Posted on 08/18/2012 5:45:57 PM PDT by AlmaKing
I have to assume you’re being sarcastic, of course.
Yeah, me too.
When one goes, it brings back the memories of all the others long gone.
[and if one more person tells me “But you’ve still got your other dogs” I’m gonna break their face]
They are not her.
They are not all the others.
Each one is a special, separate grief and deserves better than to be lumped into a universal “one bawl covers all”.
Wow.
That sure is “different” from the “I was carrying her dying body on my breaking back” story the “owner” told, isn’t it?
The true tragedy is that, if she is given back to him, she’ll be glad to see him.
The poor dog deserves better than that.
He is not worthy of her of loyalty.
[my dogs go bonkers with worry if I get out of the car and go in a store...and ‘dad’ is still sitting in there with them. can’t imagine how she felt]
HELL YEAH!
Way different.
Bless *her* for having such noble grace and bearing while I was coming undone.
It’s ironic...she was horribly abused before she came here and was always phobic and afraid.
[dogs *do* get PTSD]
*I* was her strength, courage and ‘safe place’.
She clung to me all the time.
In the end, she totally reversed our roles.
She was a very, very good dog.
[and the vet was on the verge of tears, himself...he’s *such* a wonderful, compassionate man]
I know, but in their stupid, clumsy way they might think it helps, or they’re trying to cover for their own inadequacies. You know, you will always find plenty of sympathy and support, right here, from your animal-loving FRiends.
I wonder which person is lying their ass off?
/rhetorical question
Funny you’d say that.
My family has no idea she’s gone.
When I hurt, I come here.
They think my life is a 24/7 laugh fest with no worries or sadness.
They wouldn’t really care if I told them, anyway.
Nailed it!
That’s what hurts me and angers me the most... the thought of Missy waiting so devotedly for her buddy who never returned! Can you imagine her head turned rigidly, expectantly, never taking her eyes off that spot where she last saw him? —and her heartbreak and fear when darkness descended those seven nights without the sound of his voice or his scent on the wind? The poor girl!
You’re absolutely right... she would, ever-faithfully, go to him, but she deserves a fine buddy with a love, character and devotion equal to her own.
I agree. This guy said the dog passed 6 times. Why didn’t he take the necessary precautions to make sure the dog was safe. I would think at least once he was informed of some kind of precaution. When I take my dogs into a show ring they have the necessary equipment. This is the owners fault. He can scream all he wants with all the excuses he wants; but he was clearly not responsible with Missy.
Give her to the people who not only rescued her but show responsibility toward her.
I read all 46 pages at 14er.com and it is pretty clear what the posters there think of this asshole.
We were brought a stray that wondered into a store at a near by mall. We got a good photo of him and made up a color poster then had copies made and posted them in the neighborhoods close to the mall. We did more to find a stray’s owner than this guy did to get his own dog back.
We never found the owner so we fostered the dog to adopt out. As it turns out now his name is Foster and he lives here with my six other dogs.
The guy didn’t turn around when the dog was first in distress and then he just got stupider after that. He didn’t even have freaking booties for the pup!
What a beautiful circle you and your dog closed so fully and peacefully tigether. I’m glad you guys have such a fine vet.
>> He is not worthy of her of loyalty.
Based on my understanding of the situation, definitely no pity for the original owner.
Whatever is best for the GSD even if that means changing owners. Though, they long for their masters.
If you haven’t noticed; we have.
My second Dobermann was like that.
He waited for his worthless “owner” to come back for months after the guy gave him to me.
He’d sit in the yard, watching the road where the guy had driven away.
Then, one day, he decided that I was the center of his universe and that was that.
We saw the guy a while after that and the dog ignored him.
[these dogs hold a grudge that’d make an Irish ashamed]
You are right Eaker. Dogs running on concrete can run the pads of their feet off very fast. Just think what happened to Missy?
All the strays that turn up here either go back to whomever is on their collar tag, just stay here or go to my relatives.
I watch the papers and call the pound and if nobody bothers in a week, they’re mine.
;D
[but blast it..why are there never any stray horses?!?]
Very glad to see the posters didn’t fall for the same pre-fab sob story that *some* FReeper did.
And you know, of course, that now you have to show us a photo of Foster or we’ll all whine.
:)
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