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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  When I was looking for a year in the shelters for a small terrier before I got Tibbe, I left each one with such a heavy heart that finally I couldn't go back after over twelve months of looking. I signed up for several small dogs but was always second on the list to a rescue organization or occasionally, an individual. Others they wouldn't let me have due to severe aggression or other un-adoptable reason. The bully types were never adoptable to anyone but their former owners, sadly. Looking at their beautiful faces would just cut your heart out, knowing they likely wouldn't be reclaimed.
Years back, I used to go get some of the worst off dogs that were set for euthanasia and bring them home, vet them, nurse them back to health and fitness, rehab them. Back then they were mostly big, powerful dogs that others had given up on. It was the most satisfying thing in the world to bring home a sick, starving, soon-to-die dog and help him restart his life and work with any behavioral issues! Our country should be so ashamed of its throw-away innocents! |
Jeanie, bless your kind heart!
Guess which dog was the only one pulled out to be seen? The smallest Chihuahua mix, he was a cutie. Nobody looked @ the beautiful pit mix whose tail was wagging so much that he wiggled his butt & a stunning red husky w/piercing light blue eyes. I think I was the only one looking @ the roosters & ducky (only if I lived in a house w/a huge yard). There was a really sad looking dog whose hair on his head totally covered his eyes, he was soaking wet, just sitting there by the front of his kennel. Cry sob tears!