Hi Carol,
I can totally understand your frustration....I actually cringe at this time of year when I hear people are getting puppies for Christmas...these are the dogs that you and I will be rescuing and fostering 6 months from now.
It is hard not to get burnt out and jaded when you hear all the lame excuses people throw at you. To them, the dogs are disposable.
People will say to me how can you stand to rescue and foster these dogs and my answer is "How Can I Not"?
Having been involved with rescues for 4 years, I have kind of backed off from the admin end of it cause I tend to lose patience with people after listening to the various excuses....so for now I just foster. I'm in upstate NY and like NJ, we don't see many rescue yorkies here. Most of mine have come from Missouri, Texas and Florida.
Bless you for what you do! |