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Pet Rescue Story

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Adopted babes Ronin + Bella. Ronin (black-ish) came from a great organization here in Portland called Second Chance Companions – http://www.sccpets.com/ He’s plott hound(bear hunter)/lab and needless to say hes…. Assertive. Bella(redish brown/black) came from the humane society – http://southwesthumane.org/. We know she is lab/something. I like to say lab/pretty – but maybe shepard of some sort. Best dogs ever. I’m glad you found yours.

Had enough of twitters and blogs. Off to bed.

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  4. 4.

    kuvasz

    John, I commend you for promoting the rescue of dogs (and of course, cats).

    TRIBUTE TO A DOG

    The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

    The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master’s side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

    If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

    George Graham Vest – c. 1855

    I have 6 dogs, all but one a rescue, and even she was given to me.

  6. 6.

    asiangrrlMN

    Thank you, thank you, thank you, Cole, for publishing this puppeh thread. I sorely needed it. I did not watch the speech because I just can’t deal with it right now.

    Sleep tight.

  7. 7.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @Violet:

    yep, that be me. still mulling and worrying.

    Got a new photo printer yesterday, a Canon PIXMA 4700. Great price of 50 bucks delivered. Pictures are pretty good, but not commercial quality. Next up, saving up to get a PIXMA Pro9000, hopefully by spring. Can make hi quality Hummer piks then, hopefully, and cheaply. As compared to having someone else print them.

  9. 9.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @Violet:

    Something tells me, that little voice of sense, that given my living situation, and also personal preference, a small dog is what I need. There just wasn’t any of those available a few days ago. I will keep checking though, and when it’s time will hopefully know. And thanks:)

  10. 10.

    Something Fabulous

    Oh, Bella has a look like she wants to read something just slightly too far away. Adorbs!

  12. 12.

    Yutsano

    PUPPEH!! I haz such a massive happy. My parents got their border collie Jack-Jack back!

    @asiangrrlMN: I am having one helluva week. I read the speech online, which of course cheapens anything Obama has to say mostly because it misses the nuances his voice carries so well. I’m let down to say the least, but I agree that he had zero options left.

    But hey, I got Jack-Jack back, and I missed my puppeh kisses.

  13. 13.

    Elie

    General..

    Your new friend is out there and will be there looking at you when the time is right…I know it! Enjoy that knowing the right time when it happens and the energy of your new friend…its really cool.

    Both my cats I got by serendipity. My old friend Bill is almost 18 and I got him when I went to dinner at a friend’s house and she, having way more cats after her daughter came home from College with two, cleverly let Bill wrap me around his paw. Next thing, he was home with me..

    Buddy was also an instance of a friend seeing an opening and moving to fill it. He was in a merging family scenario where his owner had several kids and critters merging with another family of kids and critters and he was one critter too many. He was supposedly brought just for me to take a look at him and judge but ya know, it took about 30 seconds and he was leading me around. Next thing I knew I had litter tray, carryall and a jumbo bag of cat kibbles heading for my car in the parking garage.

    Both of them have been with me now many years and travelled cross country to a new home in the Nrthwest. I cant imagine life without them and you wont be able to imagine it either without your new friend-to-be. What a good thing and good time for you! Mazeltov!

  14. 14.

    JMC in the ATL

    @General Winfield Stuck: Small dogs tend to go faster than big dogs, so you’ll need to either keep on top of the shelter or, if there are breeds you’re interested in, register with their local breed rescues. You also probably want to get an adult dog, rather than a young pup. A shelter worker’s thoughts on how big a young mutt will get are just that, his or her thoughts. With an adult dog, you know how big they’ll be.

    And as a side note to anyone thinking of adopting: If you think your life only has room for a small dog, or an apartment dog, or a dog without behavioral problems, or whatever the restriction, stick to that gut instinct. It is a horrible feeling to realize after-the-fact that you made an error by bringing home a dog that you aren’t equipped to take care of despite your better judgment (long story – I let my then-boyfriend talk me into it). I had to do that once, and it was gut-wrenching.

  15. 15.

    freelancer (itouch)

    My brother’s a freshman at Iowa State in the army’s ROTC program. I listened to every word of POTUS’s speech thinking “thank fsm we have a serious intelligent person with a sense of gravitas at the helm.

    Beyond those nascent concerns, I thought “fuck the world” and queued up The Jerk and started drinking. Much healthier than being part of the national conversation at this juncture.

    I have my iPod, my 360, my close friends, my BJ community, and this paddle game. And that’s all I need. I don’t need anyth- I need THIS!

  16. 16.

    Ruckus

    Took Annie’s advice and just went to the humane society over the weekend to see about a cat or dog to adopt. Found a tuxedo cat about 4 years old, we got along famously right off the bat. Can’t adopt if you rent without landlord approval so have to wait till Tuesday when they reopen. But I knew by the middle of the afternoon on Sunday that I could not take Jojo. For I seem to be highly allergic to him. The last cat I lived with 10 yrs ago did not bring on any symptoms, but this was a massive attack and I could not live with it. The cat who liked to head butt my chin whiskers with his, who jumped in my lap like we’d been buds for years and I can’t be near him. So now I’m back to looking for a dog and hoping I haven’t turned into a total pet looser. Maybe fish, that’s it fish. Can you teach fish to come when you call? Or pet them? Or take them for walks? Crap.

