- A good home for every dog
- Elimination of stray dogs from the street
- Better-informed dog owners
- Consideration for dogs and all animals
- Emphasis of the dog’s use as companion and protector
- Fair laws for dogs and dog owners
- Respect for the rights of non-dog owners
- Spend a few minutes reflecting upon pleasant memories of your pet
- Contribute to an animal protection group
- Volunteer at an animal protection group
- Create a small memorial in a flower garden in your yard
- Plant a tree or a shrub as a living memorial: Through the Arbor Day Foundation’s Trees For Pets program, for just $10 you may have 10 trees planted in memory of your pet and a personalized card or certificate identifying where the trees have been planted.
- Think about your late pet. Look at old photos. Talk about your pet with others who were familiar with it. Reflect on all the great memories you made with your pet. If you lost your pet unexpectedly, try to keep your thoughts positive.
- Visit your pet’s burial site. Make a tribute to your pet by decorating its burial site with something it may have enjoyed in life. Talk to your pet while at the burial site.
- Create a small memorial in your pet’s honor. Plant trees, shrubs and flowers to memorialize your pet. These things can remind you of your pet long after National Pet Memorial Day has passed.
- Donate money or time to a charity or organization in honor of your late pet. Choose an organization or charity based on your animal’s breed or a particular cause that is close to your heart. Animal shelters, rescue groups and humane societies all appreciate volunteers.
- Send sympathy cards to former pet owners. National Pet Memorial Day does not have to be a solitary affair. Include everyone who has lost a pet in your observance of National Pet Memorial Day.
- The laws for dog licensing are defined by the Redondo Beach Municipal Code
- See sections 5-1.105, 5-1.107, and 5-1.109.
- Dogs over the age of four months:
- Must be licensed within 30 days of taking residence in the City or becoming the owner or custodian of the dog
- Must be licensed annually
- Must wear the metal license tags on the caller to be readily visible
- Must have a current rabies vaccine
- Licensing protects your pet.
- Licensing is an important means of identification
- If your pet is lost, Animal Services can cross reference the Redondo Beach licensing tag number to reunite you and your pet quicker
- Licensing requires rabies vaccination.
- A current rabies vaccinations reduces your pet’s likelihood of contracting rabies through urban wildlife and non-vaccinated domestic animals.
- Licensing is required by City law and failure to license may result in fines, penalties or citations.
- Complete a Redondo Beach Dog License Application form.
- Provide proof of current rabies vaccination.
- Provide proof of spay or neutering if claiming this fee reduction (for first time license)
- Provide government photo identification with your age if claiming reduced rates for seniors.
- Pay the fees for the license.
- Obtain an application form and information from the Redondo Beach Financial Services Department
- At the Financial Services website athttp://www.redondo.org/depts/financial/animal_licenses.asp
- By clicking here for a Redondo Beach Dog License Application form
- By visiting their office at the Redondo Beach City Hall
- Complete the dog license application
- Click here to download the pet license application.http://www.redondo.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=1610
- Obtain a current rabies vaccination for your dog.
- Obtain the proof of the rabies vaccination (certificate)
- Provide a certificate of proof of spay or neutering if claiming this fee reduction (for first time license)
- Determine the fees for the license
- Submit your documents and fees in-person or by mail:
- In-Person at:
- Redondo Beach City Hall, 415 Diamond Street, Door C, Redondo Beach CA 90277
- Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- The Financial Services Department and Animal Services Unit are closed on alternate Fridays.
- Please jump to http://www.redondo.org/cals/default.asp for a calendar with City Hall closures.
- Payment must be made at the Financial Services Cashier at City Hall Door E
- By Mail
- Send copies of your documents and a check or money order made to the City of Redondo Beach at:
- Send only copies of your rabies certificate and/or sterility certificate ; do not send originals. Originals will not be returned to you.
- Go to the Redondo Beach City Hall at 415 Diamond Street, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 at Door C
- Contact the Financial Services licensing unit and pay one dollar for a replacement tag.
- You may request a license by mail, but you must make arrangements to pay the one dollar fee for the replacement tag.
All Star Pet Resort (Torrance, CA) wins the Small Business Achievement Award from Homeland Security.
All Star Pet Resort in Torrance, Ca. was recently selected by the Federal Government for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to receive the Small Business Achievement Award of the Year for their exceptional support of the US Customs and Border Protection Agency in their mission requirements.
The staff at All Star Pet Resort has been caring for the Customs and Border Protection canines for 2 years now. They work directly with Agents from US Customs and Border Protection whose dogs they care for while not out in the field.
Accepting the award in Washington DC on behalf of All Star Pet Resort is Marty Mink (left). presenting the award, Ms. Soraya Correa, DHS Headquarters Chief Procurement Officer, Kim Mink, All Star Pet Resort and far right presenting the award, Mr. Richard Gunderson, the Customs and Border Protection head of Contracting Activity.
