Ticketed Boulder poodle owner vows Cici will remain pink
By Vanessa Miller, Daily Camera
Originally published 07:27 a.m., March 11, 2008
Updated 12:45 p.m., March 11, 2008
Photo by Mark Leffingwell, Daily Camera
Joy Douglas holds her pink poodle, Cici, while giving an interview to the media assembled outside the Boulder County Justice Center prior her court appearance this morning.
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BOULDER — The Boulder salon owner facing a $1,000 fine for dyeing her miniature poodle pink will have to wait for her day in court.
This morning, Joy Douglas, owner of Zing Salon, 1100 Spruce St., appeared before a judge in Boulder Municipal Court and asked for her hearing to be rescheduled because she's retained a defense attorney.
The judge granted Douglas' request and reset her hearing for April 7.
Officials at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley issued Douglas a ticket on March 1 for violating Section 6-1-14 of Boulder's city code, titled "Dyeing fowl and rabbits prohibited." The ordinance reads: "No person shall dye or color live fowl, rabbits or any other animals or have in possession, display, sell or give away such dyed or colored animals."
Douglas has insisted she didn't break that law, because she uses beet juice — and occasionally Kool-Aid — to "stain" her dog Cici's coat. She said she never has used chemicals, and her pooch never has had a reaction to the stain.
This morning, Douglas brought Cici to court, but had to leave the pink poodle outside the Boulder County Justice Center.
Douglas remained confident that she ultimately will be vindicated and won't be fined for having colored Cici's coat.
"Cici will be pink until they kick us out of the city of Boulder," Douglas vowed before her brief hearing.
She also reiterated her claim that she dyed the dog pink to support breast cancer awareness.
"This is a good opportunity to talk about people's rights and breast cancer," Douglas said. "There's always lemonade and lemons."
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A Boulder salon owner is facing a $1,000 fine for dyeing her miniature poodle pink — and the woman said she plans to fight back.
Cici is a "breast-cancer awareness dog" who's been showing off her pink coat for three years at Zing Salon, 1100 Spruce St., said Joy Douglas, who owns both the salon and the poodle.
"Cici is being stripped of her civic duty," said Douglas, who is scheduled to face a judge in Boulder Municipal Court this morning in response to a March 1 citation. "And I don't plan to take it sitting down."
Officials at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley said Douglas was warned several times before an animal-control officer issued her the ticket for violating Section 6-1-14 of Boulder's city code, titled "Dyeing fowl and rabbits prohibited."
Douglas said she didn't break that law, because she uses beet juice — and occasionally Kool-Aid — to "stain" Cici's coat. She said she never has used chemicals, and her pooch never has had a reaction to the stain.
"If this is really true that you can't put beet juice on your dogs, than the law just needs to say that," Douglas said. "But I'm not dyeing fowl or rabbits. And I wouldn't do anything to endanger my animal."
The full text of the law, according to the city code, reads: "No person shall dye or color live fowl, rabbits or any other animals."
Boulder's animal control officials said the regulation originally was passed to keep people from dyeing chicks and bunnies around Easter.
Lisa Pedersen, chief executive officer of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley and the city's Animal Control and Care, said officers received "several calls about the animal" before they wrote the ticket.
"There were lots of people concerned about the dog," Pedersen said Monday. "And we have given more than one verbal warning, so we thought it would just be best to write the ticket and let it resolve itself in the court system."
Despite Douglas' assertions that she doesn't use chemicals, Pedersen said officers must enforce the no-dye rule.
"Regardless of what she used on the dog, the ordinance is in place and we are commissioned by the city to enforce those ordinances," Pedersen said. "We are just doing our job."
Three years ago, Douglas said, she bought Cici off an animal-adoption Web site frequented by celebrities. Cici was pegged for the purpose of promoting breast-cancer research.
"She's a special dog who was flown to Colorado with a purpose," Douglas said. "People ask, 'Why is she pink?' And I say, 'Because we are raising money for breast-cancer awareness.'"
Should Douglas be barred from maintaining her pooch's pink coat, Douglas said chances are good she'll move her salon out of downtown.
"Cici is photographed all day long," Douglas said. "She's become a Boulder icon."
But, she said, "It doesn't seem like the Boulder police want individuals here."
And, Douglas added, there are places that will accept her — pink poodle and all.
