Adoption Diaries: Cuteness on Wheels

Elyse’s Adoption Diary:

How ‘bout I skip to the good stuff? Without further ado, I give you skateboarding puppies:



Trish McMillan, ASPCA Director of Animal Behavior, took this footage while conducting a training session with the pups. Yes, training. Knowing I’d want to write about this, I asked Trish what was up with the skateboard. She says she uses it with every new litter of pups they get in.

Me: Do you bring out the skateboard with the puppies just for fun, or is there actually a behavior/training reason to go along with it?
Trish: It gets them used to novelty, skateboard sounds and moving surfaces.

So there ya have it. Our way of justifying that which needs no justification. Come on—cute puppies on a skateboard!

But wait—there’s more. This is Peanut, who loves to stand up. Nickname: Teddy Bear Supreme, so lovingly dubbed by the staffer in this video, who claims Peanut is her boyfriend…but then again, as she added, she’s had a lot of boyfriends at the ASPCA.






We won’t beat around the bush. Mr. Daisy is fat. But boy, can he move! Look at that sweet, innocent face. The last thing I expected was for him to roll around like an ecstatic looney! Watch this video and tell me if you don’t swear Mr. Daisy is moving to the music. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I adore the music the cats get to hear all day! Usually it’s classical, but on this day it was jazzy standards. Cool.



Brooklyn’s in the house. This pit bull is a little nutty, but she’s only eight months old. She’s as sweet as they come, though, and is gearing up to make a great forever pet for someone soon.



** Be sure to check out my Flickr page to see all the photos from my visits to the adoption center.

** View available animals at our adoption center.