  17. 17.

    A Mom Anon

    @Bubblegum Tate:
    I heard somewhere that one plane she’s been using for this publicity tour belongs to Franklin Graham,via his Shepard’s Purse prosperity gospel sham organization.

  18. 18.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @JMC in the ATL 1:35 am

    I’m not sure whether you saw a reference to you in a thread over the weekend, bit your handle intrigues me. My own (real life) initials are JMC and I always sign memos and notes that way — and I live in Atlanta (which I almost always abbreviate as ATL)! So whenever I see “JMC in the ATL” I do a big double-take and momentarily wonder whether I’ve written something and just don’t remember it.

  19. 19.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @A Mom Anon

    Have you been following the ATL mayoral runoff results? They are just a few hundred votes apart — it’s something like 50.4% to 49.6%. Norwood will probably demand a recount. She wouldn’t have been my preferred candidate, but I sure can’t fault her. (Actually with less than 1 percentage point spread I would have thought a recount would be automatically triggered.)

  20. 20.

    A Mom Anon

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’ve sort of been following along,it’s really close. Reed was on teevee this morning claiming victory,so who the hell knows. Atlanta’s city government and the budget are a mess,so bless anyone who thinks they can sort that out and do better than the mayor before them.

  21. 21.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @A Mom Anon: Couldn’t agree more. I have colleagues who live in the city and are in constant battles over water bills, traffic, and general infrastructure/basic services. As nice as it would be to live within walking distance of the office I’m not sure all the headaches are worth it. Anyhow, good luck to whichever candidate ends up winning. (With a vote that close, I almost wish they could be like Gilbert & Sullivan’s “gondolier-kings” and rule jointly!)

  22. 22.

    geg6

    Well, some good/bad news on the pet rescue front. Some of you may remember the dog my John’s daughter ran over and simply couldn’t be bothered to care for and that he ended up taking in, along with his other two dogs. Cane has been doing well, but is simply so untrained and needy for attention. And neither John nor I have the time right now to put in the work this pup needs. So John met a guy who is a young married father with two young boys, two other dogs, and a farm and was talking to him about Cane. Well, seems the guy was sorta kinda in the market for a third, younger dog (his current ones are getting old). Come to be, John invites him over to meet Cane and they get on like a house on fire. And as of yesterday, Cane left John’s care to a new family who all came to pick him up and who were overjoyed with his loving and frisky personality. The boys are 5 and 7 and just the perfect age for an energetic pup and Cane behaved so well that it almost seemed like he knew he needed to make a good impression. We are sad to see him go, but thrilled that he is now with a happy, young family on a farm. I haz a happy about that.

  24. 24.

    geg6

    @Demo Woman:

    Isn’t it? I was so depressed yesterday and when John called last night to tell me the family came (I was doing a financial aid night at a local high school, so couldn’t be there to say goodbye), it changed my whole outlook. My problems and the world are still there, but good things still happen when you least expect them.

    Now if we could just solve the problems with John’s daughter so easily. Have a whole new problem on that front today based on the phone call I just got from John. Will see how that one shakes out and, if it has a resolution of one sort or another, I will report.

    All I know is that his daughter makes me happy I never had kids. To be still dealing with such childish and irresponsible behavior in a 25-year-old is mind boggling. Hopefully, her latest shenanigans are the last straw.

  25. 25.

    Michael Keyes

    That’s Plott hound, not “plott hound”, named after the Plott family who first bred these dogs in North Carolina. They are used extensively in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina as hunting dogs mainly for wild boar and sometimes bear.

    Hunting with them involves running along side the dogs as they find the game. It’s no wonder that the Tennessee high school cross country champions seem to come from those counties that run Plott hounds.

    They are great dogs if you can deal with their assertive nature. You have to train them a lot the way you should with similar dogs such as Rottweilers and pit bulls.

  26. 26.

    WereBear

    @geg6: It IS good news! Because it’s not just a home, it’s a happy home that counts.

    Sometimes, we aren’t the pet’s Forever Home.

    Sometimes, we are the way they get there.

  27. 27.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: YAY! What do you mean, got him back?

    I will watch the speech later. Maybe. I am way too demoralized to do it now.

    @geg6: Yeah, what WereBear said. Cane has a good home on a farm. That’s awesome!

  28. 28.

    geg6

    @asiangrrlMN:

    John called just a little while ago with a Cane update. He has made good friends already with one of the other dogs and is a super happy puppy about having a buddy. And he got into a little ruckus with one of the cats, wherein Cane has now learned why a dog should not get into a ruckus with a cat. He is now trying to cozy up to said cat and it seems to be working. He really is a great dog. Wish we coulda kept him.

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