Texas Gardening: You would feel frustrated too if, 1 by podster

podster wrote:
Ann ~ I am sorry for your weather induced misery. Like many, I deal with it on a minor scale and can only imagine how depressing it can be!

I am frustrated too and have something to "vent" about, if I may?

The folks in this area are good to the bone, they will help anyone in time of need. But too many are totally irresponsible about caring for their animals. They refuse to neuter or spay as that costs too much and they are poor folks. The solution... is to dump their animals with no regard to the animals' future.

Yesterday morning, we saw these two guys down the road a mile or so and when we came home, we found them in the yard with Podster. They are good natured, smaller dogs. I suspect they are Mom (Corgi looking one) and daughter. I also suspect dumped although Mom is wearing a collar. She was real skittish. They gobbled food and spent the night wrapped up in rugs and blankets on the church pew I have on the front porch. I talked to neighbors and no one had a clue other than having seen them on the road.

I wouldn't mind keeping Mom but the daughter is hyper ~ a jumper and a licker. Not my kind of dog. Anyway, my anger surfaces again at the irresponsible people in this area that discard their animals like garbage. But that changes nothing. I am an advocate of neutering and spaying because of this. Meanwhile, I don't begrudge the animals but resent the dumpers! Perhaps they need neutering and spaying too!

Our old 14 YO Lab just passed away at Christmas and I told DH I hoped we could pick our own pet next time. Every one of our cats and dogs have been rescued. Dumped either out on the road or strays in town. I have lost count at how many we have adopted out as it is impossible to keep them all. And, yes, I feel certain some folks know that if the animal should find their way to our house, we are an easy mark.

I would wish to win the lottery as I would put a vet on retainer to neuter and spay for free for all takers. I don't guess that'll happen as I don't buy Lotto tickets. So, I'll try to find these two homes and as we have in the past, contributed to their neutering/spaying to insure it WILL happen.

Enough venting ~ sorry but thank you. pod