Thursday, May 01, 2008
Happy May Day!
With my laptop currently burning my thighs, the wind chimes tinkle in the yard at the behest of a warm breeze that finds its way through the windows, papers (including bills, invoices for those that actually owe ME money and business related documents) are strewn at my feet, a plate from my morning toast stacked upon another plate which held my lunch - reheated pizza - adorn the coffee table next to an empty iced tea glass, General Hospital as background noise because it doesn't distract me while it mixes with the sounds of the clothes dryer -- an honest attempt at catching up on the laundry on my day off of school-- it dawns on me... It's May Day!!! Happy May Day everyone!!!
Honey Update
A few days after my last post regarding Honey the adorable girl mutt that found her way on to my front porch and decided to stay, I was woken up at what felt like 3a.m. but was more like 1a.m. It seems Honey (whom I had noticed was taking to territorial growlings and barks at strangers) had been outside barking incessantly. I didn't hear this because my bedroom air cleaner seems to drown out all outside noises. It took the door bell ringing and a uniformed officer to bring this to my attention.
"Do you own a blond dog?"
"Uhhh it's not my dog - she showed up here a few days ago and I gave her some food and water and she hasn't left".
"Well then she's your dog".
"Well, I had planned on taking her to The Haven (which is a local no kill shelter) this weekend..."
"She's been barking and we've had a few complaints"
(I'm told this is what they always say and more than likely it was my immediate neighbors. --Never mind their children are current screaming and yelling in the back yard and interrupting my work for the better part of the day.)
"Does she come in the house?" he asked.
"No I have bad allergies." (Not to mention she's probably in need of a flea bath, but more importantly, if I brought her into my home I'd probably keep her forever).
He paused and I said "What should I do?"
"Take her to The Haven tomorrow".
Mind you him being there was causing her to bark even more so I'm sure the neighbors were even more thrilled. And her barking was causing every other dog in the hood to yap. So I put her in the garage and kept her shut in. I figured the worse thing is I have a mess to clean up in the morning. Then I slept on the sofa so I could hear if she started barking or wimpering.
The next day I took her to The Haven. Unfortunately they are not accepting large dogs right now because they don't have the room and they're expensive to feed. When I heard this I literally fought off tears. I haven't had a good past twelve months in the world of animals so this was hitting a nerve. The good news is, she was wanded and she has a chip!!! We find out that she belongs to the Fayetteville ASPCA. The nice lady at The Haven called and the Fayetteville ASPCA has no record of the dog. It's their chip but they have no idea. The chip company has on record that the chip belonged to FASPCA but that it was signed out to someone else and then brought back to FASPCA. The Haven thinks that maybe Honey was fostered out. But they asked if I could bring Honey in and of course I said yes. I wanted nothing more than Honey to be reunited with her owner and/or found a nice home. Cuz she's a great dog!
When I get to the Fayetteville ASPCA the woman I spoke to initially had no idea what I was talking about but after explanation something seemed to register. I had to fill out a bunch of forms... "What's her name?" I dunno but I've been calling her Honey bun... ??? "What type of dog?" Again I have no idea. "How old is she?" Uhhh not my dog I don't know... It was kind of done at a hurried pace as they were closing in ten minutes and of course I'm feeling like I have no choice but to bring Honey here since a) she belongs to them and b) I can't have the cops coming back to my door. So as I'm filling out the paperwork I see that I am signing away my right to adopt a dog in the future from the Fayetteville ASPCA because I'm surrendering "my dog". I ask about this of course, because she's not MY dog... but apparently by law, after a certain period of time of taking care of an animal they become yours... Interesting. Oh and Fayetteville ASPCA doesn't take "strays". Okay.... So I sign this and after the fact become really annoyed. THEY lost track of this dog. It showed up on my door step. I took care of her. I did all the right things. But you make it look like I am the loser failing this animal. WTF???
I tried to call and get an update on her - I get an answering machine and no one returns my calls. How nice.
"Do you own a blond dog?"
"Uhhh it's not my dog - she showed up here a few days ago and I gave her some food and water and she hasn't left".
"Well then she's your dog".
"Well, I had planned on taking her to The Haven (which is a local no kill shelter) this weekend..."
"She's been barking and we've had a few complaints"
(I'm told this is what they always say and more than likely it was my immediate neighbors. --Never mind their children are current screaming and yelling in the back yard and interrupting my work for the better part of the day.)
"Does she come in the house?" he asked.
"No I have bad allergies." (Not to mention she's probably in need of a flea bath, but more importantly, if I brought her into my home I'd probably keep her forever).
He paused and I said "What should I do?"
"Take her to The Haven tomorrow".
Mind you him being there was causing her to bark even more so I'm sure the neighbors were even more thrilled. And her barking was causing every other dog in the hood to yap. So I put her in the garage and kept her shut in. I figured the worse thing is I have a mess to clean up in the morning. Then I slept on the sofa so I could hear if she started barking or wimpering.
The next day I took her to The Haven. Unfortunately they are not accepting large dogs right now because they don't have the room and they're expensive to feed. When I heard this I literally fought off tears. I haven't had a good past twelve months in the world of animals so this was hitting a nerve. The good news is, she was wanded and she has a chip!!! We find out that she belongs to the Fayetteville ASPCA. The nice lady at The Haven called and the Fayetteville ASPCA has no record of the dog. It's their chip but they have no idea. The chip company has on record that the chip belonged to FASPCA but that it was signed out to someone else and then brought back to FASPCA. The Haven thinks that maybe Honey was fostered out. But they asked if I could bring Honey in and of course I said yes. I wanted nothing more than Honey to be reunited with her owner and/or found a nice home. Cuz she's a great dog!
When I get to the Fayetteville ASPCA the woman I spoke to initially had no idea what I was talking about but after explanation something seemed to register. I had to fill out a bunch of forms... "What's her name?" I dunno but I've been calling her Honey bun... ??? "What type of dog?" Again I have no idea. "How old is she?" Uhhh not my dog I don't know... It was kind of done at a hurried pace as they were closing in ten minutes and of course I'm feeling like I have no choice but to bring Honey here since a) she belongs to them and b) I can't have the cops coming back to my door. So as I'm filling out the paperwork I see that I am signing away my right to adopt a dog in the future from the Fayetteville ASPCA because I'm surrendering "my dog". I ask about this of course, because she's not MY dog... but apparently by law, after a certain period of time of taking care of an animal they become yours... Interesting. Oh and Fayetteville ASPCA doesn't take "strays". Okay.... So I sign this and after the fact become really annoyed. THEY lost track of this dog. It showed up on my door step. I took care of her. I did all the right things. But you make it look like I am the loser failing this animal. WTF???
I tried to call and get an update on her - I get an answering machine and no one returns my calls. How nice.
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