Fireworks drive this hound to the Maytag
Got a note from Julia, a dog park friend, about her dog Barkley who was adopted from the Harbor Animal Care Shelter in San Pedro in January 2007.
Julia's involved with Basset Rescue and Daphneyland.
Barkley, she said, "is an amazing dog. He has two big dogs here that he loves, but the little hound hates loud noises!"
And that's where the Maytag comes in. It seemed to provide the consolation he needed on the Fourth of July as the fireworks exploded:
Make it go away!



Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(
awww....poor guy! Glad he had a place to hide!