National Adopt a Senior Pet Month
November is National Adopt a Senior pet month and All Star Pet Resort in Torrance, CA wants to share some information with your friends and customers regarding the benefits of adopting and older dog.
Many people walk into a Los Angeles Animal shelter or scour a rescue’s local Los Angeles pet website hoping to adopt a new puppy or kitten, completely overlooking the perfectly adoptable older dogs and cats in kennels and cages in their search.
But this National Adopt a Senior Pet Month, which runs through the end of November, shelters and rescues across Los Angeles County are hoping those looking to adopt a new furry friend will consider adding a senior pet to the family.
According to a Petfinder.com survey conducted for September’s Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week, the absolute most difficult group of homeless pets to place are older dogs and cats. Senior pets tend to spend the longest amount of time at a shelter or rescue before finding their forever home — if they find one at all, that is. Older canines and felines of advanced age have higher euthanasia rates than their younger counterparts, and can often live the rest of their lives out in a shelter kennel.
Facts like these make National Adopt a Senior Pet Month so important.
There are plenty of benefits to selecting an older pet over a younger one. Because senior pets are typically calmer and less energetic than puppies and kittens, it is easier to teach them new tricks. In fact, many senior pets are already pros at performing basic commands. Their low-key natures can also make them ideal for households with children.
What some adopters of younger pets are unprepared for is what hard work it can be to housetrain a new puppy or kitten. You have to spend copious amounts of time training a new puppy to do his business outdoors or teach a kitten to remember where the litter box is. But older pets have often come to the shelter after years of living in a home, so they are usually already housetrained, saving you from weeks, months, or in some cases even years of stress.
Understanding the personality of an animal is key to finding the perfect match for your family and for that homeless pet. While young puppies and kittens are still developing their personalities, you’ll know right away whether a senior dog is a snuggle-bug or a senior cat is more of an independent spirit.
Are you interested in adopting a senior dog or cat in honor of National Adopt a Senior Pet Month? Check out the Adoptable Animal Finder on DogTime.com and CatTime.com. Performing a simple search for a senior pet yields plenty of results, and can help you find the perfect dog or cat to complete your family.
Today is Dogs in Politics Day!
NATIONAL CHECKERS DAY AND DOGS IN POLITICS DAY
Annually celebrated on September 23, it is National Checkers Day which is also known as Dogs in Politics Day.
On September 23, 1952, Vice President candidate, Richard Nixon, gave a speech that was call the “Checkers Speech”. He had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. Wanting to defend himself as his place on the Republican ticket was in doubt, he flew to Los Angeles and delivered a half-hour television address. It was in this speech that Nixon stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to keep one gift; a black-and-white dog that had been name Checkers by the Nixon children, thus giving the speech its popular name.
The “Checkers Speech” was seen, or heard, by about 60 million Americans, including the largest television audience to that time and it led to an outpouring of public support.
With Checkers the dog in the speech, that is also how it come to share the name Dogs in Politics Day.
George Washington (no party): 1st U.S. President (1789-1797)
Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan: American Staghounds
Drunkard, Taster, Tipler, and Tipsy: Black and Tan Coonhounds
John Adams (Federalist): 2nd U.S. President (1797-1801)
Juno and Satan: Dogs
Thomas Jefferson (Democrat-Republican): 3rd U.S. President (1801-1809)
Buzzy and unknown: Briards
James Monroe (Democrat-Republican): 5th U.S. President (1817-1825)
Buddy: Spaniel
John Tyler (Whig-no party): 10th U.S. President (1841-1845)
Le Beau: Italian Greyhound
Franklin Pierce (D): 14th U.S. President (1853-1857)
Seven miniature Oriental dogs
James Buchanan (D): 15th U.S. President (1857-1861)
Lara: Newfoundland
Punch: Toy Terrier
Abraham Lincoln (R): 16th U.S. President (1861-1865)
Fido: Dog
Ulysses S. Grant (R): 18th U.S. President (1869-1877)
