Dear Mr. Smith -
Your dog was picked up by the local shelter and sat there for 2 weeks waiting for you to come pick him up. Even though you didn't care about him, he loved you. He ran in circles pacing his concrete kennel at the shelter until his feet were bloody. Since you never came back for him and he was so confused and literally was going crazy in that concrete jail cell the shelter was going to put him down. LUCKY for Rascal my friend Kathy felt sorry for him and took him in. Rascal was so skinny.. I guess you didn't have time to buy dog food because it was clear he hadn't eaten in a LONG TIME or at least not consistently. He had no hair where his collar was, I am guessing you just tied him up outside because you didn't want to deal with him any more. That was so nice of you, I hope when you become annoying to your family they tie you up outside and "forget" to feed you.
Kathy had Rascal for 2 weeks but had me take him to work with him a little more. Something was just not right with him. I took him in and worked with him for nearly a month. He was such a sweet dog, he would wrap his legs around my neck and literally would hug me. He got attached to me quickly. Obviously it is because I showed him love and attention something he NEVER got from you, that was clear.
Due to the fact you mistreated Rascal so badly, starving him, chaining him up outside and you must have beaten him because he was clearly "not all there"
Rascal had good days, don't get me wrong. He was so good in the house, totally house broken and slept in bed with me snuggled close never moving all night. However, he continuously ran out the door when I went to leave because he was so scared I was going to DUMP him like you did. He was food aggressive with other dogs because you clearly NEVER feed him. He would get so worked up when I would leave he was just run in a circle, jump and bark. It was HEART WRENCHING to say the least.
There were days where he would know his name, look me straight in the eye, eat, act like a normal dog and then there were days where he was for lack of better words not on the same planet with the rest of us. This was CLEARLY from the abuse you suffered at your hands.
Due to your actions Rascal was laid to rest on Friday August 20, 2010. He went peacefully in my arms while I kissed his head and petted him. His last action was a lick to the vet as he stuck the needle in his leg. That is a vision that will be pierced in my brain forever.
I will never know his real name, I will never know his real birthday but I do know that he was LOVED BY ME. We all know that you didn't love him. I brought Rascal home, held his lifeless body in my arms, kissed him good night and laid him to rest on my farm with all of my other LOVED animals. He and I will one day be together forever.
I will pray that you NEVER EVER EVER again get another pet, I pray that you don't toss your family / your children away like trash when you get bored or annoyed with them.
I do prey that KARMA strikes you down and you get everything you deserve. You are a coward and in my eyes a monster. I prey we never meet because I am not honestly sure if I could control the urge to punch you right in the gut while telling you exactly how much of a low life you are.
Signed,
Rascal's mom.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
This just made me so MAD
I had to share this email b/c I am so mad.
Hi Amy, this is LXXXX HXXXXXX. I have a 7 year old Jack Russel that has really bad skin allergies, where he chews his hair off. I can't afford any more vet visits or meds. I put him on Craigs list to give him away & a lady told me about rescues for jack Russel's. I'm at my wits end! I'm thinking of putting him down because of his special needs & me not being able to help him! I feel so bad, because he's so great. He's great with kids, loves to cuddle, car rides & loves to go camping. If i could find him a great home & owner that would take care of him & his needs that would put my heart to rest!! If not, I'm going to have to put him down. I have found that people won't take him because of his problems. If you could help me I would deeply appreciate it!
Do you know what I read when I read this........... "I don't feel like dealing with my dog any more so I am just looking for anyway to get rid of him." UGH!!
Hi Amy, this is LXXXX HXXXXXX. I have a 7 year old Jack Russel that has really bad skin allergies, where he chews his hair off. I can't afford any more vet visits or meds. I put him on Craigs list to give him away & a lady told me about rescues for jack Russel's. I'm at my wits end! I'm thinking of putting him down because of his special needs & me not being able to help him! I feel so bad, because he's so great. He's great with kids, loves to cuddle, car rides & loves to go camping. If i could find him a great home & owner that would take care of him & his needs that would put my heart to rest!! If not, I'm going to have to put him down. I have found that people won't take him because of his problems. If you could help me I would deeply appreciate it!
Do you know what I read when I read this........... "I don't feel like dealing with my dog any more so I am just looking for anyway to get rid of him." UGH!!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monsters in Dayton OHIO (post 2 of the day)
The monsters who walk among us - if you live in Dayton OH, this story is supposed to be on the news tonight. This dog was left to die in someone's basement. I believe there were three but I have not seen photos of the others. They are in rescue. Say a prayer they survive.
