Fences for Fido announces unchaining of 1,000th dog in group's history

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Cupcake, a shepherd mix in Gaston, enjoys her newfound freedom after Fences for Fido volunteers built her a fence and doghouse. Cupcake was the 1,000th dog helped by the organization since it was founded in May 2009. (Courtesy of Fences for Fido)

Fences for Fido, the Portland-based nonprofit that builds fences and insulated dog houses for dogs living outdoors on chains, reached a major milestone this week.

This past Saturday, the group helped its 1,000th dog.

The lucky canine would be Cupcake, a shepherd mix living in Gaston, who's as sweet as her name implies.

A group of volunteers built Cupcake's fence and presented her with a new, insulated dog house decorated by sixth-graders at Chehalem Valley Middle School in Newberg.

WatchCupcakerun free in this sweet video filmed during the build.

The groupalso built a pasture fence and released some pigs who were living in belly-deep mud on the property.

"Each dog we unchain is known and loved regardless of the number," says Kelly Peterson, the group's founder. "The number is important and symbolic only because it demonstrates what we have accomplished together."

Not least among those accomplishments is the passage of Oregon's Anti-Tethering Law (HB 2783), which has been in place for just over a year.

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Fences for Fido announces unchaining of 1,000th dog in group's history