OT - What's Wrong With People??

The lady down the road who lives on the main road lost her little
Yorkie yesterday - she's 8 years old. The little squirt got out of
the house somehow. They had the whole neighbourhood looking for her,
and we all gladly did our part. However, long story short, a lady was
driving along the busy main road and spotted this dear little wet
thing standing in the middle of the road looking totally confused -
she said cars slowed down a bit but went right by the little thing.
She stopped, scooped it up and took it home, called the vet with the
number on the dog tag, and little Missy is home now, very shaken up
but home. How could anyone in their right mind just drive by a wee
pet like that? Boy I find it hard to understand people at times.
Rant over.

Sharon (N.B.)

I kept reading this with a feeling of dread ("lost her Yorkie could have
another meaning)...but was relieved to read the happy ending. I'm glad
she's home.
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"Sharon" wrote in message
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The lady down the road who lives on the main road lost her little
Yorkie yesterday - she's 8 years old. The little squirt got out of
the house somehow. They had the whole neighbourhood looking for her,
and we all gladly did our part. However, long story short, a lady was
driving along the busy main road and spotted this dear little wet
thing standing in the middle of the road looking totally confused -
she said cars slowed down a bit but went right by the little thing.
She stopped, scooped it up and took it home, called the vet with the
number on the dog tag, and little Missy is home now, very shaken up
but home. How could anyone in their right mind just drive by a wee
pet like that? Boy I find it hard to understand people at times.
Rant over.

Sharon (N.B.)

What's wrong -- well, some of us are allergic to dogs.

--
Kay Ahr in NV
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"Sharon" wrote in message
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The lady down the road who lives on the main road lost her little
Yorkie yesterday - she's 8 years old. The little squirt got out of
the house somehow. They had the whole neighbourhood looking for her,
and we all gladly did our part. However, long story short, a lady was
driving along the busy main road and spotted this dear little wet
thing standing in the middle of the road looking totally confused -
she said cars slowed down a bit but went right by the little thing.
She stopped, scooped it up and took it home, called the vet with the
number on the dog tag, and little Missy is home now, very shaken up
but home. How could anyone in their right mind just drive by a wee
pet like that? Boy I find it hard to understand people at times.
Rant over.

Sharon (N.B.)

Kay Ahr wrote:
What's wrong -- well, some of us are allergic to dogs.


Even at that -- unless you knew your allergy would put you into
anaphylactic shock or something similar, I'd be willing to bet that you
(and most quilters ) would suffer through the sneezing and other
irritations to save someone's pet that you thought was in danger of
being killed! I could possibly see many people -- those who are not
die hard animal lovers -- not stopping if there was a lot of traffic.
Harsh as this will sound, I mostly think it's just that people are
too selfish to take time out of their schedules. If you stop to rescue
a pet in danger this means you have to put *your* business aside to help
the pet. Most people are just too busy with their own wants and
desires. I know, I know -- it's a huge inconvenience -- first you have
to actually stop your ca, find someplace to pull over and park and then
get out of your car and actually try to get the poor animal to trust you
enough to come to you. Second, you have to spend time trying to find
the animal's family. Third -- by this time most people are no longer
even considering the option to actually stop.
My soap box consists of one basic platform -- People are just plain
selfish. I honestly think that most all of mankind's ills are caused by
selfishness -- doesn't matter what your creed, color, culture, etc. --
mankind is just basically and inherently selfish. Since "me first self
preservation" is hard-wired into the old hind brain, it's easier to sort
of go with the flow and keep the blinders on. Trying to be kind,
considerate, and giving takes effort and most people just don't remember
to make that effort!
Anyway, I'm so happy to know that your neighbor got her "baby" back
safe & sound. I remember how I felt when Suzi (the run away from home
to go walk about and get lost) Dog was MIA! Scary, scary things go
through the mind!!! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Glad to hear the dog got back home safely! Several years ago on a
very rainy Friday night at the end of May, a dachsund (however you
spell it!), was on my front porch scratching at my door. I knew all
the nrighborhood dogs and had never seen him before, but he had a
collar, so I let him in, figuring I would simply call the owner.
Well, he had his license, but no other ID, so I called the police.
They LIED to me, saying they didn't have access to the data base of
dog licenses, and that I would have to contact the local health
department. As luck would have it, this was Memorial Day Weekend, and
the health department was closed until Tuesday morning. The dog was a
very nice, older intact male, so I got some food for him, found a bowl
for water, and kept him over the weekend. He enjoyed my fenced back
yard, behaved beautifully, was clean, and slept at the foot of the
bed. It occurred to me that this dog might not be local or might be
abandoned or might not be claimed by an owner, so I decided that if
that happened he could just live with me. However, at 9:00 on Tuesday
morning I called the local health department, got the name and phone
number of the owners, and called them. They had had a horrible
weekend worrying, and were delighted to know the dog had been inside
and safe, fed and watered. The couple had stayed home from work that
morning hoping someone would call. To make a long story short, the
people drove to my house immediately. The dog was delighted to see
them, and the people were delighted to get their dog. They tried to
give me $50 as a reward, but I told them to get a proper name tag for
the dog, to get him microchipped, and give the rest of the "reward" to
the local animal protective league -- all of which they did that same
day. What a nice little dog he was! I was going to call him Oscar if
it turned out that he needed a home . . .

