Ron Washington Wisdom
Jeezopete, now what?
Posted by TFG on October 12th, 2012
This flea-bitten bag of bones showed up on Wednesday night, and she hasn’t left yet. It looks like a dump-job to me and she acts like everyone has been pretty mean to her for her entire life — her tail has been permanently between her legs since arrival, except for a few very brief wags. She’s extremely skittish and flinches horribly. You can see most every bone she has sticking through her skin. She stinks to high heaven — I mean, rolling-around-in-dead-possum stink. I just don’t have the heart to run her off. I definitely don’t have the heart to put her out of her misery. My luck, she’s pregnant. I’ve fed & watered here, which is humane, but stupid, as I don’t really need another mouth to feed. If she survives to the weekend, and doesn’t hare off for somewhere else, and I can find a low-/no-cost sterilization deal, I guess the rancho has acquired another dog.
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Taking care of one now,that I found with her litter mate living in an old cow carcass 10yrs ago.They both turned out to be great cowdogs.At this point she is unable to control her kidneys or rear end functions very well,but she seems mostly pain free and has an appetite,so I guess I’ve gotten real soft and sentimental in my old age,and keep putting off the trip to my vet.I believe there’s a reason one shows up at your door,they recognize where there may be a kind heart. Good luck with it Scott.
Just about every friend I have in DallasDentonFortWorth, plus one sister, is involved in pet rescue organizations, and most of ‘em take in foster dogs. Try to keep her alive and I’ll find a place for her to go…email me…
we’ll save our table scraps (bones, that is) for her; has she had a shampoo yet? ; we’ll pick up a sack of Pedigree for her too, or maybe a case of Pedigree can stuff – all our critters loved it (Dr. Skidmore says it was the best – of course that was 1970 or so, and it was a new product at the time, but we never lost a dog with it !).