Puppies, puppies, puppies
I have forgotten to tell ya'll about my puppy experience a couple of weeks ago....
This walker lady that walks in front of the jail every morning told Kathy that there was a bucket full of puppies in our yard! I went out there to see them and noticed that one had a large gash on it's shoulder blade. I immediately carried the container to the car and zipped over to my vet's office. I was afraid to look into the container in fear of seeing one or more of them dead. So, I let the clinic tech check to see if there were any deads one - there was not. whew!
I told the Vet to fix the one that was injured. He then asked me if I was responsible for these puppies and I told him NO! They were found at the jail and one was injured - that's the reason why I brought them to him. He asked me if I would be taking them home and caring for them until I found homes for them and once again, I told him NO! He kept pushing for that and telling me that when puppies are dropped off there, he usually ends up putting them down. I told him that I didn't want them put down... and technically, the puppies were found within city limits so therefore, the chief of police should be responsible for them - which is his wife.
Later he called and told me that there were 3 puppies injured with the same type of injury as the one I saw.... one had a gash out of his back and the other had part of his stomach ripped out. I couldn't figure out how or why these puppies had this type of injury and he told me. I wished I hadn't heard it. I became sick to my stomach and started crying. Cannablism. These babies were so starved, they started eating each other.
Also, the puppies were only 4-5 weeks old... and there were a total of 10! The 3 injured puppies were put to sleep so that left 7 puppies to figure out what to do with them.
I am very angry that he left that on my shoulders! At that time, I had 2 options... take 7 puppies home with me and provide exstensive care or have them put down. I hate him for doing that to me!
I called the no-kill shelter and their standard answer is always, "we don't have room" - so before they could get that out of their mouths I said in a very stern tone, "don't even tell me that you don't have any room!". They put me on the phone with the manager guy, Mike.... and I sweet talked him into taking all 7 puppies! ;) I ran up to the vet's office and got the puppies and then took them out to the shelter. When I got there and saw all of the older dogs in the kennels, I stood there and cried for them. This is why I can never volunteer to work at shelters - I simply could not handle it emotionally. I don't know what mixture of breeds the puppies are but you could see Rottweiler in one of the pups. He had a big squared head and the perfect markings for a Rot. The rest were just all black.
I hope that I never find out who dumped these sweet babies on our lawn. These babies didn't become so starved to the point that they were simply overnight. The puppies were huge but yet barely had their eyes opened. I'll bet that the monsters who have the mother dog will soon have another litter because they are too insensitive and stupid to have her fixed. The owners do not deserve to even have a dog!! Piece of shit.
I promised Mike that the sheriff would do an article for the paper about dumping puppies and dogs & the consequences of doing it. I guess I need to get it written up and have him sign it. He doesn't know about it yet, either ;)
Speaking of puppies... I'm going to have an opportunity to buy a pure bred Doberman in a few weeks.... black and tan female! My only obstacle is Jim.... ;) Dobies are fairly rare around here....
Honestly though, I'm not sure I want another dog... our 5 are handfuls! But now that we're getting tile in the bedroom - at least it only takes some papertowels and mopping to clean up after them.... heh. I've given up my carpet in order to have the dogs, so I should be rewarded with a new female Dobie, huh? *L*
When I mentioned the puppy to Jim he just hung his head and said, "you're wearing me out!" LOL
My icon pic is of Riker... the puppy would look just like him only without a weiner. ;)
We're going to start putting Riker and Taz in the outside kennel during the day and once we get the chain linked fence up, Larry and Pepper will go in it. (weather permitting) I think they'll enjoy being outside instead of being cooped up in the house all day while we're at work. We have enough dog houses for both places. Both are also in constant shade thru out the day. :)
ok, gotta get to work around the house... we're going to Branson today for shopping and a movie.