Drop-off dog, off to pound

[Spookwriter]

We presently have the two dogs, one outside working dog and my
wife's inside house pet.

Jake, the outside dog, is a yellow lab looking sort of dog. We've had him
four, five, maybe six years. I call him a working dog, but he doesn't really
work at much. He guards my porch most of the time.

Jake was a drop off himself. Jake and his brother were abandoned at a local
welding shop when they were mere toddlers, just babies. Shop owner meant
to kill them that day.

So we took them both. The brother went to my cousins to live. Jake stayed here.
Jake had a bad leg. Right front was broken. He wasn't much good.

That was a long time ago. Leg healed. Now he just limps once in awhile. Great pet.
Not a mean bone in his body. But he can't fight at all. Doesn't know how, and that leg
seems to bother him at times. So he likes to ride the gold cart with me, and insists in
coming inside when it storms. Other than that, he's a working dog. Lets me know if
someones trying to steal his porch, things like that.

I've seen him and the chickens eating out of the same bowl at the same time....Rabbits
don't scare Jake at all.

He isn't much, but he's my buddy. Nobody hurts Jake, nobody gets to bother Jake.

Now this little Jack Russel in my house...if it wasn't for my daughter really, there would be
no inside dogs here. But they seem to like her. Missy, that's her name, came from a doggy store.
My wife wanted her, so I hung my head and paid up.

I don't like her. I don't like dogs in my house. But she belongs to my wife. So Missy is safe from
my wrath. Taken care of, she is. Pampered. House dog without the slightest sign of a brain.
Let her outside, she runs off like a bullet. And guess who has to go look for her? Not my wife.
So it's me. Missy thinks she needs a walk a few times a day. Silly dog.

But these are our dogs. Both of them. Fed, cared for.

If the day comes when I no longer want these dogs, I'll deal with it. But mean while, they are
my dogs, and mine to take care of.

Spook

 

[nop169]

I feel your pain! At the present we have 8 (thats right EIGHT) dogs. All but 2 were dumped on or near our home & found their way to us.... reckon its the big neon sign that says SUCKER HERE! LOL! Two years ago was even worse - we had 3 horses left tied up in our yard! Horrible condition and untrained. It happens all the time - people usually ask though. I do not know why America has this chronic epidemic of irresponsible people who dump their animals, their kids & their trash wherever it is convienant!
Needless to say, the horses are still here albiet in great shape now - I guess I DID need a few more pasture ornaments! In all seriousness, they are all 3 great animals now and since there is no market for them anymore - they will stay. Same with the dogs - still have 2 females to be spayed (crating when in heat as of now - NO BREEDING ALLOWED!!!) which will cost about $120.00 each.... but all are great companions and live in the house (albiet crated at times) now. It makes for alot of work in keeping the house clean, keeping them clean & flea free but it also teaches our DD to think with her heart and to realize that ANY animal is a lifelong responsibility. It is how we give back for being so blessed. Hopefully this epidemic of irresponsible people will change.
Unfortunately our local shelters are not no kill and equally unfortunately the last starved stray had to be carried to the shelter - nice temperment with people but wanted to eat the poultry. Can't keep one that doesn't meld into the current farm herd. Hated it & was sad but better than him starving the rest of the way over months or being hit by a car. I guess I could have kept him in a kennel but that is no life & at this point in my life I value quality of life over quantity. AND I did not own the responsibility for his condition ar homelessness - that is owned by whoever dumped him. We do what we can do. And by the way - THANKS for taking the responsibility to get involved & doing the right thing for your stray.

 

[sourland]

Around here it's cats-- trap/neuter/dump off. The result is man shy, trap shy creatures with very little merit. I have empathy for them, but do not want them here. If I could boxtrap them, they would go to AC for euthanasia. As is I feed them

until something happens to them. Two cats ago lasted 3 years until he was killed on the road. The last one made it through the winter into spring when a coyote took her. 3 nights ago I saw another skulking under the deck.

Yes, against my better judgement I am feeding her.

 

[mandelyn]

I grew up on a dead end road that butted up against a park. Because of that park, 17 dogs and 5 cats.

SEVENTEEN to spay/neuter and have vetted.

Fast forward there are now feral cats, I was staying with my dad briefly and I found one in the basement with a broken pelvis. That was sad. I guess it had been hit on the road and then starved.

Now we live on a busy road in the middle of a neighborhood. No issue like that here.

But I'm dreading when we move to the country and it starts right back up again. Emu and horses? Really? Turns into livestock when you move farther out? Maybe we'll stay here.

One of the dogs didn't come to us, we had to go to it. We heard it howling and howling... walked up to the park and it was tied to the "no dumping" sign with a chain embedded into his neck. Massive Dane mix, we named him Moe. Vet had to cut the chain out, that was bad. Stunk to high heaven, it had been like that for awhile.

People are awful. It really isn't that difficult to do the right thing.

 

[nobodyherebutuschickens]

I really wish such awful things wouldn't happen to animals.

 

[desertdarlene]

People are stupid sometimes when it comes to animals, or desperate.

A dog like that will probably get adopted very quick. The well-mannered, people-loving ones usually do.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

People dump their dogs here all the time. I put up a fence, now they toss them over.

Haven't had one in awhile, but the last one was a Chinese Crested. Ugly little thing. Most of the dogs that come here are starved. I don't keep them, I'm too worried about food agression around my daughter. We've been lucky enough to find good homes for all my little dumped critters, but it costs me a lot of money to have them vetted and fixed. I generally don't get it back either. I've been lucky thus far that none of the dumped animals have killed any of my livestock. I'm crediting that to luck, and Cricket.

Good post Spook. Not everyone is an animal sanctuary. We were raised that if you got an animal you got it for LIFE. Not until it is no longer cute.

 

[saddina]

Quote:
We've had 2 roosters dropped into our back yard.