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Post by Dianna on Feb 4, 2013 19:15:19 GMT -5
I thought I would start a thread for Dog Lovers too.. I also love cats. Today was horrific.. my ruby and abbey were out in the woods playing. big mistake. i usually let them play in front of the house or follow them to the fields or walk them.. She was outside about 10 minutes when I went calling for Ruby.. as she approached I noticed her foot was gushing with blood.. she was limping, I ran to find something to wrap it with then threw her in the car right to the vet er.. we have road that leads to town, and they are working on the roads. I drove to the front. (yes, against the law. but I drove safe and slowly) then pleaded with the road crew woman to let me through as my dog was bleeding to death. the woman said. you have to wait until the dump truck finishes. so I waited. I pleaded again. meanwhile she had a phone and made no effort to ask the driver to move to the side.. my dog was getting weaker.. so I pulled up slowly towards the truck (and she yelled at me to come back.. what a BITCH!!!!!) I kept going.. very slow.. there was a lot of room btwn the truck and the road.. so I went around and continued on to the vet.. had somebody help me carry her inside for services.. and I knew this was gonna happen.. damn police walked inside vet to cite. me. lol. I explained to him everything how I pleaded with the woman ect. he said, just exp my case to judge. I honestly did not put anyone life including my own in jeopardy.. I don't understand how some people are so effing stupid and cold blooded.. I would have hauled ass to the driver to have them move. I know it isn't a human life, but she is my baby and I will do anything and everything I can.. She will be okay.. surgery for ligament damage. it's a deep cut. Thank God she is okay. gave me a big scare.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 4, 2013 22:25:36 GMT -5
Glad to hear she will be ok. Good thing you did what you did or it may not have turned out so good.
I am not a big dog lover. My earliest childhood dream and still my most vivid nightmare was when we moved into our new home on LINY back in the 1950's. I was in the livingroom which had tons of windows that looked onto a wrap around porch. There was no window coverings nor furniture in the room. I spotted a pack of really big wolf-like dogs standing on the porch looking like they wanted a piece of me. Red eyes, snarling, drooling, sharp teeth exposed. ugh The only thing between me and their teeth was a bunch of glass. They suddenly lunged at me through the glass and came down atop of me ripping me to shreds. Since I was only about 2 or 3 I have often thought it was a memory (past life) and not a dream. Needless to say it has stayed with me. I have rescued dogs in my cat rescue activities but am uneasy about it. Little Red Riding Hood always gave me the creeps and even today those native american stories about "dog man" disturb me no end. I otherwise love animals more than people actually. I was made for cats.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 4, 2013 23:36:28 GMT -5
well, a dream like that would traumatize most people, child or adult. I too have been traumatized .. not with the animal human thing but more like another animal or larger one killing a smaller helpless one. As a child I witnessed our pet german shepard kill a baby kitten. and to this day it bother's me.. I was only 6 and it was a stray kitten around the house.. I was so mad at my mom because I cried to take the kitten to the vet to help it.. but she didn't and that made me angry. we just wrapped her in a shoebox and I held her.. I watched the kitten die .. I felt helpless. I just comforted the kitten. I gave my mom hell for it. Maybe she knew the kitten was doomed and badly injured.. with no hope.. and that kind of changed her attitude towards animals forever.. years later she helped rescue spay/neuter kittens and adopt out.. we both did that back in calif. For me, it's not a decision, it's about doing the right that. how can you not.. I love both cats and dogs equal.. and like you probably more than most people.. I am kind of embarrassed to say it but why lie.
