Petco Puppy #3

Surprisingly we get A TON of animals just dropped off at Petco. I think a lot of people just don't want to deal with all the questions if they turn them into the Humane Society (as well as the $40 fee), so they just dump them at Petco. So far I have brought home 3 dogs and and 6 cats. All 6 cats have found homes through the endless efforts of Rescue House (a cat only no kill rescue group). One of the dogs I brought home I took to the San Diego Humane Society because I just could not find him a home and he didn't get along well with my dogs. The other puppy had to be taken to the animal ER because he was probably only about 5 weeks old and just could not keep any food down, and then there was the 3rd dog....Rascal.



He stayed at my house for about a week and a half before one of the girls from Petco decided to take him home on a trial basis to see if he would get along well with her pets (and by pets I mean her 50lb+ tortoises). Well its been about a week since she's had him and she absolutely loves him and is going to be his permanent loving home! He was quite an amazing dog, so I had been telling her from the beginning that the minute she takes him home she wont be able to give him up. He was a little chihuahua terrier mix who was just a little sweetheart. His previous owner was a guy who was in his early 20's and was leaving for China to finish his masters degree. I met him the day he was going to take Rascal to the Humane Society. I just felt so bad, because the guy already felt awful about having to give his dog up. He had actually been looking for a new home for Rascal but couldn't find one, and neither his friends nor family would take him in. So, because of my love of animals I agreed to take him and PROMISED to find him a great home. Well...I believe I have stuck to that promise, and I'm just sooo happy that Rascal has a permanent home now. Tony always says that we should just start our own animal shelter because I bring home enough animals to start one, and I definitely put in enough hard work of finding them homes, and caring for them. I think I've pretty much found my passion. It just infuriates me the way some people treat their animals, and if I know that I've helped one animal...that's all that counts.