I would never put up with that dog lady. Some people need to learn that they are not in control of everything. If I had gotten a dog from her and she showed up at my door unexpected I would have slammed the door in her face. Position it 9/10ths of the law.

Once you give away/sell something it is gone. Get over it.

Watch out Kris or Betsy will become a dog rescue person and you will start coming home and find strange dogs in your house. Then she will give you the old "I am just fostering them until they find a home". Careful, they may never leave.

I am so tempted to make up 13 posts.

First, I love your show--it's fantastic and I laugh my ass off AND learn valuable thrifting-for-resale tips. It's great.

But I gotta tell you, you were talking out of your asses today. The dog rescue woman you made fun of has EXACTLY the right idea. Rescues have to be responsible for their dogs, even post-adoption. Why? Because so many people are so damn irresponsible. They adopt dogs and then decide they are disposable, or they don't have to be cared for, and the dogs pay heavy prices for it. That's why rescues insist on "retaining ownership"--so that no matter what happens, no dog that has gone through rescue will end up homeless.

Producer Bill says "position is 9/10ths of the law." I assume that should read possession. Anyway, if it is essential to you to OWN a dog, then you have to buy one. Rescue dogs are owned by the rescue, as the rescuer is the one who put up the cash to get them out of the pound, or took them in when nobody else wanted them, or whatever. It is completely normal for rescues to have contracts that stipulate that the dog is returned to the rescue if the adopter cannot or will not take care of it (or dies, as in the example).

It would be great if this weren't necessary. Trust me, as someone who does rescue, I really don't want any of the dogs I adopt out back. I have one to many dogs at my house at any given time, and having to take another one in, after it's already been adopted once, is kind of a nightmare. But it beats the hell out of the alternative. People in rescue dedicate an enormous amount of time, energy, and money to their dogs, and it's just not worth doing if the dogs end up screwed in the end anyway.

All that being said, I hope you are able to adopt Benji. Sounds like he and your kids did great together, and maybe he'll have a calming effect on Zeus. :)

OK, there is diligence...and then there is naziness. Yes, the lady must be careful who she adopts dogs to, not only for the dogs welfare, but also for lawsuit-happy people who find out fido gets a little bitey when junior yanks on his tail.

HOWEVER...the whole "these are MY DOGS!" thing smacks of "crazy lady!" Why do I have a feeling one day you'll see her on one of those Animal Cop shows on Animal Planet, where they have to show up to her house in hazmat suits and a 18 wheeler to pack all the dogs and cats up that she's been hoarding.

Breeders will sometimes ask that if you decide one day that you can't have the dog anymore that you return it to them, but they can't actually track you down and arrest you if you take it to the pound or hand it off to a friend. Crazy nazi dog lady is super crazy if she feels she has legal rights over the dogs she adopts out.

Anyway, I hope you get Zeusy sufficiently exhausted and doped up enough to behave. And once you get Benji...RUN! RUN AWAY! RUN FROM THE CRAZY DOG LADY!!!

Hey! I met Geraldo at his Red Bank paper's Xmas party. I was new. He liked my hat. He was completely pissed. (did i tell that story already?)

andanotherthing... that dog looks like an Ewok - scary!!

Kris,
Thanks for visiting and all the kind words.
Next time you or the whole gang comes out this way my husband and I would love to take you guys out to dinner.
Free food what could be better!
I have to say that you were impeccably dressed when we meet and that it was a pleasure to finally meet you.
Thanks for all you do.

Hey Jodi. You are more than welcome for the kind words. I haven't probably said enough.

If we get out that way we will surely take you guys up on free food. I am not sure there is anything better. But I can't speak for Betsy . . . probably something I shouldn't say on her behalf, as usual.

Thanks, btw, for the comments on the puff in my cuff. I wouldn't rock it any other way in NYC ;-).