GSDs are a particular “favorite” of these demon skinwalkers.
Not sure if they still do it, but the local shelter used to impose a halt on the adoption of any “likely breeds” a month before Halloween.
Some of the other shelters get very twitchy at other times of year, such as April 30/May 1, too.
The world is full of evil people and shelters don’t really keep tabs on all those newly adopted Fidos and Fluffies so “they” go “adopt” them, knowing no one will bother to track the animal’s life after.
Many years ago, we had a guy bring a bike up from NOLA to get it triked out.
When he got here, he was distracted, and eventually said he was worried about his dog, a solid black Lab/GSD mix who had “disappeared” from his fenced yard, shortly before he came up here.
It was the third week of October.
I said nothing.
Didn’t have the heart to and was praying that my suspicions were wrong.
:(
There’s some weird fasciantion for “dogs with eyebrows” so ALL black and tan breeds are preferred victims.
God.
I hate even typing this.
Makes me sick to my stomach and brings back a lot of bad memories.
Anyway, that’s the big reason I went to breed club rescue rather than hitting the local shelters.
I lost the ability to keep seeing the ‘seasonal horrors’ without going mad.
:-\
I really appreciate you writing this.
I guess I am naive as Hell, because I have heard of none of this, but it makes sense.
Isis is such a beautiful shepherd too. I have people stop and tell me all the time how pretty they think she is.
Most of the time, they are wonderful people, but every now and then its people I would prefer just keep on truckin’, I do not want to know what you think.
I guess I need to understand better that we live in a world with sharks all around.
I won’t be taking her with me when I have to leave her out of sight. I know she will be disappointed, but that is a risk that is foolish to take.
Thanks kindly, Salamander.