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[Ellie]

Effective June 30th, the dog portion of the Animal Shelter will be closed. At the moment there are 10 dogs
looking for homes and hopefully this will happen. This is official - and the volunteers were given
permission to relay the information.

No further information on the status of the rest of the Shelter at this point. I'm only the messenger.

[Canookie]

What other options are there for homeless/lost/found/injured/abused dogs??

[lakeheron]

Anita's Animals, The Ranch and Dr. Pepe Magana are options.

[JayBearII]

Perhaps someone could post photos of the dogs seeking adoption. I was at Lladron de Guevera this morning and saw a lovely mid-size short-hair female dog about 7 months old that would be a perfect adoption for someone' this is the dog that was left tied outside the shelter--obviously a well-raised pet.

[BALDERDASH]

I am just sick about this! How will the proceeds for food and items sold at Shelter be used other than for the cats? I think all of the mentioned options are pretty full with dogs. I'm sure J.Kaye is sick of the constant complaints from neighbors but wish someone would step up to the plate in order to keep it open.

[Sasha]

Please some one give me more information about THE Ranch, where is it located and
whom to contact.
Tks
G

[Malaya]

This is the time to get your friend mailing list out and send messages and ask them to send messages to their friends.

This is a time when we all need to pull together. Maybe the carpenter guys could help Anita with some renovations. But, let's also not forget that she is now 70 and a day will come when she will no longer be able to do what she does. That too will need preparation.

Both shelters have websites and Paypal buttons. Now is the time to find $10 and help out. Or more if you have it. I know times are tough, but as a community I know we can pull together to help both shelters.

I really wish one of the shelters or Friends of the Animals would throw a casino night at the new casino as I'd love to got there, but am afraid to do so alone

Just a thought.

[Bandol]

As far as who was in the area first, there is an interesting letter in the current Guadalajara Reporter which gives a different version of events and suggests two sides of the story.

[HelperGuy]

I'm surprised at the vitriol being tossed in the direction of the shelter from the 'complainers'. There are gazillions of dogs in my neighbourhood, barking day and night, and no one does anything about them.

Here we have a situation where a LOT of money is being spent to spay and neuter, and care for, tossed-aside dogs and this is the thanks they get. I hope I never have to give up my Mom's doggie.

[MtnMama]

The other side of the story in the Reporter reminded me of Daniel Patrick Moynihan's comment "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." It is truly sad when a few people feel that they are more important than an entire community.

[JayBearII]

Sorry to disagree, but (a) Mr. Kaye has the resources to solve his own problems and ( NOT all of us have to deal with large numbers of barking dogs day and night. I, for one, would be unable to handle that, as I am noise sensitive. With the current situation in the area re: narcos and a slow real estate market, the neighbors couldn't sell and move elsewhere. So, I am sympathetic to the neighbors. Granted, Mr. Kaye is no spring chicken, he has a lot on his plate, this is a difficult situation, and he may wish to curtail operations and support other efforts in the area. His call. I am sure he meant well when he expanded.

BTW, I don't know anyone in the area, so don't even think I am prejudiced about this.

[Ellie]

For photos:
http://www.lakesideanimalshelter.com

I know that Max has been adopted. A friend rescued him - he'd been running around the Ajijic malecon
and LCS and he was fostered until the Shelter had room for him. Someone left him - his ribs were showing and was severely dehydrated but
he'd been trained - knew to sit and follow other commands
and was a sweetheart.

[solajijic]

What a load of baloney. It won't effect housing prices. And the village dogs seem to be pretty much the same as always, out and about doing their thing all day long. And some dogs are cared for properly and some are not cared for but that is just the difference in the idea of what a dog is all about. There are fewer roof dogs. Expats wanting dogs will have plenty still to choose from the other shelters.

[Lexie]

Sorry to disagree, but (a) Mr. Kaye has the resources to solve his own problems and ( NOT all of us have to deal with large numbers of barking dogs day and night. I, for one, would be unable to handle that, as I am noise sensitive. With the current situation in the area re: narcos and a slow real estate market, the neighbors couldn't sell and move elsewhere. So, I am sympathetic to the neighbors. Granted, Mr. Kaye is no spring chicken, he has a lot on his plate, this is a difficult situation, and he may wish to curtail operations and support other efforts in the area. His call. I am sure he meant well when he expanded.

JayBearl, you and others may recall that the current spacious rental property Geoffrey Kaye chose to relocate the dogs from a former space just up the road a bit, was/is quite large. It seemed at the time to onlookers and the dog volunteers as ideal for some outdoor/indoor accommodations. However the indoor space, facing the carretera, was entirely renovated to accommodate an art gallery, a fashion boutique, and a large reception area. None of the rear indoor space was made over to house any of the dogs indoors at night, as some people hoped, thus cutting down on the noise of outdoor night barking. The dogs were nicely installed outdoors in the rear of this property that included work areas for the volunteers and runs for the dogs. But nevertheless it's an open area that faced and, of course, still faces a residential area. Complaints from neighbors about barking dogs was just about inevitable. The Dog Shelter got a reprieve some time back, you'll recall, when the municipality threatened to close its doors and the community that supported the Shelter just about raised hell. And the Shelter survived, with the agreement to scale back on the number of dogs (although still, unfortunately, housing them outside at night as usual). The rental space is expensive. The boutiques failed. The art gallery didn't work and never earned any significant money for the Shelter.
So unfortunately—for more reasons than I’ve outlined here, I’m sure--a top-notch Shelter where needy dogs got the best of care is closing. Not moving, closing. Really sad. There will be a report on the closing in the Reporter this weekend, I'm told. It's very likely that Geoffrey has plans to work with needy dogs in some way at some other location. We'll all be hoping.
Now let's all help the dog volunteers in whatever way we can to get the remaining dogs adopted ASAP. That would cheer up the dog volunteers a lot, I know.
Lexy

[johanson]

How sad. Geoffrey spent a lot of money and time trying to save those dogs. And because of his efforts, many dogs were saved. Now I guess, because of some angry neighbors he's being forced to close that part of the shelter that helped the dogs.

Remember folks, that dog shelter has been in that same general area since way before I first came lakeside in the mid 90s.

Oh and I do not mean to forget the many hours many other volunteers donated to run that shelter during all of these years.

[ChrisB]

When was the last time that you remember seeing a roaming pack of dogs? Get ready! Will the other shelters pledge to step up and promise to spay/ neuter, vaccinate, and treat all dogs so that they only send out healthy dogs?

[ckelly]

the dog "Ranch" www.lakesidespayandneutercenter.com

[johanson]

Yes thank God that the dog ranch, Anita, etc are still out there. And they too deserve great credit for the great work they have been performing. It just that right now the dog shelter that is being forced to be shut down is the one we are talking about because all of the animal shelters are so needed.