The Richmond Neuter Project has 33 appointments available for Oct.28-30. The Project is still first come, first serve and they are looking for pit bulls and pit mixes in area north of R Street. Download the flier for more info!

The Grand Opening of the Church Hill Dog Park is Saturday from 9AM to noon. A K-9 rescue demonstration, police dogs, a demonstration of the use of a dog/cat oxygen masks, and various local organizations such as Pets at Play, Dog Talk with Jennifer Kyzer, Best Friends Sanctuary, Richmond SPCA will be present. Shortly after 9am there will be a ceremonial throwing out of the milkbone to Radar and Baker and toward noon a Best Dog Trick Contest will be judged.

Read more >

Police responded this morning to a report of a body wrapped in a dark-colored tarp at 28th and Y Streets:

Five police cruisers responded to the East End neighborhood. Officers secured a large area around the body with yellow crime-scene tape and began knocking on doors… [...] But when detectives arrived, they discovered the body was actually that of a large dog.

Word from The Richmond Neuter Project: Last chance for spay/neuter appointments for next week! As long as they are scheduled by Sunday, we might be able to get them in, depending on how many we have come in between now and then. First come, first served. RichmondNeuter@aol.com / www.richmondneuter.org / (804)646-0300

The Church Hill Dog Park is officially open! The park opened quietly today, and the organizers plan on having a “doggie day” in late July or early August to really announce that the park is open.

We’d like help supplying water until the city can get the spigots working (and during the winter months, too, as the city will turn the water off). There are 3 critter coolers down there, 2 in the large dog park, 1 in the small area, and they can hold 6.5 gallons at a time. You have to directly poor water into the bowls on the side.

LOST: Contact Diane at dgworth@yahoo.com. i if you have you seen Pella (photo after the jump). FOUND: Dark brown/black and white female unspayed wandering Clay Street between 31st and 32nd. If this is your dog or someone you know, please contact chimbodogs@hotmail.com. You will have to give identifying information such as breed and any significant markings.

Read more >

The Richmond SPCA, Richmond Animal Care & Control (RAC&C), Ring Dog Rescue, Annabelle’s Second Chance, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Dogs Deserve Better, BARK, and Misunderstood announced today “The Richmond Neuter Project,” a collaborative effort to encourage spaying and neutering of pit bulls within Richmond City. The first iteration of this event will focus on the Church Hill area of Richmond; pit bulls and pit bull mixes from this area will be spayed or neutered for free on July 22-24, 2008.

Read more >

I found a Beagle mix male dog at the bottom of Chimbo Hill, and my friends said they had seen the dog 2 weeks prior running as fast as possible down 26th st. out of the hill towards broad with a leash on. He had no tags. I would just like to find the owner of the dog. Anything you could do would be great.

Contact Justin at justinryanvaughan@gmail.com or (804)512-3651 for more info.

Read more >

Sugar is 52 pounds, short hair, very athletic, and the color of a German Shepherd. If you see her, contact Diane Worthington at (804)447-3298.

Read more >

A child was bitten by a dog outside Woodville Elementary this morning and was taken to the hospital for a little while. Animal Control has the dog and may or may not release it back to its owners. [via]

Lost black and white English setter, Eli, who is very friendly. Last seen in Church Hill on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, around Franklin and 27th Streets, near Libby Hill Park, wearing a leather collar with metal America flags. Please contact Jon at 804-229-6232 or Tayne at 804-840-7346.

Read more >

Everything is a go with Parks and Rec for the Church Hill Dog Park, they are officially a partner. The CHDP committee is working on ways to get money for the necessary fencing. The city has been fixing up the lower part of Chimborazo these last few months getting everything ready - digging out the cobblestone, cutting down some dead trees, restringing the lights, reshingling the shade structures and making sure the water source works. The CHDP committee will hold elections in January to make official their organizational structure. Contact chimbodogs@hotmail.com if you have any questions or would like to be involved.

It’s official: the nascent doggy park for Chimborazo will be called the Church Hill Dog Park. There were a lot of creative suggestions but none of them struck the committee as “The Name.” Now that this has been set, the CHDP committee is seeking help with fundraising, especially targeting the next 2 months. Interested in hosting or organizing a fundraiser? Contact the CHDP committee at chimbodogs@hotmail.com.

City Council passing an ordinance last night that makes it punishable by fines and jail time to leave a dog tethered for more than one hour in a 24-hour span. The ordinance passed 7-0, with Councilwomen Delores L. McQuinn and Ellen F. Robertson abstaining. [via]

Read more >

The folks behind the push for a dog park in Chimborazo met last night, with one of the topics being what this dark park could be called (other than the pedestrian “Chimborazo Dog Park”). The 3 suggestions are: (1) Chimbo Dog Park, (2) Church Hill Dog Park, and (3) CHill Dog Park. State your preference in the comments or suggest something else if you’ve got a good one…

Jennifer Kyzer of Pets at Play will be hosting the workshop Controlled Walk/Heel, Come Dog Training this Sunday, October 7th, from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Fulton Hill Studios (1000 Carlisle Avenue). The cost is $25. [via]

Read more >

An effort to bring a dog park to Chimborazo Park, including a petition at Captain Buzzy’s, has sprung out of the comments on the early-September post Animal Control in Chimbo Park?. Contact the organizers at chimbodogs@hotmail.com for more information.

We’ve heard that “an Animal Control officer had staked out Chimborazo Park yesterday and was busting everyone for letting their dogs off the leash to run around — also checking to see if they had licenses”. Can anyone confirm this?

The same 2 dogs that were so devastating a few weeks ago struck again last night on the 400 block of North 31st and 32nd. Where is animal control? [via]

Read more >

Via a tip from Mary Anne on the 70 comment Dangerous Dogs post from a few weeks back, there are bills coming up for vote in the State Senate this week that might be of interest.

Read more >