"If you want downtown Boulder to turn into a bunch of Taco Bells and Walgreens, you're well on your way to do it," Douglas said.
Comments
Posted by PajamaPulitzer on March 11, 2008 at 7:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Velcome to da People's Republic. Ve haff vays of controllink your evry move, und someday, your toughts as vell.
Posted by ghoax on March 11, 2008 at 7:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
bet the dog doesn't even care...
Posted by davies on March 11, 2008 at 7:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh heavens; we will need more legislation to prevent this kind of heinous mistreatment in the future. Plus we need to ensure that female poodles are allowed to breast feed in public.
Posted by 50something on March 11, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is abusive treatment of dog owners! Boulder, leave the lady alone.
Posted by samsmargolis on March 11, 2008 at 8:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just so I'm clear on this, in the recent past Boulder has had lawyers/judges trespass on their neighbors property to the point they were able to steal it, and a city administrator shopping on city time - stealing taxpayer's money - and none of them were charged criminally, right? But this lady uses beet juice to dye her dog and she gets popped with a ticket by the dog-catchers? Sweet.
Posted by Gene on March 11, 2008 at 8:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
More sloppy journalism. Failed to mention how Bush and Cheney and global warming are involved.
Posted by politwriter on March 11, 2008 at 8:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Lisa Pedersen of the Humane Society is just another of those petty little martinets who seem so prevalent in pet rescue circles.
With thousands of dogs and cats being euthenized for want of good homes, they are more concerned with exerting power in their petty little realms than in actually helping animals.
The Humane Society seems to be saying here, "We are not interested in using common sense, we'll just let the courts decide."
So they are clogging up the courts, making a nice old lady miserable, upsetting the dog and in the meantime tens of thousands of companion animals under their control are killed.
Good work, Humane Society!
Posted by 2cafes on March 11, 2008 at 8:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Not only is this animal not being harmed in anyway and is obviously dearly loved by her owner, she looks FABULOUS. Ooo la la!
I would agree with the ticket if she were being subjected to a chemical treatment, but this is beet juice for pete's sake.
Posted by freethought on March 11, 2008 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
tsk,tsk,tsk. Boulder, what are you smokin'?
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 8:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Bush should be impeached for not enforcing this law three years ago.
Posted by greenleaf on March 11, 2008 at 8:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why even print news like this? The dog obviously hasn't been hurt.
Posted by scoobydoo on March 11, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Give me a break!!! It's kool-aid or beet juice. What in Boulder all they do is have people spying on what a person's animal looks like. Another court case wasting tax payers money just because her dog is pink. Don't the courts have anything else better to do then take a person to court over something as petty as this. What are we now becoming a communist nation that the government is telling us what we can and cannot do. I thought this was America. Quit wasting the people's tax dollars and put it to better use by helping out the homeless and the poor.
Posted by wow on March 11, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Its Boulder...If Cici didn't give her human caregiver specific permission in writing to do her hair, then that caregiver has violated a sacred trust. Absolutely shameful...Cici will be suing for emotional distress. (And she'll win too.)
Posted by jjwood64 on March 11, 2008 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The dog sure does not look like she is suffering. Leave Joy Douglas alone...the fact this even happened reeks of sheer stupidity!
Posted by POHA on March 11, 2008 at 8:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Glad to see the courts' time is being wisely spent.
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I just saw the dog and owner on 9News. The dog was leashed, wearing some kind of wrap-around dress and wagging her short tail profusely. The dog does not seem mistreated at all and is a poster dog for breast cancer. Can we leave this poor lady and her dog alone?
Posted by airbornebigfoot on March 11, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Must be a slooooooooow day in the news.
The answer is simple;
Incarcerate the woman.
Euthanise the poodle.
Is this really true?
My god, doesnt the legal system in Boulder County have bigger fish to fry than this?
Or is it just that the city of boulder simply cannot have someone
promoting cancer awareness?
I remeber forty years ago, when people minded their own damn business..........ah......the GOOD OLD DAYS!
When the population of the great state of colorado would
let each other live, and let live.
Confiscate the dog, and Jail the owner.
That will show them that the peoples republic of boulder means
business, dammit.
Posted by CWW on March 11, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What a laughingstock the Boulder PD has become . . . . . guess we shouldn't be surprised at anything that comes from the land of fruits and nuts.
