Re: Pets and Bricks

Isn't that the truth! There are some assisted living places here that allow people to keep their pets. It is a known fact that people are a lot better off with them than without.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pets and Bricks


Daryl,

He and a sib
were left where the elderly folks had boarded them
any idea what happened to the other pet?

As to the Disney tag - I wonder if the grandkids' parents realize what
message they are teaching their kids by doing this. On the other hand, who
knows? - maybe there was some reason the family couldn't keep them, though I
can't for the life of me think of a good reason. City code here allows a
maximum number of animals in a household, but even if I were at the max, I
couldn't have let my parents pets go to a shelter. and I wonder....what do
you think they told the grandparents if and when they visit them at the home
and are asked about their beloved pets?

And bless you for taking in Buddy and Hermann. What the %*&++++ is wrong
with people?

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pets and Bricks


Kitty,

What was even more sad was that the grandchildren had attached a Disney

tag

saying, "We love you Dreyfuss" and engraved with their names.

He's a good guy. No dog deserves to be dumped, but Dreyfuss is

housebroken,
leash trained and has no bad habits. There's no reason for such cruelty.
(Lucky us- we didn't know all that when we brought him home- our criterion
was that Buddy liked him. )

I suspect that his original owners forced the non-dump issue. He and a
sib

were left where the elderly folks had boarded them on occasion, and as

luck
had it, the owner of the kennel sometimes boards overflow from the humane
society folks.

As you said, at least he wasn't just turned out like Woody. We've taken in
some guys like that, and others even worse, like Hermann, who was dumped
in

a sleet storm after being beaten with chains.
The world is often cruel.

Hang on to your heart, Kitty. Buddy was the last pup we adopted, too,

maybe
5 years behind the others. We didn't
plan it that way - he was being kept in a guinea pig cage, by himself,
outside, in December, after being taken away from his mother before he was
weaned. A puppy cries; What can you do?

d



----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pets and Bricks


> Re > because his owners went into a nursing home, and the children
wouldn't
> keep
>
> I can see not wanting to take in a parent that needs the facilities of > a
> nursing home, but if the dog was not a basket case, I'd think that's > the
> least they could do. At least they took him to a place where he had a
> chance (bless you for giving him one). Woody wasn't so lucky. The son
just
> turned him out when Woody's owner, the man's mother, died. Can you
imagine
> Dreyfuss' bewilderment and fear after being a beloved pet for 13 years,
only
> to be dumped at a shelter?
>
> Daryl, I'm so sad that you've experienced so much loss in such a short
time.
> This is one reason I didn't mind taking on Slugger. My other 4 cats > are
> pretty close in age which may be a formula for emotional disaster for > me
> someday. But little Slug is about 5 years younger than the others, so
> hopefully he will aid my transition when the times come.
>
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:39 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Pets and Bricks
>
>
> > Kitty,
> >
> > Thanks for that.
> >
> > For Cathy and Lynda and all who have loved and lost a special friend,
big
> > hugs. We've lost a number of guys recently, 4 oldsters in the space > > of
6

> > years, including the love of our lives, Annie. But we were blessed to
have
> > her for 16 years, and though we still grieve after all of this time,

we

> > wouldn't have missed having her for all the money in the world.
> >
> > More grief is inevitable. We've got two more old pups in our lives -
> Buddy,
> > who's 14, and Dreyfuss, who's 13. We adopted Dreyfuss last year to

keep
> > Buddy company after his "brother" died. Dreyfuss was given up to the
> shelter
> > because his owners went into a nursing home, and the children > > wouldn't
> keep
> > him. I alternate between cursing the folks that sent an old dog to > > the
> pound
> > and blessing them for the opportunity to have him in our lives.
> >
> > Anyway, my heart goes out to those of you who have lost beloved pets.
Keep
> > them in your heart, and know that you were privileged to enjoy a
> > relationship that most people never have. Cherish it!
> >
> > d
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On
> > > Behalf Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> > > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:10 AM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum...now sad...
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm so sorry for your loss, too, Lynda.
> > > I want to share this with all of you; it is from Roger Caras', "The
Cats
> > > of Thistle Hill".
> > >
> > > "I have cried, too; I have felt a brick placed on my heart and
threaten
> > > to strangle me. But now, I realize, in a quiet and I guess > > > resigned
> > > way, that every pet we ever hold is a tragedy waiting to happen to
us.

> > > It is inevitable.  Besides, from long experience I know that the

fact

> > > that a pet dies is far less important than that it lived.  I can

look
> > > back on some lifetime favorites like Rufus and Daisy, on Yankee the
> > > Bloodhound and Grigitte the Toy Poodle, and I smile inside, not > > > cry.
I
> > > remember the wonderful things they used to do, not when they > > > stopped
> > > doing them.....I guess the only question we have to ask is, did we
do
as
> > > well by him as we could have? I hope the answer is yes. I think > > > it
> > > is."
> > >
> > > Kitty
> >
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