RR Danes

09/07/2024

Anyone looking for their baby?

27/04/2024

27/04/2024

Did you know STILL to this day disabled individuals are fighting for equality and accessibility to simply exist alongside abled body people.

Disabled people:
❌ Cannot get married while receiving disability or they lose their benefits.
❌ Cannot have more than $2000 in savings
❌ Cannot make more than $1200/month or they lose their disability benefits (Rent alone is $800+ for one bedrooms and income housing is YEARS wait)
❌ Still fighting for handicap accessible buildings

The original disability pride flag, created by Ann Magill in 2019, underwent a makeover by Magill for accessibility purposes in 2021. They altered the original zigzagged design because it worsened symptoms for individuals with visually triggered disabilities, including seizure and migraine disorders. Magill’s updated design features muted colors and a straight diagonal band from the top left to the bottom right corner.

The original flag’s zigzags represented how disabled people creatively navigate barriers. On the improved flag, the parallel stripes stand for intracommunal solidarity. The colors on the flag symbolize various disability experiences. The black background mourns disabled people who have died due to negligence, su***de, rebellion, illness, and eugenics. The stripe’s color represents disability types:

Red: physical disabilities
Gold: cognitive and intellectual disabilities
White: nonvisible and undiagnosed disabilities
Blue: psychiatric disabilities
Green: sensory disabilities

Society presents many obstacles – stigma, shame, inaccessibility, ableism – to proudly identifying as disabled. Frequently, non-disabled people infantilize disabled people and strip us of personal dignity and autonomy. Disability Pride Month is a time to positively assert our identity, listen to disabled voices, and advocate for appropriate accommodations inside and outside of faith communities. The disability pride flag is an outward symbol of the identity, resilience, and capacity of the disability community. Consider flying or displaying the disability pride flag at your faith institution this Disability Pride Month as a symbol of solidarity with your disabled constituents.

27/04/2024

27/04/2024

Service Dog Saturday:
No such thing as a fake service dog, just a dishonest human faking a disability.

30/03/2024

Shared from a friend:
I am NOT a breeder and don’t wish to become one. We have had rescues/rehomes AND purchased from breeders! 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶

The purchase of a well bred purebred did not sentence another dog to death.

The purchase of a well bred purebred did not cause an increase in the number of dogs in shelter.

Someone wanting a dog with a predictable temperament from healthy lineage did not cause another dog to not get adopted.

Someone's meticulous research and support of only the most responsible of breeders is not the problem. It is not what you should be mad at. It is not what you should be pushing the blame onto.

I am not the one who brought these dogs into the world irresponsibly and left them in a shelter. Responsible breeders are not the ones who put dogs into shelters either.

It is my home, my life, and my choice of what kind of dog to bring into it. Maybe I needed a working dog, a sport dog, or simply a companion puppy to raise of a breed I enjoy. No matter the reason, the choice to support a reputable breeder did not send a shelter dog to its death.

A breeder who health tests, temperament tests, studies pedigrees, proves a dog worthy of being bred, and only breeds when doing so is of benefit to the breed is not contributing to the number of homeless dogs.
The number of homeless dogs in the world is a problem, but it is not a problem exacerbated by reputable breeders and those who purchase from them.

Your neighbor down the street who refuses to contain his unaltered dogs IS contributing to the problem.

Your friend who impulse bought a dog at Pet Land IS contributing to the problem.

That guy on Craigslist pumping out the trendiest designer mix as fast as he can IS contributing to the problem. I got my Luna from Craig’s List.

Your relative who just HAS to let their dog have one litter “so she can experience motherhood” or because “she’s just so sweet” IS contributing to the problem.

Your old high school classmate who bought a high energy working breed without taking the time to research its needs and realize it was not a good fit for their household ahead of time IS contributing to the problem.

The person that got tired of their old dog, had a baby, or just ‘didn’t have the time’ is the problem.

A reputable breeder offers their lifelong support. A reputable breeder would never allow their dogs to end up in a shelter to begin with. A reputable breeder makes it a contractual obligation to return dogs they have produced back to them should you find yourself unable of keeping it.

It is understandable to be angry about the number of homeless dogs in the world, but if you take a deeper look, you will find your anger is misplaced.

If you take a deeper look, you will find reputable breeders and those of us who purchase from them are just as angry, we are just pointing fingers at the right causes.

In conclusion, Blaming responsible breeders for shelter dogs is like blaming Harvard graduates for crack babies.

Just something to consider! 💫

09/02/2024

We made the top 20!!!! Now we have 6 days to stay in the top 15!!!!!! Thank you for everyone’s continued support!

06/02/2024

One of a kind ❤️ dog coming through! Moose is a Service dog among many other things!

02/02/2024

Free vote everyday!

One of a kind ❤️ dog coming through! Moose is a Service dog among many other things!

02/02/2024

Today is and we created this flyer for our homeless services providers to easily help them navigate the legalities surrounding assistance animals, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Fair Housing Act. These can be tricky to understand! To learn more you can head over to www.ada.gov/topics/service-animals/.

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