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In reply to the discussion: Sometimes I hate people. A lot. [View all]

orleans

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17. that's how i ended up with a little rescued dog
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 05:28 PM
Dec 3

the owners lied and said she was six yrs old.
they dumped off her and her brother.
she was at this unusual shelter for about 3 months -- hadn't been given her med (Benadryl) (due to itchy allergies) for three fucking months b/c they never told the shelter she needed them. people told shelter they were having a baby and decided to get rid of the dogs!

i couldn't take the brother but i was able to take her. i managed to track down her vet due to her rabbi tag. that was how i learned of her allergies. i also learned that she was ten yrs old, not six. (i would have taken her regardless)

this little dog, as it turned out, absolutely LOVED children. she would have been the perfect dog for that asswipe family and their new edition.

what assholes! i also learned who they were. i remember he worked in a bank.

i adored her. she died three years after i met her. i was so fucking devastated i slept with her little coat for two goddamn years. i still have three large photos of her on my bookcase that i look at every day. (she passed eleven and a half years ago)

my daughter brought me a little rescue dog a year and a half later, for christmas. she's still with me. i took her into the vet a couple days later to get checked out and they guessed she was a year and a half old. a couple weeks ago i was talking to the vet and she looked up the birthday they put on file. oddly enuf, they put the same date for her birthday that was the other's death day.

sorry for the trip down memory lane. i hope lilo finds a wonderful home and a wonderful person finds her and they live happily ever after.

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Sometimes I hate people. A lot. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 3 OP
Sometimes I love people... FullySupportDems Dec 3 #1
💙💙💙 good people are what make the world bearable. LiberalLoner Dec 3 #2
That's so true! :) FullySupportDems Dec 3 #6
Thank you for saying that - my feelings exactly. And thanks to jilly_in_va for what she does! erronis Dec 3 #15
Purrs and waggy tails! FullySupportDems Dec 3 #18
Maybe Lilo Figarosmom Dec 3 #3
I have heard of pets taken to a shelter just for having fleas. Diamond_Dog Dec 3 #4
I have heard of them being dumped off at the shelter because they were not the color that the owner wanted. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 3 #11
Thank you for working with the unwanted and abandoned fur children. Clouds Passing Dec 3 #5
I stole I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #7
The prior owners were so cruel --- declawing a cat actually means removing their front paw bones. erronis Dec 3 #16
I know I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #25
Just for your own sake Easterncedar Dec 3 #8
Thank all the gods that there are people like you. LoisB Dec 3 #9
Agree I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #26
I hate people get the red out Dec 3 #10
Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 3 #12
Fucking people. I'm starting to hate our species... Evolve Dammit Dec 3 #13
This sounds like BS to me. 3catwoman3 Dec 3 #14
that's how i ended up with a little rescued dog orleans Dec 3 #17
You bring tears to my eyes. Thanks for being so caring!!!! erronis Dec 3 #20
The owner may have believed the old wife's tale about Cats stealing baby's breathe. OverBurn Dec 3 #19
And we all know that those types of people believe a whole bunch of other shit. erronis Dec 3 #21
When my daughter was newborn, I got all slightlv Dec 3 #23
I have to use the Nextdoor app, because the community I live in insists on using it to communicate important information Dem2theMax Dec 3 #22
Not get along ? Nigrum Cattus Dec 3 #24
That guy I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #27
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