STARVED ABANDONED DOG
UPDATE: I just talked to Sharon Exxline of the Humane Society and the lady who took the dogs from the guy who starved them will be doing an interview on Channel 2 and turning in the info she has. The person or persons who let this happen to these dogs will be accountable. Having Lucien live is more than enough for me but this is really great for justice. Tune into Channel 7 or Channel 2 for more info!! (Who knows maybe even Channel 45). :0) Keep praying for Lucien..hes not out of the woods but he tried to raise himself up on his 2 front legs to have his belly rubbed.
LOOKIING UP!
I received some awesome news last night. #1 ANOTHER Petland is closing. WOOHOO! Now that only leaves 20 left in Ohio. Hey it is a start!
The other awesome news is I will be getting 4 dogs to safety this weekend. I am so excited. I was able to work out with my APL for them to take some dogs. The dogs just have to be ready for the adoption floor... meaning spayed/neutered, up to date on shots, heartworm negative.
OH I AM SO EXCITED! I feel like a million pounds have been lifted off my shoulders.
THEN the other cool thing is I am going to rescue 3 males.... still trying to figure out who, from where and how to get them to me. That seems like a bit of a challenge because all my normal transports are unavailable. :-( BUT regardless, I am going to save 3 males get them totally vetted and they are going to the APL too.
So, what if it costs a few dollars at least they aren't dead and I feel GREAT about that!
I am so excited.
Now to arrange transport... ugh! That is the hard part. I have 3 I want to get out of Clinton County which does not have a website so basically the dogs never get out of there alive. But there isn't a way to get them to me :-( I guess I need to see who else needs help and see if I can help them instead.. as long as I am helping someone, right?
The other awesome news is I will be getting 4 dogs to safety this weekend. I am so excited. I was able to work out with my APL for them to take some dogs. The dogs just have to be ready for the adoption floor... meaning spayed/neutered, up to date on shots, heartworm negative.
OH I AM SO EXCITED! I feel like a million pounds have been lifted off my shoulders.
THEN the other cool thing is I am going to rescue 3 males.... still trying to figure out who, from where and how to get them to me. That seems like a bit of a challenge because all my normal transports are unavailable. :-( BUT regardless, I am going to save 3 males get them totally vetted and they are going to the APL too.
So, what if it costs a few dollars at least they aren't dead and I feel GREAT about that!
I am so excited.
Now to arrange transport... ugh! That is the hard part. I have 3 I want to get out of Clinton County which does not have a website so basically the dogs never get out of there alive. But there isn't a way to get them to me :-( I guess I need to see who else needs help and see if I can help them instead.. as long as I am helping someone, right?
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
FAILED!
There are days I really just want to walk away. Last night / today is one of them. Why is it that society feels it is ok to treat an animal like an accessory, treat it like crap, screw it up in the head and then when it doesn't perform the way they want it to, they can't figure out why and DUMP IT. Then I am the one that gets "guilt trip" emails from people who don't even live ANYWHERE NEAR ME. And I am stuck feeling like a piece of shit because I am not able to help an animal who is put to sleep or because I am now stuck working for weeks, months a year with a dog that is so backwards there are days I shake my head and say "Am I doing the right thing?"
I just don't understand where people get the right to email me about how disappointed they are in ME because they sent me an email about dogs in need and I didn't help any. Yea, ok lady because I just decided that those dogs should die. No, it is because I am only one freaking person with 20 dogs living at my house and NO MONEY!
I actually got two emails like that yesterday. And the one lady who emailed me when I replied back that I was aware of the dogs in need but unfortunately did not have room for them right now. She responded back that she was from California so there wasn't anything she could do. WTF! Are you kidding me? Oh I was so mad when I read that I just deleted her email back to me. UGH!
The one lady that sent the message of how disappointed she was sent it to several rescue people, I didn't reply all to her when I responded but I just told her it isn't a matter of not caring it is a matter of time, space, money and sanity. A few of the other rescue people were not as nice. One told her she needs to learn some rescue manners and until she has 25 dogs living in her house she needs to not tell all of us how disappointed she is... The email was VERY to the point and honestly nothing she said wasn't true.
THEN to add to my day, I am sick and tired of people adopting a dog and NOT LISTENING or wanting to put forth effort. I mean come on, when you have a baby if you decided AFTER the fact it is too much work TOUGH SHIT! you work through it, you get help, you deal with it. But oh no if the dog is too much work just send it back. IT ISN'T A CAR THAT YOU CAN JUST DECIDED TO TRADE IN!!!
Then I love the fact people try to make me feel bad that they are returning the dog.
I tell people absolutely everything that I know about the dog, good or bad and they always say OK. I tell them if you have any issues call me and I will walk you through what you need to do. Do they call NOPE!
They wait until it builds up to the point of frustration and call me like it is some sort of emergency saying they are bringing the dog back RIGHT NOW! Really? You are? Well great and were would you like me to put the dog in my pocket? Because that is the only place I have left!
