Wasn't one of your yorkies due to have puppies awhile back? Did everything work out okay?
Posted on 12/16/2008 7:21:14 AM PST by CedarDave
Hanging upside down from her seat belt, Nina Chiotasso knew she had to act quickly. Her dog, Lill, had flown through the windshield after the van Chiotasso was driving hit a patch of ice on U.S. 285/84 [outside Santa Fe] Saturday morning. The van rolled, landing upside down on the guardrail ... of the busy road. In the back, were 36 puppies, fate unknown.
Chiotasso unlatched herself ... and crawled through the busted windshield, desperately hoping to stop Lill from wandering into traffic.
That's when the first of many miracles happened. The first person to come upon the accident was a veterinarian. She wanted to help Lill, but Chiotasso directed her to the back of the van. Chiotasso still doesn't know the veterinarian's name.
"I told her I could get Lill, but that there were 36 puppies in the back," Chiotasso said. "You could just see that look on her face — her eyes just opened wide, and she said, 'OK.' "
Chiotasso raced after her dog, calling her to sit and stay. The pit bull complied, sitting and waiting for her in the highway median. And then came the second miracle: None of the puppies were injured, and Lill had come through the accident unscathed.
Chiotasso, who handles community relations for the Española Valley Humane Society, had been up since 4 a.m. getting the puppies ready to take to the Watermelon Mountain Ranch Home for an adoption event in Albuquerque. The day before, Chiotasso had driven adult dogs and cats to the major event, which features more than 400 homeless animals from seven animal-rescue groups.
With all the animals accounted for, Chiotasso placed desperate calls to volunteers and board members. ... I had to get those puppies to Albuquerque. I knew it was their best chance to find homes."
(Excerpt) Read more at santafenewmexican.com ...
They were puppies from a shelter.
Where does it say they were pitbull puppies? And if they were, then what?
If you read the article, it mentions that the lady was a humane society volunteer, driving shelter animals to an adoption event. So, she didn’t breed any of the puppies, and only her own dog was mentioned as being a pit bull - the puppies were probably mostly mutts or all kinds of different breeds.
Sheesh.....
People have to learn how to read the articles...
How you doing LEL?
As Rush says "Dogs have owners or masters, Cats have a staff".
BTW, yesterday’s local paper reported over 2,400 animals had been euthanized at the local shelter last year. For a city of under 30,000 that’s a lot. Part is due to the culture that many from south of the border bring to this country. Lots breed pit bulls for status, guard dogs and/or fighting. Others get a puppy for children and when it gets big, just turn it loose on the highway. And of course, most do not take care to spay or neuter there pets, especially cats, so they breed like rabbits.
A nice puppy story for the season!
We're doing well, how's your pack?
Did I tell you I got a chihuahua??
My pack is doing well...
A chihuahua?? How fun. A friend of ours like his dfirst so much, he now has 8 or 9. He is a bit COD though : )
Name?
Wonderful story and wonder people.
Wasn't one of your yorkies due to have puppies awhile back? Did everything work out okay?
Wrong.
Why do some of you people take this attitude with dog people.
To some of us with no children, dogs ARE our families.
BTW, there’s no such thing as a free kid, just like there’s no such thing as a free puppy. Do you have any idea how much the total to raise a kid to age 18, (and sometimes beyond), comes to?
Amazing story ~ it brought tears to my eyes as I was reading it. God bless the animal rescue workers...
Bookmarked! =^..^=
So you think you’re affection for an animal is the same as that of an adoptive parent toward his or her child?
If you read post# 15 several times slowly maybe you will learn something.
There probably is other threads better suited to a linguistically challenged bitter person like you.
I can’t speak for anyone but myself, pal.
To me, my dog IS my pride and joy. I can’t speak of what a parent feels.
Noe quit trolling this happy and heartwarming thread with your bovine scatology, willya?
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