Dice & Ringo

25/07/2024

Let's get to peeing!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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12/04/2024

Spot is looking for a very special home or rescue to give him the love and care that he deserves! From what we have been told he frequently ran the neighborhood and was often fed by those neighbors.
The miracle is that he did not get injured or worse while out on his adventures. He is deaf.

We are looking for someone with experience with Dalmatians and deaf dogs! Spot needs a hero!

Please share!!!!

Approx 2 yrs old
Dog friendly
Kids and cats unknown

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Mahoning County Dog Warden
1230 N Meridian Rd
Youngstown, Ohio 44509

330-740-2205

Office hours:
M-W-F 8:00-4:30
T-TH 8:00-5:30
Sat 9:00-noon

19/03/2024

Yesterday's Birthday Celebration for Dice.
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15/03/2024

So, Quick update on Dice & Ringo. They are both completely healed and they are fine. I am not!
When my dogs were attacked on Christmas day something changed in my mind.
Occasionally I will do a very quick walk around the block with them but I have to be extremely careful because literally on every block there is a chance of a loose dog! I have seen them and heard about them from other dog owning friends. :(
Some are loose by accident while others it is on purpose. Just let them out in the yard with no fence. Maybe they won't charge at you and your dog when you walk by their house, maybe not.
So, it is a gamble.
Most of the time I drive down to the cemetery to do a very quick walk with the van nearby.
It helps me to know that I can get to the van.
The house across the street from the cemetery occasionally has a very large loose dog that comes over to the cemetery.
I have walked in my neighborhood and the cemetery for 24 years with my dogs. I have never been afraid of anything!!!
Now I am afraid of altercations. Is it any wonder.
We have not received one dime towards the $1853 vet bill from the previous encounter with a loose dangerous dog. Plus It seems like I cannot walk anywhere without encountering a loose dog.
One owner the other day pulled into the cemetery about 100 yards from me and just let his dog out loose.
I changed directions, I guess that man and his dog were more important than we were. I hope the man at least picks up his dogs p**p! I did notice that man at least carried a leash unlike some other people we have observed.
When did we become such an entitled population? I know, stupid question......
I would like to walk in my neighborhood and not be afraid of oncoming traffic from loose dogs.
Am I not entitled to walk in the cemetery where my relatives are buried without being afraid of loose dogs?
Then I learn that one of our local trainers is training people and their dogs to walk without leashes.
Just beautiful. I hope that she at least trains the humans to pick up after their dogs when they p**p!!!! That is one of my biggest pet peeves. No one should ever have to step in a dogs p**p when they visit their loved one in a cemetery. That is just ignorance and laziness on the part of the owners. It is a cemetery, have some respect for the gravesites.
One guy I met walks his dog with a shock collar. Told me that his dog was trained to walk with a shock collar. Okay. I should have asked if he picks up his dogs p**p. LOL!!!!
How about just having a leash to put on just in case you need it! Oh, wait..... We don't have a leash law in our county, we have and I will quote him, "We have a control law"
I guess no one else matters. Just you.
That man also told me if something happened it would be my dogs fault. I just mentioned to him that I was just in court for a case with a loose dog, did he really want to find out.
Fact of the matter is when you are 100 - 200 yards away from someone that is approaching, you really cannot see very well. All I know is that the dog is loose and they are going to cross paths with me. Some loose dogs will start to run towards other dogs when they notice them. My heart rate rises, I need my exit, change direction, get to the van.
I think that Pearson Park has a leash ordinance. I need to check. Maybe I will just change the place that I go.
Such a shame because the cemetery is right here.
I really wish the City of New Castle would draft some type of leash law. I also wish that the New Castle News and local news sites would do more stories on responsibilities of dog owners. The owner of the dog that attacked both of my dogs had absolutely NO idea that she was at fault for that attack. She actually plead not guilty. I really hope that had she have been better informed then maybe she wouldn't have been so negligent when it came to her dog getting loose thru a faulty back door that wouldn't latch properly.
I do carry mace now and also have a stun gun that looks like a flashlight.
I pray that I get over this fear! It is completely terrible. Nothing ever bothered me before but now it does. So we pray for it to somehow subside and we pray for the strength to just keep getting out there even if it is a short quick walk. Truthfully the dogs don't care about the length of their walk, they care about the quality of their walk.
My rant is over. Thank you for listening.
**ppickup

11/02/2024

Manufacturers and retailers that sell dog collars need to clearly post messaging about the amount of strength per collar. Some collars are only meant for a picture or lounging around the house. Today there was a very young girl walking a bully breed thru my neighborhood. I was outside unloading groceries and noticed she was trying to carry her dog. I yelled over to her asking if she needed help. To which she did. Something had broken. I grabbed one of my extra leashes and walked over to where she was holding her dog. I thought the leash had broken but it was actually the collar. I just turned my leash into a slip collar and told her to bring it back when she was done. I did tell her that the collars like that one were junk.
A little while later my leash was right at my door with a note: "Thanks so much!" :)
I LOVED the note! Made me smile and be thankful I was able to help. I remember needing help and someone helping me when I needed it.
So the reason why I am posting about this is to share the knowledge about cheaply made collars.
Some aren't cheap in price but they will still break anytime you put some force against them.
Collars need to have ratings like the tie out lines do. Until it has happened to you or someone you know then you will never know. Dice & Ringo

25/01/2024

We went on our first walk today!!!! I have to get over being nervous about loose dogs in my neighborhood. I do have mace and will not hesitate to use it. I walked them separately. Ringo was pretty unhappy about that. He howled like a wolf. Dice got to go first. Dice enjoyed himself. It was a good day! Dice has healed up nicely. One of Ringo's puncture wounds on his elbows healed over but it is raised and looks like a cyst. Hoping that eventually goes away. I have to ask our vet about that.

16/01/2024

Update on Dice & Ringo
We started playing again! Toys are scattered everywhere Mom doesn't seem to care about the mess. Actually Mom says she is happy there is a mess! ❤
Dice still isn't supposed to shake his head but almost all of the scabs on the earflap are gone. Just a couple small tiny stubborn ones left.
Yesterday marked 3 weeks.

27/12/2023

Day #2 of recovery
Everyone rested last night.
This morning we ate our breakfast. Dice needed to be hand fed, just easier with the snood/babushka thing he has to wear on his head + it helps him feel a little better to have Mom do that.
Next we had our meds and now we are resting again.
Cancelled a few things so I can stay home with them. I am not leaving them.

03/10/2023

Rest Easy & Run Free Izzy!!!!!
So glad that you and Dice were able to meet while we were in Memphis. He only had eyes for you after that! 💔

12/05/2023

🎂🍨❤️ Happy 1st Birthday to our Ringo!!!!!!!!! ❤️🍨🎂
Birthday celebration all weekend long!
Toys, cake, ice cream, balloons, walks and most of all LOVE! 💝

01/05/2023

28/10/2022

Who wore it better? 🎃👻☠️

06/08/2022

Introducing my new little brother "Ringo"
(actually my great nephew but I am calling him my little brother!)

28/07/2022

Dice & Baby Ringo ❤️❤️❤️