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Sudilar - Even though we are no kill, we are occasionally faced with the heart wrenching decision of quality of life for a dog. In extreme temperment cases or bad health, it is tearfully debated about the best thing for the dog. I hate euthanization but the people at the humane society do not take it lightly and I can respect them for their decisions because they are genuinely upset. We had Goldilocks for about 5-6 months back in the Pre-Adopt room. She never made it out to the adoption area because we were trying to adopt her out the back door to an incredibly experienced person. A rescue promised and promised they would take her but every time they had space open up, they would run to the kill shelter in town and fill up again. I think that's good of them but I wish they hadn't gotten our hopes up that Goldie would be getting out of that kennel finally.
The first of Goldie's temperment problems was SEVERE child agression. I saw one of her tests. She was on a leash, and a little girl came into the room and Goldie went absolutely insane. I have never seen anything like it. She was lunging, snarling, barking, and growling. She was one of the dogs I had been working closely with. When we were alone, she was such a wonderful dog. I trusted her so much, I'd always lay my head on her stomach when we got done playing. There was only so much time I could spend with her though, and it wasn't enough. She began showing signs of stress from being in the shelter for too long, pacing, spinning circles, lunging at the bars, the wall, at nothing even. She was just so frusterated and not happy. About a month and a half ago she was temperment tested with two experienced dog behaviorists two times. Each time she tried to bite one of them a few times. They decided she might be too much of a threat to people so they tried to get her into a drug dog program. She didn't have what they needed in a drug dog so she was rejected. It was then debated and since she was deteriorating so bad, they decided the most humane thing would be to put her to sleep.
I had such a special bond with the dog that it is so hard for me to accept. I've talked to several people at the shelter and they help me out a lot. Whatever Goldie's experiences in life before the shelter were make me so mad. Maybe it was no one's fault, but if it was I feel sick to my stomach. I guess I am looking for someone to blame because it was such a bad, hurtful situation.
I also just got news about Lassen, a dog we had for months. He was so wonderful and he finally got adopted. I didn't think they'd have any problems with him because we had him through extensive training and he knew sit, stay, come, roll over, shake, beg, etc. He was a great dog but I just got an email that he will be euthanized tomorrow because he bit their 2 yr old and 14 yr old twice. I am no tsure the details but this kills me too because we never had any bite problems from him before.. ever.
Sorry this is so long. Venting all this out helps me a little bit. I hope I didn't depress or upset anyone.
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Thank you, Aly, for telling us what happened. I could understand your frustration because Goldie was so loving to you. I, also, would be devastated and angry to wonder what had been done to this poor dog to make him that way. He did exhibit a dangerous side of him in his reaction to a child and that was very serious. Nothing you could have done would have changed that. You showed him love and caring; at least he had that. I see how very hard it is to work rescue. You are an angel to do it!
Sue
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Aly, it takes a special person, to work at the shelter like you. I have thought of doing it, but don't think I could take it.
My dad had to return a GSD back to the breeder many years ago, shortly after they got married, b/c he was so protective of my dad he wouldn't let anyone near him, not even my mom. He chased her around the car one day and kept yelling for my dad to make him stop and he was laughing to hard!!! My mom is not a brave person when it comes to dogs anyway and this was the final straw!!!
The breeder gave the dog to the army and they used him as a service dog.
BaSim, excellent job on the banners!!! Very Very Good!!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif
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That is wonderful!!!! Thank you KayAnn and Simba for the beautiful banner!!!! I am so proud!!! Aly, I can't wait to see yours too!
Honey and Lilly thank you too!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif
I am SO proud!!!
Logan
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Logan, here's one for Lilly and Honey. I'm gonna make them a couple others when I get more ideas http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
http://swt.edu/~aw1024/lillyhoney.gif
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Wow, what cool banners! I think I will download that program! Here's a new banner I just made a few minutes ago for www.petlinkexchange.com but it would be much cooler if I had some flashing words or something, lol. I had an animation program that I could have used but the trial expired. Hey, about how long (56k) does it take to download the program? Oh, and I can't remember what code to use to post a pic...help please...so now I'm just posting a link. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...475&p=47946040
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Aly!!! I love Honey and Lilly's banner!! You guys are just too sweet. I can't wait to show them to Helen when she gets home tonight.
