Puptown

This Week's Adoptable Pets at Found Chicago

Arrowhead
Female, Young
Anatolian Shepherd

Betty
Female, Young
American Pit Bull Terrier

Birdie
Female, Adult
American Pit Bull Terrier

Grace
Female, Young
Rhodesian Ridgeback

Kaylee
Female, Senior
Beagle

Marvin
Male, Young
Boxer

Meatloaf
Female, Young
American Pit Bull Terrier

Neptune
Male, Puppy
Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium)

Ramona
Female, Young
Labrador Retriever

Rusty
Male, Young
Shepherd (Unknown Type)

Zoey
Female, Young
Spitz (Unknown Type, Small)

Contact This Shelter...

Shelter: Found Chicago Phone: (773) 539-3880 Let 'em know you saw the dog you are interested in on puptown.org.

E-mail: adopt@foundchicago.org Let 'em know you saw the dog you are interested in on puptown.org. Website: http://www.foundchicago.org Address: 4130 N. Rockwell St. Chicago, IL 60618

Help this Shelter by making a donation.

Found Puggle. Do you recognize me?

 

The Bark Bark Club needs your help finding the owner of this sweet puggle. She was found on Friday night, March 18th at about 11:30 p.m. near the Senn High School Parking Lot at Greenview and Thorndale.

She does not have any tags or a collar (she borrowed one for the photo).  If you have any information, please contact Kairol at  312-560-3880.

Rain, rain, go away………………..

It’s that time of year again when your furry little friend will refuse to go outside due to rain.  What to do?  I always have to drag my three dogs outside to get them to do their business.  They immediately run inside.  In a perfect world this method might work where you have a dog that could care less about getting wet, unfortunately for us, we end up cleaning up pee or even worse than pee on our floors. 

Some experts would say to begin training your dog to go outside in the rain is by going with them and to be excited about it.  Everyone knows, humans also hate getting wet.  So if we pretend we are having fun going outside in the rain with your dog and are enthusiastic when they do go potty, our canine friend will eventually associate that excitement and be more willing to go.

If you have a similar story like this, we encourage you to share them with us.

Photo of the Week Contest Announcement

Beginning January 2011, we will begin a dog "Photo of the Week" contest.

To enter this contest, simply send in your photos to lloffer@yahoo.com.  Please use "Photo of the Week" as the subject of your e-mail and provide the name and a brief bio of your dog.

• We will then vote on the photos submitted per week. The chosen photo will be featured on the Photo of the Week Contest page and will include a personal bio of your dog.  Voting will end on Sunday a.m. and NEW photos submitted will be posted the same day.   
• We will be accepting photos now for entries.

Every quarter, we will also enter the 4 winner's of each month for "Puptown's Best Photo of the Quarter" contest (2Q2011, 3Q2011, an 4Q2011).  The winner will receive a complimentary coffee mug with a picture of your dog. 

To rotate image of coffee mug, click on picture and hold down mouse button.

Winter Fun at Puptown

 

No wind or snow can stop these guys from having fun!  A few impromtu photos of our local canine friends were taken this afternoon which will probably bring a few smiles your way. 

Enjoy.

 

Found Dog Needs Your Help!

 
This adorable dog was found on Tuesday 12/7 at Campbell and Peterson. He appears to be a cockapoo, white with some tan spotting. He's under twenty pounds and we're guessing somewhere between 1 and 3 years old and is not fixed.

The Bark Bark Club currently has this poor little guy crashing with them, but because he is not neutered, they can't keep him there for much longer. They are hoping to still find his owner, but is reaching out to anyone that would be interested in fostering or even possibly adopting the little chap.  The dog is a bit timid right now with everything that is going on, but once he warms up to you, he's a really sweet fella!

Please contact the Bark Bark Club to set up a meeting or if you have any information on his owners.

Bark Bark Club
(773) 989-8807
barkbarkclub@gmail.com

Handsome English Mastiff Looking for a Home

 

A client of the Bark Bark Club is trying to help a friend find a loving home for their beautiful Mastiff Asunder.

Due to an inability to sell their condo on the northside and move to a larger residence that provides room for family and dog, current owners need to find a new home for Asunder, a 4-year-old English Mastiff. Asunder is obedient, low energy, and good with children. He is a gentle giant.
 
If interested, please contact Christine at 773.294.8406.

October 2010 Events

October 9 - Park Clean-up  - 8 A.M.

Since the normally scheduled park clean-up was rained out last week, we will be doing the cleaning this weekend. Everyone is encouraged to participate.

October 13 - Puptown Meet and Greet at Fat Cat - 7 P.M.

Every quarter, puptown members gather to discuss park issues and to enjoy a beer.  We will meet at Fat Cat Bar and Grill  (Broadway, just north of Lawrence Avenue).

