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Yes, we know, their adoptions are every Saturday.

But we like to give a little extra plug sometimes to our many local rescue groups that labor year-round to re-home some really great animals.

Animals Rule holds adoptions from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays outside Creative Pet Supply, 305 N. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro.

Among the dogs currently listed on the group's website are Jake, a very cute black, mixed breed puppy (that's him at the left), and Tiny Tim, a 4-pound Yorkshire terrier (right) whose owner had to give him up to move into an assisted living facility.

The group also has a number of Chihuahuas right now. Check out all their dogs at the website.

It's helpful to fill out an application in advance for a specific dog (applications are available online). The website also has some helpful advice in deciding to adopt a dog. For information, email info@animalsrule.org

One of my colleagues brought my attention to this tweet by the Torrance Fire Department. Apparently Carmi, a cocker spanel, wound up stranded on a cliff on Sunday. Rescuers arrived, but the dog managed to make her own way down the hillside and wound up at the bottom (unharmed) where she was reunited with her owner.

On Sunday, responded to the cliff at Via Valmonte & Hawthorne Bl for a stranded dog, (Carmi the cocker spaniel). Fire units placed themselves at the top & bottom of the cliff and set up a rope rescue system. As our Firefighter daringly made his way down to Carmi's location, Carmi began to traverse the hillside on her own. Upon reaching the bottom unharmed, Carmi was reunited with her owner.

PENELOPE - ID#A1177070 My name is Penelope and I am a spayed female, black brindle and brown Pit Bull Terrier. The shelter thinks I am about 10 months old. I weigh approximately 48 pounds. I have been at the shelter since Dec 22, 2010

 She's at the Harbor Area shelter in San Pedro and is set to be euthanized today. 
Call  310-548-2632

I guess some folks have braved it, but we haven't been to the dog park in San Pedro since Saturday. Here's why:


Remember this home video  from January?

We are still leash walking, however. Annie Oakley the cat is tough, she still enjoys going out when the rain periods are light. Cats, go figure.

It is actually a good time to wear those cute rain boots and show off your adorable dogs. Daily Breeze photographer Brad Graverson got this shot yesterday in Hermosa Beach:

Adrienne Green brought out her pink rain galoshes to walk her dogs Molly and Noah, right, in Hermosa Beach. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)

So how are your dogs and cats holding up with the non-stop rain?

As always, we love to post your photos to share with our readers, so if you have some you want to send in -- Christmas, winter/holiday, rain themes -- feel free! 

This is Mandy. 

So here we are, at the end of summer. Already.

There are a number of events coming up that we'll be posting about shortly. But let us know if you're involved in something our readers should know about, just in case we've missed hearing about everything. One thing we did learn about is a drill by the Torrance Animal Disaster Team on Sept. 18.

And a new beginning dog obedience class starts on Sept. 25. The classes meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday (first class is owners only, no dogs) for 7 weeks at Dino's Pet Shoppe (formerly Kritter Korral), 1724 Palos Verdes Drive North (at Western Avenue), Harbor City. You can register in advance at the store or on the first day of class.

Some of you have sent me some pictures I'm going to post also. If you have pix of your animals you'd like us to share, send them in to me -- donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com. We love seeing and hearing about readers' pets.

Anything new to report about your dogs or cats (or other pets) from over the summer? Did they learn any new tricks? Take any classes? Discover any new canine sports or hobbies? Earn any new ribbons or awards? Training successes? Failures? Goals for the coming year? Special problems you're working on?

In the meantime, here are a couple new photos of Cowboy & Tess.

Yeah. I know. You couldn't wait to see them again.

 

 I'm still thinking about therapy dog work with one or both of them and more herding with Tess.

About these photos: We were visiting a friend last weekend in an assisted living facility, sitting in the building's sunlit library. Tess passed some of the time while we talked by washing Cowboy's ear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runners World  for September features articles telling you everything you ever wanted or needed to know about running with your dogs.

 

Articles feature an an array of topics and issues that are apt to come up with those who take their dogs on the running trails or streets.

 

 

Daily Breeze staff writer Kristin Agostoni covered this story recently about Bill and Virginia Hilker who pack their Ford van with food -- including special pet treats for dogs -- and park along the Esplanade in Redondo Beach around sunset during the summertime.

 

If you're like me, you have a lot of dog-owning "friends" on Facebook.

These pictures were linked to by a "friend of a friend" and aren't exactly from the South Bay -- they live with their owner Jacki and family (w/cats) in Plainfield, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

But the pictures were so silly I asked if I could use them on the blog.

Stella is a Bull Terrier/pit bull mix and Fiona is the Boston terrier. You can tell what the pecking order is around their house. 

From owner Jacki: "Stella is at the bottom of the totem pole in a house with four cats and two dogs. She is clearly a scary, vicious pit bull and I'm waiting for her to maul all of us any day now.

"Stella is a rescue dog that was taken by animal control from a nasty, abusive home as a puppy. She has flourished and is a wonderful success story and 'bully breed' advocate."

 

Stella even defers to Monster, the cat:

Poor Stella.