With the snow up to my bumper and my plow guy so busy he couldn't`t get here until afternoon yesterday, our trek to the pound had to be cancelled. That sucks large.
The part of the world that could get out yesterday showed up . I am sad for the kitties that might have been adopted if we had made it .
Tillsonburg is becoming a strong animal advocate town as a whole. Their council listens and believes that animals have a right to live and be treated with respect . I applaud them and am grateful for their help with both the dogs and cats that we bring into rescue from Cranberry Kennels.
I see that London is also listening to the animal advocates and are implementing a Trap , Neuter, Release program for feral cats.
I am wondering why Oxford County as a whole can`t take its abandoned animals more seriously instead of relegating their care to Hillside(contracted by Woodstock and surrounding townships to be the dog/cat snatcher) or the OSPCA which has no facility for dogs around here and ships the dogs off to Brantford or Stratford.
I also wonder how many animals are killed at these two facilities and aren`t given chance to be part of a family . There is no need to kill any animal unless its so badly injured that a vet cant fix it, or if its so stir crazy it cant be rehabilitated. We in rescue are fortunate to have a great animal rehab within driving distance , so the dogs that have active issues but can be saved , are saved.
I feel that if given the love and time needed to rearrange a dogs thinking is half the battle to turn a barking, lunging fool into a lap dog. Trust is the key .
If you can show a dog trust it will reciprocate eventually.
The recent ruling on the BSL that reversed the court decisions , has been on my mind every day. I don`t understand how a responsible government can take the rantings of media and implement a killing law instead of listening to dog experts .
Most media and government officials couldn't pick out a so called pitbull when presented with photos. The law hasn`t lessened bites at all. The only thing it has done is to make owners of the restricted breeds into second class citizens where our Charter of Rights no longer has any meaning. This asinine law has killed over 4,000 innocent dogs whose only fault was to 'look like' a dog who may have bitten someone , somewhere, sometime. I wonder how soon it will be before the idiots go after German Shepherds or Rotti`s or any of the big breeds.
I have an American Pitbull Terrier X, Kira, a rescue who loves people to the nth degree. She is different in temperament than my Shepherds in that her fuse is much longer, she is more patient and she knows how to calm herself when she gets excited. I didn't teach her these things. Its who she is. I have spoken with other PB owners and they say the same. Why are our dogs targets ??
It has to stop before another breed goes to the bridge.
later
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
One little kitty
Yesterday was cold and wet but a few brave souls made it out to Cranberry Kennels to check us out. We managed to rehome one kitty to a young man and his Dad . That was worth the whole day to me. There are so darned many cats and kittens in the newspapers and on line that are free , I`m pleasantly suprised when any of our Purrbabies find new homes.
It looks like we will have a few dog adoptions this week too and a new dog foster has come forward to help us. She lives in the country with her own dogs who are well cared for and loved.
It would be nice if someone would take over the fundraising end of things for me. I have alot of people that want to help with that but few folks can foster for various reasons.
One of my good friends is moving back to this area . Maybe I can con her into helping with the cats. She always has two or three of her own hanging around so a few more will hardly be noticed.
My son is going to be the big 4-0 next Friday and I can`t think of a darned thing to get him. Money always works, I guess. But just the fact that he is forty makes me realize that I will be sixty next year and I wonder where my life went. I got to thinking about that and came to the conclusion that I have had a fairly decent but strange life . I have met alot of people, and most I can`t even remember their names but I can see the faces when I think of a specific time or incident so I still have part of my mind left. I think. I can honestly say that there have been people not worth remembering and I few I wish I could forget. People like that clutter the mind and kill the spirit.
There are few people in my life these days that don`t fit . As I weed them out, I dispatch them and move forward. I have learned to forgive quite easily but there are so many things I don`t understand the reasons for , I cant forget.
Its one of those "cuddle the animals and watch tv" days and I think I`ll do just that. Its been a difficult week and I need to flush it out of my mind with some chocolate and pop.
If you feel the need to read, check out CAVEAT or SOCIAL MANGE OR NATHAN WINOGRAD blogs for some insight into the past weeks goings on in the dog world.
later
It looks like we will have a few dog adoptions this week too and a new dog foster has come forward to help us. She lives in the country with her own dogs who are well cared for and loved.
It would be nice if someone would take over the fundraising end of things for me. I have alot of people that want to help with that but few folks can foster for various reasons.
