I rescued a Human Today

[bezerk Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close bezerk]

That was beautiful and certainly brought tears to my eyes...I presently have two dogs that would have ended up being street or shelter dogs in Mexico and after losing my two best friends a few years ago, 4 months apart ( 2 dogs) , these two babies are saving me for sure.

It seems to be so hard to get a shelter dog in US now, which is really sad and then to hear they kill them after 4 days, what a sin...such a loss.....

Any pet, be it dog, cat, bird, whatever, becomes a part of my family....I would never ba able to abandon them.....

We think it is us who save the animals but this story tells it all...it they who save us....what joy they bring to people and will usually give their lives for you....

Thanks so much fro sharing that lovely story!!!

[longtimer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close longtimer]

Our house always has some rescue animal in it. We've rescued birds, mice, hamsters and even fish. Currently, we have one rescue dog and a rescue bunny (He was found wandering outside and no one wanted to claim him!) For all of you animal lovers out there, what do you do with your pets when you vacation. In the past, we've always had my mom stay at our house when we were away. She has gotten too frail to take that responsibility any more. Two years ago, we had friends come in and care for them. Not ideal, but at least they were home in familiar surroundings. Last year, we couldn't find anyone who was willing to take them or come to our house. So we ended up putting them in a kennel. The people at the kennel were really nice, and there were a lot of activities planned - like a doiggy daycare. But my heart was broken to leave them there. I haven't found any TS resorts that are pet friendly. Has anyone out there had any luck in finding a TS that takes pets? I understand the extra liability in allowing a pet, but I would be willing to pay extra for that privelege and I bet others would too.

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

I used to have young people (early 20's) dog sitting for me. They were anxious to earn some extra cash for basically sleeping at my house instead of their apartments or their parents' homes. But since I moved to this area, I have had difficulty recruiting anyone who wants extra cash. I've resorted to hiring someone who comes 3 times a day at $15 a shot. The dogs love him and the neighbors say that he spends time with them in our yard (we don't want them walked by someone else because they are terrible walkers). I found him by asking parents of young adults if they knew someone who would be willing to dogsit, and this man is a friend of someone I was friendly with.

I even tried posting fliers in the local senior citizen's centers, but that only resulted in one phone call - from a person who didn't even know what his own phone number was. When I asked him for his phone number, he recited mine back to me, from the flyer. Obviously I didn't hire him.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Petsitting is problematic here, too.

About this time last year I went to talk to the couple who caretakes several hundred acres for the Christian camp adjacent to us. They asked me to look after their chickens when they were away for Christmas. I asked them to look after our cats and bird when we were in Florida.

&, their best friend, who also lives back there in the woods on the lake, does pettsitting as a business.

We have two less to take care of this year.

[longtimer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close longtimer]

Thanks for the ideas. We used to have next-door neighbors that would watch our animals and we, in turn, would watch their when they went away. But they moved a few years ago and there is no one in our neighborhood willing to do it - or that I trust. If anyone hears of any TS that accept pets, please post a note somewhere on this site. Hopefully, one day, there will be enough people asking that some places will set aside a few units just for pet owners. Some hotels already offer the service, so it's not an unrealistic request. My pets are like babies to me and I really miss them when we are on vacation!

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I have never kenneled my Beagles, but found that this works for me........

1. There's a Theological Seminary school one town over and I posted the house sitting/pet sitting job and got a great couple.

2. A local church might have some retirees or ministerial students who may want a temp job to offset expenses.

I have never been disappointed.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

This story brought tears to my eyes too because I would love to have a cat again but have decided against it as we worry so much when we go away. Our pet sitter was great but we hated to leave Taffy alone at home as he was such a people cat. He was never scared of strangers either and loved our pet sitter.

We have been feeding feral cats once a week since about July and it is very rewarding. The problem is that people are dumping cats so we find new ones every week. Recently, I found four tiny kittens and they were beautiful but they were very sick. One of the ladies trapped three of them and took them to the Vet. One kitten will lose her eye because it was badly injured but the operation was too expensive for us to foot the bill. The Vet wanted $3,500 and could not guarantee it either if it would be successful or not. One of the four kittens must have died because we can't find it and stopped looking now. We fostered two of the three little kittens for several days but told the lady that we were going out of town last Friday so had to give them back to her. She was back by then from her own trip. I really enjoyed caring for them. I heard last night that they are adopted already and will stay together but not the little one that will lose her eye. This is really sad.

One lady (a retired teacher) has been feeding these feral cats for over 30 years but she is very sick and there are four or five ladies helping her out for now. It is a big responsibility once you have started as the feral cats are counting on her or us. They are being trapped by one lady, neutered and released again. This takes hours of her time. I put my hat off to her.

Here are the two kittens. They are no longer feral cats and loved sitting on our lap and one purred really hard if you would stroke her!

Sarah

Monster

I didn't name them. This one was pretty shy.

This one was pretty brave and purred a lot.

I still miss Taffy so much and can't part with my Avatar yet. They are happy memories for me.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

Emmy,
There is no reason for not keeping Taffy.
What could you use that is more suited?

[longtimer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close longtimer]

I have never kenneled my Beagles, but found that this works for me........

1. There's a Theological Seminary school one town over and I posted the house sitting/pet sitting job and got a great couple.

2. A local church might have some retirees or ministerial students who may want a temp job to offset expenses.

I have never been disappointed.

Thanks for the ideas. I hadn't thought of them!