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Originally Posted by fifeandshaffer  Hi cozy,
I agree perhaps the neighbor had concern but was totally out of line how it was handled. I agree if coop would have performed he may still be in that cage.
It's amazing to me the ability dogs have to recover and trust again.
I hope his last four years with me have erased the first two horrible years.
He still has a few quirks like he jumps in the shower to pee because of the drain like he had in in his cage. ( now he has his own bathroom to do it in)
Sometimes he uses mine ;(. He also runs in circles when he gets excited. Everyone loves this but me. It's cute but reminds me he could only go in circles in that cage. It took coop a while to learn how to be a dog and what normal should be but I'm happy to report he is living the life at my house.
I rescued him about a week after I had to put my first dog to sleep. I was devastated so was my other yorkie shaffer. We both needed another dog. I often say I'm not sure who rescued who.. Shaffer was not a good only dog, shaffer helped coop and coop helped us. Shaffer only lived about a year with cooper but he taught him everything he needed. |
Just to play devils advocate here....I'm super sensitive to seeing animals in distress, it hurts SO much to see it in any form. So if I saw a little dog who *appeared* to be suffering somehow and I was a neighbor...I might have to wonder what's going on there, ya know? I may misread the situation, though my intentions would be pure of heart, at the end of the day. But, if it was me....I'd have gone up to you to curiously meet you and the fur kiddo first, rather than judging first. Also, if I felt compelled to write some sort of letter, I would've written that thing with every ounce of kindness and compassion I could muster...in case I was misreading the situation. And it doesn't sound like your writer was very sensitive to the fact that they could be wrong, which is too bad.