My dog, a delightful mixed breed, wears her license tag, a name tag,
and a tag saying she has a microchip and its number, as well as the
800 number to call. We call it her "jewelry", and the jingle lets me
know where she is. I hope I never have to wait for a call about
her . . .

Yogi wears a tag with our cell phone number on it. We hope that someone
will call it if he goes on a field trip alone. Even if we are away from
home, that phone goes with us. Polly


"Mary" wrote in message
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Glad to hear the dog got back home safely! Several years ago on a
very rainy Friday night at the end of May, a dachsund (however you
spell it!), was on my front porch scratching at my door. I knew all
the nrighborhood dogs and had never seen him before, but he had a
collar, so I let him in, figuring I would simply call the owner.
Well, he had his license, but no other ID, so I called the police.
They LIED to me, saying they didn't have access to the data base of
dog licenses, and that I would have to contact the local health
department. As luck would have it, this was Memorial Day Weekend, and
the health department was closed until Tuesday morning. The dog was a
very nice, older intact male, so I got some food for him, found a bowl
for water, and kept him over the weekend. He enjoyed my fenced back
yard, behaved beautifully, was clean, and slept at the foot of the
bed. It occurred to me that this dog might not be local or might be
abandoned or might not be claimed by an owner, so I decided that if
that happened he could just live with me. However, at 9:00 on Tuesday
morning I called the local health department, got the name and phone
number of the owners, and called them. They had had a horrible
weekend worrying, and were delighted to know the dog had been inside
and safe, fed and watered. The couple had stayed home from work that
morning hoping someone would call. To make a long story short, the
people drove to my house immediately. The dog was delighted to see
them, and the people were delighted to get their dog. They tried to
give me $50 as a reward, but I told them to get a proper name tag for
the dog, to get him microchipped, and give the rest of the "reward" to
the local animal protective league -- all of which they did that same
day. What a nice little dog he was! I was going to call him Oscar if
it turned out that he needed a home . . .

My dog, a delightful mixed breed, wears her license tag, a name tag,
and a tag saying she has a microchip and its number, as well as the
800 number to call. We call it her "jewelry", and the jingle lets me
know where she is. I hope I never have to wait for a call about
her . . .

On May 17, 10:51 am, Sharon wrote:
The lady down the road who lives on the main road lost her little
Yorkie yesterday - she's 8 years old. The little squirt got out of
the house somehow. They had the whole neighbourhood looking for her,
and we all gladly did our part. However, long story short, a lady was
driving along the busy main road and spotted this dear little wet
thing standing in the middle of the road looking totally confused -
she said cars slowed down a bit but went right by the little thing.
She stopped, scooped it up and took it home, called the vet with the
number on the dog tag, and little Missy is home now, very shaken up
but home. How could anyone in their right mind just drive by a wee
pet like that? Boy I find it hard to understand people at times.
Rant over.

Sharon (N.B.)


