Sunday Musings

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