It all started about a month ago when a woman contacted us to get help with her dog. She couldn't get custody back of her kids until she rehomed her dog - guess what his breed is....Yep the vicious, unpredictable, scary, aggressive pit bull.
10 months old and grew up in a home with happy go lucky children, and a 3 month old pit bull puppy as his canine playmate.
So I knew of someone looking for a rottweiler or a pit bull and immediatly contacted him. It was a match made in heaven until his business insurance agent showed up and informed him he would lose his business insurance unless he paid an extra $5,000.00 for liability coverage for owning a pit bull or rehome the dog.
So I spent the next 10 days posting and posting and posting and calling and emailing and trying to find someone to help Wizzie the 10 month old pit bull who was being thrown from not only one home but two simply becuase he existed.
I found a temporary foster home for 2 weeks until my largest foster dog Bubba Gump was adopted. Then he was coming to my house. Its such a devestating trend we see with pit bulls - even people in our own rescue communities have allowed the media to sway our compassion...More pit bulls loose their lives not becuase they are visious, terrible dogs but becuase even our rescue communities have been convinced not to trust them.
More people should try fostering a pit once becuase they are by far the most loyal and compassionate dogs on the face of this earth. You want a dog that is family oriented you get yourself a pitbull but before you do be sure your in a community that allows them and make sure that you have plans for your pit in the event that a life changing event finds you needing to find a new home becuase this society is not designed to help this beautiful breed.
Back to losing my marbles - I now have 11 dogs again including my fosters and now I find myself with a large exuberant playful puppy who is reactive to barking. HELLO thats what most of my dogs do is bark...They tell me exactly when someone has pulled into the driveway, knocked on the door, etc. ADd to that several senior dogs who are grumpy who dont care for a young dog running from one end of the hosue to the other and sliding across the hard wood floors.
Oh yeah and dont forget the bark that this boy has found from deep within. My cats look at me like "Have you lost your marbles....AGAIN".
So while the pit bull continues to lose its life all across this county that we call the Just, Free, and Proud I will give a little of my own comfort to save this one! He is only one but he is an important one...
The drama will continue to unfold as our home learns to settle with a large strong puppy in the house but as we settle in so will Wizzie who has been through so much in the past 30 days....Its my job to make it work, to teach him and to train him and to give him a 2nd chance at life....I am a true rescuer...but I HAVE lost my marbles
I will share mine with you. I don't use most of them anyway. lol
ReplyDeleteyou just do what you do:)
ReplyDeleteWho needs marbles anyway? Seriously! Just don't trip over them if you find them!
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