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I work with dogs and hang out with dogs all day. Most dogs on here are currently being housed at BARC(Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition), where I have been working since 9/11. BARC is a privately owned no-kill animal shelter located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. The facility can comfortably house a maximum of 25 dogs w/ individual runs. Most dogs we get, are either strays from the street, owner surrendered due to financial/personal difficulties and some, due to the new NY housing/landlord lease policies. We also rescue dogs from city pounds and kill shelters.

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** Checkout this teaser trailer for my long overdue documentary about some BARC dogs. I have filmed over 200++ dogs as they come through BARC and find new homes, over the course of 6 years. Its quite difficult to put all this dogs life in one 46 minute documentary, but it will eventually happen.

email me for other questions: ropstyle@gmail.com




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Check out my dog ORBIT doing back-to-back tricks. I rescued him from the ACC in Harlem in may of 2001, when he was about 8 months old. I have a series of pictures of him doing his deed to about 30 different landmark attractions around the US when my band took him on a 2 month tour of America. He has some amazing shots of pooping on the lawn across from where JFK got shot, him peeing on the gates of Graceland, him locked up inside the kennel of Disneyworld and riding the tram. I'm going to scan them and post it soon.

Monday, September 28, 2009

--Brenda meets Aponte: day 1 and 2

[Brenda ready to pounce on some pigeons]


When Brenda came in, she was tagged as 'doesnt like other dogs', when another dog approaches, she lays flat and arches her back legs in a pouncing position and lays still--almost predator like. Her pounces do however come with a snarl that usually puts another dog in defensive mode, or triggers a fight, regardless that its all a play to her. Aponte was a good candidate to walk her with, he knows how to handle dogs that play too hard or get aggressive and he listens to me. First introduction was a game of play, with Brenda going at Aponte and me yanking her away every single time she gets near and yelling "Stop" after pulling her away. After 10 minutes of this, I let Brenda pounce on Aponte a couple times and him pouncing back. By this point, Brenda was really riled up and showing aggression everytime she pounced. Aponte sensing this, pounced back hard with a loud snarl, and knocked Brenda over. As soon as this happened, I stepped on Brenda's leash all the way to the collar on the ground, not permitting her to get up, and looked at Aponte and told him to Sit Down. I stepped on her leash for a good 5 minutes while she fought to get up, then she decided to lie on her belly when she realized she wasnt going to win this. As soon as she was calm, I released my footing and 30 seconds later, she released her next burst of energy towards Aponte but was met by me,yanking her back and stepping on her leash again. After another 5 minutes of trying to get up, she gave up again. The next time I released her, she came up and rubbed on me. She never went after Aponte after that. The next day, they walked like they have been friends forever, sniffing and waiting on each other.

SUCCESS!!



[Day 1]

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[Day 2, BEST FRIENDS]

*NEW DOG: meet Gemini


Gemini is a male, Shepherd / Welsh Corgi mix. He is 3-4 years old and about 64 lbs.

Gemini is a super dog! He is an energetic and friendly dog. He loves people and has been well socialized with other dogs. He is a bit excitable when he gets out of the shelter, but he calms down once he starts walking. He has gotten a bit overweight during his journey for a new home. Once he gets settled in, he would love to go for runs and play with dogs in the dog run.



Friday, September 25, 2009

;-0 Precious finally has a HOME!



Precious finally finds a good home!!

Good luck dragon dog!!

[me and Precious]

=) meet and say good luck to Oscar!


Oscar, a 2-yrs-old Mastiff/Pit mix, came to BARC from the ACC and was immediately turned around and adopted a day later.

Good Luck!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

++Lucky and Sandy Girl -- SAYONARA!!



Lucky, the Coonhound who was rescued in the beginning of September and Sandy Girl, the red-nose AmStaff mix, that came to us in July--have both found their new homes.

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[Lucky and his new owners]

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[Lucky on the way out, while Sandy waits her turn]
[one last sniff for luck]

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[Sandy's turn with her owners]


[one last ball as a present]

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

++Hailey finds a home!!

Hailey ends up with a super nice family.

good luck little bunny!!


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

*NEW DOG: meet Mellow!


Mellow is an 11-mth-old Beagle mix, with really unusual and amazing markings. A set of eyes to boot as well. Mellow is like his name suggest, mellow and chill. Great Dog! Grab him right away!

*NEW DOGS: meet Rosie and Cody!


Rosie(pink collar) and Cody(green collar)are Pointers. Their original family had to relocate out of state and couldnt take them. Rosie is 9 years old and Cody is 7 years old, we think Rosie is his mom. Rosie and Cody can go to separate homes, eventhough we wish both could go to the same home together, but that is wishful thinking. They would need a lot of space in the same home. These Pointers are high-energy and loves to track, very intelligent as well.




Monday, September 14, 2009

*NEW DOG: meet Sam!


Sam is a male American Pit Bull Terrier mix, 2 years old and about 44lbs. Sam came to BARC from the city pound and we were immediately intrigued by his bright eyes. He is a loving and obedient dog and would love an active home. He is very excitable around other dogs, but it seems that he just wants to play with them.

VOTE for BARC in this contest!



The Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com are having a "$100,000 Shelter Challenge."

Vote for BARC, we sure can use the grants!!! Put down BARC on the shelter name, then select NY, then put in Brooklyn in the city.

Voting begins September 14th and ends on December 20th, 2009.

click the link:
Vote for us here!!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

*NEW DOGS: meet Boone and Jed!

[Jed]

[Boone]

Boone is a 4yr old male Chihuahua mix and Jed is a year old Chihuahua. Both were separately found as strays and were rescued from the city pound. Sweet and lovable. Jed likes to climb and dances around. Boones does the same, spending half his time on 2 legs, like a kangaroo.

NOTE: Boone has a little separation anxiety problem, it will take sometime to break him out of it, but patience will reward you with an amazing dog.

Saturday, September 12, 2009