Why We Rescue.....................

[yorkietalkjilly]

Hard to watch but hang in there for great ending pic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk2j30TPdeE

Can't help but touch your heart.

[yorkietalkjilly]

You Tube

[matese]

So sad to see what people can do to a poor dog that will worship you for ever. What a happy ending for this lil pooch.

[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.

[yorkietalkjilly]

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!

[JennaPenny]

Kay; I'll watch it tonight when I have a quiet house. I watched a video that was made overseas recently, and it showed the dog as a human girl, and man, I was bawling. It hurt, but more people need to realize this.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by JennaPenny

Kay; I'll watch it tonight when I have a quiet house. I watched a video that was made overseas recently, and it showed the dog as a human girl, and man, I was bawling. It hurt, but more people need to realize this.

It is a powerful statement that actually shows the good that human caring can do for a dog who has apparently only seen the absolute worst of humanity and wants to let us all know what he thinks about what he's been through. That pup is a wonderful spokescanine for all abused dogs.

[JennaPenny]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

It is a powerful statement that actually shows the good that human caring can do for a dog who has apparently only seen the absolute worst of humanity and wants to let us all know what he thinks about what he's been through. That pup is a wonderful spokescanine for all abused dogs.

Daughter and I just watched it. She's been doing some volunteer work, if I feel up to it this winter, I'll be doing the same thing. It's not the same as taking in one of these angels, but it makes me feel like I'm helping. I've donated where I can with abused/homeless animals and abused women/children.

I cried, but, thank you for sharing. People who do this to animals... I just can't understand it. Lowest scum of the earth.

[Imissu]

Man is NOT the superior species.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by JennaPenny

Daughter and I just watched it. She's been doing some volunteer work, if I feel up to it this winter, I'll be doing the same thing. It's not the same as taking in one of these angels, but it makes me feel like I'm helping. I've donated where I can with abused/homeless animals and abused women/children.

I cried, but, thank you for sharing. People who do this to animals... I just can't understand it. Lowest scum of the earth.

I cried too, how can we not? Dogs are so vulnerable and totally at any human's mercy or cruelty. Though at the edge of panic, at least that dog had not completely shut down, as some do, freezing in fear and utter subjection.

Just anything anyone can do, from volunteering, fostering or even to donating money or even things for rescue, can do so much to help care for and bring these damaged and/or homeless little ones back to a good place in life. It's the least we can do for the ever loyal friend who is always there with us, from the beginning to the end of our day, through thick and thin, wonderful, blessed times and tragic, devastating ones, always with a loving look, endless kisses, wagging tail and caressing, warm, furry presence, just for us, right there at our feet.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Bumping for those who feel the urge to start looking for another dog this week!!!

Your local shelter or Yorkie rescue might just have another best buddy who needs a home - with YOU!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Adding a picture got off Twitter.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Just saw full-size picture. Is the attendant holding a syringe????????

[matese]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Just saw full-size picture. Is the attendant holding a syringe????????

YES he is.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Ohhh. Truthfully, I didn't even notice the attendant in the thumbnail on Twitter until I'd loaded it on YT and clicked on enlargement. Bitter, but all too representative of the whole pet-shop-to-pound-to-death trip for far too many of our four-footed 'friends'. I swear, when I think of how many of them we willy-nilly breed and kill every year in this country and how many others suffer from our ignorance, abuse or gross neglect, I so wish we had to be licensed to own a dog! And petshops, why in the world can't we pass a bill preventing them from selling dogs?