Just
seconding Elizabeth's thank you! This girlie is lucky she found you
two.
Diane R.
Wendy,
What a wonderful thing you did! I never knew how truly beautiful a
pit bull could be until I met my neighbor's dog. I wish I were more
knowledgeable so I could help you - but just wanted to thank you for doing
such a noble thing.
love,
elizabeth
In a message dated 10/29/2006 5:17:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi
guys,
My husband and I were driving out in the country
this afternoon on our way home from visiting my grandfather who just
had a pacemaker put in, and saw a white Pit Bull (looks like a puppy; we
aren't sure) walking down the side of a fairly busy road. It was
very emaciated and looked like it was scavenging for food.
We discussed it and turned around to check on the dog. We pulled up
to the dog and I called out to it and it wagged it's tail but
cowered. I got out of the car and went over to the dog slowly, and
she just laid down and rolled over. She was clearly starving,
and not in great shape. She also looked like she had
been nursing puppies, although I can't tell how long.
We couldn't find any puppies nearby. We decided to take the dog
home with us. We figured that even if she did have puppies, she
couldn't take care of them if she gets hit by the cars that were driving
by at 70+ mph, or if she starves to death. Although I'm sad we
had to leave her puppies (if there were any), I feel like we made the
right decision. We stopped by Walmart and bought wet food and water
and dishes and fed her on the trip and she's now home with us. We
may or may not keep her. My husband has always wanted a
pit bull; he thinks they are beautiful. But we already have two
dogs, and I don't know how they'll accept her. She's completely
docile, but one of ours may give her trouble. So far so good; our
two are in the dog run right now and aren't growling at her. I
am going to try to see if there's a Pit Bull Rescue here in
Dallas. If we don't keep her, I don't want to adopt her out myself
or turn her over to any shelter because of her breed. I don't want
someone to adopt her just to try to breed her or fight her. She
looks and acts as if she's already been treated badly enough. We
are going to take her to the vet and have her checked out, probably
wormed, and given a pill to dry up her milk. Does anyone have any
advice as to how we should care for her? Anything else we can
do for her?
Thanks, Wendy
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal
likewise with their fellow man. ~St.
Francis
|