Just once....

What do we expect? Ofcourse it's going to happen. A dog gets adopted. Think he finds his forever home. But winds up in another shelter. Thankfully, he is found and brought to original shelter where he started off. Then that shelter closes down. And he gets moved to original shelter's other location...another shelter...Then that other shelter says he is not getting adopted out there, so in order to give him another change in scenery...he gets moved again....another shelter. Now, he gets two incidents in two days. Unprovoked incidents...unpredicatable..The dog will have to be examined by a vet...then people will convey on it. A dog's faith lies in the balance...Yeah, lets get mad and tell the shelter people behind the desk..or the shelter associate showing a dog..lets say an idiotic comment, "..I'll just go to a petstore..". Just once I'd like to slap them verbally. And show them the statistics of dogs and cats euthanized in shelters. Or show them a video clip of a dog, breaking down in his cage. Or a cat that self-mutalates itself from boredom and stress. Just once...Just once I'd like to be able to do that...If I wasn't so damn afraid...

Another one goes to the gates

Another day. Another dog passes away. Its not like the vets didn't try anything. Emergency surgery. There just wasnt' anything they could do. Atleast, he was spared no more pain. Atleast he was surrounded by people that loved and cared for him. I think everyday of my life, that I can continue to do what I do. Because someday, it will all come to an end. But at the moment, I thank everybody for donating their time and energy and money into bideawee. I thank my parents. Sometimes, I don't see that there will be more bideawee. I don't want to see that. It just really hurts me, to see so much, disappear, so fast. And there isn't one thing I can do about it. But sit with an animal. And sometimes, that isn't enough.