Dogs

I miss my dog! He was only 6 years old, it isn’t fair!!! I know life isn’t fair either but with that being said I think maybe he left so another one could come take his place at my house. We talked about not adopting another dog. The older we get the more expensive it gets and the harder it is on both of us each time we have to let one go. I thought we were going to be able to adopt a Border Collie/Lab mix from our local animal shelter but that didn’t work out so well for us. Instead of just going and picking up a dog, paying the adoption fee, and leaving, seems now you have to fill out an adoption form and have references from your vet before you can adopt any animals. Then that is never a guarantee that you will get to adopt the dog you want. Part of the problem was my old lady kept going on about trying to fix stuff wrong with the house and it is too expensive for another dog. It is too expensive to try and fix up the house, not to adopt a dog that doesn't have a home. What in the Hell is she thinking? So, last Saturday I went by the Conway Animal Shelter to see this little furball we wanted to adopt. The girl working at the shelter that day informed me that she had already been placed for adoption on Monday. Well, good grief Charlie Brown, why didn’t you tell my wife that about the 4th time she called over here? I was having mixed emotions about looking at any dogs anyway. The main thing was I was trying to keep from losing my composure and crying like a baby because I have such a strong feeling for dogs. Any dog, it doesn’t matter. As a friend of mine told me one time, you save the ones you can save, and pray someone saves the ones you can’t. I have hoped for many years to win a large sum of money in the lottery so I could start an animal sanctuary in the town I live in. We don’t have any facility for holding very many stray animals here even tho the local Humane Society has been saying for the past 25 years they were going to build a shelter. Someone donated the land but they said they just didn’t have the funds to keep it operational. How you figure that if you haven’t even built it yet? It makes me see red every time I think about that idea. I guess the people who adopted the little puppy aren’t having any issues with her. Her name was Maggie. We had thought about changing her name to Molly but agreed in remembrance to our other rescue that we lost at such a young age we would leave her name the way it was. I guess God has other plans for us with regards to another yard mate for KIPPY. I worry about KIPPY as I know she is missing her brother really bad, I can see it in her face and how she acts. I feel her pain, I truly do. Rest in Peace Yipster, we miss you!!