Tamara,
Was that suppose to discourage me from encouraging you?! I have some
stories for you too! In fact there may be one brewing as we speak. My
mom just took in a brother and sister, looks like small chow mixes,
about a year old. Poor little angels showed up at her door, starving
and the little girl is holding her front right leg up. They're scared
to death of humans, but I guess hunger and weariness won out. You can
tell that they've never been touched with kindness. Here we go again!
Nina
tamara stickler wrote:
Nina,
You're funny. Well, thanks so much for the positive kick-in-the-ass!.
I've often thought of trying to self publish a series of books, or a
collection of short stories with illustrations featuring the "throw
aways" of the animal world. (Ah, but alas...if I wanted to get the
money together...I'd have to stop picking up animals in order to save
enough to publish.)
I have one started called "Too Old To Learn" that's a combination of
true stories about older animals, rescues and pound critters that
stresses that not only puppies & kittens can be taught, but older
"used" animals can learn to break bad habits and be wonderful
companion animals. The chapters include: "Frankendog"- about an
ancient, (horribly unattractive-God bless her), mange-ridden beagle,
Mabel, who finally gets a real home for the first time in her life -
we think she was a breeder dog who lived in a crate her whole
life...the SPCA estimated her age at 14..., "The Original Poodle" -
about a dog, K.C., I found wandering on North Avenue in the early
90's...once we had her shaved you -Honest to God- could see EVERY bone
and tendon in her body. The vet who shaved her actually walked out
into the waiting room to prepare the other clients for her appearance
before we carried her through. "Puddles" - the story of a dog,
Schatzi, who was submissive to start with but was turned into the
pound because her owner was afraid her husband would "dicipline her to
death"...she would urinate & duck everytime someone looked her in the
eye or reached for her. "Broken"- a three legged white lab/terrier
mix, Max, who not only charmed his way out of the pound but won over
an entire elementary school & its administration. "Demolition Dog",
-Moose, a huge brindle mastiff/great dane mix who was surrendered to
the pound because he was "impossible" to train...and he was, until
Taz, an older great perinese (sp?) who had been trained as a helper
dog for the deaf was surrendered too. Taz did what no human could
do...teach Moose to be civil and obedient. "Jezebell" - a skinny,
old, mangy long-haired cat that shredded every volunteer in the
shelter, but eventually learned not only to enjoy, but ask
for grooming. "Cats are Friends, NOT Food" -story of a
rescued-neglected standard poodle, Basha, approx.5-6 years old and
Jerrycat, (7 or 8 yrs. old), an 100% outdoor cat that chose instead to
live at the house up the street (Basha's house), BUT had to train
Basha to accept that cats were not fast food first- something that her
humans could not manage to do. It took two years but he finally wore
her and her people (really NOT cat people to begin with) down...and
now not only does he have control of the house....but he and his
brother use Basha as an afghan in the winter.
As you can tell, I've had more experience with dog rescue than cat
rescue...Quintapus was my first cat. I came to this website after I
rescued a Felv+ cat, Simms, and found his person on this list.
(Since I've had so many bad experiences with "charities" I figured if
I ever managed to get them published, I'd use part of the money to
help fund vet bills for families that adopt special need animals - to
encourage them to do so. That way I KNOW where the money is going and
that its being used wisely and NOT going to fund the non-profit
shelter owner's mistress' boob job...but that's another story.)
If I ever do manage to get published Nina, I'll let you know. Of
course, I'll have to...I'll need more stories... :-)
Thanks again.
T
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