i walked dogs again today. some lady was being really pissy with me. if you have enough energy to be that bitchy, you're not old enough to be retired. shut up and get a job
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yeah, the michigan humane society (aka the humane society of wayne county) has a no kill policy, so they just don't accept pits because they arent considered adoptable. they either send them to animal control, who euthanize them anyway, or they send them to our shelter. (we are thought to be less humane by many because we don't have such a "no kill" policy, but we have open acceptance. go figure. michigan humane also follows the same procedure with any other breed/color they have too many of already.) we will keep up to five pits at a time. so if a sixth enters the picture, we have to choose the weakest link and get rid of it to keep the more adoptable one. we say they have to be "ambassadors for their breed." as a result of having such high standards, our pits are probably our best dogs. so it's a real shame.
we actually have a senior lady that when she first started volunteering wouldnt walk the pits because she was afraid of them, and now they're her favorites. some woman in her 60's or 70's comes and walks them all the time. they're obviously really bad, scary dogs!
it also annoys me that people adopt dogs when they arent prepared for the commitment. because we by necessity will accept them back at any time, people think that means it is perfectly acceptable to drop them at any time. i dont know the circumstances with cooper, but he'd never bitten at the shelter before or else we wouldn't have kept him, so it's entirely possible they just didnt let him adjust enough or they did something dumb. and like the 11 year old yorkie poodle that got brought back, he just needs a simple surgery and he's completely fine. if the person who had adopted him had just taken him to the vet rather than bringing him back the moment she realized he wasnt perfect, everything would be fine. our clinic probably would have done it for free if she couldn't afford it. the dog adoption process on the whole is extremely unfortunate.
we actually have a senior lady that when she first started volunteering wouldnt walk the pits because she was afraid of them, and now they're her favorites. some woman in her 60's or 70's comes and walks them all the time. they're obviously really bad, scary dogs!
it also annoys me that people adopt dogs when they arent prepared for the commitment. because we by necessity will accept them back at any time, people think that means it is perfectly acceptable to drop them at any time. i dont know the circumstances with cooper, but he'd never bitten at the shelter before or else we wouldn't have kept him, so it's entirely possible they just didnt let him adjust enough or they did something dumb. and like the 11 year old yorkie poodle that got brought back, he just needs a simple surgery and he's completely fine. if the person who had adopted him had just taken him to the vet rather than bringing him back the moment she realized he wasnt perfect, everything would be fine. our clinic probably would have done it for free if she couldn't afford it. the dog adoption process on the whole is extremely unfortunate.
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