The senior dog was adopted this month after spending over 200 days at Orange County Animal Services. It was one of the longest stays for a dog at the shelter in 2021.
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"He is rolling around on this patch of carpet and we are playing. He already follows me everywhere I go around here," Rascal's new owner told the shelter. "He fell asleep laying against my chest. I can tell he is grateful… He is in good hands. I swear I will protect him with all that I have."
The love a dog gives is unmeasurable
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Rascal and his new friend
JD
I'll personally never again get an animal from a shelter. Got a couple cats, young but I figured they'd learn. No such luck. I've never seen a stupider animal, and that's saying something. Come to find out they'd been raised in a cage at the shelter, and lived the first six months or so of their lives there. They literally (pun intended) couldn't find the shit box from the other side of the room.
ReplyDeleteEssentially the same as raising a kid in a closet. They'll never recover. They missed the developmental opportunities, and there's no fixing that. With animals, the kindest thing to do would have been to kill them. And that's what we ended up doing. To say it differently, I REALLY disapprove of "no kill" shelters. It's a broken philosophy, and like all liberal feel-good nonsense it sounds good but really doesn't work.
I disagree...
DeleteImmediate family got a nearly $2,000 AKC registered puppy, marked down of course to a cool $1,000 at a local farmers market. "If you aren't paying at least $500 it won't be a good dog." should have been the first red flag if the price tag wasn't.
I saw one parent dog when the owners came to visit for other business purposes and the stupid runs incredibly strong in the breed or just this line (Jack Rustle of some kind). It was suicidal in running under vehicles and the owners probably would have killed their own dog if I didn't go stand in front of their truck and MAKE them stop moving forward after it ran in front of the tires.
The puppy is almost a year old now and still relieves itself where ever it pleases, chews on coyote turds, chews on sticks, furniture, even rocks. It has ripped up the carpet and managed to eat part of a plastic shopping bag; yacking it up shortly after. It also has severe allergies to something in the back yard (probably oak) and may need routine allergy injections. The dog was definitely not bred for intelligence.
For comparison, my German Shepherd mix was $10 from a no-kill shelter one county over. (I apparently showed up on a day they where having steep discounts.) Only needed one *SOFT* muzzle tap to keep him from chewing on furniture, goes to the other side of the farm to conduct dog business and comes to tell me when he wants something. That said, the foster family did tell us he didn't chew when he really did but the behavior was corrected rather quickly and with minimal damage. He spends most of his days sleeping on the couch or the carpet, sometimes my bed but not nearly as much as he used to.
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Yep. By our experience, pure breds tend to have more health problems also.
DeleteWife and I decided any animals we adopt as time goes will be the ones looking least likely to get adopted. Seniors are certainly in that category. We've had and lost so many at this point that part is not a big deal, it's more fun taking care of them to worry about the rest.
ReplyDeleteI think if that asshole dog Jack dies before I do, my next dog will be an older dog from the pound.
DeleteI have 4 good dogs buried on the property, 5 at my old house. All but one are rescues. All the rescues apparently knew the difference as I could not ask for more loyal, trainable, well-behaved dogs. Two of the three dogs I have remaining are rescues. The puppy (2nd puppy I bought in my life) is 8 months old, closing in on 90 pounds of weight, happy, playful, obedient -- and is learning to let me me know when an intruder (2 of 4 legged) comes near the property line. I am convinced that rescue dogs know the difference and are grateful for a second chance at life. Some of the most protective dogs I have ever had (mutts, great dane and mastiff breeds) have been rescues. I feel sorry for who even does not pick up on the clues (running in place, snarling, barking, spit flying) of anybody who gets within 10 feet of mama without invitation. That said, a dog is only an early warning system that gives you time to put your plan into action. Part of my plan involves a .45 that is on my hip any time I am wearing pants -- or tucked into the pocket of my bath robe.
DeleteAsshole Jack is on good company.
I love dogs enough to know that my current lifestyle is not conducive to having one. so I make up for it by being nice to all the other dogs I meet in the RV park. especially Stella.
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