Posted by Fireball on March 11, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Chalk up another one for the PRB. Judge Klien will probably hear this one and take the dog away from it's loving owner and give it to Mclean Stevens to roam on their ill-gotten land.
Posted by Spencer on March 11, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Orange for the Broncos would be fine
Posted by propertywrites on March 11, 2008 at 9:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Once again...it's about the MONEY! Follow the MONEY! They can't collect fines from stray cats and dogs on Death Row in the animal "shelters". But going after viable business owners for $1000.00 is what it's all about. If anybody still believes the Humane Society's primary mission is saving puppies, you need to open your eyes. The American Humane Society currently has been granted authority in many jurisdictions throughout the nation that exceeds even those of your police or county sheriff. How long will it be before a heavily-armed special team of HSUS officers conducts a No-Knock Raid on someone's home because neighbors report them for putting purple ribbons on the ears of their poodle and degrading them further by bathing them in lilac-scented shampoo?
When will the toture and abuse of animals end?
Posted by Gene on March 11, 2008 at 9:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The owner should have quickly hung an artificial penis on CiCi and called the whole thing "art."
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't let Chas_B near this dog. He will step on it. Oh, he only does that to puppies.
Posted by The_Punnisher on March 11, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Only in the People's Republic of Boulder..
And I thought the Fruits, Nuts & Flakes all lived in the SFBA..
Posted by MrCrush on March 11, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Boulder is a daily source of unbelievable, ridiculous news, information and people. Those of us outside the Republic couldn't even make up most of this stuff. Ignorance truly is blissful. The joke is on me for even giving it a fleeting thought.
Posted by Theoldguy on March 11, 2008 at 9:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yesterday I complimented them on exhibiting some intelligence. That was yesterday....today is something very much different.
I can't even think of anything to trump Boulder's City Council. Their law is silly enough as it stands.
Posted by Diff on March 11, 2008 at 9:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Can the City of Boulder find anymore ways to WASTE the taxpayers money, and city resources?
Wake UP! sheeple of Boulder
- it time to demand accountability of your elected officials and government!
Maybe it's time to VOTE the bone-heads OUT OF OFFICE!
Ya think?!?!?!?!?!
Posted by Patriot on March 11, 2008 at 9:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Are you kidding me? Do these people in Boulder not have a life with any purpose other than putting their big noses in other people's business, why don't they move to Russia and reinstate communism. What a joke!
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 9:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Diff, the problem with voting them out is that there are 20 more bone-heads waiting to take their places. It's the high pitched waves coming out of the flatirons that is the problem. This way of thinking will always be in the republic of Boulder.
Posted by MarineGrunt on March 11, 2008 at 9:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well.. nice to know that Boulder now has affordable housing, no a single homeless or hungry person in it's city limits, solved the Energy issue and found the killer of a innocent 6 yr old girl from 10+ years ago!
Oh wait... they don't look for kid killers, they look for parking tickets to hand out, DUI's to folks riding a bike home from the bar, the cruel cruel people who put beet juice on their suffering mistreated animals, and a guy who is using a natural substance to relax with after a hard days work and of course keeping those cats that kill innocent birds and squirrels at will! (Cause we all know that cats did NONE of this before humans took them in!!!)
Yeah Boulder... your so way ahead of everyone else. Looks like you competing with Berkley to be the DUMBEST town in America!!! Your getting real close...
Longtucky isn't much better... but it isn't Boulder!
Posted by fiesty on March 11, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh this is so stupid. If she were using chemicals which could harm the dog, that would be one thing.
But she's using something non-harmful, and for a good cause to boot!
Posted by wow on March 11, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Gene, poodle penis art..LOL...That's too funny.
I was thinking the city council could shave the pink off Cici, and make her the Impeachment Poster Poodle.
Posted by oceanview78382 on March 11, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
MarineGrunt: Boulder's regulation was applied foolishly, however you're not one to be talking about dumbest. Before you knock college towns, try finishing high school! Your sentences demonstrate that you're functionally illiterate. Good enough for the Marines, but hardly enough to find suitable employment in the real world.
As for Berkeley, what a few city council members did has little to do with the University of California, which leads the nation in Nobel Prize winners and in recent years has contributed to every area of scientific research. IN 2002 they invented devices that when attached to aircraft radar, would prevent planes from crashing into buildings.
