A story that will break your heart
Ok....as you all know, it's Alex's birthday tomorrow and I was thinking of how great a dog he's been for us. That got me thinking of his story of his previous home, and now I just have to vent (I hope you will still read this, even though it's long):
We adopted a 9 year old Alex in April of 2002, so we've had him for a year now. When I learned his story when we were taking him home, I was broken-hearted and so angry at the same time. The old owners had had him since he was a puppy (I'm pretty sure of this) and when they gave him up, he was almost 10 years old. He had on his collar and all of his tags when he came in, and when the shelter called the number, they said they were tired of him and that they didn't want him! I couldn't believe that after having such a great, loving dog for 10 YEARS that they didn't want him back! They said he was a fence jumper, which is true, but he was jumping a 4 ft. fence using a sandbox to get over! I mean they could have atleast moved the box so he couldn't use it to get over! And do keep in mind he's a great pyr/newfie mix which is a very, very large dog! Oh, and they kept him outside probably most of the time, which is bad enough in the summer, but he's a LONG HAIRED dog!!! They had another dog, a boxer, and when they fed them, they made Alex stay back until the other dog finished eating, and once he had eaten his share, there was only like 1/2 a cup of food left for Alex! And they didn't ever give him more! Now that's neglect, because he eats AT THE MINIMUM 4 cups of food a day!! Also when he somehow got out of our backyard and got picked up by animal control, :( , we had to go get his rabies certificate (which was given to him before we got him), on the form it said that he was neutered, which he had NOT been, until we got him!!
So all in all, his owners were cruel, neglectful liars!!
I'm so sorry this is so long ;) but I just had to vent and get it all out.