Faithful: Newfoundland
Rosie: Dog
Rutherford B. Hayes (R): 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)
Dot: Cocker Spaniel
Hector: Newfoundland
Duke: English Mastiff
Grim: Greyhound
Juno and Shep: Hunting dogs
Jet: Dog
James A. Garfield (R): 20th U.S. President (1881-1881)
Veto: Dog
Grover Cleveland (D): 22nd & 24th U.S. President (1885-89/1893-97)
Poodle
Benjamin Harrison (R): 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893)
Dash: Collie
Theodore Roosevelt (R): 26th U.S. President (1901-1909)
Pete: Bull Terrier
Skip: Rat Terrier
Jack and Peter: Terriers
Blackjack: Manchester Terrier
Manchu: Pekingese
Rollo: Saint Bernard
Sailor Boy: Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Gem and Susan: Dogs
William Howard Taft (R): 27th U.S. President (1909-1913)
Caruso: Dog
Woodrow Wilson (D): 28th U.S. President (1913-1921)
Davie: Airedale Terrier
Mountain Boy: Greyhound
Bruce: Bull Terrier
Warren G. Harding (R): 29th U.S. President (1921-1923)
Laddie Boy: Airedale Terrier
Old Boy: Bulldog
Calvin Coolidge (R): 30th U.S. President (1923-1929)
Rob Roy and Prudence Prim: White Collies
Peter Pan: Terrier
Paul Pry: Airedale Terrier
Calamity Jane: Shetland Sheepdog
Tiny Tim and Blackberry: Chow Chows
Ruby Rouch: Collie
Boston Beans: Bulldog
King Cole: German Shepherd
Palo Alto: Bird dog
Bessie: Collie
Herbert Hoover (R): 31st U.S. President (1929-1933)
King Tut: Belgian Shepherd
Pat: German Shepherd
Big Ben and Sonnie: Fox Terriers
Glen: Scotch Collie
Yukonan: Eskimo dog
Patrick: Irish Wolfhound
Eaglehurst Gillette: Setter
Weejie: Norwegian Elkhound
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D): 32nd U.S. President (1933-1945)
Fala: Scottish Terrier
Majora: German Shepherd
Meggie: Scottish Terrier
Winks: Llewellyn Setter
Tiny: Old English Sheepdog
President: Great Dane
Blaze: Mastiff
Harry S. Truman (D): 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953)
Feller: Cocker Spaniel
Mike: Irish Setter
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R): 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
Heidi: Weimaraner
John F. Kennedy (D): 35th U.S. President (1961-1963)
Pushinka: Mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)
Shannon: Irish Cocker Spaniel
Wolf: (Mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer)
Clipper: German Shepherd
Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker: Offspring of Pushinka and Charlie (his daughter Caroline’s Welsh Terrier)
Lyndon B. Johnson (D): 36th U.S. President (1963-1969)
Him and Her: Beagles (Him was the subject of controversy; in 1964, President Johnson lifted the dog up by its ears, claiming “it’s good for [him].”)
Edgar: Beagle
Blanco: White Collie
Freckles: Beagle
Yuki: Mongrel
Richard M. Nixon (R): 37th U.S. President (1969-1974)
Vicki: Poodle
Pasha: Terrier
King Timahoe: Irish Setter
Checkers: Cocker Spaniel (Checkers died while Nixon was vice-president, before becoming president, but had played a major role in his electoral career with the “Checkers speech”)
Gerald Ford (R): 38th U.S. President (1974-1977)
Liberty: Golden Retriever
Misty: Liberty’s puppy born in the White House
Jimmy Carter (D): 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
Grits: Border Collie (given to his daughter Amy by her teacher, but quickly returned)
Lewis Brown: Afghan Hound
Ronald Reagan (R): 40th U.S. President (1981-1989)
Lucky: Bouvier des Flandres
Rex: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (First Dog of the United States)
Victory: Golden Retriever
Peggy: Irish Setter
Taca: Siberian Husky
Fuzzy: Belgian sheepdog
George H. W. Bush (R): 41st U.S. President (1989-1993)
Millie: Springer Spaniel (First Dog of the United States)
Ranger: One of Millie’s puppies
Bill Clinton (D): 42nd U.S. President (1993-2001)
Buddy: Bill’s chocolate Labrador Retriever (First Dog of the United States, b.1997-Jan 2, 2002)
George W. Bush (R): 43rd U.S. President (2001-2009)
Spot “Spotty” Fetcher (Mar 17, 1989 - Feb 21, 2004): FemaleEnglish Springer Spaniel named after Scott Fletcher; puppy of Millie; euthanized after suffering a series of strokes.
Barney: Scottish Terrier (First Dog of the United States, 2000 - Feb. 1, 2013)
Miss Beazley (Oct 28, 2004 - May 17, 2014): Scottish Terrier; Nicknamed “Beazley Weazley”; 2005 birthday gift from George to his wife.
Barack Obama (D): 44th U.S. President (2009-Incumbent)
Bo: Portuguese Water Dog (First Dog of the United States)
Sunny: Portuguese Water Dog (August, 2013)
Sources: United States presidential pets, Presidential Portrait (United States)
It’s National Dog Week.
