[Dailydrool] Reflections on the differences in dogs............

[Cathi Cox]

Deborah:
Your post brought tears to my eyes and pain to my heart.
So accurate, so correct in every word and sentence.
And for most of we in rescue this is what it is all about..............the dogs just the dogs.
Not about what notoriety being involved in rescue might bring, not what important people you might possibly get to hob-nob with because of being involved in rescue, not the power control that some "leaders of the packs"  take to extremes, etc, etc., etc.
It's just simply about the dogs. Trying to heal what another "human" tried to destroy.
Cathi, Sam B. Sad, Buddy (ATB), Angel Marie, Boudreaux and all the wannabes a.k.a. The Waterway Gang
 
 
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:18:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deborah L Hartpence <hartpence at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Dailydrool] reflections on the differences in dogs
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I just recently got a foster dog, after not having one for about three or four months.? I got used to my dogs again, and their spoiled, rotten ways, and now am able to see the differences between them once again.
My dogs have food crusted on their ears, the foster dog has scabs.
My dogs take little sips of water whenever they want, because it is always there, the foster dog has the need to drink the whole bowl at one time, because it must not have always been there.
My dogs know when it is supper time, and demand their food, while the foster looks at me with such hope in her eyes that she may get fed also.
My dogs may or may not eat their food when it is given, the foster eats every single morsel, every time.
My dogs gang up on me and demand that I pet them whenever they want, the foster dog hangs back and
waits to see if I will pet her, always grateful for any little attention.
My dogs may or may not come when I call them to me, the foster dog never leaves my side, so there is no need to call her, she is already there.
My dogs have always been taken care of, and have had heartworm medication every single month whether they know why they get this 'treat' or not, the foster dog has tested heavy for heartworms, and will undergo painful treatment very soon.
The foster dog is no less deserving than my dogs, yet she has been made to suffer neglect by humans that should have been there to protect and care for her.
It breaks my heart.
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