I have spent most of my day today trying to find a wonderful home for a great little pit bull. I was told he had kennel rage and had jumped up and torn one of the ladies shirt that works there. I reached out to many of the rescue's that I work with along with great friends that help me all the time. I figured the best way for me to describe the dog was to check him out myself. I have done behavioral testing in the past and figured I would bring both the kids ages 15 and 4. Once there I got to see JoJo myself out of the kennel. He had just returned from a long walk and still had that cute pittie smile and love in his eyes. I looked directly into those eyes and I saw a little dog that just wanted love. He looked at me with a plea of "please get me out of here" After making sure he wasn't aggressive I introduced him to my daughter who is 4. Under my watchful eye he approached her and licked her so hard I thought her skin was coming off. The more she laughed the more he licked. I knew then and there this is a dog that needs a home.
JoJo was not the only guy there of course. There were so many there all with similar stories. "Turned in" or "Stray" JoJo I would guestimate to be around 2 and not neutered and the female Rottie that he came in was not spayed either. I am far from a genius but SPAY AND NEUTER!!! Why do people not do that? Cost is usually always an issue. Some states now have a voucher program that will allow them to alter their pet for a fraction of the cost. We are still working on getting offices on board for our Spay and Neuter Program. I find it interesting that many offices still hesitate due to the economy. Everyone has been hit by the economic crisis that our country faces. The horrible cases of abuse that world cross my desk daily. It isn't just here in the US but we can focus on Spaying and Neutering here first.
"URGENT!"....."NEED HELP NOW!"...."WILL BE KILLED TOMORROW!" These are all messages I get daily. Many of them I send out myself. It takes a strong group of people to not just throw up their hands and give up. Some day's I have to just turn off the computer for a few hours and regroup. The abuse is bad enough to see but when you get an Urgent list from just one group of shelters with over 20 dogs and cats to be destroyed the next day it is hard to just accept that you can't save them all. We turn to our rescue's to help. They too are so overwhelmed with all the requests that they are unable to save them all as well.
What can we do? We can write to the state legislators to assist with the cost of Spay and Neuter. This is something that we have the power to control. We all want to help or to change how crowded the shelter's are. Well here is the way.
JoJo and his fur-sister were brought in as strays. JoJo is not neutered so who knows how many female dogs he came in contact with. This mean's there could be litter of puppies just waiting for the shelter. Please please help us control the pet population. Here is my plan http://www.pressking.com/press-releases/We-are-launching-our-National-Spay-and-Neuter-Affilate-Program-003411. If we can get more states to sign on for the voucher program that would be a huge huge victory for animals and humans alike.
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