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12-19-2008, 09:54 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Posts: 12,235
| T'was The Night Before Christmas...(A Rescue Pet Poem) T'was The Night Before Christmas...(A Rescue Pet 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 - left to roam, now we're tired and lonely and out of a home. They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye, "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. |
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12-19-2008, 10:30 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jersey Shore
Posts: 3,370
| Thank You. Thanks Megan for posting that. Elaine (Mom to Bella, Noel, Tia, Lilly and Beans - All Rescues) |
12-21-2008, 11:21 PM | #3 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,450
| Thanks, Jodi! There are so many waiting...so sad...I wish we did not live in such a throwaway society. |
12-26-2008, 04:09 PM | #4 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Maryland
Posts: 2,837
| Thank you so much! It fills my heart with sadness that there are so many pets out there that suffer and it fills my heart with joy that I can give at least 3 of them a new and better home... Hopefully one day I'll be able to help much more! |
12-27-2008, 06:50 AM | #5 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,450
| The sad reality is that we cannot save them all. The mills and backyard breeders just keep on pumping them out for profit. They do not care tht there are more out there than there are good homes. Makes me so sad. |
01-06-2009, 04:46 PM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Windsor, ON
Posts: 1,271
| OMGosh - that poem just breaks my heart. I wish people would realize that animals are NOT disposable...
__________________ Jayde, Deegan & Trooper ~Be the change you wish to see in the world - Adopt a rescue pet~ |
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