I Feel

I am a dog. I am a living, breathing animal. I feel pain, joy, love, fear and pleasure.

I am not a thing. If I am hit ,  I will bruise, I will bleed, I will break. I will feel pain. I am not a thing.

I am a dog. I enjoy playtime, walk time, but more than anything, I enjoy time with my pack, my family,  my people. I want nothing more than to be by the side of my human. I want to sleep where you sleep and walk where you walk. I am a dog and I feel love...I crave companionship.

I enjoy the touch of a kind hand and the softness of a good bed. I want to be inside of the home with my family, not stuck on the end of a chain or alone in a kennel or fenced yard for hours on end. I was born to be a companion, not to live a life of solitude.

I get too cold and I get too hot. I experience hunger and thirst. I am a living creature, not a thing.

When you leave, I want to go with you. If I stay behind, I will eagerly await your return. I long for the sound of your voice. I will do most anything to please you. I live to be your treasured companion.

I am a dog. My actions are not dictated by money, greed, or hatred. I do not know prejudice. I live in the moment and am ruled by love and loyalty.

Do not mistake me for a mindless object. I can feel and I can think. I can experience more than physical pain, I can feel fear and joy. I can feel love and confusion. I have emotions. I understand perhaps more than you do. I am able to comprehend the words you speak to me, but you are not always able to understand me.

I am a dog. I am not able to care for myself without your help. If you choose to tie me up and refuse to feed me, I will starve. If you abandon me on a rural road, I will experience fear and loneliness. I will search for you and wonder why I have been left behind. I am not a piece of property to be dumped and forgotten.

If you choose to leave me at a shelter, I will be frightened and bewildered. I will watch for your return with every footfall that approaches my kennel run.

I am a dog - a living, breathing creature. If you choose to take me home, please provide me with the things that I need to keep me healthy and happy.

Provide me with good food, clean water, warm shelter and your love. Do not abandon me. Do not kick me. Do not dump me when your life gets too busy. Make a commitment to me for the entirety of my life, or do not take me home in the first place.

If you desert me, I do not have the means to care for myself. I am at the mercy of the kindness of people - if I fall into the wrong hands, my life will be ruined.

I will experience pain, fear and loneliness. If I wind up in an animal shelter, I have only my eyes to implore someone to save me, and my tail to show you that I am a friend. If that is not good enough, I will die.

I am a dog. I want to give and receive love. I want to live. I am not a thing. I am not a piece of property. Please do not discard me. Please treat me with kindness, love and respect. I promise to repay you with unconditional love for as long as I live.

Why Push Through The Pain

would love nothing more than to promote the fun things with dogs. Believe me, I would REALLY, REALLY LOVE to do that. And there was a time when I did. Hell, there was a time I wanted to start my own show kennel. (UGH!) But that time coincides with the time when I thought that WAS all there was to dogs. I was ignorant.
I rescue. I spend all my money, my valuable time with my own dogs, everything on rescue. Rescue is hard. Rescue is sad more times than happy. Rescue is tiring. Rescue is not pretty. Rescue is expensive. Rescue is physically, mentally, emotionally, financially draining. Rescue will shorten my life. But sometimes, its not how long you live, but what you do with the time you have that matters.
On rescue’s worst day, it is STILL better than it is for them. Imagine what its like to be them. Imagine, REALLY imagine what its like. To be at the whim of whoever claims you as their own. To have to accept when they do not feed you. To accept that you did something wrong when they beat you, even when you have no idea what it was you did. To accept the neglect, and still greet them when they are near. To accept being put in a concrete cell with other dogs like you, screaming to be out. To not know where you were going when someone came and took you out of that cell. Will it be the yard outside, in the sunshine, or will it be the small room in the back that no dog returns from. Imagine kissing the hand of a stranger, in hopes that they will take you away from all this… Imagine that….. REALLY imagine that.
So why do I cry over, yet still come back when the last hundred dogs I posted, shared, transported, donated to, to get them safe, were still put to sleep? Because of the one dog that WILL make it out. That will get a new start. That will be brought back to life. That will know again, or perhaps for the first time, sweet love. There is no sweeter feeling in the world to see a dog get safe.
So I say to you, I do not “focus” on death, my friend. I focus on LIFE! The life of that one in a hundred dogs, that if I didn’t what I do, would be dead as well. I will worry about my health, my financial future when it arrives. Right now, it is about them. And my only regret for being in rescue is that I did not know the need earlier in my life. And my only hope is when Im gone, there will be someone to take my place. And my promise to that person, is I will be with them in spirit from wherever one goes when the breath leaves the body. Because I will ALWAYS be a rescuer, even when I am just a memory.

