06/06/2024
"We," the Rescues, are tired, broke, burnt out, tired of being guilted into yet just one more dog that nobody now wants and "We" are brokenhearted...
Yes, I borrowed this: because it is True...
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
I saw the dog in question days ago. I also saw the 30 dogs in rescue and the empty bank account.
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
I looked at her sad brown eyes and sighed. And scraped the bottom of the food bag as I fed the dogs I already had.
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
I could see she was thin and was losing hair. And was she holding her foot up? I looked at the enormous vet bill and wondered what the vet would say if I brought in another dog.
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
And so I sent an email saying I would take her. And laid awake wondering where I would put her. And how would she fit in. And how was I ever going to find homes for them all?
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
And tonight "they" will spend time with their families and friends.
"They" won't be up 2 hours early to feed and walk the unwanted.
"They" won't try to come up with new and novel ways to market, place, and fund the dogs.
"WE" will. The rescuers.
The ones who donate time and spend our own money and try to raise more.
We will lose sleep.
Cry over the ones we can't save.
And rejoice in the ones we can.
We will pull our hair out and swear we are done. And then tomorrow we will do it again.
Because rescue touches our soul.
As I lay here with these dogs surrounding me, I have no regrets. Other than ignorance that won't be educated. The dogs and cats who won't be spayed and neutered. The cycle that continues, that forces us to do this, day in and day out.
Somebody DO Something, "they" said.
I did something. Did you?
Or did you just sit back and judge and complain and tell us what we need to be doing differently because you have a better plan even though you have no clue what you're talking about?
You, the one who has never rescued anything in your life, nor fostered, nor transported, nor held a dying animal in your arms because it could not be saved, and probably never donated a dime. The only thing you have ever "given" is your opinion.
DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING.
Adopt. Foster. Volunteer. Donate.
Transport. Network. Educate.
