So we made the decision to look for a new home for our Bubba. Man, this was a hard decision. Not only did it impact out entire family but we also have a small chihuaha and they are like an old married couple. Having never sold or had to adopt out a dog we weren’t quite sure what to do. So we ran ads in craigslist and one or two sites we found on the web. To my suprise we had about a dozen people interested in bubba but two stood out. Both were retired folks who lived on farms in rural communities. For a dog from suburbia my wife and I kept telling ourselves, her through her tears, that it was a retirement community for the old pooch. Becuase we screened our adoptors carefully we were able to place bubba with another family, and older couple with another Australian Sheppard (a girl for our big guy) and have received regular photos of bubba romping in the bush. As much as we miss him we are greatful there are people out there looking for good pets, both old and young. Our neighbors just adopted a mature dog for thier three boys whos former masters lostr their home. A good pet found a very good home.

If the shelter won’t accept your pet because you don’t live in their area, take a friend with you who does live within their boundaries, and have them pretend to be the pet’s owner.

Very few animals who are turned loose (dumped) are welcomed into anyone’s home. They starve to death, or are killed by cars, bullets and other animals.

I dispatch for a law enforcement agency. Our agency gets four or five calls PER DAY about abandoned or dumped animals. There is no animal control in our area. There is nothing we can do. If the animals are vicious or sick we will shoot them. Otherwise, we don’t do anything, and the poor animals starve to death.

I am sick of it.

Everyone needs to be responsible for their decisions.

Thank you for putting up with my rant.