Sharon

I have my "two girls". I would be devastated if one of them
disappeared. And I would be desperate for anyone to help me find
them. When I talk about my girls people think I have two daughters
they have never seen!!! LOL

They both have tags with their names and phone numbers on them. They
know better than leave their yard without 'Mom". One of the neighbors
was riding his bicycle this morning and tried to call "Phoenix" over
to pet her. He told me this afternoon she wouldn't even come near the
street. Now, Phoenix loves this guy but she also knows if I am not
out with her, she is to stay away from the street.

I guess what I am trying to say is, my girls mean so much to our
family, I always try to look at other peoples dogs the way I would
look at mine. They are innocent animals, help them. I am slightly
allergic to cats but I sure wouldn't leave on in the middle of the
road, in traffic.

JMHO,

Marsha in nw, Ohio

Georgia has a tag with all her info, the micro chip tag and a collar
that has her name and phone # on it. If you go to LLBean they have the
collars that they will put name and phone number on for $16.50. They
also do a leash with the info but we don't have one of those.

When our indoor only cats got out a few times ds called them kitty field
trips. (You must be a genius to think like ds Polly) We figured out
our old dog Lea was nudging the slider door screen open and that is how
the kitties escaped. Now we have a nifty auto closer thingy on that
screen and no more field trips.

Taria



Polly Esther wrote:

Yogi wears a tag with our cell phone number on it. We hope that someone
will call it if he goes on a field trip alone. Even if we are away from
home, that phone goes with us. Polly

I always stop to pick up strays if it's possible to get them into the
car without scaring them into running farther into traffic. BUT....
please be careful doing this. A woman in Phoenix who was known for
her animal rescue work lost her leg and almost her life while trying
to help a dog that was on the freeway. Although I believe all of our
animals deserve our help, same as people, I don't believe anyone
should risk their lives.

We've rescued so many dogs. I don't know why but they seem to come to
me. Weird. I always take care of them and make sure they they home or
to the animal shelter where they'll be safe. I never thought much
about what I was doing until about 6 years ago. We were in the park to
play and my son who was in 8th grade at the time, stopped playing,
begged some fried chicken from a group of picnickers and spent almost
two hours coaxing this sweet little shivering mutt into our car. He
just didn't give up. It was awesome to see him be so quiet and gentle
and caring. We took the little thing to the animal shelter -- she
didn't have any identifying jewelry.

If you practice kindness, you won't have to teach your children to be
kind. They will know it just from living with you.

Sunny

******Sorry but I am allergic to dogs in a big way and even though it may
have been a cute stranded puppy I would NOT have stopped and taken it in.

******I wouldn't be willing to deal with the symptoms that I get from being
around a dog,. I know quite a few people who are that allergic to animals
and sad as it is, I would have kept driving as well.

: Kay Ahr wrote:
: What's wrong -- well, some of us are allergic to dogs.
:
:
: Even at that -- unless you knew your allergy would put you into
: anaphylactic shock or something similar, I'd be willing to bet that you
: (and most quilters ) would suffer through the sneezing and other
: irritations to save someone's pet that you thought was in danger of
: being killed!

: Harsh as this will sound, I mostly think it's just that people are
: too selfish to take time out of their schedules.

*****not really true for all people, there are many reasons that one would
have to consider before stopping to pick up a stray soaked dog from the
middle of the road.

: My soap box consists of one basic platform -- People are just plain
: selfish. I honestly think that most all of mankind's ills are caused by
: selfishness -- doesn't matter what your creed, color, culture, etc. --
: mankind is just basically and inherently selfish. Since "me first self
: preservation" is hard-wired into the old hind brain, it's easier to sort
: of go with the flow and keep the blinders on. Trying to be kind,
: considerate, and giving takes effort and most people just don't remember
: to make that effort!

******I thought that way too but have changed my outlook on it all now. I am
a volunteer crying out desperately for others to come and help us out and
they wont. Not so much selfish (although yes, there are those that are very
much selfish) but the fear of the unknown and the fear of the commitment
involved. Like volunteering, the puppy is a commitment and there is that
fear of the unknown, if it was sick, if it was mean, etc. Very fine line
between selfish, fear, personal safety, and common sense.

Just my 2 cents worth here, not meant to hurt feelings or start a fight.
~KK in BC~ waving the white flag here :-)