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Lucy, the wacky redhead, that would be me....
Ok, so, my son who is just like me and loves all animals calls me outside to see this adorable Sheltie, who has obviously not had good care in quite a while. This dog's fur was so matted all over his back and he smelled like he'd been playing in something dead, literally. So...we're trying to figure out what to do with this dog...some of you may remember that I took in a stray in December and she's now a part of our family.
Anyway.......so we decide that the best thing we can do for this dog is take it to the pound, all the while my heart is just aching. We drive across town to the pound and I get a panic attack at the entrance. I just couldn't do it. I called Tom, crying, and he said to fill out the form that says I've found this dog and where so if the owner's come in they can check out the book and hopefully find their dog. Tells me bring him on home.
We get here, and my 19 year old son and I make the BRILLIANT decision to shave this poor dog's back and rid him of the nasty, matted fur, then give him a bath. After this dog's back is shaved Todd calls his Dad and asks him if maybe he might know who the dog belongs to. It turns out it belongs to these two guys who live across the street from my ex husband, in our neighborhood. I was MORTIFIED! I've JUST shaved the back of a neighbors dog......
I thought about it for a minute and then I was angry...angry at how they'd taken such poor care of this dog, and how nasty it was, how unhealthy that fur was, etc. I kept him overnight because by this time it's almost midnight. He snuggled with me, smelling like a clean, sweet puppy.
Today we rode down the street, found the house, put the dog back in their fence, and left them a note telling these guys their dog LOOKED homeless and I was only trying to take care of it til we found the owner or someone to take the dog.
I'm waiting now for them to come home from work, find their dog mysteriously back in their fence, with IT'S BACK SHAVED!
I'm still angry. How can they take such bad care of this dog??? I promise you if that dog was fixed and/or I didn't have an unspayed female I would have kept him. Well, I would have kept him if I knew for a fact that they weren't giving it the love and care it needed and deserved.
So, does that rank right up there with a major I Love Lucy fiasco or what?
Ok, so, my son who is just like me and loves all animals calls me outside to see this adorable Sheltie, who has obviously not had good care in quite a while. This dog's fur was so matted all over his back and he smelled like he'd been playing in something dead, literally. So...we're trying to figure out what to do with this dog...some of you may remember that I took in a stray in December and she's now a part of our family.
Anyway.......so we decide that the best thing we can do for this dog is take it to the pound, all the while my heart is just aching. We drive across town to the pound and I get a panic attack at the entrance. I just couldn't do it. I called Tom, crying, and he said to fill out the form that says I've found this dog and where so if the owner's come in they can check out the book and hopefully find their dog. Tells me bring him on home.
We get here, and my 19 year old son and I make the BRILLIANT decision to shave this poor dog's back and rid him of the nasty, matted fur, then give him a bath. After this dog's back is shaved Todd calls his Dad and asks him if maybe he might know who the dog belongs to. It turns out it belongs to these two guys who live across the street from my ex husband, in our neighborhood. I was MORTIFIED! I've JUST shaved the back of a neighbors dog......
I thought about it for a minute and then I was angry...angry at how they'd taken such poor care of this dog, and how nasty it was, how unhealthy that fur was, etc. I kept him overnight because by this time it's almost midnight. He snuggled with me, smelling like a clean, sweet puppy.
Today we rode down the street, found the house, put the dog back in their fence, and left them a note telling these guys their dog LOOKED homeless and I was only trying to take care of it til we found the owner or someone to take the dog.
I'm waiting now for them to come home from work, find their dog mysteriously back in their fence, with IT'S BACK SHAVED!
I'm still angry. How can they take such bad care of this dog??? I promise you if that dog was fixed and/or I didn't have an unspayed female I would have kept him. Well, I would have kept him if I knew for a fact that they weren't giving it the love and care it needed and deserved.
So, does that rank right up there with a major I Love Lucy fiasco or what?
I too would take in every stray dog.. I thought my mom was going to kill me growing up. My told me once I'll kill ya if you bring home one more dog 
You sound like somebody I know. 
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