For Sale - To a Good Home
I was born in the Summer a few years ago.
Quite why I was born, I'll never know.
Some folk who owned my mother, decided to breed.
No reason I know of except for their greed;
I know I was hungry, I know I was cold;
They sold me quite early at just five weeks old.
My number one owners seemed friendly at first,
And life was quite good till my bubble burst;
They started to argue, their marriage split up;
And in the AD: "For Sale - 4 month old pup".
Some folk arrived, the next ones in line.
They treated me kind and life was just fine.
But Master dropped dead, and she couldn't cope.
So she sold me again (I'll soon give up hope).
I now had a new home right up in the sky;
We went up in the lift fourteen floors high!
The new folk were kind but they left me all day;
I was bursting to wee and had nowhere to play.
It was boredom, I think, when I chewed up the chair;
They agreed I should go as it just wasn't fair.
The next home was good and I thought "this is it"!
They started to show and I won....well, a bit.
Then somebody told them that I had no bone.
And in went the AD: "For Sale...to a good home".
The next lot were dreadful, they wanted a guard;
But I didn't know how, although I tried hard.
One night they got burgled and I didn't bark;
Tied up in that shed and alone in the dark.
For four months I lay in that cold and dark shed;
With only an old paper sack for a bed.
A small dish of water all slimy and green;
The state I was in, well, it had to be seen!
I longed for destruction, and an end to the pain;
But some new people came and I went off again.
Well now I'm with Rescue and this home is good;
There's walks in the country and lots of good food;
There's kisses and cuddles to great me each day;
But I dread the time they will send me away.
But for now here I stand, skin and bone on all fours;
PLEASE......don't let "ME" happen to any of yours.
- Author Unknown
BEFORE & AFTER:
Below are some of our dogs that have made it through some tough times to finally have a family to call there own.With the continued help of people like you, that turn to rescue to find their companion, we will have plenty more of these great endings!
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"BLU"
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Blu was a 1 1/2 year old boy who was sentenced to die at a county shelter because he would pull his owner when on a leash.Looks like someone didn't reasearch the breed before they got a puppy.Blu is now a true gentleman on lead and lives with his new family and has a human brother all his own.
"OKHA"
Okha sadly had to leave his first home of 5 years because his owner got brain cancer and his fur was plugging up the medical machines. His owners decided they didn't want to keep his locked away in another room,so they did was what hard for them but best for him and sent him to rescue.Okha now devides his time between life in the big city and vacationing weekends at his ski house.
"LUNA" & "MEEKO"
These 2 sisters were dropped off at a shelter to be euthanized as they had become unwanted by their owners.Most likely because meeko had heartworm disease.Unfortunately these girls could not find a new home together but: Luna has found a great new family with a new sister to get to know.Meeko is now part of a loving family.
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"KAHLUA"
Kahlua came to us after being tied to a 3 foot chain for the first 6 1/2 years of her life popping out puppies for a puppy mill down south. They decided to dump her off for euthanasia when her last litter all died. It took us and one other rescue group months to get her healthy enough to spay and have an irritating lump removed from her eyelid. After all the money she made that puppy mill you think they would have treated her with an ounce of compassion. Kahlua snatched the heart of one of our volunteers. She could not have dreamed all those years for a better home than the one she found.
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"Valeska"
Valeska was dropped off at a shelter along with her puppies.She was to be euth on Easter weekend after all of her puppies were adopted.Nothing says thanks for being a great mom like a death sentence.Some wonderful people stepped in and decided they would try to find her a rescue before her time was up - they found us. 14 different people volunteered to drive her all the way from Georgia to our rescue she could await her forever home in safty.She came to us scared , severly underweight with irritated skin and fur missing on her legs and ears due to living in her own feces. After a month of vet care and medication she was ready to go to her forever home.That home finally came on mothers day non the less.Valeska now lives with a loving Family and new four legged brother.
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