive especially since Francois-Henri Pinault's company had some recent layoffs that got a little dangerous as workers surrounded his car and kept him captive for approximately an hour. Salma Hayek denied that they were spending 2 million dollars on wedding nuptials. She stated, "I think a wedding is about love, friends, family and fun." Mindi Weiss, Hollywood's premiere wedding planner who brags that most of her weddings are 1 million plus is the wedding planner.


The wedding weekend kicked off Friday with a rehearsal dinner at the Punta Della Dogana, one of Venice’s most historic buildings, which guards the south entry of Venice’s Grand Canal. The Carnival in Venice-style masked ball was held inside a white tent in the courtyard with many A-lists celebrity guests. On Saturday they will exchange vows again Saturday at the Palazzo Grassi, a historic white-marble palace owned by the Pinault family and the site where Hayek and Pinault first met in 2006.

Um, I am starting to believe Salma's when she says her wedding is not 2 million dollars, I think it costs more like three million! Hey she is a little minx who thinks she deserves the world so I say go for it Salma! You are an inspiration to gold diggers everywhere!! However do not forget what they did to the aristocracy in times of the French Revolution. "Let them eat flan!"

Our last post for the evening is about Beyonce. If you are looking to waste ten dollars and have nothing better to do than see God-awful movies then, "Obsessed" is the movie for you. In a movie script usually reserved for Jennifer Lopez when she thinks she will show her acting chops and go for an Oscar, Beyonce now got a hold of this script to show her acting range. I smell a Razzie!

The movie is basically a horrible version of Basic Instinct/Fatal Attraction. The movie wasn't screened for critics so you know that is the first red flag. The few reviews that have come in have been less than stella as we can all imagine. I personally don't mind movies like this, we all need another Showgirls for fun.


Here is a picture of the gown Beyonce wore to opening night for her movie, of course designed by her no talent mom for House of Dereon, or as Michael K likes to say, "House of Derriere" He further goes to say; "Beyonce is wearing House of Derrier's 80s catch-all dress! It can take you from prom to wedding to funeral. It's the only dress you'll ever need......if you lived and died in the mid-80s." LOL!!!

Oh well, today was beautiful outside. My mom and I had a few walks today including one in Central Park in where little girls attacked me for my cuteness. This weekend is going to be sunny and in the mid 80's! We are so happy to get a taste of our favorite season, that being summer. I just hope my mom remembers to bring my water bottle on our jaunts. So have a great weekend and wear some sunscreen.

Oh and just to put a smile on your face I recommend you play these three clips from You Tube.

The first is about Maru, the puss in the box:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhLQCYQ-nQ&feature=player_embedded

The second is what Qball and I looked liked when we danced salsa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDWTjkHb9nY

And a Chihuahua dancing salsa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6qQJe-u83I

Chow for now!

A Sad Day For Pet Charities

The PPP today is making Americans aware that trusts they set up for charitable foundations especially for specific causes such as animal charities may not be honored.

The trustees of the Harry and Leona Helmsley Charitable Foundation had allocated $136 million of grants, with just $1 million (or less than 1 percent) going to dog-related organizations. It was Leona Helmsley's specific wish that the majority of the grants go to the care of dogs in the distribution of its proceeds. 14 million dollars alone was left for the care of her beloved Maltese, Trouble.

According to Wayne Pacelle from The Humane Society of the United States, "Thwarting the intentions of those who leave their estates to benefit animal protection has a sad and deplorable history, including in the cases of Helen V. Brach, Geraldine R. Dodge, and Doris Duke, who like Mrs. Helmsley bequeathed their great wealth for the benefit of animals. The foundations these women left behind may be operating in their names, but their wishes are not being honored. There is a larger principle at stake in this situation, one of protecting the decisions of people who leave their money for the care of animals, a wholly legitimate philanthropic purpose."