There seems to be a general absence of ticker-tape parades during this year’s National Dog Week, as well as a good bit of misinformation floating around the great big online dog park we call the dogosphere. Sniffing around, we found different sources claiming different dates for celebrating the week, and many references to the celebration’s origin as having started 74 years ago by veteran dog show judge Capt. Will Judy. So we decided to do a bit of digging…
The True Origin of National Dog Week
In fact, National Dog Week did not begin in 1935, but rather in 1928. Yes, this is the 82nd official celebration of our beloved four-legged companions. The distinction of National Dog Week was created by a group of dog fanciers and sportsmen dedicated to a broad nationwide educational campaign for better dog care. This was somewhat revolutionary at the time – just on the eve of the Great Depression – when the majority of dog fanciers were vocal advocates of one particular breed or another.
Back in the Swing Era, breed clubs were filled with passionate devotees to their particular favored pedigreed pups. But the high-minded goals of the founders of National Dog Week envisioned a far broader campaign that would reach out to all dog owners, regardless of their socioeconomic status (or of the registration status of their pups). In fact, their charter included seven specific objectives:
They even came up with several slogans to promote their newly created National Dog Week. Our favorie is this one:
“A Dog is the Only True Love Money Can Buy”
Originally, the annual event was sponsored by the Dog Owner’s League of America and the National Dog Week Association which was based in Chicago, Illinois. Neither organization still exists. During the days of the FDR administration, these organizations had a far reach, connecting with legislators throughout America, and working as advocates for better dog laws and more humane policies.
Although the Association has falled to the wayside, National Dog Week is indeed still mentioned each year as a general news item, but without too much fanfare. Some local communities and businesses use this week as a time to promote special activities and dog events. But we believe that this is an annual tradition deserving of a renaissance. Animal rights advocates can use this week as a platform to broadcast issues of great concern to dog owners throughout America.
While we agree that every day we should celebrate our dogs and all of the joys they bring us, we love the idea of a special week – for the simple reason that any excuse for a celebrating mans is fine by us.
And now you know the real story of National Dog Week.
National Dog Week is celebrated during the last full week of September each year. In 2014, National Dog Week runs from September 20 through September 27.
National Pet Memorial Day September 14th, 2014
All Star Pet Resort want to express our love and sympathy one this Pet Memorial Day. We offer a few ways to remember your pet:
All Star Pet Resort is located in Torrance, California and provides dog and cat boarding and grooming for customers all over the great Los Angeles Area. We offer small to extra large dog boarding and our on site groomer has over 50 years of experience. Call us to find out more about our boarding and grooming service at 310-320-8799.
When staying in South Bay, your dog will love a trip to the Redondo Beach Dog Park, located minutes from All Star Pet Resort in Torannce.
The kids are back in school and the best part of the summer weather is upon us, have you been to the dog park lately? The Redondo Beach Dog Park is a fantastic local South bay dog attraction for residents and visitors. Many of the folks who board with All Star Pet Resort often say good things.
The park was nice enough to list the rules and regulations along with additional information regarding activities and events on their website , click here for more info.
There are hundreds of video posts on you tube to give you a preview of the park, click here to see them.
The park is located at:
190 Flagler Ln, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
You can find it on Google maps instantly by clicking right here.
This surfing dog is bringing joy daily.
Dogs bring joy and laughter every day to many who would be without, this special Southern California dog, Ricochet does it in a big way, and for very special people. He is an inspiration. We see amazing pets every day at All Star Pet Resort in Torrance, and we love taking care of them for the families that trust us with their very special All Star Pet Resort offers small to extra large runs for dog boarding and spacious kitty condo’s (cat boarding) as well as a full service pet groomer on premise, Grooming by Leslie.
Reserve a stay for your pet at All Star Pet Resort in Torrance by Clicking here.
Pooches with Personality, Checkout some hilarious dog vines.
An oldie but a goodie, vines remind us of just how much fun we can have with our pets.
Let All Star Pet Resort in Torrance keep your families pet safe and loved while you are out of town! We offer some of most affordable rates on boarding and grooming in the South Bay Area. Click this link to make a reservation today.
How to license your dog in Redondo Beach.
Are you a Redondo Beach resident? This link and these simple direction could help you get and keep your dog registered.
All Star Pet Resort is Located in Torrance, CA at 951 w 223rd St. Conveniently located just west of the 110 freeway at 223rd. Offering both pet boarding and grooming All Star Pet Resort provides quality affordable care for your pets.
What are the laws for dog licensing in Redondo Beach?
Click here to jump to the Financial Services Department pet licensing page for the current license fees. http://www.redondo.org/depts/financial/animal_licenses.asp
What is the purpose of animal licensing?
What do I need to obtain a license for my dog in Redondo Beach?
How do I obtain a license for my dog in Redondo Beach?
City of Redondo Beach
Financial Services Department
Attn: Dog Licensing
P.O. Box 270
Redondo Beach CA 90277
How do I obtain a replacement dog license tag if I lose the tag issued to my dog?
