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Struggling to find a dog's house

by sweet east pearl | July 15, 2008 at 10:11 pm

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Thousands of dogs and cats face a bleak future in Britain because their owners are being forced to rent homes due to a housing downturn and landlords will not accept pets

Landlords are in the dog-house with a charity which claims that three in four do not allow pets into properties.
Growing demand for rented homes has led to a rise in the numbers of pets being abandoned or handed over to charities to re-home, said the Dogs Trust.
The charity wants landlords to be more open to allowing tenants to keep dogs.
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) said it was "broadly supportive" of the Trust but it would struggle to change attitudes.

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midntecakefactory

at 16:47 on July 16th, 2008

This photo is one of the cakes I've made; it was for a 10 year old boy who was getting a new family dog. Everything on the board is edible. The dog house is made of vanilla cake with chocolate ganache filling, and covered in buttercream, and then airbrushed with color. The dog bowls are small cakes covered in fondant and filled with cereal. The water bowl is made the same way as the food bowl, but has blue food coloring covered with clear gel. The poop piles in the back are microwaved Baby Ruth bars. I'm thrilled that you found my picture and wanted to use it in your "Dogs need a home campagne" Many of my other cakes and cookies can be viewed on Flickr under midntecakefactory.

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Monte (not verified)

at 09:05 on July 28th, 2008

sweet east pearl, Good article. Sad to say though, it isn't just happening in England. In most places the lucky ones go to shelters, those become more overburdened everyday, most just get put out on the street or driven away and dumped. A number of my cats have been ones that people just abandoned. Though where I live now is very rural so they don't have a chance unless someone takes them in. Except China, there the government just confiscates and who knows what happens to them. This is going to be a increasing problem that is going to be hard to solve, especially for those who have had their companion/pet a long time and are very attached to them. I wish that there was an answer.