Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
This is lovely. 🥰
Is there more to this story?
Not that I am aware of, just a comment on a too frequent occurrence where pets are dumped like so much rubbish.
Never met a bad dog, only a bad owner.
Dogs are truly man’s best friend.
Cats enjoy having us around.
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff. 😂 We love them all.
This is why adoption process for Border Collies makes adopting a child look easy. A lot of people say oh that dog so cute and he’s so smart without realizing with that cuteness and smartness goes the need for a job. If you don’t keep them active, and give them intellectual stimulation, they’ll find one, like maybe your couch or your house or something else that attracts their attention. And I say this as somebody that’s adopted three Border Collies. They are brilliantly smart. Just Google Border Collies and sheep and you’ll see a lot of YouTube videos. But you have to know what you’re getting into.
From personal experience, there are plenty of good reasons someone might bring their dog to the shelter.
Maybe they live on a farm and the dog keeps attacking the chickens?
Maybe the dog bit their toddler?
Maybe the dog tears up the house and chews on the drywall when they go to work?
Maybe the owner was killed by a drunk driver and their elderly mother couldn’t care for the pup?
Maybe the people who brought him to the shelter weren’t even the owners? Maybe he got lost and they just found a stray and tried to do the best by him?
Pretty uncharitable to assume the previous owner was a selfish deadbeat … Charity is a virtue, adopting dogs isn’t necessarily so. Let’s let our virtue signaling be about virtuous things.
After all, the dog could’ve been given the Kristi Noem treatment. Instead, he was given a chance for a good life in a good home.
I agree with CAG.
I volunteered with Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue for years after our Ridgeback died. Most of the dogs from puppies to elders I fostered were adopted. For adoption a lot of paperwork and a home visit is required. When a dog is surrendered at a shelter or to a rescue sometimes the owners hold back info. That happened to me. Her brother was fine but the female did not like cats. Wish I had known. She went for my cat and broke her jaw. The kitty survived but I couldn’t trust the dog so Rescue sent her to a breeder to foster. I think it is best to surrender a dog to a breed rescue or a no kill shelter.