So much could have been done for animal causes with these grants as Mr.Pacelle states, "Canine shelter medicine programs staffed by well-trained veterinarians and technicians. Dog behaviorists to maximize animals’ chances at adoption. Improved housing for dogs waiting for forever homes. Public education programs to boost spaying and neutering, and to improve canine veterinary health. Enhanced data collection systems to track and advance the goals of reducing euthanasia of unhomed healthy animals. Humane instruction for children so that they will know how to relate to and care for dogs. Then of course, there are the problems of puppy mills and dogfighting.
And that’s just on the domestic front. Once we look abroad, there’s even more work to do. There are hundreds of millions of street dogs worldwide. In most nations, these and other dogs don’t die a humane death, but are killed by the worst of means. Moreover, SPCAs operating in nations outside of the developed world are poor and without infrastructure, training, and management. A little funding would go a long way in these places. There’s even a major intersection of dog welfare and public health, given that thousands of people die every year from rabies caused by dog bites."

We dogs, we pets give so much to humans. We give unconditional love, loyalty, companionship, joy, happiness and humor. We deserve the funds to help us live better lives on earth and have a voice given to us. It is wrong to disregard the wishes of anyone who leaves money for a legitimate cause. Every charity in America, regardless of mission, should be frightened by the prospect of an absence of resources.

Hopefully this latest decision can be appealed and turned over otherwise why bother to have a will created stating the purposes of how you want your funds distributed after your demise. That seems very unamerican.

Chow for now!

Happy Earth Day! Or is it???

Today the PPP celebrates Earth Day! We here at the PPP started to do our share of saving planet earth by making sure our computer is off when we don't use it and unplugging the computer and other household items we don't use all the time. We were very surprised as how much less energy we used and how much money we saved. In these hard times we feel if every one knew how easy it was to save energy and money they would all be on board.

Today Oprah had a great show about Earth Day and all the things we should know and do about saving our planet. Please go to her website to check it out: www.oprah.com

Her show began with a topic I only found out recently written in fiction so I thought it may not be true but it was. She spoke about the giant garbage patches that are located in every ocean on earth. Specifically she spoke about the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch which has been growing a brisk rate since the 1950s. It is an enormous island of trash twice the size of Texas and can be found floating in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between San Francisco and Japan. The trash stew is 80 percent plastic and weighs more than 3.5 million tons. 80 percent of it comes from what we throw in the rivers, streams, oceans, or what blows into the ocean. The other 20 percent comes from garbage thrown out by ships, especially cruise ships who dump their garbage into the ocean.


This garbage patch is 90 feet deep in some regions and each year tens of thousands of animals and sea life lose their life by either ingesting the garbage or getting caught up in the patch. As a site that likes to spotlight animal rights we at the PPP decided to harp on this point for Earth Day and to make humans more aware of this gigantic continent of garbage floating around in all our oceans and how humans destroy our ecosystem with their incredible waste.

Whales are now starting to show signs of getting breast cancer from eating plastic. Birds are dying with bellies full of plastic inside of them. On the Oprah show we saw a cute little sea turtle chewing on plastic thinking it was food. It was very sad to see these innocent animals caught in the web of human waste.

One of things that you humans can do is to try your best to eliminate your use of plastic, especially plastic bags. I am going to have my mommy go to the grocery store with a reusable canvas bag from now on.

There are so many things we can do to make this earth better and all we have to do is educate ourselves and make an effort as it will not only make it a better place for the animals but also for yourself our the future of earth.

Chow for now!

Designing Dogs

The PPP is very lucky to have a mom and many close friends who are designers. Besides my mom designing jewelry (here comes the shameless product endorsement: www.nrjewelry.com) we have Uncle Saad, Patrick, Uncle John, Aunty Annie and Aunty Marielise to name a few.

However upon further investigation the PPP has found out that besides Valentino being crazy about his six pugs as documented in "Valentino, The Last Emperor" being a lover of the canine species seems to be the common denominator for the following talented designers:

Isaac Mizrahi and Harry the mutt


Tommy Hilfiger with Jimi and Dylan, French Bulldogs


Donna Karan and Steph, Chocolate Lab


Vera Wang with Cooper, Sam, and Lucy, Papillon and Yorkies


Marc Jacobs The trendsetter loves cozying up to his bulldog terriers, Daisy and Alfred.




