What a long day. The LOOOOONNNNNGG part was driving with my sister to my Aunts house.......OMG I do love my sister BUT she drives like she needs to pass everyone !!! Of course there were people today doing the speed limit and that's to slow for her..... she rides their tail until she can pass !!!! Then on the way home there was actually someone doing 40 mph...... we rode them for a while too !!! On top of all that the sadness of my cousins death, she was telling me about a friend of her's horse who is boarded with my sisters horse. It is 29 yrs old and may need to be put down. It is blind in one eye, ulcers and some other new issue in the better eye and was just diagnosed with cushings. Then it started treatment for that and it now has ataxia. She thought it might need to be put down today. The vet said it was the advanced cushings but the symptoms of ataxia didn't start until it started the meds for the cushings. Well on the way home my sister called and the poor guy is a bit better because they didn't give it the purgoglide (sp) today.....stupid vets.....
The other sad part of that is the owner of the horse has a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy that eventually will put her in a wheel chair and be the cause of her early death. She is only in her thirties now. Anyway, this old horse "Country Boy" who was going to be put down a few years ago was given to her and has been a real gift to her. My sister believes this horse has kept her (owner) functioning better and gave her a reason to keep going. If she loses this horse it is going to be so hard on her. Then to top that off my sisters horse 'Moose' is Country Boy's best friend. He will protect him, chase other horses away. the whole nine yards. You've got to know my sister.... she is a real worry wart...... TEN times more then me, actually I'm really not one, I just kind of go with the flow...... need I say it was a pretty stressful day.
Then, as long as I'm at it and on a roll......my sister has got herself in another jam (this is the way we are alike) (other then that we are like from two different planets lol) she is trying to help a poor 6 yr old greyhound/lab mix, male about 88 lbs find a new home.
Long story short, (ok not so short) This is down in Racine. This guy (who is about 50 yrs old) contacted my sister when he needed to find a home for his cat as well because he had gotten the kitten from my sister (she had rescued it and he wanted a pet) so asked her if she would take him back. She did but with a lot of work she found it a better home then it came from or even better then my sisters. So anyway, once she found out he needed to find the dog a home she got involved. So she told the owner of the dog that he should take it to the Wisconsin Humane Society (formerly Country Side Humane Society) because they are a no kill shelter. So he did....
This part really sucks too...... the shelter analyzed the dog, said he passed and took the dog in. Now it is coming up on two weeks and they called and said he will be put down on Wednesday because he is ear and paw sensitive and nervous. Yeah NO CRAP, why wouldn't you be nervous in a shelter.
So now my sister is going to go and get the dog and found another shelter to bring the dog to that is a no kill. I said why don't you make the previous owner go get him..... his excuse for giving it up in my excuse is a piss poor one...
She said she doesn't want to do that to the poor dog.... have it see the owner again.....it will upset the dog.... I agree it will BUT.... I think the previous owner SHOULD have to SEE what is happening to his dog.
Now let me share why he gave it up.... First off, he was renting a house..... from his sister..... who always spoiled him rotten. She loves animals more then people (she doesn't have kids). So her little brother (her tenant) all of a sudden gets this girlfriend and gets serious (for once in his life). So he starts spending time at her apartment. Going over to the house to let the dog out etc. I think this tee'd off big sister, but not sure of those details.
I guess the plan was for them to move to the house in November when girlfriend's lease was up but something hit the fan between the brother and sister and now he just up and left and moved in with the girlfriend.
So guess who suffers. The poor animals.
When my sister went to the humane society I guess my sister was reamed a new one by the shelter staff. They said family needs to step up and help this dog...... and because my sister is just trying to help she got herself into the middle of it all.
I am so tee'd off at this Freaking guy I could just spit !!!! What gall to pass the buck onto someone else. I truly hope his new fling fails..... and when it does he will see that the animals would have been there for him long after the woman isn't !!!
So, anybody want a lab/grayhound?
So, just for the record. Wisconsin Humane Society is lying through their teeth about them being a no kill shelter. When I adopted the parakeets from them last winter I was suspicious about what they were saying. They only had a few dogs up for adoption. They said the other dogs were going through evaluations etc. They will refuse dogs as well if they don't think they are adoptable. Now *** is that all about ???? Isn't that what a shelter does.... take in unwanted dogs ? By refusing dogs or saying they are no longer adoptable (which is what they are saying about this dog) they are making their numbers look good because they are adopting out 100% of the dogs they deem are adoptable.... they aren't telling you about the ones that they reject or remove from their adoptable list !!! OR KILL !!!
Ok, that's enough excitement for today..... I'll try to post a picture of the dog. I think my sister is getting him on Tuesday.
