Last week I was so focused on the Pam Anderson half of the Prime 333 Steakhouse/strip club equation that I dismissed The Hills star Audrina as just sort of Pam’s less-famous sidekick. How short-sighted of me!
Reality TV star Audrina Patridge lends her famous face and celebrity status to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) by appearing in the organization’s new ad aimed to promote animal adoption. Appearing in a white bikini and angel wings, “The Hills” actress is photographed holding her rescued shelter dog, Speedy Gonzalez.
“Be an Angel for Animals. Always Adopt, Never Buy,” read the tagline that accompanies Audrina’s shot. “Buying animals means killing animals … Each year, six to eight million unwanted dogs and cats are turned in to shelters, and half are killed because there aren’t enough good homes.”
You know what else means killing animals? Steakhouses. Also pricey French shoemakers and fine Italian lambskin outerwear designers. Cows and sheep may not be as cute and fluffy as puppies and kittens, but do you think PETA sees a difference? (Maybe just when it comes to vetting their spokespeople.)
And what are the chances that Pam and Audrina met at their local PETA chapter meeting to discuss their steakhouse venture? Or alternatively, it might have been at Bad Taste In Men Anonymous or the Oops I Didn’t Mean For That Sex Tape To Get Out Club. These two have so much in common.
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THAT’S supposed to be Audrina Patridge?! They really gotta get a new CGI guy or something.
And what’s with the dog? I thought one of peta’s core principals was not to use animals in anyway for anything.
PETA has core principals?
I hardly know who Audrina Partridge is, but I would recognize her in any photo save this one.
Oh, I thought that slogan referred to her.
I’m with Pasta and CM. That doesn’t look anything like Audrina. I know because I want to stalk her.
Holly, how was Coachella?
“Buying animals means killing animals … Each year, six to eight million unwanted dogs and cats are turned in to shelters, and half are killed because there aren’t enough good homes.”
That’s really funny cause PeTA kills 98% of the animals they take in…
D- I was thinking the same thing. Gee, PETA wants us to rescue dogs so they are not killed, but yet kill most of the dogs they rescue. And that is not Audrina. I want to know who photoshopped her body cause I could use them!
I didn’t get to go, Swede! It was insanely crazy hot and I’m a delicate flower who didn’t want to be in the desert in 100 degree heat. I will probably regret this.
What they should have done is had her holding a syringe and saying, “If you don’t adopt, the puppy gets it. PETA will make sure this dog dies if you don’t do what they say.”
I’m trying to get a new dog after my old one got sick and shelters are quite frankly a nightmare. I’m searching shelters and dog rescue centers and their adoption standards are ridiculus. I do understand the need to find the animals homes that will take care of them, but long applications and being denied for minimal reasons (one person in the house, different town, small yard ect) is making me realize why people buy from pet stores.
I would love to adopt from a shelter but if you think about it more, either way a dog is a dog and needs a home, whether the dog is from a shelter or puppy store. Why should a dog lack a home because they came from one rather than the other?
Anyways, PETA, you suck. Give it up.
That’s too bad Holly. From all the reports that I read, it was a pretty good show. Maybe next year they will have better line ups.
On a side note, going to Metalica in December, in San Jose, last day of the tour, in the their hometown. How cool is that!!!
I always thought their ultimate goal was for humans to NOT ever own any more animals of any kind. That animals were their own keepers and it was wrong for us to even consider having a pet of any kind of creature.
Silly me, what was I thinking?
Very cool
Eh. They’re just shooting themselves in the foot. I wish they’d let ME do it.
Breeders are worse than Hitler. Obama should round ‘em up and lock ‘em up at Gitmo. Except, of course, for the breeder of his own designer dog. It’s gotten to the point in this country where only the leftist elites are allowed to enjoy the spoils of life (at the expense of the rest of the toothless masses) with impunity.
Just give me a suicide pill now. I don’t deserve to live. Wait, actually, the left needs to keep the ilks of me around. I’m in the category that pays about 90% of the taxes.
“Each year, six to eight million unwanted dogs and cats are turned in to shelters, and half are killed because there aren’t enough good homes.”
Pot. Kettle. Black.
stonegrigio- No worries, my husband is now classified as a terrorist. Good thing their priorities are straight.
