Pocker may be only a stuffed animal, but he and his mom, Kasia Pisarska, do great work raising adoption awareness in all corners of the globe.
Pocker is a lovably raggedy-looking toy dog who lives in Poland. Dressed up in his favorite bright red scarf, Pocker enjoys jetting around the world spreading the message that people should adopt dogs, not buy them. “Don’t spend money for love” is his slogan.
With Pocker’s passport stamps beginning to mount up, I checked in with his owner, the television journalist Kasia Pisarska, to get the scoop on this dog-trotter’s thrift-store back story, his canine travel tips, and the origin of his curious name.
What attracted you to Pocker when you saw him?
To be honest, I wasn’t sure in the beginning whether he was a dog or a sheep! I had an idea in my head and Pocker seemed the cheapest and funnest way to put out a really important message. So I asked my neighbor’s five-year-old kid if she had a dog toy she could give me, but she was not really keen on that. So I went to the shop and found Pocker. I asked in the shop what he was and after an important debate we decided, yes, he is a dog!
Which countries has Pocker traveled to?
The United Kingdom — not only London but Bournemouth and also the place where the movie Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed — and he’s been in Poland, Lituania, Greece, Germany (Berlin), Zanzibar, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Australia, Israel, Amsterdam, Estonia, Hungary (Budapest), UK, Italy (Venice,Trieste, Passo dello Stelvio), France (Paris), Turkey, France, Lettonia, Estonia, Croatia.
If Pocker could talk, what message would he like to tell people?
We have a nice phrase in Poland that goes when you adopt a dog you don’t change the world, but you do change the world for that dog. I think that would be Pocker’s message.
(Source: dogster.com and FB profile)