Don't knock places that push education, until you get some yourself!
Posted by aRe on March 11, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Lame - leave the nice lady and the pink dog alone. I thought the humane socity was supposed to help animals with bad owners - not ticket the good ones because how they choose to safely groom thier dog.
Kool-aid and beet juice is probably safer than most dog shampoos on the market.
Posted by jones627 on March 11, 2008 at 9:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Clearly that pink poodle looks miserable and neglected....And perhaps Boulder could spend more of that famous "spiritual" energy on focusing on real problems and ignoring antiquated laws about dying animals AND stealing other people's property....
Posted by MarineGrunt on March 11, 2008 at 9:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
oceanview78382 - Does this mean my EE degree does not count? Or, rather, were you attempting to show you cannot discuss the subject at hand and must resort to being a Grammar Nazi? Is your chest puffed out yet?
Does your degree in Liberal Arts make you feel like a big boy? $40k to feel good about yourself. Money well spent... Do you have all your coloring books in one place, as to not confuse yourself?
I was making a quick comment and I admit, my grammar was poor. But you mommy must be so proud of you... when are you moving out of the basement?
Posted by AC on March 11, 2008 at 9:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Disagree with all of you. Ticket her for poor taste and tackiness.
Posted by MrCrush on March 11, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
oceanview78382: Oh, give it a rest! I'd rather have the Marines on my side than the leftist dribble that comes out of California public education. Talk about a system that has no basis in reality and the human conditiion. Take your Nobel prizes and Al Gore with you to your liberal Utopia.
Posted by Fred on March 11, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
LADY! Wake up. Claim the dog is livestock. You’re allowed to paint your livestock all you want. Heck, ya can brand them too.
If the human society doesn’t buy that line…. Eat Cici. Heck, Cici has already been marinated in beet juice.
That’ll show ‘em.
All suggestions above to be taken in jest.
Posted by Scott on March 11, 2008 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good God! A jarhead with an EE degree! What's the world coming to!? :-) (I'm an old Squid with an engineering degree).
It appears that oceanview78382 suffers from SPS. This is a mental illness also known as Locker Room Syndrome. Instead of sticking to the issue at hand, it decided to pull out its red herring, spelling/grammar, and show off how many Nobel laureates live in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Berkely.
Scott
(formerly PR-2 USNR)
Posted by Pastmaster on March 11, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good grief! During Colorado's centennial celebration, an officially sanctioned "Pink Poodle Posse" roamed the state accompanied by "Cowgirls" clad in pink costumes. I wonder if the state Chamber of Commerce might be retroactively sued?
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
MarineGrunt, thanks for standing on the wall. Scott, thanks for giving the jarheads a ride in your boats. I am USAF. Yeah, I know - the boy scouts.
Posted by reddog on March 11, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Are you kidding me? The dog probably loves the extra attention. The idiot so called "law enforcers" of Boulder must be snmoking to much of the KB they take from the kids. Isn't there something better for the idiots to do. Like maybe go after illegal land squatters?
Posted by MarineGrunt on March 11, 2008 at 10:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
GWM... My pleasure. And Scott, you too brother! Don't kid yourself, you had enough to serve your Country, 95% of the people who EVER lived in this Nation could not say the same!! You cared enough to put your Country before yourself.
I had a pair of 15's save my squads, and my, asses one day a few years back. You Zoomies have my respect!!!
Posted by DahmersCookbook on March 11, 2008 at 10:28 a.m.
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Posted by ezekiel777 on March 11, 2008 at 10:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Boulder: Stupid is as stupid does.
Can you pass a law against being stupid?
Would being stupid prohibit a person from holding an elected office?
Not in Boulder..... because then no one could run for anything.
Posted by Heidi on March 11, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I sincerely hope that there is a law against flea collars, rather than beet juice, in Boulder.
Posted by fiesty on March 11, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
GWM- I'm retired AF too. Does that make me a girl scout? :-)
We used to have a saying on the flightline at one of my joint bases- it's okay to tease our brothers and sisters in other services, but don't forget at least they're not civilians. You know, the wierd way of paying respect, for example- "How can you not like the Marines, they'll take a bullet for ya?" :-)
Posted by MrCrush on March 11, 2008 at 10:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
MarineGrunt: Love the comments dude. I'm a Vietnam vet Squid myself. Great to know you and thanks for your service. If these high and mighty liberals only undersood that because of guys like you they can rattle off their mouths at will... maybe they'd be a bit more grateful.