Elle, while I applaud your efforts to rescue a dog from the shelters, but the reasoning behind the process was put into place for a reason. I’ll use Australian Shepherd rescue as a base since that is what I support and do. With most breed rescue, the dogs that get rescued have had a hard life. Mostly from people who see that little Blue Merle puff ball at the store and fall in love. What they fail to realize, when that little puff ball turns into a dog and they have done nothing with it (obedience training, socalization) and the dog, looking for attention, decides to re-side the house, re-landscape the backyard, where it has lived for the past six months with very little interaction with the owners, and the owners who cannot deal with it, decide to get rid of it. There are two options available to them. 1: local animal control which is over-crowded, under-staffed, under-paid, and easy to dump. 2: Breed specific rescue which is run by volunteers who love the breed. These people will take in the dog, teach it manners/obedience and give it a second chance at getting better life. The adoption forms are long so as to weed out people who don’t understand the breed, want it to use for bait with their pitbulls, or some other purpose. The rescuer is just looking out for the best interest of the dog and that the prospective owners know and understand what the breed is like to live with. When I go out to a prosective owners home to do an evaluation, I have a form that I fill out for personal use. It has stuff on it like; fence height, yard size, where the dog will live, what activities are the prospective owners going to do with the dog, stuff like that. From talking with the people, usualy about 2-3 hours, I try to make an informed decision on whether this will be a good match. If the peole have a problem with me taking up their time to get answers, guess what? If they don’t have time for me, where will that leave the dog? Out in the cold once again.
IMHO, anybody who rescues a dog from the shelter is doing a great service. You are giving an animal a second chance at love and they will NEVER forget it. I ran into an owner that I placed a dog five years ago at our National Specialty. That little dog not only remembered me and my wife, but it almost didn’t leave us to go with the owner. That’s how strong the bond is with rescue animals.
**Soapbox time** People who buy from pet stores, email/website breeders etc are pandering/enabling the puppy mills and un-ethical breeders. **Off soapbox**
All it takes is a little research on your part, a little less thin skin when you have to “endure” questions about why you want to rescue the dog, and the understanding on why the rescue people are skeptical about you. Don’t take it personal, it’s just the rescuer/evaluator trying to find the best match for both of you.
Good luck with your search and in the end when you find your new best friend, I hope that both of you will live a long and happy life together.
Silly PETA, can’t you do anything right?
angry army wife: yes, protecting this country is immoral and inexcusable. He should be prosecuted with the rest of the war criminals under Bush’s sadistic regime.
Is the use of feathers OK per PETA? Aren’t chickens people too?
stonegrigio, you have just royally pissed me off. That BS statement, Breeders are worse than Hitler. Obama should round ‘em up and lock ‘em up at Gitmo. Except, of course, for the breeder of his own designer dog. Why don’t you go back to your hovel with your 78 cats. For your information, the Portugese Water Dog has been around for a lot longer than you, and with more reason for being, than you. It is not a “designer” dog by any stretch of the imagination.
People like you probably endorse manditory spay/neuter.
A responsible breeder only betters the breed.
Go back to Peta you moron, you do nothing for this Earth except waste it resorces!
Sorry to butt in, Swede – I believe stonegrigio was trying to be sarcastic in that statement? I’m not 100% but think he was probably pointing out the hypocrisy in people saying breeders were evil while getting designer dogs themselves.
On a related note, I had no idea about the controversy behind buying from pet stores and thank you for your detailed note about that – I’ll definitely think about adopting from a shelter if ever I’m looking for a pet to love =)
As someone who has 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 dragons I must agree with Swede on this. A reputable and responsible breeder(s) has given our family great additions.
Now if we could only control those “human breeders” that have children with impunity or worse as accessories. Those are the ones who should have manditory spay/neutering.
Heeeeeey…..Amanda made a VERY valid point! Where DID they get those very realistic looking feathers?
Aren’t we meat eating, leather wearing sinners not supposed to use any sort of animal product AT ALL?
KC, if that’s the case, I owe stone an appology. I’m just super reactive on the whole “breeders are evil” thing. The dog circles that I run in, breeders will grill a buyer for hours to ensure that the puppy is going to the correct home. Most of the people that I am friends with, that breed Australian Shepherds, feel a responsibility for the life of the dog and will take it back if it doesn’t work out, health issues or for any reason at allno matter how old the dog is. It just really pisses me off when people spout off like that, even if it is being sarcasatic. The responsible animal owners have a hard enough time beating manditory spay/neuter laws without having to deal with idiotic statements that that.
Glad I could give insight on the puppymills = pet store thing for you. It is one of the worst things that you could ever see and I wish it was a law that people who operate puppy mills were force to live like what they did to those poor dogs for the rest of their miserable life.
**Serious hate and rage against puppy mill owners/operators**
Swede: I am sorry my sarcasm was not obvious enough. Neutering is required here in L.A., but I have refused to neuter my wonderful Corgi, whom I got from a breeder. Wow, a lot of venom, there.
