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# Letter: Reader asks why her offer to fund a dog house went unanswered
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/feeling-dogged-editor/
- Published: 2006-08-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:09:28.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Linda Jassim Santa Monica*

I was one of the people that called for a doggie house and volunteered to pay for it myself (SMDP, July 31, page 1). I wondered why I didn’t get a call back. Why is it that many good and positive works are met with resistance? Let’s find a solution to this excellent idea and make it grow.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 9, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080906.pdf?ref=smdp.com)