Posted by SASQUATCH on March 11, 2008 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We dye easter eggs, color our foods every shade of the rainbow and the gals at Sunset Rest all dye their hair Blue, so what's the BFD here?
Posted by DoubleChubbyChuck on March 11, 2008 at 11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
MarineGrunt, good comments to the liberal flamer from Berkley. Go out and enjoy a double cheeseburger.
Posted by arby on March 11, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I haven't figured out how this turned from a pink poodle to a military thing except for the dummy from CA. BTW, she can go back and I'm pretty certain we won't miss her. As a Jarhead myself with a degree in Telecomm I'm offended by CA girl and I imagine the Treasurer of CO would be as well.
Enough of that. CA girl is a good example of what is wrong in Boulder. The police totaled the crime scene at the Jon Bennet killing. They have no control of the streets. But they can really go after a lady that is doing nothing wrong. And not to leave anything out. The courts are letting people steal property. I say reinstate the toll road on I36 and raise the toll to $100 a trip and see how long the repubic lasts.
Posted by usmctech99 on March 11, 2008 at 11:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ha ha... the registration just said "You're good to go." I love that.
DoubleChubbyChuck & MarineGrunt: Double cheeseburgers are for lightweights; I say get a triple... unless you're a doberman, MarineGrunt... you know of what I speak, lol.
I still can't believe all the crap that's coming out of Boulder nowadays... but after this bs I'll never live there, better off staying in the comparatively sane Denver County.
Posted by arby on March 11, 2008 at 11:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
BTW CA girl. The toll road was here before you. So you probably don't know what I'm talking about. I'm a 4th generation Coloradoan and my grandchildren are the 6th. Go back home.
Posted by JB on March 11, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry to distract everyone from the pink puppy, but I just ran across this story buried in the World section from Friday. It's so tragic and scary. It's a human life for God sake. I think it's more important than a pink dog.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news...
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 11:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
fiesty, lol! No, you are not a girl scout anymore than I am a boy scout. Self deprecating humor sometimes serves well especially when offering homage to a marine or army ranger. We all put our lives on the line, or I did anyway, but not in the same manner as the former.
I worked with a lot of grunts and ground pounders that had to do a lot of awful things in SE Asia. We kidded each other, but we respected each other.
But the guy who stands on the wall, WILL take a bullet for you and me. I hold enormous respect and admiration for them. They deserve applause in the airport, they deserve going to the front of the line, and on and on. My two cents.
Posted by Heidi on March 11, 2008 at 11:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Does that make me a Brownie, since I was in the Air National Guard?
Posted by allseasonsfan on March 11, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Boulder is the black eye of Colorado - or should I say Pink Eye. GWM has it spot on, misleading article not to include how Bush was at fault here. There are so many superiority complexes in Boulder that have to meddle in other peoples lives. I am surprised they aren't in arms up there for killing an innocent beet just to dye a dog’s hair. Shameful!
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Heidi, you don't want me to go there, but thanks for your service.
Posted by Heidi on March 11, 2008 at 11:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ah, GWM,thanks for not clearly looking down on me since you were active duty. I had 14 yrs in with the ANG, along with my full time status as a federal civilian. So I was doing the same job as my active duty counterpart. Of course, nothing I did measures up to what much of the military is doing now and in the past. Thanks everyone for your service!
Posted by simplyme on March 11, 2008 at noon (Suggest removal)
Why do such injustice to a perfectly good dog? Why not 'stain' her own darned hair pink?
Posted by 3rdGenerationNative on March 11, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Dog couldn't care less, he's colorblind. Too bad there's no flea-bitten sheep in Boulder (or maybe that's the only place you can get sheep dip in circus colors?)
Posted by 3rdGenerationNative on March 11, 2008 at 12:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You don't think it's Boulder's way of getting around lame Doug Bruce and TABOR, do ya?
Posted by anderson on March 11, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is the second time in two weeks that dogs were front page news in the RMN. Is this a sign the newspaper is going to the dogs?
Posted by Radar on March 11, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just Remeber Boulder folks, you guys as a whole voted these idiots into office. let's just say look at your tax dollars at work. I have read many stories about the Boulder city leaders, they make me scratch my head. these guys are better than the comics.
