Monthly Archives: February 2011

Cyber-Bullying Crackdown

This news is overdue but better later than never. Facebook is cracking down on cyber-bullies. This action is due to the growing number of incidents of “Trolling” on Facebook, where bullies have left outrageous comments on online memorial pages. As if the pain that bullying causes the living isn’t enough, now more anonymous bullies are…

Why Boys Should Wear Pink

In the news a couple of days ago, was a story about the fact that a boy went to school wearing a pink shirt. He was bullied beyond belief because the bullies thought that a boy wearing pink was “gay.” The cool part of this story is that two older boys in the school stood…

A Free Gift for Bullied Kids

We have been contacted by so many adults who are worried about children in their lives because of bullying. Because of that, we want to offer the first 20 adults who contact us, a free Rugby Jones “Guess What” T-Shirt and a free Rugby Jones Bust a Bully Wrist band! We will pay for the…

Why Are They Bullying You?

Parents and teachers and aunts and uncles, please share this with the kids you care about. It might really help them if they are being bullied. Did you know that the things that bullies tease you about aren’t usually the reasons why they are really teasing you? Well, it’s true. Just think about it. What…

The Mean Old Man and The Dog

They say there is always a mean old person in every neighborhood. In our neighborhood, it was my grandfather. When people came to sing Christmas Carols at our door, he slammed it in their faces and told them to go away. He went to church every Sunday and cursed at the people in the cars…

Westminster 2011 and “Miss” Phoebe

The Westminster Dog Show in New York City was this past week. The various groups of dogs included the hound, toy, non-sporting, herding, sporting, working and terrier. It was so exciting to view such an assortment of beautiful dogs, groomed to perfection. You could clearly see that these champions adored being in the lime light….

It’s About Heart

What better post on Valentine’s Day than a story about someone with heart? What an exciting afternoon we had yesterday. In an attempt to help people to be open to the idea of adopting special needs animals, we visited the Animal Friends of Lansdowne. We invited another canine hero to join us and join he…