Frida Giannini The Gucci designer has a soft spot for her German shepherd, Gunner.




Stephano Pilati This Yves Saint Laurent tastemaker adores his longtime companion, his albino boxer, Bepi




Christopher Bailey The Burberry wunderkind has the perfect accoutrement for the English countryside: his Chocolate lab puppy, George.




Here is my mom and I, Powder Puff the ultimate designing dog.


So if you want to become a famous designer I highly recommend you get a dog. Hear that Uncle Saad!!

Chow for now!

Cute Things Come In Small Packages

The PPP is taking Sunday off today to destress from yesterday's incident. I leave you here with a cute dog story from UK's Telegraph.

A cross between a Yorkshire Terrier and a Chihuahua, Tilly was born on January 15 at which time she was around three inches long and weighing less than four ounces.

Now fully grown, her owner Karen McPhearson has been told her growing days are over.

"Tilly is so boisterous and enthusiastic for someone so small," says Karen of East Kilbride.

"We took her to the vets last week and we were told that she will not grow any more.

"She has not got any bigger since she was four weeks old and now weighs just one pound four ounces and is just eight inches long and about eight inches tall from head to floor or six inches from her back to the floor."

Earlier this month, reports suggested that a Chiuahuah-Jack Russell cross puppy, aptly named Tom Thumb, could hold the record for Britain's smallest dog.

Measuring less than four inches from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail and weighing around three ounces the pup is considerably smaller than Tilly.

But at only three weeks of age, the tiny puppy has plenty of growing time left.

For Karen however, records are not so important as she and her husband Norrie, 46, now have another addition to their growing collection of dogs.

"Tilly weighs just one pound four ounces but she has a big appetite," says 45-year-old Karen.

"Apart from her usual five meals a day of dog food, she loves to drink tea and eat baby ruskies.

"Norrie and I are always running around after Tilly, her parents Sasha and Tyson (both Chorkies) and our fourth dog, CJ. a Japanese Akita.

"They can be quite a handful but they are definitely worth it."

Despite her tiny frame Tilly does not hold the record for the world's smallest pup.

That record, recognised by the Guinness Book of Records, belongs to Chihuahua Heaven Sent Brandy, a four-year-old Chihuahua from Florida in the USA, who is six inches long.

We at the PPP hope you had a great weekend. Chow for now!

I'm Okay!

For those of you who heard reports of my demise as you can see from the photo that report is greatly exaggerated. I'm okay. I'm alive.

Well, here's what happened. Today was in my opinion the first real great day of Spring. My mom and I did not have to wear any sweaters. The sun was out and so was just about every New Yorker and tourist.

Mom decided to go to to SoHo to check out the shops and do some window shopping or as she likes to put it, "heavy visualization". Well, we hopped on a train and went all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge stop and then proceeded to walk to Reade Street. Everyone was commenting on how chipper and happy I was. After being cooped up all winter I was happy to be out and about as the Canadians would say. We made our way to one of my mom's favorite shops, Anbar Shoes.

Mom loves Anbar Shoes because she thinks it's the best kept shopping secret in New York. They sell all the shoe brands she loves for really low prices. It's because of Anbar that she developed her Imelda Marcos fixation and she no longer has a place for new shoes. Well we arrived at Anbar and mom promptly went to her favorite section when around the corner came this dog who was unleashed. He wasn't that much bigger than me, he was sort of a beagle mutt mix. He came to me and we started doing the sniff your butt dance. I still had my leash on which makes me a little defensive so I did my typical jump at ya move. Now when I do this I don't mean to harm anyone. I just do it to show bigger dogs that I am not afraid of them but Cujo here decided that he was in grave danger (yeah from little old me!) and started attacking me and biting me. My mom couldn't believe it! I couldn't believe it! Mom managed to grab my leash and tried to pull me away. Cujo's owner finally came to us and pulled her devil dog off me. We thought she was a sales assistant as she took her dog and place him behind the cashier. She was actually just a customer. She immediately started with the "I don't know what happened, my dog has never done that before speech." YEAH RIGHT! "Oh he is 12 years old, he never does this, yada, yada, yada".

