Thank you for starting this thread! Last year we got a little rescue that had been "abandoned" in a house near Denver. In trying to re-assemble the circumstances from sketchy information the conclusion was made that ... either the house was a foreclosure or quick sale and the people evidently bred Yorkies and the little guy was an old stud. He was left inside the house and God only knows for how long. He must have been gorgeous in "his day" but when we got him it was obvious that there was probably an old injury to his rear legs because he walked kinda funny. He had no teeth and a very distrustful look in his eyes. He wouldn't warm up to me no matter how hard I tried ... unusual because as a rule after awhile they would jump in my lap or at least snuggle near me. Not this little guy!!
I kept trying and the last night we were at Trish's before moving back home last May, I tried some more ... nothing! Minutes before we said our goodbyes, he walked straight up in front of me and sat down as if to say ... "OK, you can pick me up now!" I picked him up and he immediately laid his little head on my heart and began to make the most pitiful crying sound I have ever heard coming from an animal! My heart just melted and I told Trish that noone would ever want this little toothless guy and that we wanted him. Trish and Frank would bring him to us in a few weeks!! I was elated! A few days later Trish called me to tell me that a wonderful family wanted to adopt him! At first I said "Noooooooooo" but after thinking it through I knew deep in my heart that this was a much better home for him than we could ever give him given the way we travel. Patrick and I talked about it and decided to put our feelings aside and let him go. I told Trish that the new owners must understand that their new "baby" had two hearts ... his and mine! I still cry when I think about the night he stole my heart!!
We hear reports from him regularly and it seems he lives like a little Prince ... a family who adores him, goes for walks, has little ramps inside the house and out so he can access
anywhere our little hearts might choose to wander, etc. Sorry this was long but my point is this:
Regardless of how uncaring a pet owner is, and regardless of how unlovable they view their pet, why in the world could they just restrain them or lock them up and just simply leave them!!? If they are free to roam, at least
someone will find them! Better still, why not give them away or surrender them to people who care?? I believe people like the ones who abandoned this little one absolutely have no soul!!
BTW ... my little one is on our website ... his name is Bear.
Indeed ...
"One man's trash, is another man's treasure"!!!