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Originally Posted by JennaPenny  Having been around labs and dobermins my entire life, I can't watch that. Just please know that people like yourself and Matese, and a great many other ladies on here are amazing. You guys and gals are nothing short of heroes, truly. |
The video isn't bad to watch at all. Shows a thin, shaking, cur dog who is very loudly voicing his very raw range of emotions upon apparently feeling his first kind touch by a human being and how the dog responds. It's a video of hope.
I loved doing any and all forms of rescue work, from taking them from the city streets or scouring city shelters for the next-to-be euthanized straight to urgent vetting, nursing, rehabilitation and then helping a dog overcome its anger or trust/fear issues or just how to behave more acceptably in our world so his life could be better. Bringing those babies into my home and working to help them back to a good world they could heal and trust again was my greatest reward, right after that of my family. Sadly, I've had to retire from my various official rescue work, now carried on by my son in another state who works constantly to rescue, transport, nurse, foster and help dogs in trouble and is a true dog whisperer for dogs with behavior problems.
But I believe that anyone who takes in an unwanted, abused, stray, ill/injured or behaviorally challenged dog and vets, homes, fosters, nurtures and works to help it in every way while either taking it in as a personal pet or attempting to find a truly suitable home for that baby qualifies as a bona fide dog rescuer. Too many people just throw their dogs away, often after damaging them in unthinkable ways, totally uncaring of what will happen to that baby that loved, trusted and utterly depended on them. We see them by the dozens of thousands every year, running the streets or caught and caged away from our eyes! Those that work to help even one of those dogs in any way is a hero!
When suddenly a poor dog is cast out of his home and left on the streets all alone, he's left to wonder what in the world happened to his world and where his beloved 'pack' is, where his special person went and why he is left to fend for himself with no one to care or even make sure he has a bit of food, any water or shelter from the weather with a clean bed. I can only imagine how scared, lonely and profoundly insecure they are! One day a home - next day lonely, cold and hungry with no place to even curl up and sleep for the night. And
anyone who tries to help a dog like that or one from a shelter or rescue situation is a true hero to me and deserves the official title of 'human angel' in my book. And if we can't personally rescue now for whatever reason, we can support those who do!
