Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Little Lady No Name

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Normally when I participate in Tuesday’s Tails blog hop, I feature a senior black lab.  Here’s the thing about the senior black labs in CT.  The ones I’ve found are already in foster care.  They’ve already been given their second shot at life.  There are some dogs in CT though, that are living on borrowed time.

Literally.

The city of Hartford gives a dog taken into the pound ten days to get adopted.  Ten days and then they are euthanized.  It makes me cry just thinking about it.

So when this little lady came across my facebook page, I knew I’d have to feature her.

#24XXXURGENT: Hound, Dog; Bloomfield, CT Here is the sadder part.  She has no name.  It breaks my heart that her time is so limited that they can’t be bothered to give her a name.

Here’s what her petfinder page says:

Approx. 8yrs old….approx. 65lbs

This dog has just an incredible personality

She is super sweet

Very friendly

Great with dogs she met

Very affectionate…would love to be a lap dog

She is great on leash

This poor dog has had a rough life…her teeth are worn down like she has spent her life chewing on rocks…she is blind but gets along great..adapts well and quickly to her environment and she MAY BE pregnant. She needs a person or family to love her and give her the life she so deserves!

Her legal day of adoption is Thursday, July 18th, which just happens to be my youngest daughter’s birthday.  What a wonderful gift to my daughter if this dog could find her forever home.

Yes it’s true, my daughter does not read this blog and yes, it’s true she doesn’t know about this dog, but that doesn’t matter.  I know.  And I will tell her.  And because I told her and I’m her mother she will be overjoyed that we worked so hard to save this dog on her behalf. And she will celebrate her birthday knowing a life was saved in her honor.  It will be the best birthday present she ever had.

Trust me.

Typically I don’t ask my readers to share posts.  I like to say I’m a modest kind of writer and believe if I’m producing a good quality product and it touches you in some way, you will automatically share without being told.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe people don’t share my posts.  That’s okay.  On most days.

But it is not this day!

Today I am asking you to share, to take a couple of minutes of your time to tweet a link and/or share it on your facebook page.

You won’t know that you saved a life, but you’ll know you tried.  And that is a wonderful thing.

Thank you to Lisa at Dogs N Pawz for the Tuesday’s Tails blog hop.

Tuesday’s Tails – Regally Yours

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What I love best about the Tuesday’s Tails blog hop is the opportunity to help an animal in shelter or rescue find a home where they can live out their days surrounded by love.

What I don’t like is perusing Petfinder looking for a dog to showcase.  It just breaks my heart to see so many pets that are homeless. And sometimes I just get angry when I read their stories and it’s also when I pull on my judgy pants.  And I can’t help it.

Take Regal for example, his owner’s relocated and couldn’t take him with them.

REGAL

This to me is unfathomable, I would never move somewhere where my pets could not go with me. I would sleep in a tent if I had to.  There I said it and may I just say, I hate sleeping in tents.

The petfinder page didn’t offer a lot of information about Regal, just that he is house-trained, knows some commands and of course would love a home of his own.

Regal is currently at the Humane Society in Walden, NY.

Normally I don’t ask people to share my posts.  I assume (perhaps unwisely on my part) that if you think I’ve got something particularly good to say that you will share it.  But I bend that rule on this blog hop.  My goal is to help animals find their forever homes and that means I will do what is necessary to accomplish this.  So please, please share.

Thank you to Lisa from Dogs N Pawz, she is the genius behind this blog hop.

This is Tuesday’s Tails.  The Blog Hop that features shelter animals.

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Penny For Your Thoughts

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Yesterday two of my friends helped their beloved pets cross over the bridge.

Mrs. Taleteller had her beloved Blueberry for 11 years, she has a beautiful tribute to Blue on her page today.

My facebook friend Tamara, helped her Hannah cross the bridge last evening.

Both of these dogs were well-loved, well-taken care of family pets.  Sadly their quality of life had changed and their owners with hearts full of love, helped ease their pain.  It is a wonderful, unselfish gift to be able to ease the pain of those we love, despite the fact our hearts will ache in the process.

My heart goes out to both of my friends who are missing their pets today.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope that you will find peace and comfort knowing your pets are pain-free.

Run fast, Run free Blueberry.

Run fast, Run free Hannah Marie.

Sadly there are so many animals in shelters whose lives will end, at the hands of a stranger because there is no room at the shelter and no-one wants an older pet.

Dogs like Penelope.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

 

Penelope’s story is a sad one.  At 10-years-old she and her litter of puppies were dropped off at a high-kill shelter in the south.  Her owner’s signed the papers that should have ended her life.  “We don’t want her or her puppies, we’re tired of having dogs and anyway she’s old.”  And they left her.

Poor Penelope cuddled her puppies close, trying to protect them.  She was scared and confused and had no idea of where she was or what was happening.

But there is good news.  All of Penelope’s puppies were adopted and one of the shelter workers contacted a Lab Rescue and convinced them to pull Penelope.  As the rescue worker slipped a leash on her, Penelope licked their hand in gratitude.  You can find more about Penelope on her Petfinder page.

Penelope is currently in Lebanon, CT, if you are interested in helping Penelope spend her remaining years loved and cherished, you can contact lottoson@yahoo.com (Laurie.)

Please share Penelope on your social media networks and help her find the home she deserves.

Thank you to Lisa at Dogs N Pawz for Tuesday’s Tails, blog hop.

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