Just Us N Texas
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Yesterday I was out running errands and Tina called me. She was frustrated, and nearly crying. She said she had opened her front door, and a 3-4 mo. old Great Pyr. puppy bounded into the house. He apparently had been sitting on the front porch praying for that door to open. No collar, no tags of any kind, but obviously well taken care of. Well fed and healthy. Well, we started the phone calling and canvasing the neighbors, and the veterinarian to see if anyone had lost the puppy. Nope. Evidently someone dropped him. How could anyone do that?!!! He is very, very sweet, and when he comes to you, he sits immediately at your feet. He is a loving little guy, and he wants to belong to someone so badly.
We can't keep on taking in all these dogs, but soft hearts always rule! The last one that showed up was a female English Mastiff that has had at least one litter of puppies, because her bag is "sprung". She is a delightful dog, loves Jacob and Tina with a passion, and of course she will stay here. She sleeps in the hay in the barn at nights. There are also a catahoula, and a husky of some sort that have decided to make their home here on the farm. We have two Cane Corsos, a poodle and a chi, and a chi/poo mix. We certainly don't need or want anymore dogs at our house either. I took one look at this little guy, and my heart reached out. He has a small dark mask on his face, and has so much expression in those eyes. Those eyes just beg for love and attention. He looks like an old soul with a young body. We will continue to try and find his owner for a few days, then try rehoming him. Don't have much luck here at that though, as most of the farms and ranches around us have the same problem of too many dropped dogs. I am afraid the little hobo has gone out on his own and found his home! Here. When you have so many dogs that are thrust on you, you feel you just can't do what needs to be done for them. Groceries alone are costing a mint for them, nevermind the expense of what should be done to medically care for them. We have an absolutely lousy humane society in the area. Call them and they say do what needs to be done, we will not come and get them. IMO, these are all good dogs that had the misfortune to belong to lousy thoughtless people! I could probably go on for pages and pages ranting about people who drop their dogs and leave it to other people to feed, medicate and love them. Do they not know the financial and emotional strain it puts on us?
Guess I just have to shut up and try and take in the fact that yet another dog has joined our home and hearts. I stopped by the vet's office the other day to buy enough Frontline to pay a mortgage, and about 6-8 large mutts were just laying around in the sun on the property. I asked the receptionist about them, and she said they were drops. They try and rehome them, but don't have a lot of luck either.
We can't keep on taking in all these dogs, but soft hearts always rule! The last one that showed up was a female English Mastiff that has had at least one litter of puppies, because her bag is "sprung". She is a delightful dog, loves Jacob and Tina with a passion, and of course she will stay here. She sleeps in the hay in the barn at nights. There are also a catahoula, and a husky of some sort that have decided to make their home here on the farm. We have two Cane Corsos, a poodle and a chi, and a chi/poo mix. We certainly don't need or want anymore dogs at our house either. I took one look at this little guy, and my heart reached out. He has a small dark mask on his face, and has so much expression in those eyes. Those eyes just beg for love and attention. He looks like an old soul with a young body. We will continue to try and find his owner for a few days, then try rehoming him. Don't have much luck here at that though, as most of the farms and ranches around us have the same problem of too many dropped dogs. I am afraid the little hobo has gone out on his own and found his home! Here. When you have so many dogs that are thrust on you, you feel you just can't do what needs to be done for them. Groceries alone are costing a mint for them, nevermind the expense of what should be done to medically care for them. We have an absolutely lousy humane society in the area. Call them and they say do what needs to be done, we will not come and get them. IMO, these are all good dogs that had the misfortune to belong to lousy thoughtless people! I could probably go on for pages and pages ranting about people who drop their dogs and leave it to other people to feed, medicate and love them. Do they not know the financial and emotional strain it puts on us?
Guess I just have to shut up and try and take in the fact that yet another dog has joined our home and hearts. I stopped by the vet's office the other day to buy enough Frontline to pay a mortgage, and about 6-8 large mutts were just laying around in the sun on the property. I asked the receptionist about them, and she said they were drops. They try and rehome them, but don't have a lot of luck either.
