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12-10-2009, 02:15 PM | #1 |
Princess Poop A Lot Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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| A Christmas Shelter Dog’s Poem ’Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town, every shelter is full—we are lost, but not found. Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare, we hope every minute that someone will care. They’ll come to adopt us and give us the call, “Come here, Max and Sparkie — come fetch your new ball!” But now we sit here and think of the days we were treated so fondly — we had cute, baby ways. Once we were little, then we grew and we grew. Now we’re no longer young and we’re no longer new. So out the back door we were thrown like the trash. They reacted so quickly — why were they so rash? We “jump on the children,” “don’t come when they call,” we “bark when they leave us,” “climb over the wall.” We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed, now we suffer the consequence of the errors THEY made. If only they’d trained us, if only we knew, we’d have done what they asked us and worshiped them, too. We were left in the backyard, or worse, let to roam. Now we’re tired and lonely and out of a home. They dropped us off here and they kissed us goodbye… “Maybe someone else will give you a try.” So now here we are, all confused and alone in a shelter with others who long for a home. The kind workers come through with a meal and a pat, with so many to care for, they can’t stay to chat. They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer… we know that they wonder how long we’ll be here. We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds. Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears – our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear. If you can’t adopt us and there’s no room at the inn – could you help with the bills and fill our food bin? We count on your kindness each day of the year – can you give more than hope to everyone here? Please make a donation to pay for the heat… and help get us something special to eat. The shelter that cares for us wants us to live, and more of us will, if more people will give. – Author Unknown A Christmas Shelter Dog’s Poem :For the Love of the Dog
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12-10-2009, 02:20 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Quincy, IL
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| Thanks for sharing! Brought tears to my ears.
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12-10-2009, 02:40 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Michigan USA
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| Awwww A beautiful poem...it broke my heart. I rescued a dog and a cat once and it breaks your heart to walk through a shelter and not take them all. The dog I gave to my sister and the cat (Sadie) I kept and she learned to play fetch and was my best friend for 15 years. I still miss her.
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12-10-2009, 03:18 PM | #4 |
My Three Hearts Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wrapped around their paws :-)
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| Bumpy bump! Thanks for posting this Cindy
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12-10-2009, 08:48 PM | #5 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Wow....BUMP. Shelters and rescues and animal welfare need all of us so much right now...anything any of us can do - awareness, emailing, $$, volunteering...whatever...it all helps the fur kiddos...especially with the shelters filling up in this economy.
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12-10-2009, 09:01 PM | #6 |
Princess Poop A Lot Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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| Thanks everyone for bumping...Seriously if everyone could take a towel and one can of food to their shelter or give them $5.00 it would help so much.
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12-10-2009, 09:17 PM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington
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| Oh man, everything is making me tear up tonight, thankyou for posting this, it is such a good reminder.
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