I ask them if they want some tips on how to work through whatever the FIXABLE issue is and they always give me all these excuses of how they can't take the time. "I work full time" REALLY? Oh that must suck, I don't work full time I sit around all day and eat bon bons. "I just don't have that kinda of time to commit to the dog." OH so that is the real reason, you got a dog and realized how much work it is and now you don't want it so you are coming up with excuses as to why you need to bring the dog back. OH OK, now I see the real reason.
I do not, DO NOT give anyone their money back unless I feel it is my fault.. for example, I said the dog is great with cats and the dog chases cats. Then that is my fault and I will take full responsibility. But I am not giving you back your adoption fee because you are too lazy to work through a fixable issue with a dog and / or because you decided having a dog is a bad idea.
I am just at my witts end.
I have all these dogs that are dieing in shelters that I can't help but that I want to help, I have a house full of dogs that may not be adoptable but what am I supposed to do? They aren't aggressive they are just backwards because some asshole did it to them. I guess they are going to live at my house forever not getting the attention they need because there are too freaking many of them. I say in my head maybe I should just put them to sleep, no one is going to want to deal with this issue or that issue but I can't bring myself to do it. The dogs have so many good qualities, it is just their issue is a BIG issue. Or not really big just annoying as hell and hard to fix. Probably fixable but I don't have the time when I have so many that need fixed.
And then I have dogs that are returned for the stupidest reasons EVER and the people are totally unwilling to work with the dog.
You know what GET A CAT!
I just don't understand where people get the right to email me about how disappointed they are in ME because they sent me an email about dogs in need and I didn't help any. Yea, ok lady because I just decided that those dogs should die. No, it is because I am only one freaking person with 20 dogs living at my house and NO MONEY!
I actually got two emails like that yesterday. And the one lady who emailed me when I replied back that I was aware of the dogs in need but unfortunately did not have room for them right now. She responded back that she was from California so there wasn't anything she could do. WTF! Are you kidding me? Oh I was so mad when I read that I just deleted her email back to me. UGH!
The one lady that sent the message of how disappointed she was sent it to several rescue people, I didn't reply all to her when I responded but I just told her it isn't a matter of not caring it is a matter of time, space, money and sanity. A few of the other rescue people were not as nice. One told her she needs to learn some rescue manners and until she has 25 dogs living in her house she needs to not tell all of us how disappointed she is... The email was VERY to the point and honestly nothing she said wasn't true.
THEN to add to my day, I am sick and tired of people adopting a dog and NOT LISTENING or wanting to put forth effort. I mean come on, when you have a baby if you decided AFTER the fact it is too much work TOUGH SHIT! you work through it, you get help, you deal with it. But oh no if the dog is too much work just send it back. IT ISN'T A CAR THAT YOU CAN JUST DECIDED TO TRADE IN!!!
Then I love the fact people try to make me feel bad that they are returning the dog.
I tell people absolutely everything that I know about the dog, good or bad and they always say OK. I tell them if you have any issues call me and I will walk you through what you need to do. Do they call NOPE!
They wait until it builds up to the point of frustration and call me like it is some sort of emergency saying they are bringing the dog back RIGHT NOW! Really? You are? Well great and were would you like me to put the dog in my pocket? Because that is the only place I have left!
I ask them if they want some tips on how to work through whatever the FIXABLE issue is and they always give me all these excuses of how they can't take the time. "I work full time" REALLY? Oh that must suck, I don't work full time I sit around all day and eat bon bons. "I just don't have that kinda of time to commit to the dog." OH so that is the real reason, you got a dog and realized how much work it is and now you don't want it so you are coming up with excuses as to why you need to bring the dog back. OH OK, now I see the real reason.
I do not, DO NOT give anyone their money back unless I feel it is my fault.. for example, I said the dog is great with cats and the dog chases cats. Then that is my fault and I will take full responsibility. But I am not giving you back your adoption fee because you are too lazy to work through a fixable issue with a dog and / or because you decided having a dog is a bad idea.
I am just at my witts end.
I have all these dogs that are dieing in shelters that I can't help but that I want to help, I have a house full of dogs that may not be adoptable but what am I supposed to do? They aren't aggressive they are just backwards because some asshole did it to them. I guess they are going to live at my house forever not getting the attention they need because there are too freaking many of them. I say in my head maybe I should just put them to sleep, no one is going to want to deal with this issue or that issue but I can't bring myself to do it. The dogs have so many good qualities, it is just their issue is a BIG issue. Or not really big just annoying as hell and hard to fix. Probably fixable but I don't have the time when I have so many that need fixed.
