Dog Lovers Chained to Cause

We hope everyone enjoyed their time off work for the 4th. While some of us were bbq'ing most everything in sight, there were at least 108 people in 36 states living chained to a doghouse for 8 to 24 hours. This is their 5th Annual Chain Off event, which runs from June 30th to July 8th. Dogs Deserve Better is a national nonprofit working to end the suffering endured by dogs kept chained or penned for life by having volunteers chain themselves to a doghouse.

“Living chained to a doghouse for 24 hours will be grueling and unimaginable for those of us who are so used to coming and going as we please,” said Susan Hartland, organizer of the Atlanta and Seattle events and a Dogs Deserve Better area representative. “But the discomfort we will endure is nothing compared to the daily suffering of many of our nation’s dogs who spend their entire lives at the end of a chain, living in a small patch of mud, their chains wrapped around a tree, baking in the summer sun or freezing in the winter cold.”