Wow, so sarcasm not allowed? Truly, give my the suicide pill now.
angry army wife: my response to you about your husband is another sad attempt at sarcasm. Please don’t send me to my hovel with my 78 cats as well!!! I’m quite allergic to cats and I’m afraid that itself would be a fate worse than a suicide pill.
Stonegrigio, sarcasm is allowed, but it’s not always as easy to tell online that someone’s being sarcastic.
Swede, thanks for your passion and information on this issue. We are thinking (OK, starting to think) about getting a dog and considering the whole breeder vs. shelter issue. Like the Obamas, we have allergies to deal with, although if I had my way we’d go for the furry dogs and my better half would get monthly shots.
Stone, please accept my appologies. Question, do you have Pems or Cardigans?
We’re fighting the same MSN fight in Santa Barbara County that you did. The lead guy is Ron Faoro DVM. He’s the guy who co-wrote AB1634 with backing with Peta. Also be advised that SB250 (re-worded 1634) is on the floor in the state senate and needs to get beat down. Get all you animal friends to call their local state reps and oppose this. AKC has a great form letter shell on their website (www.akc.org), tells you who your rep is and where to send it.
Again, sorry for flame-spraying you and yes there IS lots of venom and rage on the MSN/Breeders are evil thing.
MC Mom, the best advice I can give you about getting a dog, is to go to a dogshow and talk to the owners of the breed that you are interested in to find the in and outs of the breed. If you are interested in a pure bred dog, go to http://www.akc.org and start your research on the breeds page. Then go to the parent clubs website and do more research to find out the goods and the bads about the breed you’re interested in. Example; Australian Shepherd: high energy, heavy shedding, needs to be brushed at a minimum of twice a week, needs a job to do to keep mind sharp.
If you go the shelter route, keep in mind that the new pet may have baggage but the dog will love you forever. Best way to get the new dog to be a member of the house and not destroy it, take it to obedience classes, not PetsMart (nothing against them, just don’t like the training methods). This will get the new dog to bond with the family and establish pack hiarchy in the home.
The American Kennel Club is probably the best place to start. They have so much information on all recognized breeds. Of the top of my head, poodles are the ones that are really good for allegies sufferers. That’s because they have hair, not fur. Who knew about PWD’s!
Swede: apology accepted. I’m sure I’ll recover from the burns ;>
I have two Pembrokes. Our dogs are an integral part of our family and at times, I’ve advised people who are trying to have kids that they should just have dogs instead. Dogs will never grow up to be nasty teenagers.
Stone, based on other responses I have seen from you, I knew that the response regarding my husband was in good humor. If not, he might hunt you down
Now harm done here
i wouldn’t buy from a breeder but i don’t need PETA to tell me that. and uh, did they say “celebrity status?” LOLLLL okay. i knew this would be on here, you never let me down deceiver!
Anytime something starts
you should feel free to ignore the rest of it.
How do you guys do all those cool lines, and italics and stuff?
Maybe PETA was really releasing their personal kill stats for animals…
Fur and feathers, dog being forced to cuddle with “human”. I see a lot of PETA no-nos there, and even one I have a problem with!
Huh. Why is it all the little dogs are getting the love? My family’s raised rottweilers for years, and I think they would be awesome in a photo shoot– especially since the german rotties are big enough to be considered small ponies.
And for the record, I’m currently raising a pound rescue that really needed help… a pit mix named Tiger, of all things, who seems to be terrified of people who make sudden moves. Poor kid cowers at the drop of a largish hat.
I’m still not awake enough, but wanted to throw in my two cents on breeders/shelters, etc. If I missed anything in the comments, I apologize in advance.
I have both a dog from a very responsible breeder and a shelter rescue. Both are healthy, intelligent, and overall, good dogs. There is nothing wrong with buying or having a purebred, and our Rhodesian Ridgeback came from a breeder whose first priority was the well being of the mother and puppies. We basically interviewed each other to see if she was what we wanted out of a breeder, and to see if we were set to provide a good home for a large dog that has the capability of being very dangerous in the wrong hands. Not all breeders are bad people out to make a profit and damaging the breed or their own dogs in order to do so.
My shelter dog is a Beagle mix, and she and I have been together since I was in the States. She’s well traveled too. I got her on a borrowed forty bucks from a co-worker when we went to look for a kitten for her daughter. That dog kicks Lassie’s ass. She was always more of a room mate than a pet, and at ten years old, she is active, healthy, and showing only the most minimal signs of slowing down. She climbed Snowdon with us only a year and a half ago.