Deep Breath In...and Let It Out

My friends, my friends, this is going to be completely not animal related.  We need a break, I know I sure do.  Wind down for a few minutes and take a gander at these.  I came across these pictures of this street art on Stumbleupon.  I think they're absolutely brilliant!!

So....which is your favorite??  Why??  I think the tree is pretty darn cool, but so is the hole in the ground with the woman riding her bike across it.  They all completely blow me away.  Hope you took a breather and enjoyed the outside world for a moment.

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Nature's Creatures

'Our howls do wake a lot of humans.

But sadly, our cries cannot awaken humanity. '

A scowl genetically embedded on my face, as I didn’t come from the greatest place.
I was born out of brutality and cruelty. 

Any act of kindness towards me would be something completely new to me.
I never win the popularity contest, as I am not liked by many. When they handed out chances, I never received any.

I always walk alone, but not by choice, I can’t even plead my case, as I have no voice.
The jury is out before my trial even begins.
I have become a storage facility that is full of humanity’s sins.
My friends are sentenced to death without committing a crime. The hurt and the pain that is inflicted on me is overlooked all the time.
I have been racially profiled because of my breed.  Fought to the death for people’s greed.
I have viewed much of my life on chains, or behind bars. You can’t even see my smile, because it’s been hidden by scars.
You read horrific stories of all my heinous acts. The press exploits me without knowing all the facts.
My neck has grown heavy with your weights and your chains. I have been fed nothing but torture, and I have absorbed all the pain.
Is this the path that society has made for me? 

I am resilient by nature and I have way too much pride.  That’s why It’s rare to see someone like me ever cry. What I really want is to be by your side.  I’m loyal to you forever or at least until I die.
Only few know how emotional I can be.  All I want is to be part of your family.
I am not saying that all of us are perfect or great. Humans come in both and good and bad, so you should be able to relate.
I don’t want to be beaten down any longer.  You need to make laws to protect me, much stronger.
Don’t stand there and let this happen one more day.  The cruelty I am subjected to,  is not OK.
I know it will take time and your schedule is full.  Why would you want to try and help me??
I’m just a Pit Bull.

Ten Things About Pit Bulls Everyone Should Know

1. Pit Bulls are commonly used as therapy dogs. Whether they are visiting a senior care facility or helping someone recover from an emotional accident, Pit Bulls are making a mark as outstanding therapy dogs.

2. Pit Bulls are used in Search and Rescue work. One example of well known SAR Pit Bulls is Kris Crawford and her dogs. Kris and her dogs have helped save the lives of many people during their efforts. http://www.ForPitsSake.org

3. Pit Bulls serve as narcotic and bomb sniffing dogs. One Pit Bull, Popsicle (named that because he was found in an old freezer) has the largest recorded single drug find in Texas history. Read more about Popsicle here. Including how he found over 3,000 lbs. of cocaine in Hildago, Texas.

4. Pit Bulls are great with kids. They weren’t referred to as the "nanny’s dog" for nothing that’s for sure.

5. Pit Bulls are not human aggressive. The American Pit Bull Terrier as a breed is not human aggressive. In fact, quite the opposite is true of the breed. They are gentle and loving dogs. Like any dog individuals can be unsound and have behavior problems.

6. The Pit Bull was so popular in the early 1900′s they were the USA’s mascot not only in World War One, but World War Two as well. They were featured on recruiting and propaganda posters during this time period.

7. Sgt. Stubby. A Pit Bull war hero. Stubby was wounded in action twice, he saved his entire platoon by warning them of a poison gas attack and he single handedly captured a German spy.

8. Pete the Pup on the original Little Rascals was a Pit Bull.

9. Pit Bulls score an 83.4% passing rate with the American Temperament Test Society. That’s better than the popular Border Collie (a breed who scores 79.6%). View the ATTS stats here.

10. They are dogs not killing machines.

~ from an article by Christina Harvey, courtesy of Jason Mann of Pit BullLovers.com

I'd like to thank Jace for showing all of us what an incredible companion these dogs are, as well as Jace's grandma Cheri for providing the pictures.

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