Posted by Andrea on 3/12/2005, 7:22 pm, in reply to "Re: I Thought I was Doing a Good Deed" --Previous Message--
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I always find myself in the same position ... I like feed ally cats and adopt a lot of theme as well ... my neighbors are always complaining I shouldn’t feed theme cause their breeding to much ... they rather see those animals starve.. Their always calling the health department… god I hate theme! If they had any heart they try to capture theme spay neuter theme and their you wouldn’t have many cats in the yard ... don’t kill theme!!!!!!! REMEMBER EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS!!!!
: You did the right thing... no matter how crazy
: your neighbor may be! Animals cannot speak
: up for themselves. This poor dog could have
: gotten hit by a car - or it could have hurt
: someone it thought was threatening it.
: BRAVO - the world needs more people like
: you!
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: --Previous Message--
: I just need some positive support or
: encouragement. Right now I feel terrible.
:
: There was this dog wandering the
: neighborhood for at least 6 weeks. Based on
: this dog's behavior and the times it was
: wandering, some of us (neighbors) thought it
: was a lost dog. I attempted to locate the
: owners through flyers, postings on the
: Internet, contacting the animal control
: officer, locale vets. I then went door to
: door with a picture of the dog. All I
: wanted to do was to reunite this dog with
: the rightful owners. Some of the neighbors
: wanted to adopt the dog, but I was adamant
: about finding the dog's owners. Now I
: wished I didn't. I went to one house and saw
: the dog there. I explained to the woman
: that we (some of the neighbors) thought the
: dog was lost, didn't have a collar, has been
: running around the neighborhood (yes, there
: is a leash law here.) I could sense she was
: annoyed with me with her tone in her voice
: and when she said, "what do you want
: from me." It ended with her closing
: the door abruptly. She then followed me
: home and parked across the street. I came
: out and asked if I could help her. She
: responded with "I wanted to know we you
: lived" and drove away giving the middle
: finger out her window.
:
: I know this was a long story and am sorry if
: I offended anyone by it. I needed to get it
: off my chest. I am so hurt by her behavior.
: I am hoping some of you that read this will
: understand. I don't know if talking to
: someone else will help. Some people think a
: wandering animal must belong to someone in
: the neighborhood and don't do anything about
: it. My only concern was to reunite the dog
: with his owners. I lost a pet a couple
: years back only not to ever see her again
: and I heard, oh so often, how some people
: would take them in and keep them. I didn't
: want that to happen to this dog. This just
: leaves me with a feeling that I do not want
: to try and do anything like this again.
: That I should be like those people who just
: ignore it and walk away. Right now I feel
: like I did something wrong. I feel just
: awful. Why is it that one can feel awful
: when trying to do the right thing???
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