So before this turns into an ode to my dogs, I just have to say this. I believe in rescuing animals and while I love the large breeds, and we will probably be buying a Boerboel at some point, I will always have a rescue in my home. Not only because I love dogs of all shapes and sizes, but because when the shelter dog does pass away, it would be an insult to her memory not to go and give another dog days from euthanasia a chance.
I shouldn’t get on here to comment in the mornings. I’m just going to hit submit and go hug my dog.
whoever retouched this picture trimmed her limbs so bad that her head looks huge. haha.
i love it when they do stupid crap like that. it just makes them look worse.
HTML tags Pasta. The lines are the <blockqoute> text you quote </blockquote> tags. Italics is <i> text you want italicized </i>.
Hopefully that comes out right when I hit submit.
Vagrant Dog, while I love big dogs (and grew up with a 150-lb St. Bernard), our house just isn’t big enough for a Rottweiler or a Ridgeback.
That said, how awesome would it be to see Audrina Patridge trying to carry a 90-lb pit mix in the PETA poster?
Swede and Chronic, thanks for your advice on getting a dog. We may not have to go hypoallergenic if Mr. MC gets his allergies re-tested.
MC Mom, glad I could be of assistance. It kind of sounds like Mr MC is active duty military. If you live on a base, you should check to make sure that the base doesn’t have a ban on specific breeds. I know that the base that I work at, has banned Rotts, Pitbulls and a few others. If not active duty, Sorry about my confusion.
CM, can you do something for me? I was reading the Sun and the artical about the kid who was beating the crap out of that Springer Spaniel. Can you get someone from the IRA to whack the entire family of that fat little git for me?
Thanks,
Swede
Hey Vag, I have an idea that might help with your rescue being afraid of people.
Assuming that you take him(?) on walks, have lots of treats in your pocket and when you come across people on the walk, make him sit, give the people a treat to give the dog. Ensure that the people come in from below the eye line and not over the top, this is a dominance posture to the dog. Also invest time at quality obedience class. This will help him get used to people and other dogs and help him realize that not all outside people/dogs are out to hurt him.
Unfortunately for both of you, pitbulls have a bad rep and people are afraid of them.
Good luck with Tiger and well done on doing rescue.
Wow, good job on the info Swede! Sorry I’m so late to chime in with help.
Like Swede, I work with a breed specific rescue group. Yes, our interviews are thorough but it’s because (unlike shelters) we’re not just looking to place a generic dog into a safe home. BRGs seek to place the right kind of dog into your kind of home. We understand our breeds inside and out, which comes in handy in cases of abuse, neglect, or health problems. We can predict with somewhat better accuracy than a shelter worker exactly what kind of homes our dogs will need.
I do Dalmatians but have ties to Rat Terrier and Irish Setter groups. What all three groups have in common is that we won’t place high energy dogs into couch potato homes. If you aren’t the kind of person who appreciates a dog who follows you constantly, pulls you off the couch to go running, plays fetch for 3 hours straight, sheds everyfriggenwhere, pees the world’s finest grass killer, and thinks the best time to hunt squirrel is at 3am, then you shouldn’t be looking at my breed.
I’ve never turned down a single person because they were incompetant. Every one of them would have been miserable with a Dal. And I always hand them a list of contacts better suited to their needs.
Oh, and lest anyone think we only handle pretty purebreds, we have far more mixes and funky specimens than show. Many of our dogs come to us from shelters who have failed to place them.
I agree with Swede, research what breed suits your needs. Then jump on the computer and search “(your breed) rescue (your state)”. This will turn up volunteers local to you, people who will bend over backwards to connect you with a new best friend.
Swede… I’ll see what I can do with the people who know people.
Thanks for the suggestion, Swede- we’re already doing something similar, and she has gotten better about it… or so I judge from the fact that she no longer pees herself in terror. Seriously, whoever owned her last needs to be beat with a shovel.
Swede – actually, my husband is a teacher, not in the military. We just can’t get a really big dog because we have a small house. (Great for saving energy – listening, Hollywood holier-than-thous? – but not good for large, enthusiastic pets.)
Minnow, interesting what you say about matching dog types to people types. I’m fairly active but your description of a Dalmatian sounds like my nemesis. Right now we are thinking PWD or some sort of medium-size ‘oodle’ in the hypoallergenic category, or English shepherd, Finnish Lapphund or Corgi in the fur-head category – small or medium-size,smart and really kid-friendly. They don’t have to be pure-bred either.