One of my good friends is moving back to this area . Maybe I can con her into helping with the cats. She always has two or three of her own hanging around so a few more will hardly be noticed.
My son is going to be the big 4-0 next Friday and I can`t think of a darned thing to get him. Money always works, I guess. But just the fact that he is forty makes me realize that I will be sixty next year and I wonder where my life went. I got to thinking about that and came to the conclusion that I have had a fairly decent but strange life . I have met alot of people, and most I can`t even remember their names but I can see the faces when I think of a specific time or incident so I still have part of my mind left. I think. I can honestly say that there have been people not worth remembering and I few I wish I could forget. People like that clutter the mind and kill the spirit.
There are few people in my life these days that don`t fit . As I weed them out, I dispatch them and move forward. I have learned to forgive quite easily but there are so many things I don`t understand the reasons for , I cant forget.
Its one of those "cuddle the animals and watch tv" days and I think I`ll do just that. Its been a difficult week and I need to flush it out of my mind with some chocolate and pop.
If you feel the need to read, check out CAVEAT or SOCIAL MANGE OR NATHAN WINOGRAD blogs for some insight into the past weeks goings on in the dog world.
later
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Good Day EH!
Yes it is a good day. We`re back on Standard Time and I can have a normal nights sleep again. I wish the powers that be would throw Daylight Savings Time in the garbage. Our farmers no longer need that extra hour of light as they have huge lights on their machinery which enables them to be in the fields well into the evening. I`ve gone to bed while they were still combining the corn from the fields that surround my house and they were still out there when the 11:00 news came on.
Back in the spring , we had two little beagle boys, Martin and Lewis . They both went to great homes . Today, Lewis came back to visit for a few days. He is so well behaved and mannerly , I`m proud of him and his parents. Mom was having a small behaviour problem with him and asked me to see what I could do about it. You know me..I said yes of course. I`ll let you know how things turn out. But I suspect its a matter of Mom giving in too much and not sticking to the Nothing is Free rule.
Yesterday we started our Cranberry Kitty Christmas . The day was way too nice for anyone to be thinking of Christmas but we did put up a few decorations at the pound and then sat out in the sun, eating left over Halloween candy while we waited for the crowds of people to come to adopt our cats. Well, our crowd was about 7 in total and most will be back next week to see what kitties we bring then. Sorry to disappoint but we don't have many more than what was there right now. And I am truly thankful for that. But we intend to present our kitties at Cranberry every Saturday from now until Christmas from noon until 3pm.
When towns and cities limit cat numbers for each home and then ask for tag money for those cats, many of those people just dump their extra babies off in the country. I do understand why they choose that route though. Taking the kitties to the spca or Hillside wont guarantee the cats will live. Tossing them out in the country might get them homes at some strangers place. But , they forget that in most cases the pound will be called anyway and the cats will be in jeopardy again. Cranberry Kennels has rescue groups that take the left over cats from them . The cats are then vetted and placed for adoption in local pet stores( Ruffins in Tillsonburg for one) where they get lots of attention and willing adopters. But Cranberry only takes in stray and abandoned animals in Tillsonburg. Any others in Oxford would go to Hillside. How sad.
The longer I am involved with rescue , the more I realize how much patience one must have and when its finally time to say 'enough' with certain people. There came a time this past week, that I finally lost my grip with a few humans and laid things out in plain English. My love for dogs got me into rescue and now that I have seen what cats go through, I have more compassion for them too. Goals can`t be accomplished over night. Good ideas take time and hard work to become reality. And no one is an island. When the idea for Companion Animal Rescue came up , I knew it would take lots of time to grow and attract the right kind of people to help . I had a five year plan. Still do. CARO has good people willing to pitch in with fundraising when an idea is presented. In order to grow, CARO needs strong willed , independent , intelligent people to come on board to help run the business end of things. We also need open minded individuals who don`t fall apart at the first disagreement and are convincing enough in their own arguments that people will listen to them.
We also need people with faith in themselves and others. We all have some insecurities but most of us can work above them and don`t need constant reassurance that what we are doing is right . I have faith in most of the fine folks that have come forward to help the animals in this area. Rescue is hard at the best of times. When things are slow, only the strong and faithful will survive.
We don`t need inner conflict or secret messaging as if we were in first grade again. We do need open discussion and a willingness to listen.
We don't need character bashing, backstabbing,foot stomping , childish behaviour to suck up time and energy that could be better put to use caring for and about the animals. We are all equal and must work as a team.
