Seven years ago, I went to a shelter to adopt the cutest puppy that I’d seen online. He was so sweet. As I was filling out the paperwork, in walked a woman with an adult boxer. She’d found the dog a few days before, reported it to the dog warden, and was planning to keep her, as no one claimed her, but her old cat would have none of it, so she brought this terrified, bony, wormy, scarred up boxer to the shelter. I took one look at her and stopped filling out the paperwork.
I offered to take the boxer, and the staff at the shelter said they wouldn’t even bother with intake if we wanted to make it happen in their office. The woman was hesitant, so I pulled out my phone, and showed her pictures of my nearly 16 year old Boston Terrier who’d just crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I knew in my heart that I needed that dog just as much as she needed me. Vet said she was about 5 years old.
We had 7 wonderful years together. She was loved as much as any dog could have been loved. We had pet insurance, so healthcare was never an issue. She had a good life, but not long enough. Sadly, 20 days ago, my darling Kelly crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I miss her with the kind of heartache that hurts my chest. Here she was just after she came home with me from the shelter. She loved my husband, and she loved me, too.
And this is the last picture I took of her, about a week before she got her wings, with our other girl, Minnie, who has been absolutely lost without her best friend. It was swift and sudden, an undiagnosed tumor up behind her kidneys that bled. We took her to the emergency vet, and would have done anything possible, but there just wasn’t anything. We gave her the dignity that every good dog deserves at the end. We told her how much we loved her, and she quietly crossed the Bridge. We miss her so much.
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«I want to pick up the dog from the shelter, but I work too much», «I want to pick up the dog from the shelter, but I rarely come home», «I want to pick up the dog from the shelter, but I'm afraid she'll be lonely at home alone», «I want to pick up the dog from the shelter, but I have cats at home...»
Baby Dogers, love has no "Buts" and barriers, sometimes it's enough just to take a chance and save one life…🐶
Joyful Chaos: First Creek Walk With the Whole Pack
We are now tackling taking all of the dogs on walks and our first couple into the creek were full of joyful chaos. Libby and Lucy have questionable recall, being our new rescues, so we keep them on leash. Lucy (the copper one) appears to have much better recall than her older sister. We did spend a ton of time with Bunsen, Beaker, and Bernoulli on recall so they are pretty trustworthy- Bernoulli most of all. We do have four hands- so we got it done!!
#bernesemountaindog #goldenretriever #rescue #dogsoftiktok
In the big-brand content machine, suffering can become currency. More distress means more clicks, views, shares & donations.
Animals should never become marketing assets.
Rescue should be about ending suffering, not monetising it.
Know the difference.
#WorldAnimalDay
UNBELIEVABLE: LeBron James has now spent 55% of his life as an NBA player… 🤯
🏀 Days in the NBA: 8,376
🚫 Days not in the NBA: 6,877
🌎 Days in the WORLD: 15,253
8,376/15,253 = 0.549
A stranded dog was rescued from the bed of a pickup truck after rising flash floodwaters trapped the vehicle in Rocksprings, Texas.
Video shows firefighters using a dinghy to reach the truck and safely bring the dog back to dry land.
Who will save him when his local rescue is gone?
Is the huge brand promising to save all the dogs coming to get him? Of course not.
It’s the local rescue who knows he’s there. Who knows the streets. Who knows the vet. Who actually shows up.
Lose local rescue & lose dogs
#WorldAnimalDay
High school Zion was not fair 🔥 He went from 5'9 to 6'3 between eighth and ninth grade, then averaged 36.8 points as a junior at Spartanburg Day, including a 53 point night on 25 of 28 shooting. Back then he played AAU with Ja Morant on the South Carolina Hornets, and Ja was the one most colleges passed on.