About Plans for Pups, LLC (PfP)

Plans for Pups, LLC (PfP)

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Events & Travel:
Plans for Pups (PfP) is an online magazine dedicated to the promotion and review of select dog-related activities and events in and around the greater New York City. PfP also reviews dog-friendly vacation spots.

News:
PfP follows select pet-related media stories providing updates long after these stories are no longer in mainstream news. PfP provides more than a media bite. We tell the entire story from start to finish.

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PfP is interested in the activities and organization of the animal shelter industry.

PfP believes that only through a concerted effort of many animal rescue organizations, both those privately and publicly funded, will a solution to the pet over population problem in the NYC geographic area be solved.

Spay & Neuter Programs successful! Overpopulation Problem Solved!
The good news is that due to successful spay and neuter programs, the overpopulation problem of small dogs in the greater NYC area has been resolved!

Some Rescue Organizations actually IMPORT Dogs into the NYC Region!
Small dogs are now being imported into the NYC area from the southern U.S. (and even from China) by some "rescue organizations", who, rather than save the lives of local dogs in need, prefer to sell (through adoption fees of up to $300) small pure-breed puppies. (Selling dogs is profitable. Executives of these "rescue organizations" earn salaries in excess of $100,000 a year.)

These types of rescue organizations may actually contribute to the NYC regions over population problem because, although they import dogs into the area, they do not practice a "right of return" for dogs they adopt out. In other words, the puppy they sell today will not be accepted back into their organization in a year when it is no longer small and cute and has become an unwanted adult dog that weighs in excess of 50 pounds. That dog ends up at Animal Care & Control (AC&C), the shelter contracted by the City of New York to deal with the region's pet overpopulation problem. Once at AC&C, the odds are very good that this dog will be euthanized.

PfP is interested in the inner workings of the various NYC area rescue organizations and shelters and realizes there is a difference between those that really rescue dogs and those that use puppy sales and donations to pad their executives paychecks!

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Lighter Fare:
Do you enjoy going out and about with Fido? Do you vacation with your dog? If so, PfP thinks outside the dog run! We have Plans for Pups!

• Check the PfP message boards for upcoming dog-friendly or dog-related events happening in and around the greater NYC area and beyond.
  
• Read PfP dog-friendly vacation reviews and view photos by clicking on the links below.
  
  

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  PFP is owned by Monica McLaughlin. PfP is not affiliated with any other organization nor does it accept free products for review.
  

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  Some PfP Reviews:
  
  Art Galleries / Museums
  
  Book Launch Parties / Readings
  
  Day Care / Indoor Play Date Facilities
  
  Fairs / Festivals
  
  Fashion
  
  Hotels / Motels / B & Bs
  
  Parties
  
  
  Restaurant Reviews
  
  
  • Click here for alphabetical list of restaurants.
    
  
  
  Seminars / Workshops:
  • A Sacred Adventure - Communicating with Animals
  • Fido Come! Seminar at Animal Haven
    
  
  
  Shows:
  • Yorkies Gone Bad!! (NJ)
    
  
  
  Stores that Sell Dog Products:
  • Crazy for Animals (Queens)
  • Sexy Beast at the Salty Paw
    
  
  
  Summer Camp:
  • Camp Gone to the Dogs
    
  • Camp Unleashed (the Berkshires, MA)
    
  • Glen Highland Farm: The Great Outdoors
    
  
  
  Volunteering:
  • AC&C: Media Event
  
  
  Water: Dogs In, On and At Water Venues:
  • Canine Cruise (2nd Annual)
    
  • Dock Dogs in Bryant Park
  • Greenwich Yacht Showcase (CT)
    
  • Peter's Pond Beach (Southampton, L.I.)
    
  
  
  Wine Tasting:
  • Rawhide Rescue Wine-taster (NJ)
    
  • Winery Tour and Tasting (L.I.)
    
  • Bideawee Wine Tasting at 67 Wine
    
  
  
  OTHER:
  • War Dog Memorial Hartsdale Cemetery (6/07)
    
  • St. Andrews Pet Cemetery (S.I.)(Article only)
    
  • Pottery With Pups
    
  • My Doggy Weekend
    
  • ARF Garden Tour in East Hampton (L.I.)
    
  • Tartan Day Parade (4/07)
    
  • Williamsburg, Brooklyn
    
  • Rural West Virginia and Virginia
    
  
  
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  Reviews: Fairs and Festivals