Upon looking at my face my mom saw that I had a tiny bit of blood on my whiskers. She couldn't find the source of blood and I went into my "lick my lips" routine which I do when I am very nervous. All the people in the shop surrounded me and tried their best to comfort me and the shop owner gave me some much needed water. I think he was afraid that my mom was going to sue him. She was hoping at least for a major discount.

Anyway my mom was determine to still look for shoes even if that meant she had to hold me like a baby the whole time. She is a woman after all and can multitask.

After looking at every shoe she saw exactly what she wanted. A pair of hot, red patent leather Michael Kors shoes for only $98 dollars. They were perfect. She fell in love. My mom these days seems to only be able to fall in love with shoes and dogs. However we are on a strict budget so she said we will back when things aren't so tight.

We then walked to SoHo which was really stressful because there were a cazillion people out on the street and I really thought I was going to be stepped on the entire time. We made some stops at the new store Top Shop which was cute but a little young. We went to my mom's favorite place for jean, Uniqlo and then to Forever 21 where once in a blue moon they have cute stuff for really low prices. Mom "visualized" her spring wardrobe.

We then hopped on the train and made our way uptown and walked to Central Park which was great for me as mom let me off the leash to have some freedom. However I kinda blew it as I saw a squirrel and just went right off with my mom chasing me and yelling for me to stop. YEAH RIGHT! Well, mom had enough and we were heading back home.

When we arrived home mom and I plopped on the couch and took a much needed nap. Overall a day of drama and adventure. However we made it home alive. Mom is getting ready to go out tonight to her friend's birthday party. Mom seems to know lots of Aries.

So I will stay here and nurse my wounds and rest. I hope y'all had a great Saturday and had the chance to get out there and have fun.

Chow for now!

Another Crazy Day At The Zoo!

Delivery!

Last week the PPP brought to you a zoo story of Ninio the gay Polish elephant. Today we have another zoo story. At the Berlin Zoo on Friday April 10th, a crazy lady decided to take off her shoes and pay Knut a little visit!

The 32-year-old German, who was visiting the zoo with her husband and baby, broke into the polar bear enclosure during feeding time! Yep, you know where this is going.

When she started swimming toward them in their environment she acted like she was in the Garden of Eden. The crazy woman swam towards one of the older polar bears as Knut was not around at the time. What was she thinking of swimming towards a hungry polar bear? Humans are stoopid!!. I think she thought they would have a nice cuddle but that didn't exactly happen.

Yum! Human sausage!!

The polar bears didn't decide to ignore her. It didn't take long for them to begin biting at the idiot! When the crazy lady realized the polar bears were gnawing at her instead of showering her with welcoming kisses, she began swimming towards safety. Some of the zoo workers tried to get the bears away from her while others hoisted the heifer up the wall with a lifesaver. The first time they tried, the lifesaver broke, but eventually they got her ass up there. The woman was taken to the nearest hospital where she was treated for bites to her arms and legs. If Darwin were there he would have told them to leave her alone in there to prove his theory of survival of the fittest and let her get eaten for the idiot she is. It would have may the human species jump ahead in the evolutionary cycle by millions of years.

Nobody knows why she decided it was a good idea to try to play with the polar bears, but I think I know why. It's because she's CRAZY!!! Let's be serious.

So there you have it, another day at the zoo brought to you from the PPP.

Chow for now!

Pet Finder Pet of the Week - Meatball and Beast

In honor of President Obama's new pet Bo the Portuguese Water dog we here at the PPP are going to spotlight for our Pet Finder Pet of the Week not one but two Portuguese Water dogs, Meatball and Beast. Here is their bio:

Hey Meatball here I am with my brother Beast at the shelter, we have been here quite awhile. We are both about 2 years old. We are somewhat house trained. We are shy inside of the kennel but take us outside and we do a complete personality change. We will run around and play to our hearts content. We would both love to be adopted, but we don't have to go to the same home, that would be really cool though. Our adoption fees are $100.00 and includes our age appropriate shots and having us neutered at one of the participating veterinarians of Surry County. We are both very friendly and like to play. Kids are fun to play with too. Come visit us at the shelter Mon thru Fri from 2 until 430. You can contact me at 336-401-8469 or my county email at gansont@co.surry.nc.us,

* Surry County Animal Control
* Dobson, NC
* 336-401-8462

We are up to date with routine shots.

