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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
.... To keep your pets confined.
I took the day off from work today; to get a break from there, and to get some things done at home. When I went out this morning, I saw a dog on my property. I've seen it before, but in the past when I tried to approach it, it got spooked and I was afraid if I closed in further, I'd scare it right out into the busy road. Today, though, when I spoke to it, it laid down in a submissive stance. I went to it, to see if it was hurt, and it wasn't, but it was friendly to me. It laid on its side, and I didn't see a penis, so I called her a she. Long story short, I got a rope on her/him as a lead, and tried to find her people. One neighbor knew who she was, but they weren't home. I tried to confine her to my property until they were home and I could talk to them, but she found an opening in my un-dog-proof fence. She disappeared. I had to go out to do the things I took the day off to do, and later after I'd gotten home, I saw her again running loose, and this time ACROSS the busy road. I stopped my chores, got the rope, and tried to follow her. She disappeared again. A couple hours later, when her people were supposed to be home, I walked down to talk to them and tell them their dog runs around the neighborhood when they're not home, and that I was afraid she'd be killed. They didn't answer the door, so I walked back home and wrote a note, walked back to their house and taped it to their door. They just called me to tell me they got the note, and were grateful. I wasn't convinced that they are though, when my suggestion of a higher fence was blown off. The friendly dog isn't a she; his name is Rocky, or Buck. He responds to both. WTF. -- Cheryl |
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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
Cheryl wrote: ... To keep your pets confined. I took the day off from work today; to get a break from there, and to get some things done at home. When I went out this morning, I saw a dog on my property. I've seen it before, but in the past when I tried to approach it, it got spooked and I was afraid if I closed in further, I'd scare it right out into the busy road. Today, though, when I spoke to it, it laid down in a submissive stance. I went to it, to see if it was hurt, and it wasn't, but it was friendly to me. It laid on its side, and I didn't see a penis, so I called her a she. Long story short, I got a rope on her/him as a lead, and tried to find her people. One neighbor knew who she was, but they weren't home. I tried to confine her to my property until they were home and I could talk to them, but she found an opening in my un-dog-proof fence. She disappeared. I had to go out to do the things I took the day off to do, and later after I'd gotten home, I saw her again running loose, and this time ACROSS the busy road. I stopped my chores, got the rope, and tried to follow her. She disappeared again. A couple hours later, when her people were supposed to be home, I walked down to talk to them and tell them their dog runs around the neighborhood when they're not home, and that I was afraid she'd be killed. They didn't answer the door, so I walked back home and wrote a note, walked back to their house and taped it to their door. They just called me to tell me they got the note, and were grateful. I wasn't convinced that they are though, when my suggestion of a higher fence was blown off. The friendly dog isn't a she; his name is Rocky, or Buck. He responds to both. WTF. -- Cheryl The sick part is when he gets killed, they'll just trot over to another "free to good home" ad pick up another pup and throw it in the back yard too. Idiots. -L. |
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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
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, I saw her again running loose, and this time ACROSS the busy road. I stopped my chores, got the rope, and tried to follow her. She disappeared again. Reminds me of the worse one I ever heard of, these were people who WANTED their dog to run about! When I was a kid, this family at the back of our house had a beautiful Doberman dog, but despite being beautiful he was also fairly mean certainly I was wary of him especially after he tried to get into my rabbit sheds. (I used to show rabbits) Anyway one night I was walking along and this dog came up. I noticed he was limping and he seemed unusually friendly so I caught his collar and led him back to where he lived. As we were standing in the porch I saw why he was limping, one of his back paws was cut on the pad, Anyway they took him in and that was it. The next day I asked their daughter who was at school with me what happened. Apparently they called the vet, the vet said the dog had stood on some glass and once he'd cleaned it up it wasn't so bad but it did mean the dog would have to be confined for a few days while it healed Since they couldn't be asked to take that responsibility, didn't want the dog alone in the house because he might destroy something....they had him PTS I felt so bad when I heard that since I'd taken him there if I'd known I would have done something else Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
Lesley wrote:
snip Since they couldn't be asked to take that responsibility, didn't want the dog alone in the house because he might destroy something....they had him PTS I felt so bad when I heard that since I'd taken him there if I'd known I would have done something else There was no way you could have known. It's a sad fact that world is full of selfish people like that, something I'll never understand. :-( |
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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
On 2006-04-04, Lesley penned:
I felt so bad when I heard that since I'd taken him there if I'd known I would have done something else You couldn't have known that they were insane. And that's exactly what they were. No one in their right mind would put a dog to sleep because of a cut pad on his paw. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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If you live on a busy road, make a better effort
Lesley wrote:
. , I saw her again running loose, and this time ACROSS the busy road. I stopped my chores, got the rope, and tried to follow her. She disappeared again. Reminds me of the worse one I ever heard of, these were people who WANTED their dog to run about! When I was a kid, this family at the back of our house had a beautiful Doberman dog, but despite being beautiful he was also fairly mean certainly I was wary of him especially after he tried to get into my rabbit sheds. (I used to show rabbits) Anyway one night I was walking along and this dog came up. I noticed he was limping and he seemed unusually friendly so I caught his collar and led him back to where he lived. As we were standing in the porch I saw why he was limping, one of his back paws was cut on the pad, Anyway they took him in and that was it. The next day I asked their daughter who was at school with me what happened. Apparently they called the vet, the vet said the dog had stood on some glass and once he'd cleaned it up it wasn't so bad but it did mean the dog would have to be confined for a few days while it healed Since they couldn't be asked to take that responsibility, didn't want the dog alone in the house because he might destroy something....they had him PTS I felt so bad when I heard that since I'd taken him there if I'd known I would have done something else Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Stories like these two just break my heart. Polonca |
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