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Post by musicaamator on Feb 5, 2013 11:58:58 GMT -5
Well, I wasn't expecting the stories encountered here based on the thread title ( but I am adding one anyway. But it pales to what each had told. When I was 6 (?), I got bit by a dog who I thought was the biggest ever seen. But at the age, everything/body is big! I am thinking it was a German Shepard but I really don't know. I didn't provoke it or anything, I was just walking when all of a sudden it started chasing after me. So of course, I am running for my (young) life but eventually it bites my leg. From there, I was not cool on dogs at all. Thus, for a long time, I could never understand people's fascination with dogs/cats in general. To me they were just " a dog", or just "a cat." Well, it took many years later to find out what I had missed most of my childhood/young adult life when my sister could not take care of her pet beagle anymore. So I pretty much took it under my wing and grown to love that dog easily. He was such a good boy and never any trouble at all. He lived up until a few weeks short of his 14th bday in 2011, which is a long time for that breed, I believe. Yet, I still miss him to this day. A great companion he was... It's because of him, I have a great love for animals now and am a proud supporter of ASPCA.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 5, 2013 13:02:17 GMT -5
In many states, even Arizona (figure that) if you bring a very sick or dying animal to an emergency vet center or Humane Society they have to humanely euthanize it, free of charge. Sometimes it is hard to tell how sick an animal is but just in case I keep a bottle of torbogesic (has morphine in it) to kill the pain until I can either get it help or allow it to die with little or no pain. I go through this so much (once a month average) with the homeless and stray animals I encounter that would otherwise die painfully alone with no love or caring in their lives. Takes a toll on one's psyche for sure as they are so much like children.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 5, 2013 13:20:00 GMT -5
It sure does Rob. very traumatic. It doesn't affect some people the way it does others. Good you keep pain medicine on hand, I'm sure you have had much experience and you know what to do. I had one litter from a mother cat that was too young, she abandoned them.. they were loaded with fleas, so I bathed them then took to the vet.. they were so weak.. I bottle fed them, even used a cloth to clean them like a mother cat.. unfortunately we lost 1.. the rest survived. With my situation yesterday. I just wonder had it been a human in the same situation and there was no ambulance avail would that have happened or would they have let me go right away.. Some people don't understand our pet animals are like are like children to us and we would react almost the same way in a crisis. but sadly many many people has this attitude . but if more people had compassion, they could see when the pet owner is suffering/ upset and would be comforting and helpful. not the world we live in.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 3, 2013 11:43:48 GMT -5
Dog and Child Moment Had to share this one. Female golden Lab with a little Downs Syndrome boy who has likely never seen a dog up close before.
The dog is so gentle & keeps trying to engage the child. What a beautiful animal!
This dog acts just like my cat Blackie! So often special animals like this come along or if given the chance turn into special animals through a good home where they grow into loving beings. If you ever had the inkling to adopt go to your local shelter. In Maricopa County, AZ alone over 50,000 dogs and cats are euthanized each year. It is a crime.
Song performed by Brian and Carny Wilson, written by Dennis Wilson and Billy Preston.
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Post by Dianna on Apr 3, 2013 14:58:46 GMT -5
BEAUTIFUL! And thank you for sharing. I'll never understand how some people don't care for animals.. I have a few neighbors, elderly who don't care for dogs and weren't too happy we have dogs. Oh well... I can never live without animals in my life, there would be something missing in my life.
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Post by erik on Apr 3, 2013 17:51:00 GMT -5
Quote by Dianna:
Especially when you own one. What's the point if you don't care?
And an important thing to remember is that a lot of people who don't care for animals will often go on to abuse them, and it starts an extremely dangerous chain of events.
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Post by Dianna on Apr 3, 2013 20:48:10 GMT -5
True Erik.. I know there is a pending law here in oregon, you cannot leave your dog chained up for a certain amount of time. I hate to see that, which is a form of abuse and neglect.. Don't get a damn dog then..
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Post by erik on Apr 3, 2013 21:24:04 GMT -5
What I have never understood, if we're supposed to value life of any kind as much as we do, is why the penalty/punishment for harming or killing animals, whether they're cats, dogs, birds, or whatever other manner of creatures, isn't the same as it is for human beings. If life is really so precious, why shouldn't the penalty for violently taking it be as severe when it comes to animals as it is for humans?
Having had cats all my life, but finding myself comfortable around dogs as well, I just can't wrap my mind around the notion that an animal's life, under our "human" law, is somehow less important. There really ought to be outrage over this (IMHO).
