About Us (The Story of The Scoop)
Well, we're glad you asked!  Here's how it all happened...

nce upon a time in a nearby town, a few individuals learned about a dog at a local shelter who had been there for quite a long time.  For lack of a home and due to shelter overcrowding, she was—shall we say—scheduled to take "the bus" that weekend.

These few individuals stopped and thought to themselves: Of course, this is the way of the world.  This happens every minute in every town in every country.  But now wait... Does that necessarily lessen the value of a single life?

At length, they decided that they would try a sort of experiment.  Exactly how much does it take (if it's at all possible) to save just one dog?  First a few emails were sent out.  Then, upon requests, a few pictures and more descriptive emails were sent out.  Then a whole story was composed and posted on the internet.  Eventually, the story of just one dog became the story of two dogs, then two hundred, then two thousand, and within a few weeks this little experiment became The Dog Net and what you see here: an award-winning, on-line canine newspaper that reaches over 4,000 dog lovers each day in 89 different countries!

In mid-2001, the cats (catsinthenews.com) hopped on board, followed by the pigs (pigsinthenews.com) in 2002, and our latest effort has been to create a complete international dog/cat/pig forum (scoopdogs.com, scoopcats.com, scooppigs.com) where you can share ideas and information with the world.

So there you have it.  Not bad for just one dog at the local dog pound.

Oh yes, the dog?  Well, these days we hear she's living it up out on the countryside.  And we always make sure to send her a mysterious box of treats every year from a few "secret admirers".

Thanks for stopping by!

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