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Animal Adventures
Aug. 13th, 2019 08:06 pmAt the shelter today, I was taking one of my favorite guys out for a walk. To get the dogs out, we go through two exterior doors to a large fenced area outside of the kennels. The kennel is also padlocked, so we get the dog out and lead them through the two exterior doors, past all the other kennels. Well, I'd almost gotten my guy out when all of a sudden another dog came at us.
She's busted right out of her padlocked kennel! She is also not a dog friendly dog and neither is the one I had on leash, so I had this 70-80 pound dog getting barreled into by a somewhat smaller but not tiny dog. I was confused for a millisecond, then instinct kicked in and I got the jailbreaker back into her kennel, re-kenneled my dog and flagged someone for help. Without bloodshed, thank goodness. There have been volunteers involved in incidents that have not ended well, always with the worst outcome coming to the animals.
The animal control officer was kind of a jerk about the whole thing. Made it seem like it wasn't a big deal... Like. Really? A dog can push her way out of a kennel and that's not a big deal? Frankly, I'm not the world's biggest person, but I am youngish and fittish. Some of our walkers are older and not quite so fit.
Then, after a good long stroll to unwind after that adrenaline rush, I visited the cat room. Where I promptly got my left index finger chomped on reallllly hard by a kitten who'd been found in the exact same woods where my sweet Abey had come from. Abe's brother also chomped me during that rescue; another emotional connection. I still love the kitten to bits, but as I was leaving, a 70+ lady was adopting him. I, er, wish her luck!
Crappy opinion: once humans get to a certain age, I think they ought to consider adopting animals in their same age group.
She's busted right out of her padlocked kennel! She is also not a dog friendly dog and neither is the one I had on leash, so I had this 70-80 pound dog getting barreled into by a somewhat smaller but not tiny dog. I was confused for a millisecond, then instinct kicked in and I got the jailbreaker back into her kennel, re-kenneled my dog and flagged someone for help. Without bloodshed, thank goodness. There have been volunteers involved in incidents that have not ended well, always with the worst outcome coming to the animals.
The animal control officer was kind of a jerk about the whole thing. Made it seem like it wasn't a big deal... Like. Really? A dog can push her way out of a kennel and that's not a big deal? Frankly, I'm not the world's biggest person, but I am youngish and fittish. Some of our walkers are older and not quite so fit.
Then, after a good long stroll to unwind after that adrenaline rush, I visited the cat room. Where I promptly got my left index finger chomped on reallllly hard by a kitten who'd been found in the exact same woods where my sweet Abey had come from. Abe's brother also chomped me during that rescue; another emotional connection. I still love the kitten to bits, but as I was leaving, a 70+ lady was adopting him. I, er, wish her luck!
Crappy opinion: once humans get to a certain age, I think they ought to consider adopting animals in their same age group.
