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I Hate Animal Dumpers

Our dog is relaxing for the first time in almost eighteen hours.
The interloper is finally gone.
She is so relieved; I have never heard her sigh this deeply and we have had her for seven years.
Yes, I am referring to the bulldog-pit bull mix puppy that has held us hostage and consumed
Our every waking thought for almost two days.
A heartless person kicked this puppy out onto our road on Thursday.
On Friday animal control said they would come and get her; but they did not come.
This dog, through no fault of her own, was dumped in the evening on a dark, desolate country road.
My road.
Featured once in a Kansas City magazine with this caption:
Donohoo Road, the most desolate road in Kansas City.
Nice huh?
Our porch is a war zone. This poor puppy that we tried to bring inside, but
Could not due to its adverse behavior toward our dog, and our dog’s incessant barking
Had to be outside for two nights.
Last night it rained all night.
Luckily, this strange little puppy commandeered the outside cat’s cozy bed.
Shark, the displaced cat slept in the garage’s first bay on a hard concreted floor, and was mad all night.
Did I say the porch is a war zone? Everything we left out there is in shreds – snow scraper, shoe,
Boot, gardening glove. This puppy somehow managed to chew an entire tennis ball down to a little
Pink center.
We are all so relieved it is gone.
My husband took it to the Humane Shelter and gave them a large donation for keeping it as they
Originally said they did not have room. When he told them the amount of our donation, they made room.
He said a lady picked up the puppy, and the puppy snuggled into her neck, and she will be warm tonight.
I hate animal-dumpers.

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Quoth Theraven Date: 10/21/2020 7:36:00 AM Caren, Very nice lesson here, better to give than to get? Paying a kindness to a stranger, shows what kindness remains in you. -Richard Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/21/2020 5:49:00 PM Thank you Richard. At one time we caught 18 cats here and two of them had litters so young their eyes were not open yet. Another time we had four puppies from different breeds corralled, while we waited for the humane society to come and save them.

Rhona Mcferran Date: 10/8/2018 12:22:00 AM So glad the "puppy siege" is over! I know that had to be heartbreaking and nerve-wracking at the same time (we used to have that problem when we lived out in the country, too). Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/8/2018 1:37:00 AM It is so horrible; we have had ten dogs and over thirty cats - two of them pregnant- dumped here in eleven years!