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Not Your Average Dog Show

Posted by Administrator on 31 January 2012, 10:33 pm

The Berkshire chapter of G.O. will have an informational booth at the Berkshire Community College’s 11th annual Not Your Average Dog Show, Sunday, February 12, 2012 at its campus in Pittsfield MA.
TIME: 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Dogs of any breed or mix, with or without credentials, will have a chance to be the center of attention on Sunday, February 12th during the Berkshire Community College Foundation’s eleventh Anniversary “Not Your Average Dog Show.”
Best Trick
Mystery Mutt
Best Dressed
Best Smile
Most Beautiful Eyes
Best Hair
Fastest Tail-wagger
Best Dancer
Donations of any amount to benefit BCC students through the College’s Foundation annual fund will be gladly accepted at the door.

Dogs participating in the show must be registered. Each dog may be entered in two categories. Because categories fill up fast, pre-registration is strongly recommended and costs $15 through February 8th. Starting on Thursday, February 9th through the day of the show, the fee is $20. Registering a second dog in the same family costs $10.

Vendors will have pet related items for sale and non-profit agencies will provide information pertaining to pet services. Refreshments will be offered for sale by the BCC LPN program.
Bring your Greys for a fun day in the beautiful Berkshires!

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Mama and Her Girls

Posted by Administrator on 28 January 2012, 8:46 pm

Glenda is pictured here with two of her offspring, Pam and Nikki. All three are looking for homes.

Glenda, Pam and Nikki

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More Brotherly Love

Posted by Administrator on 28 January 2012, 8:43 pm

Dancer and Drummer have grown up together and had to be given up due to family problems. We are looking for someone who is willing to adopt them together so they stay together.

Dancer and Drummer

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More Boys

Posted by Administrator on 22 January 2012, 7:13 pm

These two boys came back from a home today.

Perry

Joey

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Three New Boys

Posted by Administrator on 18 January 2012, 8:30 pm

These three boys joined the G.O. family today.

Bobby


Peter


Uni

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Spring Fling

Posted by Administrator on 18 January 2012, 11:08 am

We have set the date for our annual Spring Fling. It is Sunday, April 29, at Northwest Park in Windsor CT from 12 to 4 p.m. See you there!

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Newest Members of the G.O. Family

Posted by Administrator on 8 November 2011, 2:46 am

Here are the five dogs who just arrived:

Bumblebee


Dragon


Hawkeye


Ladybug


Tina

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Jim

Posted by Administrator on 29 October 2011, 8:17 pm


Jim is the newest member of the G.O. family. He is a 5 year old male looking for a home. Come and meet him at our weekly meet and greets.

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Independent Dog Food Reviews

Posted by dirboardmichelle on 28 October 2011, 7:39 pm

It seems that there are new brands, new flavors, or new formulas of dog foods coming out all of the time. And often, if the contents of the bag or can don’t change, the packaging does.

There’s not really a lot of regulation regarding what pet food manufacturers can or can’t put on their labels, and some of them have gazillion-dollar budgets for advertising, so they can hire the most clever marketers who know just what shade of blue or purple will make you want to buy their brand.

One thing I’ve noticed in perusing the dog food aisles that troubles me a great deal is that you don’t always get what you pay for. The most popular brands are priced about the same as foods that are FAR superior.

So how do you know what you’re really getting? Well I happen to think that everyone should spend some time reading labels and getting to know what all of those ingredients really are.

But if you don’t have a week to devote to that project or maybe you even tried but your eyes glazed over two minutes in, you can use someone else’s work. A simple internet search will yield you all sorts of references to reviews of dog foods.

The two web sites that I use most often are dogfoodanalysis.com and dogfoodadvisor.com. The reason I like these two so much is because their review databases are pretty extensive, and they go into detail explaining why they gave each reviewed product the rating that they did. Check them out – see how what you’re using measures up.

A word of caution: Don’t feel like you absolutely must be feeding the highest rated food. The ones with the most meat content tend to get the highest ratings on these sites. That’s fine, dogs need meat. But for some dogs, greyhounds especially, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. For example, even my beloved Taste of the Wild has given some greys urine crystals, diarrhea, and pancreatitis, when using the Bison or Duck formulas. It seems 32 percent protein was just too much for those individual dogs. So I’ve switched to the Lamb variety, but would also be happy with the Salmon, as both these varieties have 25 percent protein, which as far as I know, hasn’t upset anyone yet.

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Ranger

Posted by Administrator on 12 October 2011, 2:41 pm

We finally have a right-side-up picture of Ranger, one of the eight dogs we have available for adoption. He is a sweetheart of a dog, very loving and affectionate, big and beautiful. Say hi to him Sunday at the Octoberfest.

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