October 30 - Park Clean-up  - 8 A.M.

To prepare for our annual fund-raiser, we will be cleaning the park. Everyone is encouraged to participate.

October 30 - Puptown's 10th Annual Howl-O-Ween dog costume Contest  - 2 P.M.

Puptown will be celebrating its annual dog costume contest and fund-raiser. Come on out  and enjoy the day.  There will be great prizes, a silent auctions and of course - the most adorable pooches in costume.

Don't forget your checkbook. Money raised goes to maintenance and upkeep of the park.  All donations are tax deductible.

Rain Date is October 31

If you want to help out by donating your time or a prize, please contact info@puptown.org

David Wallace Memorial and Dedication

Dear friends,

We gather here today in fellowship to honor David Wallace and to remember him and his companion, Tyler. David was a good person whose contributions to our park were numerous.

As one of Puptown's original members, David helped foster the sense of community that makes this little piece of earth so special. The kindness and compassion he shared resonates still.

As a lawyer, David freely gave Puptown advice on how to navigate the bureaucracy of not-for-profit organization. We are a stronger committee because of him.

As a neighbor, David helped transform this neighborhood into one of Chicago's finest – Uptown is safer, cleaner and more beautiful.

As a friend, David listened to all of us with compassion and always asked how we were and offered to help anyway he could. We are a friendlier neighborhood because of him.

And as a Wallace, David talked warmly about his family, about their accomplishments and their heartaches. We all knew the Wallaces, at least in a small way.

The Puptown community thanks David for this legacy. We thank his friends and family who donated over $6,000 and made our park more beautiful. We thank David Goyer whose meticulous accounting maximized the value of these contributions. We thank the Chicago Park district’s Janet Taylor and our alderman, Mary Ann Smith for their help in realizing these improvements.  We thank Ryan Wallace for his design of the gates.  We thank Wes Groot, Puptown’s very own smithy, for fabricating and installing the memorial plaque. We especially thank Sue Foreshaw. Her tenacity and follow-through on every detail ensured that this endeavor was a success.

This morning I re-read the Puptown Website post from the winter of 2009 announcing David’s passing.  Our friend Ellen Szalinski left a comment and quoted Milan Kundera. I repeat this quote here to close this dedication:

"Dogs are our link to paradise.

They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden,

where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace."

We therefore dedicate these new installations to the love and memory of David Wallace and his little dog, Tyler, too.

Puptown Dedication: David Wallace Memorial

Friends and Family of David Wallace will gather this Saturday to celibrate his life and contributions to Puptown.  Thanks to generous donations from David's friends and family, Puptown received ver $6,000 which paid for the purchase and installation of a tree, new gates and a memorial plaque.  All the work has been completed and will be officially dedicated this Saturday.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST
1:OO – 3:00 P.M.
   
DEDICATION BY PUPTOWN AT 1:30 P.M.

WHERE:  PUPTOWN DOG PARK
4921 N. MARINE DRIVE, CHICAGO
(N. MARINE DRIVE AND LAWRENCE AVENUE)
 
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Young St. Bernard Looking for Owner

Someone found a dog in Lincoln Park this morning:

- St. Bernard, mostly white but w/a black spot on body. Possible Pyrenese mix given white color.

- Took him to Animal Medical where they looked for a microchip but he does not have one.

- Not neutered; given this and his teeth they think he's between 8-16 months.

- 85 lbs., a real gentle giant. No aggression or alpha dog behavior at all. Also sits and does the paw trick.

- Recently shaved for the summer. He's a little bit dingy but in great shape. All the vets I called said he's obviously someone's pet and really the best thing to do is keep him for a few days if possible, spread the word with posters and on websites and go from there.

 
If you have any information to help re-unite him with his parents, please let us know!

Puptown Clean-up

Puptowners will be cleaning up the park this Saturday July 31st from 8:00-10:00 am - Puptown Dog park clean up.  Volunteers needed - just show up. 

DAVID WALLACE MEMORIAL DEDICATION

A TREE HAS BEEN PLANTED, A PLAQUE WILL SOON BE PLACED, AND THE ENTRANCE/EXIT GATE MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THE PUPTOWN DOG PARK.  MEMORIAL DONATIONS TO THE PUPTOWN DOG PARK MADE IN DAVID’S AND TYLER’S NAME HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 

COME SEE AND CELEBRATE DAVE’S LIFE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS! 

WHEN: 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST
1:OO – 3:00 P.M.
   
DEDICATION BY PUPTOWN AT 1:30 P.M.

WHERE:  PUPTOWN DOG PARK
4921 N. MARINE DRIVE, CHICAGO
(N. MARINE DRIVE AND LAWRENCE AVENUE)
 
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

TO HELP US PLAN
PLEASE RSVP BY AUGUST 7th
TO info@puptown.org