And Wolf Q, I tried the link, but there was only a banner at the top and not the picture. I was going to try and post it for you. So here goes. Go to the picture you want. Make sure you open it all the way up. Then right click on the picture. Click on properties. Then copy the url you see there. Come back to your reply in Pet Talk. Type in [img], then paste the url you copied. Then type [/img]at the end. Make sure you have no spaces. That should work.
Email me if I can help.
Logan
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Thank you so much Aly for make the banner it is great. I would have posted earlier but I was having Internet problems http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/frown.gif
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Oh Aly, bless your precious, dog loving heart! I actually cried when I saw my Cody and Star up there!! And the banner title...Best Buds at Pet Talk! Oh, I'm gonna start balling! Best 4 legged buds AND human buds! What a kind, kind thing for you to do Aly! For those of us how are, shall we say, not nearly as adept at these things, it means so much! I actually intend to put Logan in my will for teaching me how to post pics. and sending me to Webshots!! LOL! Thanks again. I think you may be a bit overwhelmed with banners requests, so when I have time I have to try and dowload the program and take a stab at it! Star and Cody send lots of licks and hugs for making them such a special part of Pet Talk! Reece is just the cutest! Ahhhhh, I want to kiss that little face!!
I am so, so sorry about Goldilocks. Crying again. What a wonderful, selfless job you do caring for and loving all the beautiful creatures. And with all you've gone through lately, I just can't imagine the inner strength you must have. Please, as Rachel said, take care of yourself as well.
The banners are so beautiful! Logan, just look at those Golden Girls in all their southern glory! Star and Cody are soooooo jealous!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
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tats: I made Star and Cody a pic. I wanted to show it to you. Im also making them a banner http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
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I went to the site and downloaded banner-maker and everything but how do you make it look so cool, with rainbow backgrounds and fades and stuff? is there a help wizard??
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OMG, OMG, OMG! Oh, Aly. It's so hard on this darn machine, but I can't tell you how grateful I am for the time and effort you put into making them soooo beautiful! I'm in tears! Truly!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Star and Cody say thank you too. And please give the precious little Reece and Shiloh kisses and hugs. Their little faces are plastered in my brain! That Reece is just too cute! I think of Harley every day, and say a little prayer at night that he is happy and safe. And of course, I think of you and how sad you must be. I always find that when I am very sad or down or depressed, helping others lifts the sadness a bit and makes me feel better. You are a very special person. Love Sandra
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Oh! I forgot to tell you guys about this cool thing I discovered (maybe you've already
heard about it but I hadn't..) It's called the Pet Link Exchange. You have to put a
banner on your website, in exchange you get your banner put onto that banner (if that
makes any sense) I've only had the banner on my website for a few days and my
banner's exposure is 929, that means it's been shown on the banner 285 times a day.
You can see the banner at the bottom of my website (it's quite small, and you can
choose from 3 sizes) http://www.geocities.com/wolf_q/home.html Oh and the best
part...it's FREE! Your website just has to be about pets. I can help anyone make a
banner that size too if you need me too! Just thought I'd tell you about it!~~Amy
http://www.petlinkexchange.com/index.html?refid=wolfq
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OMG, OMG, OMG! Oh, Aly. It's so hard on this darn machine, but I can't tell you how grateful I am for the time and effort you put into making them soooo beautiful! I'm in tears! Truly!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Star and Cody say thank you too. And please give the precious little Reece and Shiloh kisses and hugs. Their little faces are plastered in my brain! That Reece is just too cute! I think of Harley every day, and say a little prayer at night that he is happy and safe. And of course, I think of you and how sad you must be. I always find that when I am very sad or down or depressed, helping others lifts the sadness a bit and makes me feel better. You are a very special person. Love Sandra