Wouldn't be great if both Meatball and Beast were adopted! Especially if they were adopted together!! They are quite cute and it's a shame that at two years they have not experienced the love of a real home. Hopefully that will happen soon.

Chow for now!

Won't You Be My Neighbor? Madonna Is.

Wow! Exciting day here in the Upper East Side home to the PPP. We just found out Madonna bought a 40 million dollar townhouse on E81st and Lexington. We live on E82nd and 3rd Ave. so I can practically pee in her garden. I definitely will be pooping in front of her door now.

Upon leaving her place in the Upper West Side where she and children Lourdes, Rocco and David lived they will now have a $40 million dollar Georgian townhouse to call home. It even has a two car garage. That is how I know the townhouse she is moving into because me and my mom always marvel that the lucky owner has two parking spaces. The place also boasts 13 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms, nine fireplaces, an elevator, wine cellar, and a 3,000 square foot garden. If Q-Ball was here she would be sniffing for a new home (don't tell my mom). Oh well, more room for the all the future orphans to be purchased in Madonna's life.




Madonna's rep has stated that Madge has planned extensive renovation and security upgrades before the home is suitable to move in so it's going to be awhile before I start stalking Madonna. Until then I will have to make do with Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord from "One Life to Live") who lives a block away.

Hopefully now that Madonna is moving into the neighborhood maybe we can finally get some cool restaurants and bars (that I cannot get into anyway). I wonder if Lourdes will be going to Sacred Heart or if there is a Kabbala school they go to. Anyway even with Madonna in the hood, the Upper East Side can still really never be cool.

So we here at the PPP look forward to having paparazzo in the neighborhood and stalking Madonna for future posts. I wonder what accent Madonna will speak in when she moves in? So exciting!

Chow for now!

He's Here!!

Although he will be announced to the world tomorrow officially, this past weekend President Obama and his family welcomed a pet to the White House, a six-month-old Portuguese water dog - which the girls have named Bo - is now settling into the White House. They chose the name as their cousins have a cat named Bo and because mum Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, after rock'n'roll singer Bo Diddley. The PPP would like to take the time to official welcome him to his new home as we are sure he will be the topic of many more PPP's.

Of course the PPP is a little insulted that the Obama's did not chose a Maltese as we are hypo-allergic (Malia has allergies) and as we all know Maltese and little girls go hand in hand.

Many animal rights activists were disappointed in that they expected the Obama's to adopt a dog from a shelter. The new First Pet was a present from Senator Ted Kennedy, who owns three dogs of the same breed, and who originally suggested the family get one. Portuguese water dogs are known for their good temperament and since they don't shed hair are perfect for children with allergies – like ten-year-old Malia, who has asthma. It's hard to refuse a gift from Senator Kennedy.

Bo was in a home, but was apparently returned to the breeder because he was just not the right fit. For that reason, he is called a second-chance dog. And we’re happy for Sasha and Malia, who have been very patient in waiting for a pet to join their family.

Only 20 percent of dogs in homes come from shelters. And there are nearly 2 million dogs euthanized each year. If we just increased that percentage of homes with dogs from shelters—to 30 or even 40 percent—we would solve the euthanasia problem. So we here at the PPP encourage you out there to remember to adopt from shelters when looking for a family pet.

We do hope in the future that President Obama is more proactive in animal rights. As Wayne Pacelle from the Human Society of American says, "Hold him accountable to make other decisions that will have enormous implications for animals. He can still laud shelters and speak about the urgency of supporting them. He can also get Bo neutered, as a reminder of the importance of spay and neuter as a way to combat pet overpopulation. And, at the end of the day, he can actively support policies that crack down on puppy mills, eradicate Class B dealers, enforce laws against dogfighting, promote regulations to ensure safe food for our companion animals, and much more."

Chow for now!

Happy Easter and Passover!

