Gumby

Canine Bill of Rights

July 13, 2011

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Animal Rights

I live in an obese society where it seems that that striving for PAWfection these days seems more about LOSING yourself than finding yourself... in the age of the gym where the body is considered a sculpture, it seems PAWfection is attained not when there is nothing left to add, but only when there is nothing left to take away!!! I realise that no one got ahead by sitting on their behind, and I do my regular walkies, but I am a township rescue and I really simply do not like the feeling of hu...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Dog Blog

The Soullessness of men!

July 6, 2011

From beasts we scorn as soulless,
In forest, field and den,
The cry goes up to witness
The soullessness of men.
~M. Frida Hartley

"On Thursday 16^th June (Youth Day) the Brakpan SPCA responded to a very disturbing complaint. We were called out by the Brakpan SAPS to assist with the arrest of a man who had throttled his dog with a cable tie to prevent it from making a noise, while he beat it to death with a lead pipe. The incident took place in Brakpan North.

When we arrived we found a well built ma...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Animal Welfare

Ode to the Forgotten Dog...

July 6, 2011

I am a township terrier, simply tossed away,

Like garbage in a landfill - I never had a say

Drains became my waterbowl

And rubbish dumps my restaurant,

Crushed my spirit and my soul,

Must survive, rest I can't

Skulk in shadows, can't be seen

Boots and stones can be so mean

Others nipping at my heels,

As we scavenge for measly meals

Disease is rampant, we've not had shots

We cower in your parking lots

And hope for scraps from doggybags

We slumber on newspapers and soggy rags

You don't notice, you ignore

God ...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Animal Welfare

Part 2: First Supervised visit - on the way to becoming a Therapy Dog (July 2010)

July 6, 2011

We did our usual Delta Park double circuit walk in the morning and then I was thoroughly bathed and groomed in preparation for meeting some other PFP dogs and handlers and discussing future visiting venues and schedules... little did we know this was to be my FIRST (of 6) mandatory supervised visits which I need to do before I can become registered as a Therapy Dog.

Lesley De Klerk, founder and West Rand unit leader of Paws for People®, asked us to be at St Michaels, Cornelius street in Wel...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Dog Blog

Part 1: Evaluation to become a Therapy Dog (June 2010)

July 6, 2011

Clearly all the obedience training I had got had made me a GOOD dog, but what was it going to take for me to become an even BETTER dog? How would I not only be fulfilled but fulfil my potential as "man's best friend"... just imagine my joy and excitement when we came across the Paws for People® website

My Facebook status that night was: I feel so free... here's who I can be, am inspired and in awe and want to be more... found a place I think I can be, more ME!!!

In the next couple of days w...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Dog Blog

It's a Dog's Life

July 6, 2011

I am one of the luckier Rescues... One of the Happy Tails!

I was born in a township, and although my family didn't just leave me on the dusty streets but handed me over at a Community Led Animal Welfare (CLAW) Outreach Clinic, I still felt very much abandoned.

The day I arrived (the 27th of January 2009) there was a new lady, D, wanting to do some voluntary work for CLAW, and she took a pic of me...

She then bathed me and did the best she could to get some of the matting out of my hair. I lov...

Posted by Gumby Pana. Posted In : Dog Blog

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A bit about me

Gumby

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

RIP GUMBY - your PAWsome legacy and insPAWration will continue ❤your mom, Dido Abandoned in a township, and rescued by CLAW (Community Led Animal Welfare), I went on to be adopted and embraced by the Blagden-pack and taken to dog training where I was certified as a Canine Good Citizen. I am registered as a Paws for People Therapy Dog and visit lots of special people in various institutions. I foster a few CLAWbies who have been neglected, abandoned, abused or need some special TLC outside a shelter. I am also very involved in networking animals needing to find their PAWfect forever home and PAWsome happily ever after! Years ago I had my DNA analysed and I am in fact a Pekignese-Schnauzer-Yorkshire Terrier, with a drop of Pomeranian-Jack Russel and just a smidgen of Boxer... yip, basically I'm just a paveMUNT special super-callused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis ;-D