If you can...

And you don't work for me! Leave early... Fake a sickness and get out! It is beautiful!

Where should I sleep?

Henri on the end... Isabelle in the middle... Me?

Anyone want Henri from 3-4 everyday?

That is when Remy takes over his body!

The kid thinks Dinner should be served at 3... OH GOODNESS

Look how big baby J is getting!

Wet baby!

This little girl is such a water dog! Loved playing @ City Bark today... Rain and all.

Update from PAWS

You may have seen this on our blog last week... Bless PAWS - such hard working people saving lives. Consider supporting this non-kill shelter.

Miracle... after hours of grooming!

(If you missed the last blog post - this is the before)

There was actually a dog  underneath all of this......that was found today by one of our employees,  Jessica, on her way to work.  > Jessica thought it was a plastice bag on side of the road until it picked up  it's head. > Thank God she picked her up and Tina brought her to the vet. The dog was  hardly able to stand, couldn't use her back legs and even her mouth could barely  open. She was sedated and it took 3 hours with 4 people shaving the hair off.  They said it was the worse they had ever seen. Needless to say she is absolutely  the sweetest little girl underneath that. Tina brought her back to the shelter  where she is resting in her "coon nest" in peace. > We will need donations to take care of her. It appears she has severe back leg  problems. We need to have them evaluated by a specialist as they don't  straighten up and she walks funny. I  want to thank Jessica and Tina, 2 of our  wonderful employees, Dr. Sue Olivier,Dr Amy and the amazing staff at Acadiana  West Vet office. They really helped us out today.  > Of course she wasn't micro chipped so we'll never know where she came from.  Pic #'s 0442 and 432 are her "after" pictures. > If anyone would want to donate funds for her please mail to: P.O. Box 83 Belle  Chasse, La.  70037. Also, please send to your data base so others may help her. > Oh I forgot to tell you her name....Miracle. Thanks Donna for coming up with  her name.....it certainly fits her. >  > Thanks to all of you for supporting PAWS.

Save the date y'all ~ Saturday March 12, 2011

Fantastic way to help support P.A.W.S

Gretna Pawdi Gras

benefiting ~ P.A.W.S.

A no kill facility for our homeless & abused 4 Legged friends

Gretna City Hall

Second & Huey P. Long Avenue

9:30 – Registration

10:00 - Costume Contest Judging &

Crowning of the Royal Court

10:30 - Pawdi Gras 2011 Parade

More information

City Bark - My darling client GG...

Brings this little service dog to City Bark every week so she can have some "off time" play without her Mommy. She runs and plays and haves such a great time! Bless GG's heart... we love her so.

City Bark - News

Jackie et al are doing such a great job @ City Bark

FIELD TRIP FUN: Earlier this month, first grade students from St. Benedict the Moor School visited the SPCA and NOLA City Bark to learn about the proper treatment of pets as part of their Service-Learning Unit entitled "Care for God's Creatures." Board members Jackie Shreves and Kathy Schrenk met with the students outside the dog park and spoke with them about the dog park, its rules, and care of dogs. The students enjoyed watching the dogs play in the park and were lucky, with the permission of its owner, to pet a very patient and gentle Labradoodle who was entering the dog park. The students' service project will be to make dog biscuits, adoption bandanas, and cat toys and to collect newspapers and towels for the SPCA. The Brown Foundation is the sponsor for their project. NOLA City Bark Board strongly believes that education is the best prevention against animal abuse. If you have a school group that would like to visit the dog park, contact us at info@nolacitybark.org.

Save the date y'all!

Saturday ~ 4.2.11

Find a constant companion from the LA/SPCA, Louisiana Boxer Rescue, Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter, Gulf Coast Doberman Rescue, Plaquemines Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), The Sula Foundation, the St. Bernard Parish Animal Services or Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) off-site adoption teams. Adoption counselors and volunteers will be on hand to help you select the right pet for your family. We'll have a variety of four-legged friends waiting for a forever home!

The North Shore Animal League America team will be providing assistance via their 42' mobile adoption center + MORE!!

We got another new baby!!

So darling...

My favorite Barkus sign today!

We did not go... but this made me laugh! I needed laughs today...

From Facebook - Update on Jar Head!

Pepper" a/k/a Jarhead/Pickles is now with us at ARNO. We were told yesterday when we picked her up from her rabies quarantine at St. John that a woman had come forward and she had seen several children corner Pepper and put the jar on her head. Very sad. Pepper is past the age of socialization but of course we know at ARNO that those rules are breakable and we WILL break that rule with Pepper. She is very frightened but when I brought one of our black lab pups in her run to test her reaction, she was naturally inquisitive but not overly so because all her brothers and sisters died when she was young, she has survived on her own. But, after touching noses with the pup she did allow me to scratch under her chin so we'll take that as our first step toward trust

Where y@?

We are parading ya'll!

Krewe of Cookies ~ 8th & St. Charles

Raison d'être

I choose to put my darling Remy to sleep on January27, 2008. The 26th was a hard day and night for him and while my house was full of Carnival visitors, I stayed inside with Remy. Sunday the 27th was Barkus in the Quarter and we had three parades on our route. Remy and I stayed in his bed all day with the back door open listening to the crowd and the music. I will forever be grateful to our wonderful Vet for letting me put him to sleep at our home. I have the opportunity to talk about that experience with lots of people. I always say - it was the most comforting and peaceful experience of my life. He was no longer in pain and no longer living just to make me feel better.

Barkus Sunday is still hard for me... I love him and miss him so much. My sweet Remy...