We do need to stay on point, be more understanding of the situation at hand, have faith in each other and speak for the animals when need be. I am never too self involved to think I know everything. I am never to stubborn to ask for help or advice from my peers. The only way we are ever going to save the animals is to work together with a common goal and remove negativity from the equation. WE CAN DO THIS.
I needed to clear the air here as I know who will be reading this.
I have faith. Do you?
And I am still boiling mad about the governments stupid asinine decision regarding the non existent pitbull which hasn't made me the nicest person on earth this past week to discuss the issue with. I end up yelling and then crying . But that's me . If you have been keeping up with the other bloggers on the issue , you know I`m not alone.(Caveat, Social Mange)
I`ll be back !!!
later
Back in the spring , we had two little beagle boys, Martin and Lewis . They both went to great homes . Today, Lewis came back to visit for a few days. He is so well behaved and mannerly , I`m proud of him and his parents. Mom was having a small behaviour problem with him and asked me to see what I could do about it. You know me..I said yes of course. I`ll let you know how things turn out. But I suspect its a matter of Mom giving in too much and not sticking to the Nothing is Free rule.
Yesterday we started our Cranberry Kitty Christmas . The day was way too nice for anyone to be thinking of Christmas but we did put up a few decorations at the pound and then sat out in the sun, eating left over Halloween candy while we waited for the crowds of people to come to adopt our cats. Well, our crowd was about 7 in total and most will be back next week to see what kitties we bring then. Sorry to disappoint but we don't have many more than what was there right now. And I am truly thankful for that. But we intend to present our kitties at Cranberry every Saturday from now until Christmas from noon until 3pm.
When towns and cities limit cat numbers for each home and then ask for tag money for those cats, many of those people just dump their extra babies off in the country. I do understand why they choose that route though. Taking the kitties to the spca or Hillside wont guarantee the cats will live. Tossing them out in the country might get them homes at some strangers place. But , they forget that in most cases the pound will be called anyway and the cats will be in jeopardy again. Cranberry Kennels has rescue groups that take the left over cats from them . The cats are then vetted and placed for adoption in local pet stores( Ruffins in Tillsonburg for one) where they get lots of attention and willing adopters. But Cranberry only takes in stray and abandoned animals in Tillsonburg. Any others in Oxford would go to Hillside. How sad.
The longer I am involved with rescue , the more I realize how much patience one must have and when its finally time to say 'enough' with certain people. There came a time this past week, that I finally lost my grip with a few humans and laid things out in plain English. My love for dogs got me into rescue and now that I have seen what cats go through, I have more compassion for them too. Goals can`t be accomplished over night. Good ideas take time and hard work to become reality. And no one is an island. When the idea for Companion Animal Rescue came up , I knew it would take lots of time to grow and attract the right kind of people to help . I had a five year plan. Still do. CARO has good people willing to pitch in with fundraising when an idea is presented. In order to grow, CARO needs strong willed , independent , intelligent people to come on board to help run the business end of things. We also need open minded individuals who don`t fall apart at the first disagreement and are convincing enough in their own arguments that people will listen to them.
We also need people with faith in themselves and others. We all have some insecurities but most of us can work above them and don`t need constant reassurance that what we are doing is right . I have faith in most of the fine folks that have come forward to help the animals in this area. Rescue is hard at the best of times. When things are slow, only the strong and faithful will survive.
We don`t need inner conflict or secret messaging as if we were in first grade again. We do need open discussion and a willingness to listen.
We don't need character bashing, backstabbing,foot stomping , childish behaviour to suck up time and energy that could be better put to use caring for and about the animals. We are all equal and must work as a team.
We do need to stay on point, be more understanding of the situation at hand, have faith in each other and speak for the animals when need be. I am never too self involved to think I know everything. I am never to stubborn to ask for help or advice from my peers. The only way we are ever going to save the animals is to work together with a common goal and remove negativity from the equation. WE CAN DO THIS.
I needed to clear the air here as I know who will be reading this.
I have faith. Do you?
And I am still boiling mad about the governments stupid asinine decision regarding the non existent pitbull which hasn't made me the nicest person on earth this past week to discuss the issue with. I end up yelling and then crying . But that's me . If you have been keeping up with the other bloggers on the issue , you know I`m not alone.(Caveat, Social Mange)
I`ll be back !!!
later
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