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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For all the rescurers and transporters and adopters… It made me
cry.. so tissue alert…..happy ending…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName> <br>
By Jo Kellar<br>
<br>
I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName>. I
left my mom and my family. It was home, I don’t know if it was a
good one or a bad one, but it is what I knew. <br>
<br>
I don’t like this place, I want to go home. Back to my mom and my
brothers and sisters. I thought this place would be nice; the people
played me for awhile when I got here. Now, they leave me all day in this
box they call a crate. I’m a baby, what goes in goes out.
These people yell at me all the time for making a mess in my prison they call
crate. They want me to be a certain way. Well, teach me, don’t yell
at me. I can’t learn that way. They tell me I am bad, I am so
afraid. I react the only way I know how. Then they are mad at me
because I reach out. I am only a baby; my mother nipped me when she
wanted my attention. I nipped and growled like momma taught me.
They tell me I am bad.<br>
<br>
I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName>. I thought
I was going to go back to my mom. This place is worse than the
last. Animals are crying, barking, praying for help all the time. I
don’t like this place. I want to go home. There are a few
people here that talk to me and tell me I am good. They tell me I will go
home. This gives me some hope that I didn’t have before. Could I
please have a home that loves me? <br>
<br>
I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName>. I was
shoved into another one of those prison crates and rode for a long time.
This time the prison wasn’t so bad; I had a blanket to lie on and a toy
to keep me company. It was quiet and peaceful after being in that awful
place with all the noise and cold floors. We stopped and rested, I had
something to eat and drink and time to stretch my legs and feel grass under my
feet. When I was put back in the crate and we pulled out of the drive, I
fell asleep. The first good sleep I had had in months. <br>
<br>
I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName>. I left
the home of the person who cared for me, cleaned me, made me whole and
well. I will miss her, she cried when I left. She couldn’t
see I cried, too. I learned so much from her, how to be loved, how to
play ball, how to behave like a good dog. We walked, we talked, we gazed
into each other’s eyes. She told me she would find me a family. <br>
<br>
I took a ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName>. That lady
that cared for me so many years ago made sure I had a home to love me. My
people and I have grown old together. We walked, we talked, we gazed into
each other’s eyes. We don’t take long walks, we don’t
play ball in the park, we don’t go for long trips anymore. But, I
have known what love and happiness is. I have done all those things and
more with people who have kept me safe and warm. <br>
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I will take my last ride <st1:PersonName w:st="on">today</st1:PersonName> with
no regrets for I will wait for my people to take them home. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Helena Poist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Proplanner<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2321 North Loop Drive</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ames</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">IA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">50010</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>helena@proplanner.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>515-296-7526<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>fax: 515-296-3229<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>http://www.proplanner.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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