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Post by Dianna on Apr 3, 2013 23:02:56 GMT -5
well, many or most don't hold the loss of an animal life to the standard of a loss of human life.. I mean, if I had the awful choice between saving a human life vs an animal, of course our instincts and priority would go with human life.. imagine driving along a road and a deer or a small child crossed the road in front of you, both would be traumatic of course because it's life and most people, I would hope have that inner caring.. but for me, I'd probably be way more traumatized if I killed or injured a child or a person.. .. but I agree with you as far as senseless and brutal killing, it's evil IMO.. I understand some people hunt their food, and it's still hard for me to totally understand even that. as long as it's humane and there is a respect for life.. not just for the joy of killing. I eat meat and fish (not much) ... Your comment reminded me of what happened to me and my dog ruby when she was bleeding out from an injury while playing in the creek. a piece of metal slashed her hind foot.. anyway, I rushed her to the er.. and the damn flagger would not let me through.. I said F it.. and went anyway.. Makes me wonder had it been a small child or me in the same situation would she have had the same attitude.. probably.. or maybe like you said, her priority was that because it was only a dog, it wasn't as important to let me go.. there are no dog ambulances.. ugh
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Post by the Scribe on May 29, 2013 14:54:23 GMT -5
this dog is too much!!!
reminds me of Sam Kinison, remember him?
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Post by Dianna on Jul 19, 2013 23:09:33 GMT -5
Too funny. sounds like my ruby when she's sleeping
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 22, 2013 12:35:38 GMT -5
Wow! My Grandma sounded just like asleep. She lived in the city (NY) and her house was broken into while she slept and we think her snoring scared the would be thiefs away but not until they stole her bingo winnings.
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Post by Dog Breath on Apr 24, 2016 10:03:35 GMT -5
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Post by fabtastique on May 9, 2016 0:48:14 GMT -5
My boys!
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Post by the Scribe on May 13, 2016 21:00:57 GMT -5
Extremely handsome boys Fab!!
How about this brave hero:
Hero Dog Bitten Saving 7-Year-Old Girl From Rattlesnake By tamara lush, associated press
·TAMPA, Fla. — May 13, 2016, 5:16 PM ET
When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down even when the snake bit him three times.
In short, Haus is a hero.
"It shows you that a rescue dog, for us, paid it forward by protecting my family," said Adam DeLuca of Tampa.
Now hundreds of donors are coming to the family's rescue, quickly topping the goal of $15,000 Friday on a GoFundMe account to help pay for the antivenin needed to keep the dog alive. By Friday afternoon, $35,000 had been raised for the dog's care.
Haus is still recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Tampa's Blue Pearl Emergency Veterinary and Specialty Hospital, and is being treated with anti-venom and painkillers, said Dr. John Gicking.
"Without the pain medication, he's in pain. He's responsive, he's alert, and his leg is swollen and uncomfortable," the doctor said.
Molly DeLuca's grandmother was watching her play with the 2-year-old shepherd in their backyard when the dog suddenly jumped in front of the girl and reared up several times. It wasn't clear what happened at first, but they could tell Haus was bleeding, and brought him to the vet.
When his leg was shaved, three bite marks could be seen — telltale signs of the rattlesnake.
The family lives near a state park that is a habitat for rattlesnakes and cottonmouths, and dangerous critters can slip under their fence from the wilderness, her father said.
The snake's venom damaged the dog's kidneys. Vets now expect a full recovery, but it won't be cheap: Each day in the ICU costs between $1000 to $1500, and each vial of anti-venom costs $618. Haus is averaging 4 or 5 vials per day as the poison leaves his system.
A family friend started the fundraising effort. The response, said DeLuca, has been "overwhelming."
Haus is expected to be hospitalized for another couple of days. The family plans to forward any unused donations to a local rescue organization.
The family adopted Haus just two months ago from a rescue organization, but they already had no doubt he would risk his life to save Molly or her four-year-old brother.
"He just exceeded our expectations all the way around," said DeLuca. "Right away, the kids were hugging and loving on him, he always took it, he never did anything. Whenever anyone came to the door, he would start barking and try to be protective. He has just been an amazing dog. He's the type of dog that when you want to go buy a dog, you pay thousands of dollars and that's the dog you get. But we adopted him and got him for free."
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 4, 2017 6:02:20 GMT -5
Just an amazing and heart warming story. And this was a homeless dog of which there are many in shelters, euthanasia lists or on the streets all over America. This is the story of one little dog that lifted the hearts of millions of people.
and yet another story:
Everyone should make their own stories and find a homeless pet cat, dog, rabbit, goat, skunk, horse...anyone in need.
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