Posted by MsValeriah on March 11, 2008 at 12:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Okay, I'm opening myself up to the flame-throwers. I live here in the Peoples' Republic and I love it here, although I would have to agree with everyone who thinks this to-do over a pink dog is patently absurd. I have to confess, the first thought in my head when I read about this was "only in Boulder...". My second thought was that I was glad I read this article before the Sunday St. Patrick's Day parade here, because I was going to gel my mutt's natural mohawk and tint it green with food coloring. Don't think I'm going to be doing that now...
Not everyone who lives here is a self-righteous idiot, just so you know, folks. There are a ton of them, and they annoy me too, but there are some regular good folk who happen to be a bit different and like living in a place where it's okay to be a bit different. I'm one of them. I also love living here because of the proximity to the hills and all the great open spaces this area has to offer. Boulder isn't all bad.
To those of you, male or female who have served in ANY branch of the armed forces, no matter where or when: Thank you for everything you've done for us, in all the different capacities in which you've served. You are appreciated. To all of you: Welcome Home. You're all heroes.
Nuff said.
Posted by climber4life on March 11, 2008 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
our tax dollars at work as they actually have to take this to court. what a joke.
Posted by bropous on March 11, 2008 at 12:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks to the Vets.
As for the poodle:
"Poodle bites
{c'mon Frenchy!}
Poodle chews it
{SNAP it!} `Frank Zappa "Dirty Love"
the lady should be left alone. And I would rather deal with a Vet than a Nobel laureate any day. Good on all of you from this old tanker. JB, get a LIFE!
Posted by nonayerbsns on March 11, 2008 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What we need are for more people to stand up to the 'powers that be' and say 'ENOUGH OF YOUR BULLFIT'. Until and unless we all do that, stupid shrit like this will continue.
Posted by AC on March 11, 2008 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just got a look at the owner... they should ticket her too for those "eyebrows."
Posted by Heidi on March 11, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
MsValeriah,
I realize that not all Boulderites are the same. I hope that your comments have proven that to many here. You did not come back with rude defensive or offensive remarks.
Thanks for your appreciation for the military!
Posted by allseasonsfan on March 11, 2008 at 1:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey 3rdGen, don't you rememember when Boulder fenced off Foothills Pkwy and put sheep in to graze? It was there answer for no mowers.
Posted by PersonOfInterest on March 11, 2008 at 1:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Heres the plan. Any sane people move out of Boulder. That should take one car. Then the rest of Colorado vote to move the entire area to California. It has been a stain on Colorado that needs to be gotten rid of. You can not make this stuff up folks.
Posted by NotChasB on March 11, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Pink is a color that should appeal to the Peoples Republic of Boulder. With all the pinkos and socalists leftwingers that reside and go to college and also teach there they should be flattered.
That's what happens under a commie regime.
Posted by Scott on March 11, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
allseasonsfan:
Those were goats, not sheep. Yup I remember that one. On the drive into work you could get a free sex show that MarineGrunt would have really enjoyed ;-)
Scott
Posted by MarineGrunt on March 11, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL... I was waiting for the fat one to stop humping so I could eat it!
Posted by Scott on March 11, 2008 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
MsValeriah,
Yes, we know that not every one in the PDRB are whacked out dopers. Also, thanks for the complement to those of use who have served.
Scott
Posted by RickyLee on March 11, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good thing this wasn't done to a PRAIRIE dog.
She'd be facing felony charges in the People's Republic.
Posted by Scott on March 11, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So if Joy was to dye Cici back to the pooch's natural color would the old hag Pedersen have the PDRB Thought Control Gestapo ticket Joy a second time? Just wondering ;-)
Scott
Posted by bookwerm on March 11, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
God, what a stupid stupid law.. yes, prevent Animal Farms from dumping pink ducklings and rabbits at Easter.. but this? WRONG!!! this animal is NOT harmed, it ws NOT dyed for sale, and someone should slap these idiots! What a waste of taxpayer time and money.. Can you sue someone for being stupid? If so, I can get rich here in boulder!
Posted by plainsguy on March 11, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Why in the hell is this news worthy. This is why this state is going to hell in a hurry, because of nut jobs like this!!!! We worry more about stupid crap like this, then caring about the real news stories about high gas prices, running out of water and are freakin roads!!!! I think we need to load all of these damm tree huggers and nut jobs up and drive the off a damm cliff.