The PPP wishes you a Happy Easter and Passover (do you wish people Happy Passover??).

We are getting ready to visit my grandpa (or Papa) in Scarsdale for Easter. But before we leave we wanted to leave you with some words of wisdom from Jessica Simpson who had her own Easter message for everyone:

Why do we let the sun SET with its beauty, then find ourselves ugly.
Didn't God, whoever he may be to you, create both? If a sunset is beautiful, then so are we.

Love yourself morning, noon, and night. Sunrise. Sunset.

Xo jess

Jesus couldn't said it any better.

Well have a great holiday and I leave you with a picture from the Cadbury Easter Bunny.

Chow for now!

Ninio: The Polish Gay Elephant

There is controversy and a pending scandal erupting in the city of Poznan. It seems that the Poznan Zoo recently purchased an elephant. However it seems that the elephant, Ninio, may be gay. A gay elephant? Wow, I can't wait till the GOP hears about this.

Why is this a controversy you ask? The PPP has featured gay zoo animals before so it's definitely not news. Well in Poznan Michal Grzes, a councillor from the right-wing opposition Law and Justice party in the city of Poznan, Poland is outraged that the Poznan Zoo purchased an elephant for 37 million zlotys (approximately $11 million) because the male elephant prefers the company of other males.

Said Grzes: "We were supposed to have a herd, but as Ninio prefers male friends over females how will he produce offspring?"

Russian news agency RIA reports: "Visitors have been flocking to a zoo in the western Polish city of Poznan to catch a glimpse of an elephant, who it is claimed is homosexual, Polish media said. The ten-year-old African Bush elephant, Ninio, has had to change zoos three times in the past five years because of his aggressive behavior toward female elephants, including pushing them into the pool (ah, Ninio is a queen for sure). However his attitude to male elephants is described as 'affectionate.' ... 'He only liked his buddies and hit the cows with his trunk, and was very disrespectful on the whole,' Michal Grzes, the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) deputy for Poznan said."

I don't know what the complaint is. Obviously Ninio has went from elephant to gay cash cow. I bet people were not flocking to the Poznan Zoo before. As for producing offspring why don't they do what gay men do; why don't they just get a grim lesbian elephant so they can go the surrogacy route?

BTW, the zoo's director notes that elephants don't reach sexual maturity until the age of 14. Since Ninio is only 10 years old maybe this is just the equivalent of a boy elephant thinking the girl elephant has "cooties" or he is acting like a jerk frat boy?

Hey what a week for gay rights! First New York State finally starts to introduce legislation to introduce gay marriage in the state and now a gay elephant. It's a brave new world! Chow for now!

Celebrities Who Own Malteses

My mom knows she is a woman of good taste. When researching today's post it was definitely confirmed as today's post is about celebrities who have owned and loved a Maltese.

Some of Hollywood's most famous and iconic stars have been drawn to the small, white fluffiness that is me. I can't blame them, I would too if I were them. Here is a small list of celebrities both big and small, A-List and D-List that have been fortunate enough to have been loved by a Maltese:


Star Jones - "Sweetie Pie"


Jessica Simpson -"Daisy"


Elizabeth Taylor –"Daisy"


Marilyn Monroe –" Maf Honey" (given to her by Frank Sinatra)


Linsday Lohan - "Chloe"


Leona Helmsley -"Trouble"


Heather Locklear – "Harley"


Halle Berry – "Miss Polly & Little Willie"


Miley Cyrus - "Sophie"


Eva Longoria -"Jinxy"


Elvis Presley –"Foxhugh"


Tallulah Bankhead – "Doloras"


Anna Nicole Smith –"Marilyn"


Ashley Tisdale- "Blondie"


Kristin Chenoweth" Maddie"

Also included in this impressive list but with no picture (yes I know, I have yet to master Google) are:

P Diddy - "Sophie"
Bryant Gumbel – "Cujo"
Tony Bennett– "Boo"
Liberace "Charmin, Solo and Leah"

Now to convince Kanye West to adopt a Maltese so he can blog about us with the caps lock on and mt list will be done.

Chow for now!