A happy yet VERY sad Saturday :(
Yesterday (Saturday) the shelter had a mobile adoption event. It was a very good day, 8 dogs were adopted at the event and another 7 dogs back at the shelter. The good thing is that we had two litters of puppies there and only one was adopted, why was this good? Because that means that the other 7 were older dogs and people weren't only looking at the pups. Usually at these adoption events one or two might get adopted but we had an extremely successful day!!
The bad bad news....*tears* :( I am still really upset about this. In a post under dog breeds titled petfinder dream dogs I put some dogs from my local shelter that I fell in love with. Well one of those dogs I listed was Spot, an australian cattle dog mix.
Here is his picture...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...20DOGS/4th.jpg
We took him and his friend Rosie (beautiful brindle greyhound/shepherd mix) to the event. He was great in the car and kept putting his feet up on my seat and giving me kisses! That boy was made out of springs and could stand still and jump up to where I was looking him straight in the face.
Anyway, at the adoption event we chained him up to his post but he was extremely hyper and bouncing all over the place, they told me to put him in a crate until he calmed down. After about a half hour I decided to take him out because he was acting a lot better and I was just going to walk him around. This guy came up to him and reached at Spot's head and Spot nipped at his ankles. I reeled spot into me and knelt down. The guy continued to come up to him and spot nipped a little again, he was not acting aggressive in any way, just nipping at his ankles and such in a herding way but I put him back in the cage anyway. The guy went and told the director Jamie what happened. Jamie told everyone that Spot had to go back to the shelter and not to let him out again.
Supposedly they had problems with Spot and this behavior at 2 adoption events in the past. The first time wasn't Spots fault, a crazy guy had a scab in the shape of a cross on his palm and peeled it off so it was bleeding, went up to Spot and then went and told the director that Spot bit him. Spot was put into quarantine for a week and then went back up for adoption. They took him to another adoption event later and he nipped at a kid and was sent to quarentine once again. So this time when he nipped at the guy he was sent back to the shelter.
After we were finished loading everything back up I went to talk to Jamie about Spot. I told her that I would like to adopt him and get him out of the shelter, that he was acting like that because he had so much energy (He only acted nippy when he was extremely excited) and was going crazy in the shelter (hehas lived there for close to two months) and needed a place to run. This guy would have made a great agility dog! Jamie told my Spot was being put to sleep that day (yesterday) I could not believe it, I literally begged for Spot's life, but she said there was no way she could release a dog like Spot from the shelter. I belive Spot was put down unjustly, it really wasn't his fault, I am crying now as I type this, he was the happiest little boy, he didn't even get to see his second birthday!!! It makes me so upset, maybe if I would have left him in his cage the whole episode with the man would have never happened. I feel so bad, he was so young. I truly believe he was not an aggressive dog, he is a working dog, all he needed was a job and a way to release excess energy.
Thanks for listening to me, this was the second spotty dog I fell completely in love with and was put down. I don't know how much longer I can volunteer at the shelter, I love helping get them adopted but in a situation like this I wish I would have never met Spot and gotten so attached.
Spot, you were a good boy, it wasn't your fault. I will see you again someday, I wish I could have known you longer. You will never ever need to live in a cage again, run free and herd till your hearts content little guy!!
R.I.P my love
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