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JUST ONE DOG

4/4/2013

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I get a call. A dog was dumped, can we take it? I explain we don’t have room and that we can only take one if one gets adopted.

Most of the time I get understanding and polite callers. It often seems to me that the caller is really thinking that it is only one dog. I can feel that the unspoken thought is that we could surely make room for just one more.

The caller is right, it is only one dog, for them. For us it is the fifth call and the seventh ‘only one dog (or cat)’ of the morning. Chances are someone will drive up and ask us to take a couple of puppies the kids picked up or a cat with kittens.

I truly wish we could take them all---we could if we had a facility that could house hundreds and a staff of forty. We could if we had a bank account that involved six or even seven digits (dollars). As it is we can’t.

I also get calls that go like this: “I rescued a dog and now I don’t know what to do with it!” OK, I have to say this-----if you don’t know what to do with it, you didn’t rescue. In my opinion ‘rescue’ means you will take responsibility for this creature’s life and well-being. It doesn’t mean that you assume someone else will and can take the responsibility.

I think picking up an animal to save it’s life and ‘hoping’ someone can help you is something different entirely. We will always try to help, even if we don’t have room in the shelter. We can try to help with food and we can try to utilize our Facebook page to help place a foundling. 


Sometimes we can help with spay or neuter expenses. We try, but I hope that folks understand our space and resources and manpower are limited. The decisions I make are not easy but I have to place the shelter and it’s continued existence and the orphans in it on the top of the list.

Just sayin’ ------------------The Poop


2 Comments
Patty McLeod
9/26/2014 04:26:23 am

You said that if you say you rescued a dog but do not know what to do with it that you didn't really rescue it. I disagree with that statement. Sometimes you can take a stray or other animal out of a
situation that is not a good one but you still are not able to take it home or take care of it because you have so many others but you feel like you have saved it from a harmful situation. I understand that there is only so many places at the shelter to put fur babies but I feel that the shelter should do everything they can to help you save the one you "rescured" even if it is to help foster it out to a loving home. Don't get me wrong. I strongly believe in what you are doing and how much you are helping these babies. I love animals and I have 6 cats and 2 dogs at home that are all rescue animals. I work full-time but would love to volunteer my time with anything at the shelter that I can help out with. I do not have the financial funds that would help you out but I can donate my time when I am not working. Please let me know what I can do.

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Brody Collins link
4/12/2021 10:54:55 pm

Great posst

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    • Ceeby
    • Freeman
    • Roussey
    • Ellie
    • Ms Mac
    • Pumpernickle
    • Chewie
    • Benny
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  • About ODCHS
    • Mission Statement
    • A Little History
    • Contact Us
    • Directions
    • Hours
  • Newsletter Archives
  • Success Stories
    • Braveheart
    • Dee Jay
    • Calamity Jane
    • Spirit
  • Photo Albums
    • Painting for Pets
    • 2016 Crawdad Festival
    • 2015 Make a Difference Day
    • 2015 Claybank Jamboree
    • 2015 Pet Parade
    • 2014 Claybank
    • 2014 Pet Parade Photos
    • 2014 Bingo at Our Place
    • 2014 Open House
    • 2013 Open House
    • 2013 Pet Parade Pictures
    • Tractor Supply 8.17.2013
    • Girl Scouts Lend a Hand 6.8.2013
    • Christmas Parade 2012
    • Pet Parade 2012
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