UPDATE: We started to receive wonderful stories and photos of dogs, and the tears are already flowing along with the smiles of joy. More please! See below for all the details. We'll begin sharing on Monday. Get ready for a LOVEFEST!
Dogs Positively Influence Campaign Everyone knows that at dog shows, judges give out ribbons for best in show, best in breed etc. However what about the dogs that positively influence? Don't we deserve a ribbon? A little recognition?
As a dog who loves attention, but doesn't like it when people think I'm a boy.. I'm going to speculate that this Bulldog isn't in on the joke. Therefore, I'm going to say "grrrrrrrrr" for her.
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Cassie, the Shetland Sheepdog, is our first dog to highlight during the Dogs Positively Influence Campaign. She demonstrated all the amazing qualities and natural skills that dogs have for positively influencing their people. Read Cassie's story [...]
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As an adult dog, my sense of smell is discerning. Yes, I know this is a box, but I'm verifying what was IN the box. As you can see, I am also tall enough to enjoy food at the counter, but there was a day [...]
These cuties were found at a senior home, providing the love and pets of a professional pet therapist. One actually lived at the home, while the other was just visiting some elderly friends. I believe their skills at making the older folks happy, was 100% natural talent.
Trained or not, dogs are natural caregivers, in my dog opinion.
Missy Johnson is a graphic designer and illustrator as well as the creative genius behind Dogs for the PAWS, a national pet rescue awareness site that is inspiring pet lovers to rescue, foster, adopt, volunteer and love pets in need. Dogs for the PAWS is an art and education project that started with 80 rescue dogs from all around the country. Missy paints the dogs' portraits and includes their touching stories of rescue and rehabilitation written by their companions and rescuers. She offers affordable design and illustration that rescues and other pet organizations can use for their events, fundraising and social media promotion of animals up for adoption.
Dogs for the PAWS and Missy's stunning artwork have been featured in numerous printed and online publications From FIDO Friendly, DogTipper, Lowcountry Dog Magazine, Indy Tails, Wadsworth News, and PeoplePets Online. She is a contributing writer for Life+Dog Magazine. Missy lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, Jim and their 5 dogs, (4 of which are rescues) Lake, Gun, London, Schooner and Wyatt Earp. They volunteer with the Carolina Basset Hound Rescue.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? My perfect happiness would be to see a solution to the flood of unwanted animals across our country and beyond . The ultimate happiness along with the perfect one, would be to have my art used as a resource for pet groups and organizations to promote their adoptable pets, promote their dedicated work helping animals in need and raise funds using my designs on their event items, promotional materials and fundraising. Also having the opportunity to work with groups all across the country and travel to the different cities with a fun and unique exhibition to show the pet groups how to use my work as a resource would be a dream come true!
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