Anti-BSL Calendar Needs Your Photo Submissions!!

Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination needs your help to create 2 anti-BSL calendars which will be sold online and at this seasons shows.

We are planning two categories: All American Family Dog and Patriotism can be Purdy. (working titles)

All Submissions are subject to the general guidelines below:

* All photos submitted must be the property of the submitter.
* All photos must be 1024x768 resolution or larger.
* All photo entries must be posted as a link to an outside hosting site (like photobucket) or emailed to webmaster@stop-bsl.com, not posted within the thread.
* All participants must complete a waiver which they can obtain by emailing webmaster@stop-bsl.com or download from this PBP thread.



"All American Family Dog" calendar guidelines:

In addition to the above general guidelines photos submitted for this category must include at least 1 American Pit Bull Terrier and 1 child. The presence of an American Flag would be appreciated.

"Patriotism can be Purdy" calendar Guidelines:
In addition to the above general guidelines photos submitted for this category must include at least 1 American Pit Bull Terrier and 1 woman. Photos submitted are suggested to include patriotic symbolism (flags, costumes, etc) and be done in tasteful "pinup" fashion. This calendar will ideally be provocative but not lewd.

Anyone who submits a photo will receive a free calendar and Stop-BSL.com bumper sticker upon completion of the calendar. So please remember to include the mailing address on your waiver where you would like these items sent.

Lets have some fun and take some pictures to support Anti-BSL efforts! I think this can be lots of fun and look forward to seeing what you'll think up!

Getting Involved is easier than you think!

A lot of the time I think that people want other people to do everything for them. But, when you're a dog you know that doing things your self will reap you bigger rewards. This stands true for getting involved in the fight against Breed Specific Legislation.

There are a lot of ways to do this. Some really easy ways include joining positive online forums, attending positive events, Purchasing literature to further your preparedness and donating to anti-BSL causes through merchandise purchases.



This show season there will be lots of chances to get involved in your area. Something as simple as attending a dog show can help further the positive image of the breed, its owners and breeders to your community. Something as inconsequential as buying a shirt or bumper sticker may support a cause which in the long run will save your dogs.

Either way, when you get decide to get involved you can make a difference for more than just yourself. That's why Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination focuses its efforts at helping people make a difference in their community. Whether you need help changing the perception of American Pit Bull Terriers in your town. Or you need information on why BSL is wrong and doesn't work they can help you.

That's why this dog supports Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination- they empower you to change your community.

UPDATED Donation Info

I am writing this to let any potential donors to our Campaign to Expose the HSUS know that our paypal acct is down temporarily. We have updated our information to show our non profit status on paypal. However, this means we need to also change our bank account to a non profit account. We have been looking for a better bank to do this with. Once we open the account and connect it with our paypal we will continue taking donations online.

Meanwhile, we are able to take money order and/or check donations by mail.

Allie Renar
C/O Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination
2209 W Boone Ave
Spokane, WA 99201

Update on "Campaign to Expose the HSUS"

Please cross post the following EVERYWHERE:

If you are a dog owner, fisherman, farmer, hunter or any other variety of American citizen who believes in your rights to Own animals, eat animals and raise animals the time has come for you to stand and be counted.

The Humane Society of the United States has begun working towards the same goals as PETA. This means, unless we stop them now, total Animal Liberation. In case you didn't know "animal liberation" means the complete extinction of domesticated and farm animals, outlawing hunting fishing and all other "animal use."

An organization called Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination is currently taking donations to help fund the "Expose the HSUS campaign." This group, a small anti-BSL group, has been watching how the HSUS and PETA's support of anti-dog laws has grown into an all out assault on dog owners, breeders and buyers. They are using false accusations of dog fighting to kill innocent dogs and shut down long time hobby breeders in the "pit bull breed" and allegations of abuse to shut down minature dog breeders as well.

Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination has decided to fund a radio ad campaign in order to counter self serving ads the HSUS has recently placed in areas like Tucson, Arizona. This campaign will run in targeted areas alongside an informative website section and Utube video. The radio campaign would grab the attention of listeners guiding them to the campaign's website. Once they are on the website they will see a Utube video which highlights all the nasty tidbits the HSUS doesn't mention when panhandling for their cash.

The website will have detailed information about the HSUS goal of eliminating animal husbandry of all kinds in America. It will outline many of the underhanded tactics they have used in recent months to "capture" dog breeders, kill innocent dogs and then wash their hands of the whole ordeal.

This campaign can reach thousands of American citizens and educate them on what the HSUS is really doing. We can stop this before it goes much further! But, we need your help. Blogging on the internet and running informative websites is not enough anymore. The HSUS is a multi-million dollar corporation which can and does run TV and radio ads regularly. They get free advertisement from news stations who know nothing about their real agenda and millions of pet loving Americans donate to them every year without knowing what the money is really for.

Please donate what you can to help us reach our $1000.00 goal and start the campaign! If you cannot donate, or even if you do donate, please cross post this on every message board, discussion group and myspace page you can find where people who value their Constituitional Rights still can be found.

An Award For Bloggers From Bloggers

The wonderful author of The Endangered Owner (another awesome blog you ought to read) passed this Friendship award onto our humble little thinking spot here at United We Bark. She awarded this honor to us for " for [our] hard work on stopping BSL and for educating people on the true agenda of the HSUS ." A very nice thing to say, indeed.

The rules of the award say that we must pass this on to 8 fellow bloggers who we feel deserve it. I am not sure if I can or cannot duplicate the bloggers she passed it on to along with myself. . but, just to be fair I will not duplicate them.

• B. Haywood of Dog Politics - For showing me that blogging really can help us make a difference!
• The Real Pit Bull - For helping be another voice of reason in an otherwise uninformed world.
  
• We Are Just Like You - For showing the gentler, more lovable side to the American Pit Bull Terrier and trying in your own way to educate the public about responsible ownership!
• The Pit Bull Blog - for having a lot of good info and a great attitude. You haven't posted in a long while, but I am hoping this award will help rev you back up!
• Defend-A-Bull Blog - For keeping the world up to date on the happenings in Canada concerning pit bulls and BSL.
• Love Does Not Discriminate - For trying to help end breedism once and for all!
• The Woof Report - For telling the other side to every story that you post.
• The No Kill Nation - For adding to the blog buzz about how no kill shelters can and do work in America!
  

All the blogs awarded are deserving for different reasons. But, in the end they all have the animals in mind. As it should be.