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About a month ago, my wife and I decided to take the plunge. I’d gone dogless for years and was missing the wet licks on the face, long walks in the park, and all the other joys of having a dog. After a brief search, we chanced upon Pongo, a Dalmatian-Pointer mix. We’ve since fallen head over heels in love with this energetic, naughty, over sized puppy, and here are some favorite pictures of Pongo taken over the last month.

However, this post isn’t all about Pongo. It’s about the non-profit organization that we adopted him from called Pet Match Rescue, based out of Newport Beach. We decided to adopt Pongo rather than purchase a puppy because we read that in these hard times, dogs and cats were being given up to the shelters in record numbers and the sad sad thing is that most of these animals get put down within 72 hours of being surrendered because the shelters are simply running out of space. It’s so sad to think of all these beautiful, loving animals being put down, and many of them are just puppy and kittens, like Pongo, who is less than a year old. Condemned to death even before they’ve had a chance at living their lives! So, the nice thing about Pet Match Rescue is that this organization rescues animals from high kill shelters and puts them in foster care till they can be adopted out. And with the volume of animals needing to be saved, they need all the help they can get. If you’re interested in playing a part, the easiest thing to do is to just join their facebook page as a fan at https://www.facebook.com/PetMatchRescue

To get a better idea of what they do, here are a few pics from a recent adoption event at PetCo in Newport Beach.