plaedes
09-28-2006, 06:26 AM
On the 15th I was out having a great day when I ran across two puppies that had been dumped at a park. A group of women witnessed the dumping and begged me to take the puppies as they were in a company vehicle packed full of people. They were nice enough to give me $23 dollars (all they could come up with in cash) as a donation to care for the pups. Then this nice man came along as I was getting ready to put them in my car and he gave me some canned dog food. I was touched by how nice they were, but still disappointed that none of them wanted the dogs. I have 3 indoor cats, but I just cannot have dogs where I live. My street is too busy and I don't have a fence. My landlord says no way to dogs. Only let me have my cats because they are older and trained. So after a night in a cage I took them to the local animal shelter. I thought at the time that this was a good place to help find them homes. I have since found out that they are not a good shelter at all. I have posted flyers with their pictures all over the three small towns here where I live. They are listed on Petfinder.com, but somehow all of this still isn't comforting. I grew up with dogs and cats and always had a preference for cats myself. This is the first time I have rescued a dog/puppy that I actually wanted to keep really badly. Her name is Nora (we named them at the shelter) and she is just the sweetest thing. Her sister Lola is sweet too, but you just click right off the bat with some animals. Nora was the one for me. Only I can't keep a dog. I wish I knew of a better way to help find homes for unwanted animals, but I can't keep them all myself. This has just gotten me all out of sorts. I didn't even have them 24 hrs. and yet I feel like I've surrendered a life long companion. It breaks my heart. I know that they are still alive at the shelter, because I stopped in one day last week to check. They were going to be spayed the next day and ready for adoption on Friday. I guess I just needed to pour my heart out somewhere else besides my husband. He has heard it all too much. I can't help it that I wear my heart on my sleeve...especially concerning animals in distress. I keep telling myself that I did the best thing for them. I feared where they were dumped that they would get hit by a car or starve to death. Even if they have to be put to sleep at least it would be humane, but that is no consolation! I wanted to keep them until I could find homes for them but my husband is also kind of an A$$ sometimes when it comes to dogs. He just doesn't like them. He gets mad if a neighborhood dog walks through the yard and leaves behind a little prize. I have showed their picture to everyone that would give me a moment, told their sad little story, and everyone seems to think they are a perfect candidate for adoption but won't adopt them. Why can't people just take care of their pets and get them spayed or neutered like they should so that so many unwanted animals don't have to go through this situation? I would also like to punch the guy that dumped those poor things. He got rid of the problem for himself by making it my problem. I'd bet that no one that had contact with those dogs before me has lost sleep over dumping them in the park. I on the other hand haven't had a decent night's sleep since! I suppose I should get off the soap box now.
If anyone reading this would like to know more about these puppies for potential adoption I will be more than happy to discuss the details with you. They are probably 2-3 months old as they have most of their teeth in fully. They are small and probably going to stay small. They listed them at the shelter as chihuahuas, but they are certainly not. I suspect they are some type of small terrier. Lola looks kind of like a Jack Russel Terrier, but Nora is different. She is smaller, has daintier feet and legs. She also has the markings of a German shepard, but I know she is way too small to be a German Shepard puppy. They chew on your fingers as puppies do, but they don't seem to be terribly vocal (no whining/crying or barking) and Nora seemed more than happy to just stay in my lap. Lola is a more curious one and liked to venture into my back yard more.
Thanks for reading my rant and any advice on how I should go about animal rescue in the future would be good.
If anyone reading this would like to know more about these puppies for potential adoption I will be more than happy to discuss the details with you. They are probably 2-3 months old as they have most of their teeth in fully. They are small and probably going to stay small. They listed them at the shelter as chihuahuas, but they are certainly not. I suspect they are some type of small terrier. Lola looks kind of like a Jack Russel Terrier, but Nora is different. She is smaller, has daintier feet and legs. She also has the markings of a German shepard, but I know she is way too small to be a German Shepard puppy. They chew on your fingers as puppies do, but they don't seem to be terribly vocal (no whining/crying or barking) and Nora seemed more than happy to just stay in my lap. Lola is a more curious one and liked to venture into my back yard more.
Thanks for reading my rant and any advice on how I should go about animal rescue in the future would be good.