Saturday, June 9, 2012

A Wounded Animal/ Funny Animal Stories

I once was involved with rescuing animals that were about to be "put down".   A few friends of mine would find people to adopt the animal in question or find a no-kill animal shelter.  One animal was a
terrier who was rescued from a puppy mill.   A friend of mine wanted to adopt the animal but could not care for her because of health reasons so we found her a home with a lovely black woman who had many grandchildren.  This dog did not know how to play.  The poor animal was kept in a small box and used to breed litter after litter to be sold.  The dog had no socialization.  The poor animal also had a front leg that had been broken and untended so it permanently healed in a crooked manor.  The little dog was very sweet.  You would think she would be bitter and snarl and bite because of such cruelty.  All the dog wanted was contact.  The dog would walk/limp up to you and lay down on part of your leg or roll on its back to have her tummy rubbed.  All the animal wanted was love.

I was thinking of this little animal today, wondering how she and the lovely family who adopted her were.
I was thinking that there are many animals including human who only want and need what that little dog
wanted.  Of course we need a little socialization mixed in there too!

Not to end on a downer......I am going to share a few funny animal stories.


The first story is about a no kill animal shelter.  A friend of mine and I had worked with this shelter before and I am not even sure how the dog in question ended up at this shelter but....

It was a herding dog that was brought to this shelter.  There were many dogs and cats and they all got along very well.  One day the owner of this shelter came home from work and could not find ANY of the cats.  She looked on the main floor and then upstairs and still no sign of any cats.  When she went to the basement she found that the new herding dog had gathered all the cats into the corner of the basement.  The dog had not harmed any of them but would not let any of them leave.

Another story:

There is a lovely woman I know who has a menagerie of animals.  She has dogs, cats, birds and who know's what else!  She got a call at work one late night when she was at her office.  The call was from her neighbor who called to say, "I'm not sure what is going on, but all the lights at your house are going off and on."  My friend thanked her neighbor and hung up the phone.  When my friend went home to investigate she found that the dogs discovered that their barking triggered "The Clapper" light devise and were having lots of fun with their new found control!


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