{"id":2491,"date":"2013-04-29T04:26:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T04:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2016-07-12T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T21:02:09","slug":"thank-you-dpd-and-nocupp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=2491","title":{"rendered":"Thank you DPD and NOCUPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the spring membership drive kicks off, Gypsy Dog Ops proudly endorses NOCUPP<\/a> and has finally has a chance to say thank you in person – with slobbery dog kisses of course!<\/p>\n

\"ChanklaThanksOfficerKeith_e\"

Chankla shows her appreciation<\/p><\/div>\n

Why is a rescue site endorsing a neighborhood police patrol? Because it takes a village to solve the hard to catch \/ feral dog problems in Oak Cliff.<\/p>\n

Last November when the dangerous feral dog pack returned to South Rosemont, it was NOCUPP, more than Animal Service, more than 311, more than any other city service, that had documentation of the pack, had cascaded the information to their officers, and had posted actionable information for WH residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Animal Services was overloaded and too busy to come pick up a dog we had manage to capture by hand (a dog they had accidentally let go the night before while loading it in the van) \u00a0– it was Officer Keith who immediately responded as he knew about the high priority status Scott Griggs\u2019 office had given the pack.\u00a0 Officer Keith finished up a call\u00a0and then came to the scene and helped confine the dog in his squad car until Animal Services could arrive.<\/p>\n

When I protested that we shouldn’t put the dog in the squad car because the large dog might try to tear up the car, or worse, it might answer the call of nature in the back seat \u2013 Officer Keith calmly said that there wasn’t anything that the dog could do that a perp hadn’t already done back there.<\/p>\n

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Our canine perp confined in the back seat<\/p><\/div>\n

I learned wild dogs and perpetrators are very similar, so a police car is conveniently equipped to handle unruly dogs. It has a cage to protect the driver and can pretty easily be cleaned out with a fire hose if need be. \u00a0Officer Keith\u2019s willingness to put the dog in the car and drive the dog to Animal Service himself, if need be, helped us continue to reduce the pack numbers and helped diffuse a growing aggressive dog problem.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re wondering if you should sign up for NOCUPP this year, I can tell you first hand \u2013 NOCUPP understands the unique needs of your neighborhood and protects you and your family in ways you never dreamed of. \u00a0This is just one of many things NOCUPP has done, but this is the thing Gypsy Dog Ops would like to thank NOCUPP for the most.<\/p>\n

\"TashaOfficerKeith_e\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This last weekend it was a great honor for us to bring the formerly feral,\u00a0head of the wild dog pack<\/a>, Tasha<\/a>, out for a pet from Officer Keith. \u00a0I know it is just as much fun for him to watch her grow into a domesticated success story as it is for us. \u00a0We are very glad Officer Keith is part of our village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the spring membership drive kicks off, Gypsy Dog Ops proudly endorses NOCUPP and has finally has a chance to say thank you in person – with slobbery dog kisses of course! Why is a rescue site endorsing a neighborhood police patrol? Because it takes a village to solve the hard to catch \/ feral dog problems in Oak Cliff. Last November when the dangerous feral dog pack returned to South Rosemont, it was NOCUPP, more than Animal Service, more than 311, more than any other city service, that had documentation of the pack, had cascaded the information to their officers, and had posted actionable information for WH residents. When Animal Services was overloaded and too busy to come pick up a dog we had manage to capture by hand (a dog they had accidentally let go the night before while loading it in the van) \u00a0– it was Officer Keith who immediately responded as he knew about the high priority status Scott Griggs\u2019 office had given the pack.\u00a0 Officer Keith finished up a call\u00a0and then came to the scene and helped confine the dog in his squad car until Animal Services could arrive. When I protested that we shouldn’t put the dog in the squad car because the large dog might try to tear up the car, or worse, it might answer the call of nature in the back seat \u2013 Officer Keith calmly said that there wasn’t anything that the dog could do that a perp hadn’t already done back there. I learned wild dogs and perpetrators are very similar, so a police car is conveniently equipped to handle unruly dogs. It has a cage to protect the driver and can pretty easily be cleaned out with a fire hose if need be. \u00a0Officer Keith\u2019s willingness to put the dog in the car and drive the dog to Animal Service himself, if need be, helped us continue to reduce the pack numbers and helped diffuse a growing aggressive dog problem. So if you\u2019re wondering if you should sign up for NOCUPP this year, I can tell you first hand \u2013 NOCUPP understands the unique needs of your neighborhood and protects you and your family in ways you never dreamed of. \u00a0This is just one of many things NOCUPP has done, but this is the thing Gypsy Dog Ops would like to thank NOCUPP for the most.     This last weekend it was a great honor for us to bring the formerly feral,\u00a0head of the wild dog pack, Tasha, out for a pet from Officer Keith. \u00a0I know it is just as much fun for him to watch her grow into a domesticated success story as it is for us. \u00a0We are very glad Officer Keith is part of our village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-1","category-this-that","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ChanklaThanksOfficerKeith_e.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8577,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/8577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}