Posted by Meatwallet on March 11, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe if she had murdered her Beauty Queen daughter too she would have gotten away with it.
Posted by Squatch on March 11, 2008 at 2:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Boulder sucks! It amazes me the crap they can think of to fine somebody but will let people steal other peoples property and and make them heros. What a joke!
Boulder has to be the most close minded city in the world.
Posted by Brain on March 11, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
From my point of view this story is not about a dog, it is about a city that is______________? ? ?(actually I can’t think of how to describe what Boulder is and still be polite).
“Not everyone who lives here is a self-righteous idiot, just so you know, folks.” Your right only a VAST MAJORITY of them are!
The ordinance reads: "No person shall dye or color live fowl, rabbits or any other ANIMALS or have in possession, display, sell or give away such dyed or colored animals."
So if Boulder/Humane? Society thinks it should let the courts decide (they’re just giving the ticket) why have they not ticketed Joy and many other salons for dyeing human hair? After all we are animals too?
It is a shame that such a beautiful city is so $%@#-up!
Posted by pwern on March 11, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A heroin addict can pass out in the doorway of a business on the Pearl Street Mall - in a puddle of his own urine - and the Boulder police will not arrest him for fear of violating his civil rights (vagarants are just victims Bush/Cheney policy, according to 98% of Boulderites). But this woman is held out as some hideous torturer of animals for dying her friggin' poodle with Kood-Aid.
Yet another reason why I avoid Boulder - like it was a plague. I wonder if business owners up there are aware of how much revenue they lose from people like me who are just disgusted with the nonsense they see coming from Boulder and who go elsewhere as a result. Maybe if they did the grown-ups (both of them) in Boulder would take control back.
Posted by Grim_Reefer on March 11, 2008 at 2:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Last time i checked...a poodle is neither fowl nor a rabbit (rodent). the law seems quite clear and specific!
Posted by Charles_B on March 11, 2008 at 3:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
People should be ticketed for merely *owning* Poodles.
Posted by bobbyb on March 11, 2008 at 3:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this has to be the most ridiculous thing i've ever read. do people in boulder really have nothing better to do than fine people for the color of their dogs?
Posted by ghostie on March 11, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, at least this is SUCH BIG NEWS that it also made the home page of CNN.com! Scary...
Posted by pegasus99_aka_DR on March 11, 2008 at 3:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Leave the woman and her damned poodle alone, and go do a job that needs done - I swear, put government in its place people or they're going to tell you when you can go potty, when you must sleep, and what you will watch on TV and then buy with your dollars.
Posted by NotChasB on March 11, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Chuckie B.
Is that all you had to say. Come on, say something disparaging about Nutville Boulder. I Dares Ya! Now Chuckie not everybobdy can afford a Yorkie like you. Oh my little Foo Foo!
Posted by newsjunkie on March 11, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
in defense of the Humane Society - they can't control what complaints come into their office and they have a duty to investigate whatever comes through the door. they investigated and sure enough - the dog was pink. they visited the owner a number of times trying to work something out. she obviously wanted a showdown. at that point, the Society was kind of in a tight spot - either ignore what they already determined was a violation of the law - or dig their heels in and assert their authority. they chose the latter. but it seems to me they could have exercised some discretion here and just let the whole matter drop upon observing that the animal is obviously not abused.
I'm more concerned with the the busybodies who saw fit to tattle on this woman who obviously loves and cares for this animal very much. honestly, don't people have better things to do???? it seems they had an axe to grind against the owner and just wanted to cause trouble.
Posted by Brain on March 11, 2008 at 4:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They use discretion when it comes to humans!
Posted by snowbelly on March 11, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This all happened because the poor dog is a bush supporter in la la land.Dogs love those bushes.
Posted by Heidi on March 11, 2008 at 4:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They are allowed to pierce their infant's ears, but not dye their dogs! How funny!
Posted by mountainguy on March 11, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Boulder never ceases to embarrass me as a resident. If they're going to ticket dog owners, when are they going to start ticketing parents or their kids for dying their hair weird colors and piercing their body parts. It seems only logical...oops we're talking Boulder here aren't we.
