Thanks Diane! She's sleeping like a baby right now. --- Diane Rosenfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just seconding Elizabeth's thank you! This girlie > is lucky she found you > two. > > Diane R. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Need help with rescued dog; to > Nina or anyone else with > experience re... > > > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com)
