The rescue we've gotten all 4 of our pets from reached out to us on Monday

[onecaliberal]

To ask if we would be willing to foster an 11 year old doggie who was owner surrendered after 11 years. Of course I had to get her out of there.
This girl is so sweet. She looks to be part Chihuahua. She is bewildered and so sad. She did not eat for nearly 2 days. We are giving her lots of love and attention. Hopefully we can get her through it.
We don’t know why she was surrendered but this girl has had zero accidents, sleeps all night doesn’t chew or bite. Gets along with other dogs and cats. We think her owner must have passed away and the family dumped this poor baby at the kill shelter.
What can of heartless person would do this?

[Scottie Mom]

1. Thank you for taking her.

Everyone seems to want puppies. This good old girl got very lucky! 👍

[onecaliberal]

5. The thought of her in that shelter was more than I could bear.

I have a 13 year old weeny dog that is showing her the ropes. I bought her a new collar and harness and she got a nice warm bath. She has her very own pillow and sleeps on my bed. Just trying to spoil her.

[Scottie Mom]

10. Bless you. 💖

The kindness you show? Totally wonderful.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Who knows the heart of such persons that dump animals in this manner. But like you said, the

former owner may have died (and their family didn't want to mess w/ them).

It does surprise me that they messed w/ dropping her off at the shelter instead of dumping them somewhere along an abandoned road somewhere...so in a way, that is a good thing (shelter vs. a dangerous road).

My Mom and Dad had a place behind a state park and the number of animals wandering up to my parents' place after being dumped was shocking, in fact, all of the neighbors along that stretch of road (what few of us there were) had adopted abandoned animals that were dumped there.

I lost a lot of faith in people after this...my parents had over 20+ dogs over the spread of 30+ years and I have 3 of them ... all of them are wonderful, loving animals. Who could do such a thing to a defenseless animal, with no food, no shelter, on a lonely, dark 2 lane highway?

[onecaliberal]

3. We do not deserve animals.

I will likely keep her. I don’t really want her to have to endure a new home again. Even if it were a good home.

[TygrBright]

4. It is possible she was surrendered by someone who is moving to a care facility.

If so, they must be very sad, too.

But lots of care facilities won't allow residents to have animal companions.

I want that to change before I need one...

sadly,
Brigh

[onecaliberal]

6. I agree if that is the case it would be awful for them too.

I will care for her like her first person did.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. One more reason to take better care of myself

So I don't have to go to one of those places.

[LakeArenal]

7. Thank you for being there for her.

[MLAA]

8. Sending you and the pupper lots of love 💖💖💕💕💕💖💖

[SheltieLover]

9. Thank you for helping her.

Humans can be so heartless...

Healing vibes on the way to her. 💗💗💗

Do you have Bach Rescue Remedy or FES 5-Flower Essence for her?

Most rescue orgs use this to help the furkids who get dumped.

Please pm if you want more info.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Chances are there was some change in her human's life

that led to the surrender.

Taking her to the rescue or shelter is vastly better than abandonment. Sometimes, as a human ages, they realize they can no longer take proper care of their furry friend. Bringing that friend to a shelter is a kindness.

Last year I adopted a 17 year old cat who'd been given to the shelter when her aging human could no longer take care of her. The cat had various health issues and needed to be on a special diet. When I adopted her, the vet at the shelter was brutally honest about her health. She might live two months, she might live two years, and I had to know that. I was fine. I'd had elderly cats in the past.

When I brought her home, she spent 45 minutes exploring my small place, then hopped up on the back of the couch and went to sleep. I was then able to race off and buy all the things I needed, like litter, food, and the like. She was a WONDERFUL cat. Very cuddly and affectionate. Alas, I only had her three and a half weeks, but I'm so glad she was in my life for that short time.

I used to do volunteer work at an animal shelter in the midwest. I worked with the cats, and the saddest ones I saw were those whose elderly owners had died or gone into a nursing home, and no family member was available or able to take in the cat.

Thank you for taking in that doggie. She deserves a good home and you've done the right thing.

Something else to keep in mind. There are vastly more cats and dogs out there than can possibly be adopted. At the shelter I did the volunteer work at, they had an informational thing which said that for every cat and dog to be adopted, every family in the country would need to have 4 dogs and 7 cats, or maybe it was 3 cats and 6 dogs. I forget the exact numbers, but it was far, far above what the average cat and dog loving family could possibly take in.

One nice thing about the pandemic is that people have been adopting cats and dogs like crazy, which is great. And they seem to be keeping them. There was a bit of a fear that once things returned to "normal", those animals would be dumped back in shelters, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[ramapo]

13. Thanks for taking her

My life is animal rescue. We’re confronted with situations like this, and much worse, every single day. People suck

[tavernier]

14. Chihuahuas are incredibly smart.

If I had my own home, I would have another one.

[CharleyDog]

15. Heartbreaking. Thank you for your care. I do what will happen

to our three rescues if we were to die. I can't think of any friends/family who would or could be willing to take them in. The Oregon Humane society (where we adopted them) has a "Forever Friends" plan, that we fill out papers/plan for our dogs to go back to the OHS and get re-adopted. I still worry that a glitch in the plan will cause the pups to suffer or get abandoned.

Our dogs are "middle-aged," about 10 years old, and when the time comes for the Rainbow Bridge, we will not adopt any more pups because of this problem, perhaps an older dog, I don't know.

[Habibi]

16. Bless you for taking her in.

As a senior myself now, I hesitate to adopt a furry beastie, exactly because I'm afraid it'll outlive me. I don't have a family member who could step in and take care of him/her. You're a good soul.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Nice job! The world needs more like you.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. Our Cairn turned 13 in Apriil, and, while he's in good shape, things can turn south VERY

quickly at that age, and he's coming up on their normal lifespan. 13-15. We know it's going to be a terrible day when it comes, and, at my age, I have zero intention of starting all over again.

I think we'll put our names out to foster pups like the nice little lady in the OP. I think that will be good for everyone.

[onecaliberal]

19. This baby girl is so sweet. You will not regret helping a fur baby in need.

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. I'm sure we won't.