puppy love: July 2006 Archives

Every once in a while, being the complete dog nerd that I am, I pop over to a lab forum and peruse the postings. This particular forum has a very active rescue board and the people there do amazing, wonderful, and very very necessary work. But its absolutely heartbreaking and all too often I leave the page with tears streaming down my face.

The number of beautiful sweet loyal loving dogs (and cats) that are put down EVERY DAY is staggering and heartbreaking and sometimes I just can't deal with it. I wish there was something I could do, but there's not, at least not right now. Especially when it seems like there actually is, in many cases a lot of people willing to donate their money to save these animals ... the problem is often that they just have no place to go. Not enough people willing to adopt, not enough foster homes that can take them in.

Of course, every once in a while, one very desperate dog gets rescued at the last minute and the story has a very happy ending.