MC, thanks for the clarification. Minnows post is spot on concerning rescue and matching dogs with people. I highly encourge you to go to http://www.akc.org and do some research on the breeds you listed and do a lifestyle check against the breeds.
Good luck with getting the ideal fur-kid for your family!
MC, I just did a search on the English Shepherd. To my un-educated eye, it looks like a Border collie – Australian Shepherd cross. Also, the AKC does not recognize the breed, but the United Kennel Club does. Reading the standard, it reads similure to the Aussie & Border collie standard. What it means to me is, lots of outside activity such as herding, agility or anything that requires LOTS of exercise for both of you. Sounds like a fun dog to have if you ask me, but I love my Aussies more.
MC Mom,
Check out Tibetan Spaniels. Mine’s a fifteen pound bundle of personality that’s great with kids and may be smarter than me. They blow their coats so 49 weeks out of the year they don’t shed at all, which might be good for your hubby’s allergies. he also doesn’t have the little dog napoleon complex and is an excellent watchdog.
It doesn’t even look like her?! I thought they weren’t going to use dogs in any of the promotions?
MC~ I’m not familiar with PWDs, but from what little I’ve read, they’re on the high energy end of the spectrum and require diligent training. I suspect the Kennedys enrolled Bobama in obediance lessons to ensure that the first pup didn’t redecorate the Lincoln bedroom or go running pell-mell across the Potomac every time Biden leaves the front door open.
On the hypoallergenic topic, remember that most people aren’t allergic to dog hair. It’s either the dander (skin flakes), the mites that feed on dander, or the dog’s saliva which cause problems. Hair can contribute to a dander allergy by giving mites extra fodder, but it really isn’t the cause. I’m asthmatic but I have no problem with my high shedding Dals or my danderiffic Setter because we keep them well bathed, brushed, and groomed, plus we have hardwood floors instead of carpeting for easy hair removal.
Aren’t those FEATHERS that make up her angel wings? What’s the deal with THAT?
http://www.petfinder.com is a good website too, for anyone who is interested
http://www.petfinder.com is a good site too for anyone who is interested. or you know you can get audrina to help you if you need to. she’s apparently such an expert now on these things!
Katie I’ve got to disagree with you on the petfinder website. It has been my experience that petfinder and sites like that, get their dogs from irresponsibel breeders and puppy mills. Yes you can get the animal quickly but you are buying from somebody that doesn’t give a rats butt about the health or genetics of the puppy. They only care about the money.
I respect your choice of never buying from a breeder, but to steer people towards a puppy wholesaler is just wrong.
Thanks, everyone, for your comments and suggestions. Swede, I think you’re right about the English Shepherd. My husband says he had one growing up but we think that dog may have been a non-working border collie. She was the sweetest dog I ever met, and one of the smartest.
Minnow, you are probably right about the allergy-pet hair connection. My husband never had big reactions to his (very furry) border collie growing up, and he didn’t sniffle once visiting our friends with their shedderific yellow lab, but immediately got stuffy when a shih tzu licked his face. Go figure.
Other Elle, thanks for the Tibetan spaniel shout-out. Sometimes I get enthused about the energetic breeds, especially today when it’s 78 degrees in Boston, but then I think it would be great to have something mellow that would happily lie around and watch TV with us. I’ll keep researching.
MC…just wanted to comment on the allergy vs dog thing: I have suffered with animal allergies all my life and as I get older (60s) it gets worse. That said, I have four dogs: two Maltese, a Yorkie, and an ancient Fox Terrier (all but the Yorkie are rescues).
The Foxy has to sleep outside or I sneeze so badly I can’t breathe. She has a room of her own off the garage where she is snugly tucked up in the chilly weather. The other three, however, sleep in my room…the Yorkie on my bed, the Maltese on a cushion nearby. These breeds, along with poodles and bichon frises, are “hair” dogs as opposed to “fur” dogs and I can even stick my face in their coats and cuddle them without allergy problems.
Temperament, however, is also an important consideration in choosing a dog, and while the Yorkie and the Maltese are both allergy-friendly, their temperaments are radically different. The Yorkie is a high-energy terrier, very assertive and active; the Maltese is a lap dog, not particularly energetic, sweet and loving. Both breeds are sweet natured and excellent pets, the the Yorkie is going to have you paying attention to it every minute, while you will be a miracle worker if you can get the Maltese to play a game of tug or fetch!
I adore them all, but I am home all day to give attention to the Yorkie and we have no kids to be concerned about (Yorkies can be a little delicate). It is an individual choice, but it’s good to have as much information as possible before being faced with making it!