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24/01/2025
I’m the “quitter cleaner upper.”
F**k. This. S**t.
People keep asking how they can help us. I’ve been quite transparent that we’re drowning. But the best way that people can help us now…is to apply to adopt, and/or foster some of our EXISTING dogs.
Our rescue gets a ton of foster apps. It’s not a normal amount of apps. We deny a lot of apps, while also accepting many, and taking chances on applicants and/or dogs that other rescues won’t.
If people want a specific dog they will hound us. They will message, email, call, and text nonstop. If I say “no” or don’t give them the answer they want to hear, I’m an as***le, who wants to dogs to die. They’re immediately butt hurt when I make it clear that I’ve worked with a thousand people that say the same s**t. And do the exact s**t they said they wouldn’t.
It does not matter how many times you swear to me that you will not quit. Nor does it matter how many perfect things you say or don’t say. There’s nothing you can fu***ng say to me today, that will actually change your FUTURE actions. There’s always a possibility that I’m talking to a future f**k face. And as it turns out, nothing creates future f**k faces faster than when they think you’ve got a place to ditch a dog.
People LOVE to give me speeches. With complete conviction…they’ll tell me I’m jaded and tell me I cannot allow prior experiences to dictate my decisions regarding them and a dog. When I say I’m worried they’ll quit, they assure me I’m wrong about them and they act insulted that I’d even consider they may be future quitters.
F**k off, mother f**kers.
I don’t give a s**t about your speeches. I don’t give a s**t if I’ve offended you. I’m a straight shooter. Fostering isn’t easy. It may suck balls. Giant, sweaty, salty, balls. And it may be the hardest thing you’ve ever done. I don’t need you to sell me on why you’ll be super committed. You just need to be committed. Do the fu***ng work.
Is it hard? Sure as s**t is! I hate the first few days with a new dog. I would also love to quit. But since I’m the “quitter cleaner upper”…I can’t quit. I hated rotating dogs in and out of rooms and listening to pi**ed off dogs, but it was the decision I made to take those dogs. Or, I got f**ked with someone else’s decision and I had to be the “quitter cleaner upper.” I absolutely hated some of it and was stressed as f**k so many times, but until the commitment I made had another solid, long term option…I dealt with it.
Keep your home safe. Separate animals long term if needed. Go into it expecting that you may have to separate long term. Follow basic safety, and know that if you communicate with us, and are realistic, we aren’t going to quit on you.
We need perseverance, not perfection.
I can’t even enjoy pulls anymore. We are at a stage where each pull is now another potential issue that may need intervention. When we stop pulling because of multiple issues, it’s not fu***ng helpful to dogs who have people who want them. If DHD isn’t entertaining their app because we’re on pull hold, there’s a good chance other rescues aren’t either.
Not to mention how fu***ng quickly people are attempting to quit now that they know we have a space. Guess what, folks? There are only a certain amount of kennels that can occupy spaces. We can’t even keep a couple kennels empty because of returns. I’m not even able to board our own dogs while fosters go on vacation. We have dogs in boarding for vacations at this moment, instead of staying in our own space. Because we have dogs at the space that we should not have here.
If we stop pulling, more dogs die, and less donations come in. We can’t take as much medical if we have less donations, and we definitely can’t take large medical. Medical costs have also just skyrocketed. We cannot continue saving if people keep bailing. We are being expected to do so much more, and that comes with a lot more s**t that we need help cleaning up. I need more “quitter fixers.”
The best way to help us, is to offer to foster or adopt our existing dogs. We have MULTIPLE good dogs at our shelter space that should be gone. We have multiple ready for immediate adoption and we have multiple that would love to be in foster homes until their vetting is complete. We also have multiple dogs in foster homes that we are being asked to move.
Opening up kennels here would be the best way to help us now. We have all the supplies here, and you can leave with a dog, and everything you need to care for that dog.
Dogs at our space:
Tony - Adoptable
Age: 5
Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Cats unknown
Energy level: Medium
Carl - Adoptable
Age: 2
Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Not cat friendly
Energy level: Med/high
Dave - Adoptable
Age: 1
Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Cats unknown
Energy level: High
Alice - Adoptable
Age: 2
Female
Dog friendly but a bossy bitch. Best match would be a laid back male.
Kid friendly
Cats unknown
Energy level: Medium
Terry - Adoptable
Age: 5
Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Has some stranger danger in the beginning and is weird with barriers but super sweet.
Cats unknown
Energy level: Low/medium
Kurt - Foster until vetted
Age: 1
Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Under socialized but has come a long way. Would do best with another dog. Demodex mange but getting better each day.
Cats unknown
Energy level: Medium.
Pizza - Foster until vetted
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Does enjoy dogs but would likely do best alone. His body condition was terrible when he was found and meals were scarce. He definitely doesn’t want to share high value items so another dog would be management at home.
Cats unknown
Energy level: Medium
Ed - Foster until vetted
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Cats unknown.
He’s basically a hyena. Demodex mange but looking better each day.
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I haven’t enjoyed any pulls lately. Haven’t even posted them. So, here’s what has happened that I have had no part in.
From Chicago Animal Care and Control:
1/17/2025 - Durango
1/18/2025 - Remy (now Celeste)
1/19/2025 - Gorilla (now Guinness)
1/20/2025 - Abram
1/20/2025 - Pepperpants
1/22/2025 - Laith (now Nestor)
After Laith, I said we are officially on pull hold. I’m close to losing my s**t. Our new shelter space isn’t an open door for quick quitting. We only have so many kennels and unless you’re cleaning the p**s and s**t all day, along with listening to incessant barking, you don’t get to use our space as your fast f**k off.
And just a few minutes ago I was contacted regarding a dog (Lenyn) that was adopted from CACC directly, but dumped at Kendall County Animal Control. They couldn’t even be bothered to take him back to the shelter where he knows people.
We’d love to help Lenyn, but we need help with the dogs we already have. Help us open our kennels so we can keep saving!
