We're helping Noble find his Forever Family. Is it you?

My friend just recently did an amazing thing and rescued a dog from an abusive situation! Woo hoo! Now we're on a mission to help find this super handsome guy his forever home.  And trust me, this guy is HANDSOME,  she gets stopped on the street all the time so people can tell her that. :)  Please help us out by sharing his story. PS - transport can always be arranged, so if you're interest just email or call and we will get it all figured out. So without further delay, here's Noble!

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Noble. I am a neutered, two and half year old Rottweiler mix. I am up-to-date on all my shots, I have a microchip and I have my whole tail! I love to give kisses galore and have lots of fun (except when I’m modeling, I’m very serious about my modeling career). Right now I think snow is about the greatest toy ever invented. I am also pretty small for my age and only weigh 66 lbs. Most importantly, though, is that I am quite a handsome chap. I know self - praise is no form of recommendation but my rescue mommy says this all the time, so it must be true! I am a very active dog and I enjoy structure; it keeps me balanced.
Boy do I love the outdoors! So many smells and new experiences, it keeps a guy like me wanting more! I really wish I had a yard, it must be amazing to just be able to run freely for a long as I wanted. I do have a fascination with these little furry black things that scurry up trees. Foster mom calls them squirrels but never lets me play with them – what a party pooper! My foster mom says I’m really smart and in a few short days I learned how to walk nicely on the lead. I occasionally will get a tug but that’s only because she doesn’t seem to understand I just want to leave my scent everywhere – sheesh.
Right now I am totally living the good life but I have not always had it this good. I was in a shelter and when I thought I found my forever home I was passed off to someone else. I have been severely neglected and when my foster mom found me I was not being properly fed, I hadn’t been to a vet in a couple of years, and my foster mom and the vet figured out that I was beaten. I am not a fan of other dogs – I feel really insecure and guarded but only because I have never been exposed to them so I get scared. I was never properly socialized which my rescue mom calls a “tragedy” – wonder what that means.
All I know is that I have to have hope. I dream of the day I find a dog savvy pup parent who can build my confidence and show me how to be respectful because truthfully I really do want to have friends. I really want to trust but I am scared. Since I spent a lot of time in fear during my old life and I am insecure because I do not know what to expect. I am not sure if I will get a next meal or be hit – I just am not sure how to act sometimes but I'm learning super fast. My foster mom says the funniest thing I do is that I hide my treats. Getting treats is something so new to me that I like to hide them under shoes and between the couch cushions. I’ve never gotten such amazing snacks like this before – what if I want one next Thursday! I do have some manners that I am very proud of – I can sit, lay down, stay, up, shake paw and I can take treats you hold in your teeth! Typical to my breed I am highly intelligent and aim to please. I am very, very loyal and want more than anything to find a special someone to appreciate me. I have huge crate but am a bit of a Houdini – can’t hold a guy like me down! I want to feel the wind in my ears! I would be great in agility and am always eager to learn I just need the right person to show me the way. I may not be perfect but I can promise you this – I will ALWAYS try my best and do whatever it takes to show you I am devoted to you – please give me a chance. Just remember, to the world you may be one person but to me you would be my whole world.

With lots of sloppy kisses and a whole heaping bunch of love,

Noble xox

If you would like to be Noble's family, please email zeroggirl@gmail.com or call 613.709.6025.

Dogs in North Carolina Need Your Voice TODAY! ------UPDATE

UPDATE
Thank you to all of you who have signed the petition and shared it with friends - WE'VE WON!!! When I first heard about this story and added my voice to the issue, there were just under 1500 people standing together. As I write this update, this petition has gone viral and is now over 58,000 voices strong!! Yep, that's right, I said over 58,000 and still growing every second! What amazing things we can accomplish together.
As I had mentioned in the original post, the Animal Control Advisory Board was meeting Monday evening. After being overwhelmed with tens of thousands of emails and hearing testimony from trainers, bully breed owners and rescuers the Board moved to dismiss the 72-hour kill plan in favor of better vetting of potential adoptive families. For coverage of the meeting, please read Gregory Phillip's story for the FayObserver.

While this win is incredible, there is, however, one point that I would like to make. Last year, this shelter took in 7,112 dogs - 3,196 never left. And while this 73% euthanasia is beyond staggering, this is sadly not even remotely anomalous.
I would just like to leave everyone with one thought - look at what you have all accomplished here in just two short days and all it took was a minute of your time. Just think of all the amazing change you can bring if you give a minute or two every day. Sign a petition, help get corporate funding to provide low/no-cost spaying and neutering in your area, tell friends who are looking to add little furry ones to their families why adopting from a shelter is so important or visit dogs in the shelter and show them that they matter to someone. The list is endless. The point is - do something.

"Be the change you want to see in the world. " Mahatma Gandhi

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In the world of animal welfare, BSL just might be the most despised word imaginable. BSL (Breed Specific Legislation) are laws or ordinances enacted by governing bodies that pertain only to specific breed types. Most notable lately have been the laws targeting pit bulls ranging from rules stating that they must be muzzled whenever they are out in public to families with pitbull family members being unable to find homes and apartments to rent to the complete ban on pit bulls being allowed in particular cities, states and provinces. These laws are based on wildly and grossly inaccurate presumptions and stereotypes and result solely in the mass discrimination and murder of animals. It completely ignores the fact and fails to hold accountable the irresponsible guardians who beat, abuse, neglect, etc the animals who tragically end up in bad situations. If we humans were to follow that same logic, it would be the like saying that since a person named Jason was just responsible for a crime, all Jasons in the state must be rounded up and put them in jail. Pretty ridiculous isn't it? Well, enough of the background, let's get to the matter at hand.

Cumberland County Animal Control is planning to enact a 72-hour kill plan any day now with a hearing being held tonight, Monday, December 5th. If this plan goes into effect, all Dobermans, Rottweilers, Chows, German Shepherds,  Great Danes, Pit Bulls, Mastiffs, Akitas and Huskies that are picked up as strays will be held for the mandatory 72 hours and then immediately euthanized. They will NOT be given any opportunity to be adopted. If any of the above breeds are brought in as an owner-surrender, they will immediately be taken back and euthanized. That means dogs like my Bella (below) would not even stand a chance.

Bella, a rescue from a South Florida shelter, would not even be given the chance to be adopted at Cumberland County Animal Control if the 72-hour Kill Plan goes in to effect.

This proposed regulation comes about because Cumberland County does not want to be held liable for these breeds which could be rectified with a simple liability waiver instead of the mass extermination of dogs.
Please take just a moment to Stand Up! and let Cumberland County know that this proposition is not acceptable and that discrimination and mass extermination is misguided and wrong.

Click here to sign the petition.

All the wonderful dogs of Cumberland County thank you for being their voice!