Re: OT Animal Rescue

I agree. My son has 2--in his separate apartment. We have 2. The
caretaker who lives in a trailer on the property has one. I think 5 is our
limit here. I don't think anyone would notice if we had another, but I
don't like to take the chance because I would be devastated if I had to part
with one I was attached to. The caretaker's dog adores and guards the
horses which is why Animal Control never got called when he was "dropped
off." He appears to be a Wheaton Terrier. The caretaker adopted him. He
lives in a trailer on property and in return looks after the place when we
go off and feeds the horses (by his choice, as I used to do take care of
them, and still see that they get their carrots).

We get a lot of "drop offs" some of them quite nice dogs and you wonder
why--but possibly since there is a considerable geriatric population here
some may just be from people forced to give them up for whatever reason. If
they are nice dogs in good condition we may keep them a few days and try to
find homes for them, but a lot are in poor condition and some downright
awful. A number are pit bulls, which are illegal to own in Miami-Dade
County, so there is nothing we can do but call Animal Control for those and
you know they are going to be put down.

I cannot understand abandoning animals. The people who do it should be
dropped off in the middle of the Sahara Desert and told, "Good Luck."

Barb C.
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:yZ3Ve.87216$Hx4.18931@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm using don't ask don't tell method. LOL. I rather doubt where I am
> there is a limit on cats. Dogs, it may be if you more than a given number
> you have to have a kennel license. Horses, I believe, require 3 acres
> each, so I'm covered for two. I can see limits in city limits but if
> you're on a large acreage or farm, should be nobody's business - long as
> you're taking care of them properly, i.e., not a "hoarder" who is abusing
> and keeping in squalor.
>
>
> Barbara Carlson wrote:
>> That's my problem too--we have the legal limit now or I would adopt one,
>> and my son's Greater Swiss Mt. Dog may be pregnant and they want to keep
>> one of the litter! We already have more adopted cats than anyone can
>> reasonable be expected to own!
>>
>> Barb C.
>> "Judity" <Judity01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3ojfm7F63f1bU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>((I have already contributed through a local organization--may do so
>>>again! ))
>>>
>>>Same here, Barb, through PetsMart. I would be more than willing to adopt
>>>one of the homeless cats if they came up here to Santa Rosa's shelters.
>>>I'm one over the legal limit for my area already; what's one more?
>>>
>>>Judity
>>>http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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