2003
"Have a Heart for Chained Dogs"
Report from Ohio
I
only
passed out three Valentine's. Here's why:
I
have a sad tale to tell you. I volunteered to deliver valentines
to chained dogs for Dogs Deserve Better. The third house
we stopped at had a dog chained to the porch with no shelter and
another dog chained to a doghouse with a big hole in the side, and
he had wet blankets inside the doghouse (which was also too small
for him). Mud all around, and trash. I will have pictures later
in the week.
I
knocked on the door and told them they had to bring both dogs into
the house because they were breaking the law allowing them to live
in these conditions. They said they couldn't. I told them they
would be going to court and they turned the dogs over to me. Here
is the problem. We took the dogs to be boarded at the vet but I
have to pay the vet bill and I can't afford much. There is no where
to take these dogs. I can't bring them home, I have 7 pets here,
one of which is a small terrier who is quick to react and attack
if things don't go his way.
The
one that was in the dog house is a rottie lab mix and a big baby.
He was laying upside down in my lap with his feet in the air. The
other is VERY beautiful, marked like a St. Bernard, size of border
collie, blue eyes. She is skin and bones. Also very sweet, shy,
and terrified. She would make someone a wonderful pet.
The
lab mix is very friendly, not scared. I have a feeling he could
be trained to do about anything.
These
dogs were covered with poo and smelled very strongly of cat urine.
They got in my back seat and rubbed all over it trying to get the
icy rain, poo, and cat pee off of them. There are poo tracks all
over my back seat but you can't smell the poo because the cat pee
smell is so overpowering. I was gagging in the car. I will have
to have my car detailed or send it to the
junk heap.
I
am in big trouble here. I need help ASAP. It will cost me nine
dollars for every day they stay at the vet, plus worming and bordetella
shots, and the most important thing of all.....a BATH! Probably
two or THREE baths.
I
need to find a place for them right away. From now on I am sticking
to doing my webpage and the petfinder page for Lawrence County Humane
Society and to fighting puppymills. I am a foster flunky (the terrier
was supposed to be a foster....NOT...he is here to stay). I am a
Dogs Deserve Better volunteer flunky because I could not just leave
the information and walk away and leave these two dogs in those
conditions.
Thanks,
Jody Crowe
Update:
I told Jody that rather than being a 'flunky' she was a success!
She got two dogs off chains! I met her in West Virginia Friday,
February 21, and brought the dogs here. She did a great job! Thank
you, Jody. You were a saviour for these dogs. If
you'd like to donate money for them to be spayed/neutered, it would
be appreciated! Just put it's 'for the Ohio dogs' in the memo section.
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