“I was trying with all my might to get to this poor dog, but I couldn’t physically break the window. My hands were bleeding and I was beginning to fear the worst.” <
“I took in a dog called Mike. He had pee stains on his lower half, he had scabs all around and over his ears, no fur on the back of his ears, and he was underweight.”
“Our other dog, Oscar, was a very sad lil pooch. He never leaves Edgar’s side, and was very depressed this last week without his best friend.”
“Only 500 years ago did we started using the word ‘pet’ to describe a dependent, nonworking animal – orphan lambs that had to be raised by hand.”
“Molly was difficult. Not only were we dealing with typical stressful puppy problems – potty training, destroyed socks – we were also dealing with a rescue with an unknown history.”
“I am writing this, as I remember the ones I couldn’t save. These are the ones that keep me up at night. These are the ones where love just wasn’t enough.”
“It is the museum of human error. The dogs are excellent; it is the people who have failed…. I heard her say: this is a terrible mistake. I don’t belong here. Take me home.”
“I could argue for hours about the benefits of adopting a shelter dog… nothing can quite compare to their ride away from a life of confinement towards a life of freedom.”