And then I have dogs that are returned for the stupidest reasons EVER and the people are totally unwilling to work with the dog.
You know what GET A CAT!
Monday, August 16, 2010
7 dogs adopted yet still no room
Two weeks ago I got in a JRT mom who my vet says in no way is a pure breed JRT. She thinks it is a Frenchie / JRT mix. Why? you ask b/c she has a genetic defect that only Frenchies get. LOL! How funny is that... plus her ears and her nose resemble a Frenchie. How weird is that... the funny thing is the women who owner surrendered the mom and puppies to me kept telling me she had the dogs papers. I of course so I don't need them nor want them. She was so surprised by that... I said they are worthless. They mean nothing. And now I know they really do mean NOTHING! The dog isn't even a PB. UGH Puppy Mills! Starting to wonder if PB's in any breed really exist any more, ya know?
So I got the mom and puppies in a week ago Thursday. Beagle puppies are so loud! They stayed the night Thursday night but Friday I took them over to be boarded. They were there the weekend and then I picked them up Monday morning and took them to the clinic where they stayed until Friday afternoon.. they were given shots, blood work run to make sure they were healthy and FIXED!!
I took them back over to the board kennel Friday and then picked them up on Saturday morning and went to Pet Smart. 4 of the puppies found a home from Pet Smart. 1 found a home yesterday and 1 was adopted that first weekend I had them but isn't getting picked up until tonight. I have one sad little puppy left :-( Poor thing. He is going to be SAD tonight. I am hoping that I get a good application for him today / tomorrow. I just feel bad that he isn't adopted and I want to get him in a home ASAP that way he can start living a normal puppy life and not one in a kennel.
My sweet heart Waldo was adopted yesterday too. YAY!!! I love that dog. The people that adopted him were really really nice. I feel great about them adopting him. They live in KY so that kinda stinks... I will probably never see him in person again. But I will bug her for pictures so I am sure I will see him. I love that dog.
I have someone who is supposed to come see Mork tomorrow. I hope that goes well and they adopt him. I got in the 4 brothers on Friday, thanks to Lenna and Mark driving to pick them up!!
They are AWESOME but I am afraid maybe too use to being around each other. I have them kenneled together right now but I am thinking one needs to go tonight / tomorrow with Janet, my foster home and assuming Mork gets adopted I will send another one with Nikole (Mork's current foster home). That will leave me with two and that is ok. Well Mary / Tim should be home from vacation soon so maybe they can foster one. I just want to get them separated. They seem pretty attached to each other.
I am really hoping that some of the JRT's get adopted this week / weekend. There are so many that need out of the shelters right now and I can't do anything... even with getting the puppies and Waldo adopted, I don't have any room. I had the puppies in boarding for goodness sake! That is just crazy.
Well let's hope some adults get adopted!!
So I got the mom and puppies in a week ago Thursday. Beagle puppies are so loud! They stayed the night Thursday night but Friday I took them over to be boarded. They were there the weekend and then I picked them up Monday morning and took them to the clinic where they stayed until Friday afternoon.. they were given shots, blood work run to make sure they were healthy and FIXED!!
I took them back over to the board kennel Friday and then picked them up on Saturday morning and went to Pet Smart. 4 of the puppies found a home from Pet Smart. 1 found a home yesterday and 1 was adopted that first weekend I had them but isn't getting picked up until tonight. I have one sad little puppy left :-( Poor thing. He is going to be SAD tonight. I am hoping that I get a good application for him today / tomorrow. I just feel bad that he isn't adopted and I want to get him in a home ASAP that way he can start living a normal puppy life and not one in a kennel.
My sweet heart Waldo was adopted yesterday too. YAY!!! I love that dog. The people that adopted him were really really nice. I feel great about them adopting him. They live in KY so that kinda stinks... I will probably never see him in person again. But I will bug her for pictures so I am sure I will see him. I love that dog.
I have someone who is supposed to come see Mork tomorrow. I hope that goes well and they adopt him. I got in the 4 brothers on Friday, thanks to Lenna and Mark driving to pick them up!!
They are AWESOME but I am afraid maybe too use to being around each other. I have them kenneled together right now but I am thinking one needs to go tonight / tomorrow with Janet, my foster home and assuming Mork gets adopted I will send another one with Nikole (Mork's current foster home). That will leave me with two and that is ok. Well Mary / Tim should be home from vacation soon so maybe they can foster one. I just want to get them separated. They seem pretty attached to each other.
I am really hoping that some of the JRT's get adopted this week / weekend. There are so many that need out of the shelters right now and I can't do anything... even with getting the puppies and Waldo adopted, I don't have any room. I had the puppies in boarding for goodness sake! That is just crazy.
Well let's hope some adults get adopted!!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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