Replying to a message of Janis Kracht to Bob Ackley:
Hi Bob,
You sound like you're ready to start a Rescue :)
Not really, although I've thought about it. Eight of the
dogs consist of sire and seven of his puppies (which are
five years old, now). Nobody was looking for black lab mix
puppies back when I was trying to give them away (I did find
homes for two of the nine pups).
I know it's not always easy to do - glad you were able to
find 2 of them a home.
I've taken in two dogs that were dumped out here and that's
worked out OK.
Yes, I've seen some of your other posts about that :)
Another one that was dumped out here was just too scared to
join the 'family', after twp days trying to get close to him
I finally had to call the local 'humane society' killers to
come and get him; he was a boxer type puppy that appearded
to be about a year old. I'm sure he went straight to their
gas chamber.
Did you read about that shelter in Canada? Was so sad to
read about it.. forget where it was exactly. It had been a
policy of this particular shelter to not put dogs to
sleep.. they bragged some very low euthanasia rate. Come
to find out animals at that shelter were starving to death
(and worse, really worse).. it was sickening to read about.
I'd rather see a dog put to sleep than die a slow horrible
death, that's for sure.
I'd rather see an animal put to sleep than be abandoned. Domestic animals, especially dogs, are *dependent* on their owners. Cats are better equipped
for survival, particularly in rural areas - there are a LOT of feral cats around,
even in cities, we just don't see them. Most dogs abandoned in rural areas freeze, starve or are shot; very few of them find new homes.
FWIW there's a family of coyotes living in the creek bed that's 100 yards or
so behind my place. Heard their pups yapping the other night, drove my dogs nuts. I saw a coyote hunting down there last summer, I presume it's the same one; they keep the rodent population down.
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* Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)