I was looking out my front door, and saw the animal control truck(ASPCA?)
parked across the street outside a fence where i often heard a dog barking
at people walking by(he also 'roofed' a racoon in that yard). I had never
gotten a good look at the dog, because the fence was wooden slat-type which
was difficult to see through. But I had heard from a neighbor that the
people in that house were looking to get rid of that dog. I had basically
forgotten about the dog, but now i saw this lady(of south american spanish
type birth- people not notorious for being kind to animals) leading a black
german shepherd looking mix out on a leash. The dog looked very happy, he
was going for one of the few walks he ever got. He was immediately
confronted with this jerkoff aspca guy with a noose on a pole, and the dog
(fifty pounds) did an admirable job of putting the noose guy at bay,
apparently being perceptive and and smart enough to realize the situation -
one, that his keeper had betrayed him, two, that if the noose got over his
head, he was done for. My stomach ached as i remembered once, long before,
walking home from school and seeing a similar scene, only the dog in that
case was a trusting old retriever, who merely looked confused as his keeper
handed him over to a stranger and turned her back on him. I hope she died a
long miserable death. Anyway, I went out to ask about where they were going
to take the dog, as I was going to talk to my family about going and
adopting it. My polite inquiry was met with a hostile reaction from the
noose guy, the gist of it was, 'this dog is a vicious animal and is to be
destroyed' and, I inferred, I was dangerously naive for even thinking about
helping it. After some arguing, I convinced the spanish speaking lady living
in the usa instead of her country where she was born and should have stayed-
to let me take the dog, then and there. Over the noose guy's objections, she
had an attack of conscience and gave me the leash(people were starting to
watch this scene, it wasn't going to be quick and quiet as she had probably
expected). The dog, allegedly vicious, never looked back, and walked off
with me like he knew me his entire life. The boyfriend of the lady had just
stated that i would not be able to get near the dog, agitated as he was. The
spanish lady's kids were playing in the street in front of the house,
fifty feet away, and they apparently couldn't care less if the dog that grew
up in their house got dragged away to a cage and a violent death(this dog
wasn't going to hold still for euthanizing- it was to be a fight, I am
sure). I personally see no gain for the USA in the presence of these alien
people, but i am not the one making the decisions, which is a good thing for
many evil-doing type people. The Spanish speaking lady was also running an
illegal hotel out of her house, but, I guess it's okay to immigrate to a new
country and ignore their laws and customs. She also lied to the ASPCA to
get them to come and get this dog, making a statement that the dog was a
danger or threat to her children. Enough about her.
When i got the dog home, he was ravenously hungry, and he had worms, and
his coat was all tangled up. The very picture of a well cared for dog. Five
years later, this dog is, and has been the best dog i have ever had. He is
laying on the floor at my feet as i type this, and I believe he would
protect his family with his life. He is also very, good, in fact simply
without fault as far as his living in the house. He stays off the furniture,
he gets along with the three cats we have, and he watches the property when
no one is home. In fact, he bit my brother twice in the first six months,
but he has managed to get himself forgiven because of his winning
personality. Sometimes when I walk him, we see the guy who lives in the
house where the dog lived, and the guy calls my dog by his name, but the
dog looks at him as if he doesn't even know him. You can learn things from
watching dogs. mike.

"Mike D" wrote in
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I had basically forgotten about the dog, but now i saw this
lady(of south american spanish type birth- people not notorious
for being kind to animals)

You know, I was going to try to read your post, despite the lack of
white space, but I got this far and decided it would probably be best
not to. I can tell you're one of those neocon type thugs--people not
notorious for being kind to anyone who's even slightly different from
them.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

You know too bad you didn't spend the time to read it. Even with lack of
proper spacing it was worth the read.

Celeste

"Shelly" wrote in message
...
"Mike D" wrote in
:

I had basically forgotten about the dog, but now i saw this
lady(of south american spanish type birth- people not notorious
for being kind to animals)

You know, I was going to try to read your post, despite the lack of
white space, but I got this far and decided it would probably be best
not to. I can tell you're one of those neocon type thugs--people not
notorious for being kind to anyone who's even slightly different from
them.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Spot wrote:
You know too bad you didn't spend the time to read it. Even with lack of
proper spacing it was worth the read.

It was not the lack of white space that stopped me. I thought I
said as much? It was the racist asshole factor that made me quit.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Mike,
Congratulations on getting your dog. I have always imagined
intercepting an unwanted dog on the way to the pound, shelter, ASPCA,
etc. I have never had the opportunity. I am glad it worked out well for
you and your dog.


Be Free.....Judy

"Shelly" wrote in message
...
Spot wrote:
You know too bad you didn't spend the time to read it. Even with lack of
proper spacing it was worth the read.

It was not the lack of white space that stopped me. I thought I said as
much? It was the racist asshole factor that made me quit.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

I am so tired of the race police shouting down everyone who even remotely
brushes against the subject, but I didn't read it either because of the lack
of paragraphs. How can anyone expect people to read if they're not going to
put in a few spaces?