Posted by TheDenverB on March 11, 2008 at 4:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
those arguing the legitimacy of this story need to take a step back and realize that *maybe* this is news because it points out the absurdity of bureaucracy and the failure to use common sense...
honestly, this is very newsworthy -- hell, it got all of you discussing it!
Posted by RockyV on March 11, 2008 at 4:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey - it's even stupid to worry about whether chickens or other animals may have been dyed during Easter - this just shows how retarded these so-called "animal rights" advocates can get. Of all things to get all bothered over, this just isn't one of them. If I was this woman I'd pack up and move and if I owned a business in Boulder I'd move right along with her.
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 6:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
TheDenverB, just curious. How did you get all of us to discuss it?
Posted by GWM on March 11, 2008 at 6:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Heidi, are you still here?
Posted by jmkratt on March 11, 2008 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What an f'n joke this is...
Posted by onemansview on March 11, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Let's see --- Joan Benet is dead, murderer uncaught.
Poodle owner in court for pink dog hair. Wonder what they would charge in Boulder if she had killed the dog?
Great use of resources!
Posted by longpasttime on March 12, 2008 at 2:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Dogs are color blind- do you think the dog even noticed? Only in Boulder!
Posted by CP on March 12, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
From Websters dictionary:
Boulder, CO: A collection of village idiots.
Only in Boulder. These people need to get a life!
Posted by Heidi on March 12, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
GWM, I am now!
Posted by Sheisaliar on March 12, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am an former employee of Joy Douglas. She is a liar. Plain and simple. I was lied to from the day I met her. Working for her gives you the equivilant of having post tramatic stress disorder. I cannot stand the fact that she is eating up all this free publicity. She makes me sick! She is manipulating and loves to play the victim. Her employees change frequently partly because some people can't handle being screamed at, being degraded in front of other employees and clients and partly because she goes through a delusional cycle where she fires the whole staff because blah, blah, blah, that in ends in the employees betraying her somehow. The reason for pink is simple she is a pink fanatic. That's the reason for the pink and that alone. She does not use beet juice. She uses a semi-permanent color that she buys at Fashion Nation in Denver. It isn't applied to the dog like it's just getting petted. People who have frequented the shop have often seen the other dogs with splashes of other colors like blue and orange. Is she using other fruits for this? I think not. Again why hasn't anyone from the media checked out her story. A little digging and she would be exposed for the lying manipulative bitch that she is. Don't believe her fairy tale about how much she suddenly and so conveniently (with the media's help) has any care or consideration for Breast Cancer and it's effect on women. Let me repeat she is a liar.
If it was any other person I would think it was ridiculous. But I hope she gets the maximum fine possible.
Because karmha's a bitch!
Posted by longpasttime on March 13, 2008 at 12:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sheisaliar- even taking all you say at face value, how was the dog harmed by changing its' fur coloring?? Sorry, I don't buy the cruelty charge!
Posted by Sheisaliar on March 13, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't disagree that it is a bogus law.
But if coloring an animal isn't a big deal why the lies about the beet juice and breast cancer awareness. I will tell you. Because that's all this women does is lie.
She is getting all this media attention based on lies. Thats the part I can't stand.
She could have told the truth that her favorite color is pink and she likes to color the dogs hair as it makes the salon a bit more noticable. And yes she uses an organic non-toxic semi-permanent hair color. What's so bad about that.
I want her to get fined because she in an evil, manipulating, lying person.
Posted by shellyduh on March 13, 2008 at 6:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Im with ya gf. I knew right from the start she was lying, seems how im a groomer with plenty of experience dyeing dogs....i just spent 3 hrs dying my poodle again this morning. the law there is bogus, the dog was not harmed in any way, but she doesnt need to lie about it. you cant get magenta from beet juice, in fact, to me it appears as though shes applied a lil bleach to that to get it lightened enough to pass as a beet juice dye job. puleeeeaseee. manic panic sucks ass anyway, and so does her dye job. someone needs to tell her it looks awful all splotchy like that. Come on, shes a hairdresser, and should know how to apply color evenly. i wont be calling her for a hair appt any time soon. too bad she doesnt have a contact email on her website or i'd tell her myself. Im just happy to at least have someone new to prank call :)
Posted by CAM on March 16, 2008 at 6:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No harm from using an organic dye. Just courious if the city officials really do not have anything more important to do?
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